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Top 20 Restaurant of the Week:

PAGLIAI’S PIZZA & PASTA JOE SZYNKOWSKI

PAGLIAI’S PIZZA & PASTA

FOR THE SOUTHERN‌

‌No matter how you pronounce it, Pagliai’s Pizza & Pasta in Carbondale is an instantly recognizable name on the Southern Illinois restaurant radar.

And ever since Pagliai’s moved its operations four years ago, business has boomed.

“The move has expanded the business beyond my widest dreams,” owner Melissa Parsons told The Southern.

Parsons is the daughter of founders Connie and Larry Anderson.

While the well-known restaurant might have relocated, the quality food and exceptional customer service that have made Pag’s such a success for nearly five decades isn’t budging.

“Our quality and consistency is really our strong point and the personal touch we add to everything we do,” Parsons said.

The restaurant’s original brick oven made the move to the new location, and the kitchen is still fully visible from the dining room, which allows guests to witness first-hand the

What: Pizza, pasta, salads, sandwiches Where: 509 S. Illinois Ave., Carbondale Hours: 11 a.m.-11 p.m.

Monday-Friday, 4-11 p.m.

Saturday and Sunday Phone: 618-457-0321 Web: www.pagliais carbondale.com

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Pagliai’s Pizza in Carbondale has been a staple of the city’s restaurant scene for years, moving into a new, larger location about four years ago.

level of quality and care put into the preparation of every meal.

The 4,000-square-foot facility has allowed the restaurant to offer more seating, better parking, expansive banquet rooms and numerous flat-screen TVs. Improved lighting and larger windows also enhance the Pag’s dining experience.

For lover of pasta, Pag’s serves up cavatelli, fettuccini (alfredo or primavera), lasagna, manicotti, mostaccioli and, of course, spaghetti. All of Pagliai’s pasta dished are served with garlic bread, and dinners include a salad. For sandwich fans, Pags’ has ham and cheese, poor boy

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or choose from popular specialty pizzas like “Joe’s Special” — a thin-crust pie with sausage (which Pag’s grinds in-house), pepperoni, extra cheese, onions Canadian bacon and extra sauce.

An expanded selection of domestic and imported beers is available by the glass or pitcher, and you can enjoy a variety of wines by the glass, halfliter or liter.

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or Italian beef with chips.

Bread sticks and chicken wings are also on the menu, as is cheesecake to satisfy the sweet tooth.

But it’s the handcrafted, generously topped pizzas that have built the restaurant’s reputation into what it is today. Pagliai’s offers several options for their handmade pizza crust — baked on a brick, thin or thick, which results in a crispy crust. You can also go soft and chewy by opting for the thin or thick crust baked in a pan.

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Festivals‌

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

Lusk Creek BBQ Festival and Cook Off: Friday-Saturday, May 16-17, Golconda; starts 6 p.m. Friday; music, crafts, art, food, beer and wine garden; continues at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 17; helicopter rides; horse and buggy rides; 618-969-8800 or gail@ yourprofessionalpartners.com The LowerTown Arts & Music Festival: FridaySaturday, May 16-17, Paducah; music, art, theater, food; location, neighborhood around 7th and Madison Streets; www.lowertownamf.com St. Patrick’s Ruma Stawberry Festival: 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sunday, May 18, St. Patrick’s Parish, 1 Pioneer Lane, Ruma; fried-chicken dinners with strawberries and ice cream, quilt-cash bingo, country store, raffle, music, balloonatic, silent auction and magic shows; Mass, 10 a.m.; 618-282-3176 and 800-442-1488 24th HerrinFesta Italiana: Celebrates the Italian heritage of Herrin, Monday, May 19-Monday, May 26; golf, bocce ball, carnival, arts and crafts, Italian food,

Mandy Heinemann and The Gordons, 6 p.m.; $20/$15; 618-435-5700.

Edward Benyas: Discussion on the Southern Illinois Music Festival, 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 21, Dunn-Richmond Center, 150 E. Pleasant Hill Road, Carbondale; SIU Learning in Retirement Comedy‌ meeting with the social hour The Carbondale starting at 9:30 a.m.; jim@ Comedians: 9 p.m. Mondays, jimlambert.net Hangar 9, Carbondale; Gen. John A. Logan 10 p.m. Wednesdays, Station Centennial Celebration: 13, Carbondale; see The Starts 9 a.m. Saturday, Carbondale Comedians on May 24, Murphysboro; Facebook dedication of historical markers; special speakers; Events‌ parade; wreath laying at the Run From The Devil Logan statue in front of the 5K Glow Run/Walk: Murphysboro Middle School; Registration opens 7:30 p.m. www.visitmurphysboro.com Friday, May 16, Sesser Miner’s Life On The Illinois Memorial Park, 200 S. Park Frontier: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

St., Sesser; race begins Saturday, May 24, Saline 8:30 p.m.; registration, $25 Creek Pioneer Village and or $50 per family; proceeds Museum, 1600 Feazel St., go to Guatemala youth Harrisburg; demonstrations, mission trip; runners receive costumes, rope-making, glow necklaces; devils (youth corn-shelling, wagon rides for along the route) will hide the kids, food and entertainand try to tag the runners; if ment; 618-25-7342; 618-841you’re tagged, you must stop 3362; discoversoutheasternil. for 10 seconds before concom tinuing to run; 618-218-0302; HerrinFesta Italiana nikirk96@hotmail.com; www. Bocce Tournaments: sesserchristian.org Saturday-Sunday, May 24-25, Strawberry Day: Begins bocce complex, West Walnut with breakfast, 7 a.m., Street, Herrin; information Saturday, May 17, Villa Ridge; and registration, www.herflag raising, 8 a.m.; 5K run; rinfesta.com/event/bocce pedal tractor pull, 10 a.m.; Grace Race: 7 p.m. food; music; strawberries Friday, June 6, Grace United Crafts ‘N’ Crooners: Methodist Church, 220 N. Starts 9 a.m. Saturday, Tower Road, Carbondale; 5K May 17, Benton Civic Center; run, 5K walk and a 1-mile fun free art fair, crafts last run/walk; www.gumc.net/ until 5 p.m.; concert by race.htm; 618-457-2818

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grape stomp, pasta sauce and pasta eating contests, beard and mustache contest; concerts; grand parade, 11 a.m. Saturday, May 24; downtown Herrin and Herrin Civic Center; 618-942-5055; herrinfesta.com Riverside Art & Wine Festival: Wineries, fine arts, vendors, food, music, noon-7 p.m. Saturday, May 24, Riverside Park, Murphysboro; Ivas John Band, noon-3 p.m. and Fertile Soil, 4-7 p.m.; 21 or older; $10 in advance, $15 at the gate, $5 for non-drinkers; 618-684-6421; murphysborochamber.com Alto Pass Springfest: Saturday, May 24, downtown Alto Pass; flea market, games for the kids, silent auction, parade, fire department water fights, treasure hunts, dunking tanks, games, bounce houses, barbecue meal at community center with strawberry shortcake, school reunion roll call, cakewalk, raffle and a veterans salute; trade fair, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.; 618-967-6243; 618-893-2490; 800-248-4373; southernmostillinois.com Christopher Homecoming:

Thursday-Sunday, May 29-June 1, Dennison Memorial Park; carnival, 5K run/ walk, car show, bocce ball tournaments, ice cream social, beverage garden, food and entertainment; karaoke contest, 8 p.m. Thursday, May 29; music by Fertile Soil, 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 30; carnival starts 5 p.m.; also Lions Club pancake breakfast, 7-10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 31; music Saturday by Jackson Junction, 7 p.m.; Ice Cream Social, 2-4 p.m. Sunday, June 1; Christian music, 2-4 p.m.

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historical rooms as well as the historical research library; www.wcihs.org; 618-997-5863

Theater/Performance‌

As You Like It: Stone Soup Shakespeare performances, 6 p.m. Thursday, May 15, Blue Sky Winery, 3150 S. Rocky Comfort Road, Makanda; 6 p.m. Friday, May 16, Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, Mount Vernon and 6 p.m.

Sunday, May 18, Attucks Park, 400-800 N. Wall St., Carbondale; free; www.stonesoupshakespeare.com The Eisenhauer Band: Bluegrass music, 7:30 p.m., Friday, May 16, The Gathering Films‌ Place Dinner Theatre, 290 S. Outdoor movie: Iron Man 3, Burns St., Sparta; $35; meal dusk, Friday, May 16, Walker’s included; www.thegatherBluff Gazebo, 326 Vermont ingplaceoffbroadway.com; Road, Carterville; doors open, 618-965-3726 5:30 p.m.; bring chairs and blankets; no outside food; Workshop‌ concessions available; 618Acting Shakespeare work956-9900; www.Walkersbluff. shop: By world-renowned com Shakespeare director and

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Saturday, May 17, Williamson County Historical Museum, 105 S. Van Buren St., Marion;

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Wednesday, May 21, Varsity Center for The Arts, 418 S. Illinois Ave., Carbondale; open to the public; stagecompanycarbondale@gmail.com

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Lusk Creek BBQ Festival features helicopter rides ‌GOLCONDA — The Lusk Creek BBQ Festival and Cook Off will take place Friday and Saturday, May 16 and 17, in downtown Golconda.

The activities start at 6 p.m. Friday and continue until 10 p.m. with music, crafts, art,

food and a beer and wine garden.

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Saturday, May 17 and include a full day of music, food, arts and craft exhibitors and a BBQ Cook Off. The Pope County Historical Society Museum

Superman Celebration features ‘man who bends steel’

will be open for visitors to take a look back at the life and times of Pope County, which will be celebrating 200 years in 2016.

For more information, call 618-969-8800 or email gail@yourprofessionalpartners.com.

— The Southern

‌METROPOLIS — The entertainment lineup for the 36th Superman Celebration in Metropolis has been announced.

The event, which runs Thursday, June 12, to Sunday, June 15, will feature musical acts and a “man who bends steel,” but does not go by the name of Superman.

The celebration will kick off at 6 p.m. Thursday with Gospel Night. West Frankfort’s Sons of the Father will open the show.

The featured group Thursday will be The Kingsmen Quartet, which has been performing since 1956.

Two bands from Kentucky, Gideon’s Rifle and Newtown, will perform Friday. Gideon’s Rifle recently won the Battle of the Bands WKMS contest at Maiden Alley in Paducah. Band members are from Louisville and are influenced by traditional American roots music and Kentucky bluegrass. Newtown, based out of Lexington, features five musicians playing a unique style of bluegrass.

Saturday’s entertainment will start with Stacie Allen. The Southern Illinois native has recorded

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The Superman Celebration in Metropolis draws about 40,000 people to the city.

five albums and performed at numerous venues across the Midwest.

Jordan Carter will take the stage at 7 p.m.

Saturday. Carter and his band, Justice, have opened for Marti Stuart, Jamie O’Neal, Rosanne Cash, Mark Wills and Billie Jo Shaver.

Music won’t be the only form of entertainment at the annual event.

Morgan Strebler, “The Man Who Bends Steel,” performs PsychoKinetic magic and is considered one of the world’s leading experts and performers in this field.

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Strebler will take the stage at noon Friday, 3 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. Sunday.

The K-9 Crew Trick Dog Show, a high-energy canine thrills show, will perform three shows Friday, one show Saturday and three shows Sunday.

In the Smallville Tent, Jason Lindsey of Hooked on Science will introduce kids to interesting scientific experiments with some hands-on activities.

Special Guests at the celebration include Dean Cain, best known for his breakthrough role as Superman/Clark Kent in the 1993 television hit series “Lois & Clark, The New Adventures of Superman”; Billy Dee Williams, who played DA Harvey Dent in “Batman;” Valerie Perrine, best known for her role of Lex Luthor’s girlfriend, Miss Teschmacher in “Superman” and “Superman II” (1980); and Aaron Smolinski, who began his career with the role of Baby Clark Kent in 1978’s “Superman.”

For more information, call the Metropolis Chamber of Commerce at 800-949-5740 or go to metropolistourism.com.

— The Southern

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Soup and Shakespeare go together ‌Local audiences will have the chance to see Shakespeare’s pastoral comedy “As You Like It” for free during Stone Soup Shakespeare’s tour this month.

This year’s production draws influence from USO tours of the 1940s and will utilize music, puppetry and a diverse ensemble of actors to tell the story of what happens when city courtiers must adapt to country living.

“As You Like It” is a pastoral play and as scholar Felix E. Schelling says, “The spirit of Robin Hood rules in this forest.”

This merry band of folks exiled must make a life for themselves in the unfamiliar world of the forest.

Stone Soup Shakespeare co-founder and artistic director Julia Stemper says “We have wanted to take on ‘As You Like It’ since we first started the company.

What better way to connect with the part of our mission dedicated to doing theater out-of-doors than by doing a play that celebrates country life.”

This year’s director, Eric Mercado, joins Stone Soup Shakespeare from New York City and brings with him a rich background in devising new works, ensemble direction and working with classical material.

Jeffrey Golde, Stone Soup’s executive director, said, “Mr. Mercado’s skills will be a true asset to Stone Soup’s production this year.”

In addition, Mercado will direct Stone Soup Shakespeare’s first new work, a 10-minute newlywritten production to be presented before the start of “As You Like It.” In keeping with the spirit of the children’s story, “Stone Soup,”

from which the company takes its name, audience members are encouraged to bring non-perishable food items, which will be collected and donated to local food banks in the tour region.

Those attending are also encouraged to bring food to share with their friends and family.

The “As You Like It” tour schedule includes the following area performances: 6 p.m. Thursday, May 15, Blue Sky Winery, 3150 S. Rocky Comfort Road, Makanda; 6 p.m.

Friday, May 16, Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, Mount Vernon and 6 p.m. Sunday, May 18, Attucks Park, 400-800 N. Wall St., Carbondale.

Performances are free and are subject to change based on inclement weather.

For the most up-todate schedule, visit www. stonesoupshakespeare. com.

— The Southern

Two acting workshops slated for Varsity Center for The Arts in Carbondale ‌CARBONDALE — Professional actress Reiko Aylesworth will lead a workshop on Improvisation for the Actor on Wednesday, May 21, in the Varsity Center for The Arts, 418 S. Illinois Ave. Aylesworth has many stage and screen credits including Michelle Dessler in the television hit “24” and roles in “Revolution”, “Hawaii Five-0,” “Person of Interest”, “Lost,” “Elementary,” “The Good Wife” and “ER. Also, cast members of the play, “Mother Hicks” and Stage Company community theater members will participate in the private workshop.

“Mother Hicks” will be performed July 11-13 and 18-20.

Aylesworth’s father, Kevin Purcell, is directing “Mother Hicks” and he feels improvisational exercises are a key to increasing the quality of

the group’s performances which will enhance the experience of theater goers.

A second workshop, which is open to the public, is set for 8:15 p.m.

Wednesday, May 21, in the Varsity.

World-renowned Shakespeare director and teacher Rob Clare will conduct an Acting Shakespeare workshop.

Clare has a doctorate from Oxford University in approaches to acting Shakespeare.

He has also worked with National Theater of Great Britain and at Central School of Speech and Drama in London and he was the acting coach for Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theater first Shakespeare production, “The Tempest.”

During the Stage Company’s May 21 workshop, four non-professional actors will take the stage for approximately 30 minutes each. Each actor will present a scene from Shakespeare.

For more information about the workshops, contact Jeanne Ferraro at stagecompanycarbondale@gmail.com.

— The Southern

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HerrinFesta

Annual event brings together food, fun and friends National music acts David Nail, Three Days ‌HERRIN — A city’s past Grace, Blue Oyster Cult, greatly influences its pres- Thomas Rhett and Tyler Farr will be filling the airent, as well as its future.

For one week each year, ways with a diverse array of beats and melodies residents of Herrin and through the weekend, visitors to Williamson County celebrate the city’s there are plenty of other options for fun throughout heritage and legacy with the week.

HerrinFesta Italiana, an An art gallery will event-filled festival combe open each day from plete with competitions, Thursday until the end of music and more.

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the festival. Other planned events include:

Monday, May 19

7 p.m.; Miss HerrinFesta Scholarship Pageant; Civic Center

Tuesday, May 20

6 p.m.; Honorees’ banquet; Elks Club; ticket required SEE HERRINFESTA / PAGE 7A THE SOUTHERN FILE PHOTO‌

Chandler Short of Marion walks the stage during the 2013 Miss HerrinFesta Italiana Scholarship Pageant at the Herrin Civic Center. The Marion woman was crowned the pageant winner. A new Miss HerrinFesta will be crowned Monday.

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Exile, Juice Newton combine for show ‌ ARION — Exile and M Juice Newton will present a blast from the past at a 7 p.m. concert Friday, May 16, in the Marion Cultural and Civic Center.

Exile started its musical journey in 1963 when the group performed in Richmond, Ky. More than 50 years later, Exile is still presenting concerts with a mix of original and seminal members.

Exile is probably best known for the group’s 1978 pop classic, “Kiss You All Over.”

Juice Newton will also perform at the

Friday concert.

This Grammy, CMA and Billboard award-winning artist has multiple platinum and gold albums, 10 million records sold and has 15 Top 10 hits.

Some of Newton’s songs on her Greatest Hits CD include: “Angel In the Morning,” “Heart of the Night,” “Love’s Been a Little Bit Hard on Me” and “Break It to Me Gently.”

Tickets are $75, $57 and $37, and may be purchased by calling 618-997-4030 or visit www.marionccc. org.

— Brenda Kirkpatrick

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Wednesday, May 21

6 p.m.; Talent contest; Civic Center

Friday, May 23

7 a.m.; Prayer breakfast; Civic Center 11 a.m.; Denzil Walker/ Hal Norment Festa Golf Tournament; Pine Lakes Golf Course 11 a.m.; Robert A. Ferarri Corporate Division Bocce Tournament; Bocce court 1 p.m.; Photos from the past; Herrin Library 4 p.m.; Kids’ bike and pet parade; McDonald’s 5 p.m.; Sponsors’ VIP party; Sponsors’ tent inside the Piazza

Saturday, May 24

8 a.m.; Tri-Festa Triathlon; John A. Logan College 8 a.m.; Masonic Lodge breakfast; Masonic Lodge 11 a.m.; Grand Parade; Park Avenue 12:30 p.m.; Adult-child

bocce tournament; Bocce courts 2:30 p.m.; Pasta sauce contest; Civic Center 3 p.m.; Pasta editing contest; Civic Center 3:30 p.m.; Grape stomp; Civic Center north parking lot 3:30 p.m.; Southern Illinois Beard and Mustache Enthusiasts Competition; Civic Center; tickets required

Sunday, May 25

9 a.m.; Car show; City Park 11 a.m.; Special Intention Mass; Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church 1 p.m.; International Championship Bocce tournament; Bocce courts

Monday, May 26

8 a.m.; Road races 8:30 a.m.: Pvt. Joseph Ozbourn memorial plaque dedication; City Hall 9 a.m.; Memorial Day service; Doughboy statue on North Park Avenue 4 p.m.; Art exhibit reception and awards

Herrinfesta Italiana shifts into high gear

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ifeless piles of meeting notes from months and months of marathon planning sessions are being converted to precise marching orders for an army of volunteers this week as preparation for Herrinfesta Italiana shifts into high gear.

Three contemporary country COUNTRY music hit makers, a SCENE legendary rock ‘n’ roll band and a long- Vince Hoffard time fixture on the alternative rock scene comprise the list of feature artists being presented during the five-day musical portion of the annual celebration.

David Nall kicks things off May 22, followed by Three Days Grace on May 23, Blue Oyster Cult on May 24, Thomas Rhett on May 25 and Tylar Farr as the closing performer on Memorial Day. Fans of the event anxiously await the announcement of the festival lineup each year, reacting with the zeal of a Christmas morning toddler when the roster is officially named in March.

By then, contracts have been signed and the list of headliners is virtually written in stone, but all of the anxiety is not gone from the process. Local musicians nervously await the phone call from a representative of the entertainment committee with an invitation to perform on the stage of a premier Southern Illinois festival.

“We were pumped when we got the call,” said Keenan Rice of Du Quoin, spokeman and lead singer for We Got It Covered, the opening act for Rhett. “It’s a special thing for us. We’ve got a lot of new songs that folks are really going to like. We are firm believers that the best country music has already been made, and we try to prove it by bringing back a few of the classics from the 1990s.”

Rice said the group is not a bar band and relies heavily on weddings and area family-friendly events for bookings.

“May is a hectic time of the year for us. We were delighted to be invited back to Herrin for the third

Classic rock mainstay Blue Oyster Cult will perform at HerrinFesta Italiana on Saturday, May 24.

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straight year,” Rice said.

In 2012, Drew Baldridge of Patoka was a member of We Got It Covered.

Last year, he had moved to Nashville and signed a publishing contract with THIS Music/Warner Chappell when he made a special guest appearance with the band.

Baldridge is now touring the country with his own band, has a video for his popular “B.Y.O.B” on YouTube and has just released the single “She’s Taken.” He will perform a full set, prior to Rhett taking the stage.

Local bands will be displaying their lofty talents throughout the festival as Cache River opens for Farr, the Rich Fabec Band and Southbound shares the stage with Blue Oyster Cult, Anondyne Sky and The Windshield Hours plays with Three Days Grace, and Mr. Swamp Fox works with Nail.

Farr, who attended Missouri State University and is a native of the Show Me State, is signed to Columbia Nashville Records. He released his biggest hit, “Redneck Crazy,” last year and followed-up with “Whiskey in My Water.”

He became a country music convert at 16, when his mother married the lead guitarist for George Jones, and he was exposed to the hard-core, honky-tonk sound on a daily basis.

Rhett is only 24, but he has already accumulated an impressive hit list that includes “Something To Do With My Hands,” “It Goes Like This” and current single “Get Me Some of That.” A talented songwriter, he has penned hits for Jason Aldean, Florida George Line and Lee Brice.

He is the son of country singer Rhett Akins.

A musical powerhouse since 1970, Blue Oyster Cult is best known for classics “Burnin’ for You,” “Godzilla” and signature masterpiece “(Don’t Fear) the Reaper.” Eric Bloom and Donald Roeser have been supplying lead vocals for the group for more than four decades.

The band’s name was taken from a poem written by manager Sandy Pearlman. Blue Oyster Cult described a group of aliens assembled to secretly guide earth’s history.

Canadian rockers Three Days Grace have released three platinum albums and hits like “Pain,” “Just Like You,” “Animal I Have Become” and “The Good Life.” They were named Rock Artist of the Year in 2007 by Billboard magazine.

The band officially replaced longtime lead vocalist Adam Gontier with Matt Waist on March 28 and released a new single, “Painkiller,” on April 8.

A native of Kennett, Mo., Nail has cracked the elusive Top 10 with singles “Red Light” and “Whatever She’s Got” and reached the No. 1 position in 2011 with “Let It Rain.”

Tickets are $25 for Blue Oyster Cult and $20 for all other shows.

Tickets will be available the day of show or can be purchased online at www.hesrrinfest.com.

Gates open for each performance at 5:30 p.m., except on May 26, when the time is moved up to 4:30 p.m.

VINCE HOFFARD can be reached at 618-658-9095 or vincehoffard@ yahoo.com.

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Dancing At Dusk, 7-10 p.m.

Saturday, May 17, Town Southern Illinois‌ Square Pavilion; free concert Libby Wilson and friends: and dance; 618-521-6216 Dulcimer music, 6:30 p.m.

Southern Illinois Opry: Thursday, May 15, CE Brehm 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 17, Memorial Public Library, 101 S. Herrin Civic Center; perfor7th St., Mount Vernon; 618-242mances by Cassie Andrews 6322; www.mtvbrehm.lib.il.us & Calico Creek, Blend, Craig Friday Night Fair music: Gerdes, Danny Norman, Zola Swamp Tigers, 6-9 p.m.

Road; tickets, $15; siopry.

Friday, May 16, Town Square com; 618-988-1817 Pavilion, corner of U.S. 51 The Quint-Essential North and Illinois 13 West, Winds: 2 p.m. Sunday, May Carbondale; food; crafts; 18, Anna Arts Center, 125 W. www.carbondalemainstreet.

Davie St., Anna; wind instrucom; 618-529-8040 ments; $5; 904-625-1109 or Exile and Juice Newton: email vabchlee@gmail.com 7 p.m. Friday, May 16, Marion After Barbed Wire: 6 p.m.

Civic and Cultural Center; Sunday, May 18, The Old Feed $75, $57 and $37; 618-997Store, 111 N. Appleknocker 4030; www.marionccc.org Drive, Cobden; doors open, Gin House Jazz and 5 p.m.; tickets, $10; www.

Blues: Cash, Kevin Jamieson, brownpapertickets.com; Fiddlerick Johnson present www.theoldfeedstore.com

Marty’s Band: Brown Bag Concert, noon-1 p.m., Wednesday, May 21, Town Square Pavilion, Carbondale; bring a lawn chair; free HerrinFesta Italiana concerts: Thursday, May 22-Monday, May 26, Herrin; includes David Nail, Thomas Rhett, Tyler Farr, Three Days Grace and Blue Oyster Cult; go to HerrinFesta.com for show times and tickets Friday Night Fair music: Secondary Modern, 6-9 p.m.

Friday, May 23, Town Square Pavilion, Carbondale; food; crafts; www.carbondalemainstreet.com; 618-529-8040 Blend: Brown Bag Concert, noon-1 p.m., Wednesday, May 28, Town Square Pavilion, Carbondale; bring a lawn chair; free; www.carbondalemainstreet.com

Cafés‌

Hogan, 8 p.m. Saturday, Yellow Moon Café, 110 N. Front St., Cobden; yellowmooncafe. com; 618-893-2233

Coulter, Goot and Wall: 7 p.m. Thursday, Grotto Lounge/Newell House, 201

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Bars & Clubs‌

Cruizers, 7-10 p.m.

Thompsonville: Old THURSDAY‌ Country Store Dance Barn, Benton: Senior Center, Lil’ Boot & Classic Country, The Swing N’ Country Dance 7-10 p.m.

Band, 7-9:30 p.m.

Whittington: Corner Carbondale: Hangar 9, Dance Hall, As Time Goes By, Little Pizza 7:30-10:30 p.m.

PK’s, Cherry Street Volcano SUNDAY‌ Tres Hombres: Storm Marion: Eagles, The Crows Cruizers, 6-9 p.m.

FRIDAY‌ MONDAY‌ Carbondale: PK’s, After Du Quoin: Derby’s Barbed Wire Community Hall, Jerry’s Tres Hombres, Eric Jammers, 7-9 p.m.

Lambert and Friends/Tim Marion: Youth Center, Whiteford, 6-9 p.m., patio Craig’s Country Band, Ina: Community Building, 6-9 p.m.

Friday Night Jam Band, TUESDAY‌ 6:30-9:30 p.m.

Herrin: Teen Town, Country Marion: Youth Center, Ramrods, 7-10 p.m.

Craig’s Country Band, Marion: Hideout 6-9 p.m.

Restaurant, Bob Pina, piano SATURDAY‌ 5:30-8:30 p.m.

Carbondale: Hangar 9, FIND THEM HERE‌ Barnacle Billy and the Zebra Barb’s Place: 206 E. Mussels Market St., Christopher PK’s, The Number 9 Carbondale Eagles: 1206 Blacktops W. Linden St. 618-529-9345 Tres Hombres, Mr. Swamp Corner Dance Hall: 200 Fox Franklin St., Whittington Herrin: N-Kahootz Night Curbside: 227 W. Main St., Club, Mocking Bird Hill, Carbondale 618-490-1539 9 p.m.-1 a.m.

Derby’s Community Hall: Marion: Hideout 214 High St., Du Quoin Restaurant, Bob Pina, piano Gwen Wynn Senior 5:30-9:30 p.m.

Center: North 9th St., Benton American Legion, Fertile Hangar 9: 511 S. Soil, 7:30 p.m.

Illinois Ave., Carbondale 618-549-0511 Marion: Eagles, The

Herrin Teen Town: 105 N. 13th St., Herrin 618-889-3651 Hideout Restaurant: 2602 Wanda Drive, Marion Italian Club: 9038 Main Street, Coello 618-724-4610 John Brown’s On The Square: 1000 Tower Square, Marion Just Elsie’s: 302 Jackson St., Orient, 618-932-3401 La Fogata Mexican Bar and Grill: 519 S. Illinois Ave. Carbondale; 618-457-2092 Marion American Legion: Longstreet Road, Marion Marion Eagles: Russell and Longstreet Roads, Marion Marion Youth Center: 211 E. Boulevard Ave., Marion 618-922-7853 Midtown Pub: Public Square, Jonesboro 618-614-7777 N-Kahootz Night Club: 115 W. Cherry St., Herrin Old Country Store Dance Barn: Main Street, Thompsonville 618-218-4676 PK’s: 308 S. Illinois Ave., Carbondale 618-529-1124 Pinch Penny Pub: 700 E. Grand Ave., Carbondale Steeleville American Legion: 303 S. Chester St., Steeleville 618-965-3362 Tres Hombres: 119 N. Washington St., Carbondale The Mansion: 1602 Heartland Drive, Marion

Wineries‌

Makanda Honker Hill Winery: 4861 Spillway Road, Carbondale Orlandini Vineyard: 410 Thorn Lane, Makanda Owl Creek Vineyard: 2655 Water Valley Road, Cobden Lincoln Heritage Winery: 772 Kaolin Road, Cobden Pheasant Hollow Winery: 14931 Illinois 37, Whittington Rustle Hill Winery: U.S. 51, Cobden StarView Vineyards: 5100 Wing Hill Road, Cobden Von Jakob Winery & Brewery: 230 Illinois 127, Alto Pass Walker’s Bluff: 326 Vermont Road, Carterville

FRIDAY ‌ Matt Basler: 7-10 p.m., Walker’s Bluff SATURDAY‌ Anna Marie: 2-5 p.m., Blue Sky Vineyard Tim Whiteford: 2-6 p.m., Owl Creek Winery Riplee Pryor: 3-6 p.m., Walker’s Bluff Larry Dillard Blues Therapy: 3:30-6:30 p.m., Von Jakob Winery & Brewery Jefferson Avenue Duo: 4-8 p.m., StarView Vineyards Bone Dry River Band: 7-10 p.m., Walker’s Bluff SUNDAY ‌

Bud Summer: 2-5 p.m., Blue Sky Vineyard Diamond Dog: 2-5 p.m., Walker’s Bluff Craig Gerdes: 2-6 p.m., Owl Creek Winery Adam Williams: 2-6 p.m., StarView Vineyards Heath Holloman: 2:305:30 p.m., Bella T Winery Dirtwater Fox: 2:305:30 p.m., Von Jakob Winery & Brewery FIND THEM HERE ‌ Alto Vineyards: Illinois 127, Alto Pass Bella T Winery: 755 Parker City Road, Creal Springs Blue Sky Vineyard: 3150 S. Rocky Comfort Road,

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Provided by Weaver’s Cottage‌

French artist Camille Ticheur will have her first solo show in the United States at Weaver’s Cottage in Carbondale. The show begins Friday, May 16, and runs through June.

French artist hosts solo art show ‌CARBONDALE — French artist Camille Ticheur will have her first solo art show in the United States Friday, May 16, in Weaver’s Cottage, 1904 Bass Lane.

The exhibit will be on display until the end of June.

The opening reception will be from 3 to 5 p.m.

Sunday, May 18.

Ticheur was born in Metz, France and she came to the United States to attend college.

She decided to take her first two years of

undergraduate studies at John A. Logan College where she won a scholarship from the Logan art department, financing part of her education.

She plans to transfer to SIU as an art major. After that she plans to attend an art institute.

The show at Weaver’s Cottage will present Ticheur’s recent works.

Weaver’s Cottage is the working studio and gallery of Richard Cox. For more information, call 618 457-6823.

— The Southern

SI Opry in Herrin features variety ‌ ERRIN — The SouthH ern Illinois Opry will features gospel, country and a little bit of doo wop music starting at 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, May 17 in the Herrin Civic Center.

Performing acts include: Bluegrass musicians Cassie Andrews & Calico Creek; a capella doo-wop group, Blend; country artist Craig Gerdes; gospel singer Danny Norman and Americana duo Zola Road.

Dinner plates will be offered from Chuck’s BBQ before the show for $8.

Doors open at 6 p.m. and tickets are $15 and

Broadway Ave., Paducah; hours 10 a.m.-5 p.m. TuesdaySaturday; through May 24; Call for Art‌ 270-442-2453 Herrinfesta Italiana The Creative Faces Art Exhibition: May 22-26, of Southern Illinois: Murray-Marlow Herrin Carbondale Civic Center Chamber building, 3 S. Park Corridor Gallery; through May Ave.; sponsored by Little Egypt 30; 8 a.m.-5 p.m. MondayArts Association; cash awards, Friday; 618-457-5100; info@ people’s choice award, poster carbondalearts.org; carboncontest; www.herrinfesta.com; dalearts.org 618-998-8530 Patty Morrison: Artist of the Month, Little Egypt Arts Centre, 601 Tower Square, Exhibits‌ Marion; north window; Daedalus’ Wings: through May; 618-998-8530 Installation by Luca Cruzat, The Gallery Space, law office or www.littleegyptarts.com Joan Skiver-Levy: Awardof Joni Beth Bailey, 1008 winning artist exhibits 24 Walnut St., Murphysboro; hours, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday- paintings, Corner Dance Hall, Whittington; through May; Friday; through June 618-303-5266 Kathleen Cotton: Joan Skiver-Levy: Synthesis, digital collage and Renaissance Woman, Anna poetry, Carbondale Public Library; through May 15; 618- Arts Center; 9 a.m.-noon, Monday-Thursday; through 457-0354, ext. 315 May; 904-625-1109; Civil War 150: Exploring vabchlee@gmail.com the War and Its Meaning Marshlands of Southern Through the Words of Those Illinois: By Karen Linduska, Who Lived It, Morris Library, SIU; displayed in the library’s anthill gallery & vintage curiosities, 102 N. Front St., Hall of Presidents and Chancellors; through May 16 Cobden; 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Wednesday-Saturday and Fantastic Fibers 2014: noon-4 p.m. Sundays; Yeiser Art Center, 200

through May 31 Stitching and Painting: The Art of Faith Ringgold, Mounds African American Museum, 216 N. Front St.; 2-5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday; through July 27; 618-745-6183

Notice‌

Museum closed for break: The University Museum at SIU will be closed through June 11; www.museum.siu.edu or 618-453-5388

Receptions/Openings‌

Grand opening: Of the Du Quoin Library of Arts,

6-9 p.m. Friday, May 16, 6 S. Washington St., Du Quoin; exhibit of the works of the late Paul Schirmer; through June 15; grand opening continues, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, May 17; exhibit housed in the old Du Quoin Library building; will be used as a gallery for artists to display and sell works, classes, shows; 618-790-4036; LibraryofArts@gmail.com French artist: Camille Ticheur, reception, 3-5 p.m.

Sunday, May 18, Weaver’s Cottage, 1904 Bass Lane, Carbondale; through June; first exhibit by Ticheur in the United States; 618 457-6823

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— The Southern

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‌Jon Hamm plays the straight man to a trio of young Indian actors and Oscar-winning curmudgeon Alan Arkin in “Million Dollar Arm,” a comically thin “true story” of a sports agent trying to turn Indian cricket bowlers into Major League

Baseball pitchers.

J.B. Bernstein (Hamm) is just another shark in the sea of L.A. sports agents, better at keeping up appearances than attracting or hanging on to talent. But he may have to give up his swank house, his Porsche, his office and his partner (Aasif Mandvi) if he can’t hurl a Hail Mary pass that will save them all.

Channel surfing one night, he has a brain storm.

Those guys who hurl cricket balls at the wicket in India look just enough like pitchers that maybe they can be taught America’s National Pastime.

J.B. pitches a billionaire sponsor on the idea of cracking the Indian market — holding tryouts all over India, televising it as

an “India’s Got Talent” show — only for baseball.

All he needs is one or two prospects, one “Million Dollar Arm,” and with a bit of coaching, maybe he can get baseball’s first Indian star signed to a major league team.

So J.B. drags a retired, cranky scout (Arkin) and a radar gun to India, and they both sweat and steam and learn how things work — or don’t work — in the chaotic capitalism there.

A cricket bowler must keep his arm straight, unbent. That’s why they sprint as they throw the ball,to achieve velocity. It’s a totally different motion from pitching a baseball.

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ARM: Overpriced

Jon Hamm, (from left), Madhur Mittal, Pitobash and Suraj Sharma star in ‘Million Dollar Arm.’

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That’s why Arkin brings exactly what you’d expect to the grizzled Ray. Ray dozes through this dubious hunt. He doesn’t even open his eyes at the various regional tryouts.

“I can HEAR it.”

Hear what? The thump of ball into mitt. Ray is the skeptic who needs to be convinced, finally, by a few live arms, that the whole enterprise isn’t a fool’s errand.

“You know what they call that?” he growls, at the sound of something over 80, 85 miles per hour. “Juice!”

Director Craig Gillespie (“Lars and the Real Girl”) goes out of his way not to offend in the Indian scenes, courting the Indian market the way J.B. envisions baseball reaching out to the Subcontinent. But comedy is meant to offend, so that’s a problem. And once three Indian lads come home to live with J.B. and train with a college coach (Bill Paxton), the strain of not being patronizing shows.

Suraj Sharma and Madhur Mittal play the best prospects, and a funny,

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diminutive actor named Pitobash plays Amit, brought along as translator. The culture clash in India gives way to the REAL fish-out-of-water stories as the lads gawk at empty American opulence, from J.B.’s sports car to his luxurious home to the sweet, gorgeous med student (Lake Bell) renting his guest cottage.

As in “Jerry Maguire,” the callous, eyes-on-thedollar-prize agent has to learn responsibility and compassion (from the med student), to understand that “this game is supposed to be fun” and figure out their Eastern ways.

“That’s our shrine, Mr. J.B., sir,” Amit explains when J.B. bristles at the candles, icons and incense.

“Where do you pray, Mr. J.B., sir?”

Hamm plays J.B. too

buttoned down to make him interesting. Even when things go badly, the guy keeps it together — admirable in a human being or agent, bad for comedy.

Arkin is barely in the film.

And the Indian guys are never more than cute borderline caricatures.

Dawdling along as it does, “Million Dollar Arm” rarely shows us the “juice,” a baseball comedy that is as tentative as a base on balls.

New version of ‘Godzilla’ is the same old thing GODZILLA ** Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of destruction, mayhem and creature violence; starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Ken Watanabe, Elizabeth Olsen, Sally Hawkins, Bryan Cranston, Juliette Binoche and David Strathairn; directed by Gareth Edwards; opening Friday at ShowPlace 8 in Carbondale and AMC Centre 8 in Marion ROGER MOORE MCCLATCHY-TRIBUNE NEWS‌

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“With a purposeful grimace and a terrible

scowl, he pulls the spitting high-tension wires down.”

And “Oh no, there goes Tokyo.” Well, not this time.

It’s “Oh no, there goes (San) Francisco.”

“Godzilla” belches back to life in a new Warner Bros. film that harks back to the kid-friendlier versions of these Japanese

“Kaiju” (big monster) movies. In an increasingly radioactive world menaced by radiation-eating beasties, the return of the almost cuddly “King of the Monsters” may be the least of our troubles.

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GODZILLA: Same old thing

to get to the bottom of a cover-up. Something is awakening. Call it a MUTO cleverly revisit the 1940s (Massive Unidentified Terand ‘50s atomic testing restrial Organism). And call that awakened Godzilla once. Gareth Edwards’ film in the military.

Dr. Ichiro Serizawa (Ken then jumps to the late ‘90s, Watanabe) has been followwhere mysterious goings ing developments all these on in mining operations in years. He knows what’s up. the Philippines and near nuclear plants in Japan hint He’s seen the Toho movies. that something bad is about He’s heard the Blue Oyster Cult song. to go down.

Visual effects master turned Bryan Cranston is an director Gareth Edwards American engineer workimpressed Hollywood with ing with his wife (Juliette his low-budget version of Binoche) when a tragic this sort of story, “Monaccident means their little boy Ford will grow up with- sters.” Given a huge budget and hours to tell the tale, out a mom. he delivers a lumbering Years later, Ford (Aaron movie that’s as bloated as Taylor-Johnson of “Kickthis new roly-poly version Ass”) is a Navy bomb disposal expert, and Dad’s still of the Big Guy, whom we only see in all his glory in hanging around the ruins the later acts. of that Japanese reactor, a Cranston blubbers with wild-eyed loon determined FROM PAGE 11

The effects are decent — warships tossed about like bathtub toys, trains trashed and torched, nuclear missiles munched.

The movie’s never less than competent. But the fatigue of over-familiarity curses this franchise like few others. We’ve seen Japanese men in monster suits. We’ve seen digital kaiju, and gigantic robotarmored soldiers fighting them (“Pacific Rim”).

So in a tale this timeworn MCT‌ and a film this devoid of Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Legendary Pictures’ epic action adventure ‘Godzilla, a Warner Bros.

Pictures release, opens in theaters Friday. humor, with only a few moments of humanity, with tension frittered away by perhaps the giant lizard San Francisco. Watanabe emotion — “Something the tedious repetition of the runs through a panoply of “will restore it.”

KILLED my wife, and I fights, anybody who has Sally Hawkins was “stricken” looks as he sees have a RIGHT to know!” ever seen “Godzilla” in any wastefully cast to simply Taylor-Johnson doesn’t the menace, understands incarnation can be forgiven break a sweat as beasts try it and fails to convince the stand behind Watanabe for asking the obvious: admiral (David Strathairn) as Dr. Serizawa makes to keep him from making “What else have another “What fresh hell is it home to his wife (Eliza- in charge that the natural you got?” this?” face. world needs “order” and beth Olsen) and child in

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Everyday, the cooks at this popular buffet restaurant cook up fried chicken, chicken and dumplings, butter beans, ‘real’ mashed potatoes, strawberry shortcake the way it used to be before fast food and pre-packaged meals. The restaurant also features specialty buffets on Friday and Saturday nights.

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