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Hearts Desire race set Saturday in Carterville to last six hours

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‌CARTERVILLE — The Hearts Desire Six-Hour Ultra race/walk will start at 6:15 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 2, at the John A. Logan College baseball field parking lot.

The event challenges each runner/walker or team to complete as many miles as they can over the

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Salute veterans and raise money for Hospice during benefit ride Saturday benefit Hospice of Southern Illinois.

Stops along the race route include Harrisburg American Legion, Marion American Legion, Hollywood Bar in Herrin, Pub’s in Johnston City and Donna’s Sweetwater Saloon in Benton.

Veterans will be recognized at each stop and bikes will be back at the Benton Legion by 5 p.m.

The event will include music by Randy Manning, door prizes and raffles.

For more information, call 618-927-1045, 618997-3030 or go to www. hospice.org.

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‌CARBONDALE — R. Buckminster Fuller, the late SIU designer, educator, inventor and visionary, will be the focus of a performance and special exhibit coming to the university this fall.

D.W. Jacobs, the playwright, director, actor, producer and co-founder of the San Diego Repertory Theatre, is the author of “R. Buckminster Fuller: The History (and Mystery) of the Universe.”

Jacobs will perform the one-man play at

On April 18, 1979, R. Buckminster Fuller holds up a Tensegrity sphere.

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7 p.m. Oct. 18 as part of The Friends of Morris Library’s annual gala.

The play takes audience members on a journey with Fuller as their guide.

Jacobs provides insight

during the race and will be posted on a prize board.

The race is sponsored by the Prairie Heart Institute. All proceeds go to the American Heart Association.

For more information, call 618-521-3543.

— The Southern

into Fuller’s life and his work, from his Massachusetts childhood to his meeting with Albert Einstein and through his work focusing on doing more with less for the good of the environment.

In conjunction with the performance, a special exhibit will be on display at the library.

The Buckminster Fuller Collection and other Treasures from the Special Collection will open at an 11 a.m. brunch Oct. 19.

The R. Buckminster Fuller events will be open to the public.

Visit www.lib.siu.edu/ gala for details or contact Kristine B. McGuire at 618-453-1633 or kmcguire@lib.siu.edu.

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Dancing With Our Stars on tap Aug. 23 at Krieger’s Convention Center ‌MOUNT VERNON — The sixth annual Dancing With Our Stars fundraiser is set for Saturday, Aug. 23, in the Krieger’s Convention Center at Holiday Inn. The event is sponsored by Girl Scouts of

Southern Illinois.

The agenda consists of a cocktail hour and silent auction beginning at 5:30 p.m., followed by dinner at 6:30 p.m. and the Celebrity Star Dance competition at 7:30 p.m.

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group. The race will begin at 7:30 a.m. and will end at 1:30 p.m.

All participants will receive a T-shirt and a finisher’s medallion, and awards will be given in each age category and each team category.

Random prize drawings will also be held

Library gala highlights play, art on Bucky Fuller, a former SIU professor

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‌BENTON — A Salute to Veterans Legion Rider’s Benefit Ride will take off at noon Saturday, Aug. 2, at the Benton Legion Post 280, 311 S. Main St. Registration will start at 11 a.m. and an honor and color guard salute to Veterans will begin at 11:45 a.m.

Motorcycle riders will start the ride at noon.

The $15 entry fee for a single rider includes a mostaccioli dinner after the ride.

The dinner will be at 4:30 p.m. and cost $5 per plate for those not participating in the ride.

All proceeds will

course of six hours.

Registration will begin at 6:15 a.m. and is available to the first 100 individuals and 30 teams.

Registration is $50 per person and $120 per team.

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After the stars take to the floor, guests can dance until midnight to music provided by DJ Fred Klapetzky.

Tickets are $45, which includes dinner and an evening of dancing. Table

sponsorships are available for $500 and include a table for 10 attendees.

For more information, contact Emily Kimmey at 618-242-5079 or by e-mail at dancing@gsofsi.org.

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Local high school students tackle ‘Anything Goes’ ‌CARBONDALE — “Anything Goes,” this season’s All Southern High School Theatre Project production, will be presented Thursday, July 31, through Sunday, Aug. 3, in McLeod Theater at SIU. The annual project is designed to offer an opportunity for talented regional high school performers to work with a professional team and create a unique experience for the community and the young artists involved.

“Anything Goes” will feature Marcia Miller, a senior at Marion High School, as Reno Sweeney and Andrew Alstat, a student at Trinity Christian School in Carbondale as Billy Crocker.

Others in the play include: Harrison Barr as Elisha Whitney; Leslie Hancock plays Hope Harcourt; Olivia Gordon as Evangeline Harcourt; Michael Terrana plays Lord Evelyn Oakleigh; Jacob Shaffer is Moonface Martin with Kathryn Miller playing Erma.

Reno Sweeney’s angels are Kristin Doty, Bailey Endebrock, Jamie McKee and Sabrina LeBlanc.

Logan Beers, Garrett James, Hayden Schubert, Jack Russell Rose and Andrew Aaflaq make up the Sailor Quintet.

Alexis Jones, Rachel Leek, Kodiak Frey, Caroline Shaffer, Elizabeth Tang, Maggie Yewell, Bryan Turney and Keagan Schlosser round out the cast.

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Jacob Shaffer, Marcia Miller and Andrew Alstat are among the cast for the upcoming All Southern High School Theater Project production of ‘Anything Goes.’

“Anything Goes” performances will be 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday.

Tickets for the

production are $16 for adults and $8 for students.

Call 618-453-6000 or go to playhouse.siu.edu to purchase tickets.

— The Southern

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Jonesboro will be abuzz with hummingbirds Saturday J‌ ONESBORO — The Southern Illinois Hummingbird Festival will be from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, Aug. 2, at the Trail of Tears State Forest large pavilion and white barn.

Vernon Kleen, a licensed hummingbird bander from Springfield and associated with the Lincoln Land Association of Bird Banders, will begin the festival with a short discussion about hummingbirds and explain why they are banded. After the discussion, he will capture and band the birds.

This event is free and visitors may stay as long as they wish. Visitors may also adopt a bird by making a $5 donation to the Lincoln Land Association of Bird Banders.

Those who adopt birds will receive a signed certificate, may be able to release their adopted birds and will be notified if their birds are ever recaptured.

For more information, contact Kleen at 217-787-3515.

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Concerts‌ Southern Illinois Shameless: Garth Brooks tribute, 8:3011 p.m. Friday, Aug. 1, Egyptian Hills Resort, Lake of Egypt, 75 Egyptian Parkway, Creal Springs; $20; benefits the Williamson County Family Crisis Center Homeless Shelter; www. egyptianhillsresort.com; 618-364-8088 or 618-996-3449 Yesterday Once More: Celebration of the Music of the 50’s and 60’s, plus Donny and the Doo Wops reunion, 2 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 9, Benton Civic Center; $9/$12; proceeds benefit the Pyramid Players; www.bentonciviccenter.com; 618-435-5700 Face to Face: A Billy Joel and Elton John Tribute, 7 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 9, Walker’s Bluff, Legend’s Amphitheatre, 326 Vermont Road, Carterville; doors open, 5 p.m.; VIP tickets include Legend’s buffet and access to the Legends patio seating; lawn seating, first come, first served basis; VIP, $100; general admission, $25, presale; $30, day of concert; 618-9569900; www.walkersbluff.com Illinois State Fair concerts: Feature Pitbull Aug. 9, Hunter Hayes Aug. 13, Emblem3 Aug. 14, Steely Dan Aug. 15; fairgrounds, Springfield; fair Aug. 7-17; www.ticketmaster.com, 800-745-3000; www.agr. state.il.us/isf/entertainment.htm Du Quoin State Fair : Foreigner Aug. 23 , Kenny

Rogers Aug. 24, Travis Tritt Aug. 25, The Jon Henninger Band Aug. 26, .38 Special Aug. 28, Rodney Atkins Aug. 29; KC and the Sunshine Band Aug. 30; shows start 7:30 p.m., grandstand; The Jon Henninger Band, $10; remaining shows, $25/$30; 618-542-1535; www.duquoinstatefair.net Carbondale Rocks Revival: Sept. 4-6 concerts at various venues throughout downtown Carbondale; carbondalemusiccoalition.com

Kentucky Mannheim Steamroller Christmas: Tickets now on sale; show, 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, Dec. 11, The Carson Center, Paducah; $74/$54/$44/$29; www. thecarsoncenter.org; 270-450-4444 Bluegrass Night: 7:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 1, Kentucky Opry, 88 Chilton Lane, Benton, Ky.; free; www.kentuckyopry.com; 888-459-8704 Country Music Show: 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 2, Kentucky Opry, 88 Chilton Lane, Benton, Ky.; $16/$15/$10/$7.50; www.kentuckyopry. com; 888-459-8704 Shawn Klush : With special guests Cody Slaughter, Elvis’ drummer DJ Fontana, The Sweet Inspirations and The Blackwood Quartet, 7:30 p.m. Friday Aug. 8, The Carson Center, Paducah; Elvis tribute; $65/$45/$32/$24/$21; www.thecarsoncenter.org; 270-450-4444 The Beach Boys: 7:15 p.m.

Thursday, Sept. 18, The Carson Center, Paducah; $135/$100/$65/$50/$30; www.thecarsoncenter.org; 270-450-4444

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Thursdays, Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, 2600 Richview Road, Mount Vernon; through Aug. 28; 618-242-1236; www. cedarhurst.org

Exhibits‌ Rene F. de Groof: Photography on display, Mr. Koolz, 2402 Williamson County Parkway, Marion; through Aug. 5 Near Side of Intimacy: Mixed media works by artist R. Michael Fisher, opens Monday, Aug. 4, Carbondale Civic Center Corridor Gallery, 200 S. Illinois Ave.; Reception, 5-6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 20; through Aug. 29; 618-4575100; info@carbondalearts. org; carbondalearts.org Two artists: Mosaics artist Janet Althoff and Fibers artist Sue Spurlock, anthill gallery & vintage curiosities, 102 N. Front St., Cobden; hours, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Wednesday through Saturday and noon4 p.m. Sunday; anthillgallery@ gmail.com; 618-893-3100 John C. Havlik: Exhibiting a Limited Series of 10 Original Designs with Quotations, The Yellow Moon Cafe’s Luna Gallery, 110 N. Front St., Cobden; through Aug. 30; anthillgallery.com; yellowmooncafe.com; 618-893-3100 Lori Helfrich: North window artist, Little Egypt Arts Centre, 601 Tower Square, Marion; through July; 618-998-8530 or www.littleegyptarts.com Paint on the Wall: By Shawn Vincelette, Pavilion of the City of Marion, 1602 Sioux Drive; through July; also the Marion Landmarks Series; 618-993-2657 Revived, Reclaimed Redeemed: Prints and jewelry by Ashley Greer, Du Quoin Library of Arts, 6 S. Washington St.; through July 31; 618-790-4036; libraryofarts@gmail.com L andscapes of Southern Illinois: Carbondale Civic Center Corridor Gallery; 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday;

through July 31; 618-4575100; info@carbondalearts. org; carbondalearts.org Cedarhurst Center for the Arts: Playing with Scissors, Polly Winkler-Mitchell; Waves in Black and White, Sandra Gottlieb; Dreaming Out Loud, recent works by Paul Aho; Pastoral America, The Morrissey Family Collections; 2600 Richview Road, Mount Vernon; through Aug. 3; 618242-1236; www.cedarhurst.org Old & New: Paintings by Carol Good, Longbranch Café & Bakery, 100 E. Jackson St., Carbondale; through Aug. 10; 618-201-6252 Historical Structures : Little Egypt Arts Association Art Competition, Arts Centre, Tower Square, Marion; 9 a.m.1 p.m. Monday, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.

Tuesday-Saturday; closing reception, 5 p.m. Aug. 15; 618-998-8530 Playful Notions — Experiments in Mixed

The Art of Description: Southern Illinois Art & Artisans Center, 14967 Gun Creek Trail, Whittington; through Oct. 17, 2015; 9 a.m.-5 p.m. daily; 618-629-2220 Joan Skiver-Levy: 24 paintings and collage, Corner Dance Hall, Whittington; through October; 618-303-5266

Receptions‌ Metal sculptor Jillian Thompson: Works on display at The Prairie Museum of Art and History, Colby, Kansas; Thompson, a student at SIU, uses wood, cast iron and steal; reception, 4-6 p.m., Friday, Aug. 1; through August; prairiemuseum@ hotmail.com Media: Clay sculpture, painted 618-629-2220 or mgalloway@ Saturday, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.

Joyce Elledge Art Show: Sunday; through August; museum.state.il.us furniture, wire sculpture, Reception, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

Staycation : Missy Carstens, 618-998-8530 mixed media vessels, mixed Saturday, Aug.9, Du VisionQuest: An exhibit of local scenes, Latta Java media painting, Southern Quoin Library of Arts, 6 S. multi-image photographs by Illinois Art and Artisan Center, coffee shop, 412 N. Market Washington St.; 618-790Charles Hammond, Harrisburg 4036; libraryofarts@gmail.

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

Events‌ Cruise Night: 6 p.m. Friday, Aug. 1, Rend Lake College MarketPlace, Mount Vernon; prizes; 50/50 drawing; music

by Hot Rod Nights; 618-2447711 or 618-242-6279 Hearts Desire Race: Six-Hour Ultra race/walk, starts with registration, 6:15 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 2, John A. Logan College baseball field parking lot, Carterville; complete as many miles as possible over six hours; $50 per person; $120

per team; proceeds to the American Heart Association; 618-521-3543 Living Color Living United 5K: 9 a.m., Saturday, Aug. 2, Veterans Memorial Park, Mount Vernon; sponsored by United Way of South Central Illinois; www.uwsci.org/color; 618-242-8000 Salute to Veterans: Legion Rider’s Benefit Ride, noon Saturday, Aug. 2, Benton Legion Post 280, 311 S. Main St., Benton; registration, 11 a.m.; $15 entry fee includes mostaccioli dinner after the ride; music by Randy Manning; door prizes; raffles; 618-9271045, 618-997-3030; www. hospice.org West African Drum and Dance Class: 3:30 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 2, Willow Street Studios, 205 W. Willow St., Carbondale; $20/$15; dancewillow@gmail.com AKC Dog Show: By the Crab Orchard Kennel Club, 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. SaturdaySunday, Aug. 2-3, The Pavilion, Marion; $5; 10 and under, free; www.onofrio.com; www. craborchardkennelclub.org; president@craborchardkennelclub.org

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Saline Masonic Lodge Car and Truck Show: 8 a.m.2 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 9, lodge, 736 S. Fly Ave., Goreville; registration fee, $15; music by the Big Elvis Rock-n-Roll Show; silent auction; trivia games; 618-922-5995; 618-694-6976 Car Show: Hosted by the Road Rebels, 4-10 p.m. Friday, Aug. 15, The Custard Stand/ Subway Parking Lot, 101 S. Park St., Sesser; registration, 4 p.m. and awards, 9 p.m.; movie by Hot Rod Nights; 618-625-7129; 618-625-6633; www.sesser.org Dancing With Our Stars: Fundraiser, 5:30 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 23, Krieger’s Convention Center, Holiday Inn, Mount Vernon; proceeds to Girl Scouts of Southern Illinois; dinner; Celebrity Star Dance competition; $45; 618242-5079; dancing@gsofsi.org

Festivals‌ Cobden Peach Festival: 5 p.m. Friday-Saturday, Aug. 1-2, Cobden Community Park, Locust Street; carnival, queen contest, food, peach cobbler, bingo, race, music; parade, 4:30 p.m. Saturday; 618-8932425; www.cobdenil.com Southern Illinois Hummingbird Festival: 9 a.m.-noon Saturday Aug. 2, Trail of Tears State Forest, large pavilion and white barn, Jonesboro; presentation

by Vernon Kleen, a licensed hummingbird bander; birds will be captured and banded; 217-787-3515 Corn Fest : 4 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 2, Charter Oak Schoolhouse, 9272 Schuline Road, Sparta; dinner, tours of the eight-sided schoolhouse, country store and period music; 618-826-2667 Hearts For The Arts: 4-10 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 2, city park, Pinckneyville; festival celebrates local artists and good health; basketball

Sunday through Oct. 26; 1847 home at 102 S. Main St., Jonesboro; free but donations welcome; also conduct research on local history or genealogy; Lincoln Museum Room features information on Lincoln-Douglas Debate in 1858 in Jonesboro; 618833-8745, 618-697-1870 or 618-833-3228

Theater Auditions‌ Auditions: For Rope, 6-8 p.m. Monday-Tuesday, Aug. 18-19, Varsity Center For The Arts, Carbondale; www. stagecompany.org Auditions: For Cinderella, 4-6 p.m., Tuesday-Wednesday, tournament; 3K run/walk; balloon glows, craft fair, car art and health displays; show, music, activities for kids, Aug. 26-27, Southeastern Illinois College, George T. demonstrations, classes; fireworks, food, cardboard Dennis Visual & Performing music by Rusty Nail, 6-9 p.m.; boat races; admission, $3 to vendors, wine; 618-357-3243; park; 618-532-6789, 533-7305 Arts Center Theatre, Harrisburg; high school and 618-357-8775 and 888-533-2600; balloonabove; bring a one-minute St. Andrew School fest.com or centraliail.com monologue and a verse of a Festival: 4-11 p.m. FridayDu Quoin State Fair: Aug. Saturday, Aug. 8-9; dinner, 22-Sept. 1, fairgrounds; Grand Broadway song; accompanist provided; be prepared to read 4 p.m., Knight’s of Columbus Circuit harness racing, ARCA from the script; performance Hall, Murphysboro; kids’ and USAC car races, carnival dates, Oct. 17-19;allan.kimgames, outdoor concesmidway with Kiddyland, ball@sic.edu sions, bingo, entertainment, exhibits, concession stands, St. Andrews School, 723 senior center, conservation Mulberry St., Murphysboro; world, petting zoo, home show, Theater/Performance‌ McLeod Summer 618-971-7091; 618-687-2013; daily livestock shows, Agriland Playhouse: Anything Goes, saintandrew-school.org Expo, entertainers nightly; 7:30 p.m. Thursday-Saturday, Steam, Gas & Threshing theme, “Love A Fair: Since July 31-Aug. 2 and 2 p.m.

Show: Wednesday-Sunday, 1923;” parking, $7; 618-542Sunday, Aug. 3, McLeod Aug. 13-17, fairgrounds, 1515; duquoinstatefair.net Theater, SIU; adults, $16; Pinckneyville; starts 6 p.m. students, $8; playhouse.siu.

Wednesday, 5 p.m. Thursday, History‌ edu; 618-453-6000 10 a.m.-7 p.m. Friday and Historic tours: Of the Lucky Old Sons: 7:30 p.m., Saturday and begins, 8 a.m.

Harrison Bruce Historical Friday, Aug. 8, The Gathering Sunday; tractor activities, Village, 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. plowing with steam engines, Tuesdays, Aug. 5, Aug. 19, John Place Dinner Theatre, 290 S. Burns St., Sparta; $35, show blacksmithing, horse/mule A. Logan College, Carterville; and dinner; www.thegatherrelay; steam train rides, guided docent tour or a self ingplaceoffbroadway.com; antique auto show and swap; walking tour 618-965-3726 petting zoo; flea market; Presentation: On Civil Sunday Drive: 1:30 p.m. grounds admission, $7; under War Politics and the Myth of and 6:30 p.m., Saturday, 12, free Treason in Southern Illinois Aug. 9, The Gathering Place Centralia Balloon Fest:

by Douglas Lind, director of Dinner Theatre, 290 S. Burns 3-10 p.m. Friday, Aug. 15 and the SIU Law Library, 7 p.m., 6 a.m.-10 p.m. Saturday and Monday, Aug. 11, General John St., Sparta; matinee show, 1:30o p.m., $15; show and Sunday, Aug. 16-17, Foundation A. Logan Museum, 1613 Edith dinner starting 6:30 p.m., $35; Park, Centralia, Highway 161 St., Murphysboro www.thegatheringplaceoffEast and Pleasant Street; over Tour PAST Heritage broadway.com; 618-965-3726 40 hot air balloons; races, House: 1:30-3:30 p.m. every

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HORSING AROUND

Equines still play major role in Williamson County Fair

ADAM TESTA

THE SOUTHERN‌

‌MARION — In the formative days of county fairs, the events were designed to showcase a region’s best agricultural efforts.

As time went on, the events expanded and attractions were added for fairgoers of all ages to enjoy. Carnival rides and games began populating midways and automobiles starting racing around tracks or colliding into each other in demo derby arenas.

For some, though, the agricultural roots remain a prevalent part of the present and a means of honoring the past.

“They still try to maintain that tradition,” said Frank Colombo of the Williamson County Saddle Club. “It’s a long tradition.”

Colombo and his organization will do their part in preserving the past with two events during the upcoming Williamson County Fair, which runs from Monday, Aug. 4, through Saturday, Aug. 9.

The Saddle Club hosts a gaited and Western horse show at 6 p.m. Friday, Aug. 8, and a speed horse show at 6 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 9. Both events, held at the Justin Eli Dodd Memorial Arena at the county fairgrounds, are free to the public.

“It’s one of the best shows we have,” said fellow Saddle Club board member Ron Colborn.

“There are more kids and more people for that show than our others throughout the year. Quite a few

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Keith Jackson of Creal Springs rides around the first barrel during a barrel race that at the Williamson County Fairgrounds.

people come out for it.”

Both Colombo and Colborn expressed their appreciation for the fair and the continued involvement of the Saddle Club, as equines have been a part of a legacy spanning more than 155 years.

“It’s a big plus for the county,” Colborn said.

“Through the years, there has been a lot of great entertainment. My family and kids always enjoyed that.”

The fair schedule includes the following events:

$15 all-day pass or $2 single ticket Ronnie McDowell concert, 8 p.m., $8 general admission or $10 individual chair box seat

Wednesday, Aug. 6

Carnival, 5-10 p.m., $15 all-day pass or $2 single ticket Southern Illinois Worship Center Gospel Night, 7 p.m., free

Thursday, Aug. 7

Harness racing, 1 p.m., free

Carnival, 5-10 p.m., $15 all-day pass or $2 single ticket Rodeo, 7:30 p.m., $8 general admission or $10 individual chair box seat or $15 pit pass

Tuesday, Aug. 5

Friday. Aug. 8

Monday, Aug. 4

Harness racing, 1 p.m., free Carnival, 5-10 p.m.,

Carnival, 5-10 p.m., $15 all-day pass or $2 single ticket

RhythmEffects Crew, 6 and 9 p.m., free Gaited and Western horse show, 6 p.m., free Tractor pull, 7 p.m., $8 general admission or $10 individual chair box seat or $15 pit pass Moccasin Creek concert, 8 p.m., $10 general admission

Saturday, Aug. 9

Garden tractor pull, noon, free Carnival, 5-10 p.m., $15 all-day pass or $2 single ticket Speed horse show, 6 p.m., free Demolition derby, 7 p.m., $8 general admission or $10 individual chair box seat or $15 pit pass

Dixie Darling enjoys her cool down at the Williamson County Fair in Marion.

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Lollapalooza marks a decade in Chicago singer of Jane’s Addiction, started Lollapalooza in 1991. It was a tour until 1997 before a hiatus ‌CHICAGO — Once the until 2003. There were vagabond of the music struggles in 2004 when festival and touring cirthe event was canceled cuit, Lollapalooza marks just weeks before it was its 10th anniversary in Chicago when it opens for to get underway because of poor ticket sales. But in three days starting Friday 2005, Lollapalooza came with a lineup including to Chicago’s lakefront Eminem, Outkast and Grant Park where it hosted Kings of Leon. several dozen musical art“We are very into the ists on five stages over two idea of being an internadays. The headline in the tional music event,” LolChicago Tribune the day lapalooza founder Perry after the festival ended Farrell said in a recent read: “Successapalooza.” interview. “But I would Its second year in Chihave to acknowledge that cago, Lollapalooza grew if it were not for Chicago, that beautiful showroom, I to about 130 acts on nine don’t think we would be in stages with capacity for the position we’re in now.” 75,000 people. This year promoters expect 100,000 Farrell, the leader

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on each day with as many acts on eight stages. The festival has grown over its years in Chicago, adding food tents with offerings from gourmet chefs and a children’s section. And it has brought acts like Lady Gaga, Nine Inch Nails, the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Coldplay to town.

Eventually, Lollapalooza became the basis for the modern festival culture and circuit that has evolved since, including events like Bonnaroo, Coachella and a legion of smaller multiday parties.

This year, Lorde, Skrillex, Calvin Harris and Nas are part of the jampacked lineup.

Chicago city leaders decided in 2005 to let

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“It’s become a global image-builder for Chicago,” said Don Welsh, president and chief executive officer of Choose Chicago, the city’s tourism and convention organization. “Lollapalooza has become synonymous with Chicago.”

Last year, he said, the organization estimates Lollapalooza’s economic impact on Chicago was $140 million. This year for the first time the city and Lollapalooza promoters worked with tourism partners in international markets to make tickets available for music fans around the world.

And Chicago Park District officials say festival proceeds have gone to pay for park improvements and educational and cultural programs.

With an event this large, things haven’t always been perfect. A thunderstorm moved across Chicago in 2012 and shut down Lollapalooza, forcing promoters to shuffle the lineup.

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‌MARION — The fifth annual Williamson County Fair 5K Run/Walk and Kids Fun Run will be Aug. 2 at Williamson County Fairgrounds, at the corner of Fair and Main streets.

The entry fee is $20 for participants who register

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‌MURPHYSBORO — “Civil War Politics and the Myth of Treason in Southern Illinois” is the topic of a presentation at 7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 11, in the General John A. Logan Museum, 1613 Edith St. The presentation will be given by Douglas Lind, director of the law library at SIU. By mid-1862, elements in the Lincoln administration believed that Southern sympathizers in the North were

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As a result of these fears, the Lincoln administration issued an order to arrest and imprison without need for trial, “anybody who discouraged enlistments, gave aid and comfort to the enemy or was suspected of any other disloyal practice.”

Arrests quickly followed in Southern Illinois where Josh Allen, a sitting congressman, was arrested.

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Singer Eli Tellor advances to Texaco Country Showdown finals

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fter nearly three hours of grueling competition in the local Texaco Country Showdown, Eli Tellor stood nervously Saturday night at the end of a long line of 19 contestants that stretched the entire length of the stage inside the Black Diamond HarleyCountry Davidson warehouse Scene in Marion. Vince Hoffard The seasoned 24-year-old vocalist from Makanda had plenty to be worried about.

Heather Nicole Thompson of Golconda had worked the crowd into a frenzy with powerhouse vocals on a couple of classic rock covers, while perennial favorites Chris McGee of Marion and Jared Tolbert of Goreville had strong performances.

Teenage sensations Jared & Jacob of West Frankfort were also a serious threat to take the title.

Tellor admitted to having goosebumps during the two-minute span as

master-of-ceremonies Kent Zimmer, from sponsoring radio station WOOZ-FM, encouraged the several hundred fans in attendance to “make some noise.”

When he heard his name announced as the winner, Tellor said he was stunned.

“It’s hard to describe. I’ve finished second in so many contests. It feels really good to win, especially this one.

There were so many awesome singers. I wouldn’t have been surprised to hear four or five others names called out. This is truly an honor,” Tellor said. “My goal was to get up there, be myself and just let it happen. I’ve been doing this for such a long time. Maybe this is the break I need to push it to the next level.”

Tellor advances to the Aug. 21 state finals of the nationwide talent search in North Utica. In the past, Garth Brooks, Martina McBride and Blake Shelton participated in this contest, which is in its 33rd year.

Nearly a decade ago, Deanna Marie Freeman of Zeigler advanced to the national finals in back-to-back years.

Just making it to the venue was a challenge for

Tellor. Earlier in the day, he performed at StarView Vineyards near Lick Creek, part of the Shawnee Hills Wine Trail.

“I had a minor heat stroke. I got light-headed and about passed out. I didn’t know if I was even going to make it up here,” he said. “I pulled myself together somehow. I’m sure glad I did. This is a major highlight in my musical career.”

Taking the stage as contestant No. 7, Tellor used two original compositions to capture the title. He kicked off with the uptempo “I Could Get Used To This,” a tune he co-wrote with Steve Hornbeak of Ullin.

The tune allows the listener to temporarily escape from the shackles of a full-time job and gives them a threeminute tropical vacation.

“Steve and I were lucky enough to get a sponsorship for a songwriting trip to Florida,” Tellor said.

“We came up with the idea sitting out in the sun drinking mudslides. It don’t get much better than hanging out on the beach all day.

There is such a Jimmy Buffett feel to it.”

He followed up with “Hi,” a haunting ballad he penned five years ago.

“The inspiration for the song came from the hardships I experienced growing up. It’s definitely my autobiographical in a song.

It summed up my life for awhile,” Tellor recalled, with a painful look on his face, moments after stepping off the stage. The sullen look turned to a broad smile as he glanced out at a huge entourage of family and friends waiting to greet him in front of the stage.

Tellor earns his living playing music. It is the only job he has known. He realized his calling when he won a contest at the Du Quoin State Fair in 2003.

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He even got to perform at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville and in the famous Lower Broadway clubs during CMA Music Fest.

“Steve Hornbeak has been a great mentor and has helped mold me into the performer I am today,” Tellor said. “I can’t wait to see what the future holds. I’m going to keep doing this no matter what.”

Tellor said he plans to move to Nashville when it is financially feasible. One sure way to make that happen would be to win the $100,000 prize money at the national finals of the Showdown later this year in Nashville.

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“I was hooked the first time I went into the studio and put on those headphones,” he said. “There’s a special feeling you get going through the complete creative process.”

Tellor has performed as a solo act and with the band Renegade. Through the years, he has completed seven studio projects.

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he saunters over to the Stones, just four skinny blokes who don’t know what hit them. “Welcome to America,” he says.

Did he say that in real life? No matter. Like many scenes in the film, it expresses Brown’s most important qualities: his indescribable drive as a performer, and his almost blinding charisma.

JOCELYN NOVECK For that, kudos go The Associated Press‌ to director Taylor and producers Brian Grazer ‌There’s a delicious and Mick Jagger (yes, moment in “Get On that Mick Jagger, who’s Up,” Tate Taylor’s new made no secret of James Brown biopic, Brown’s influence on when Brown — played his own famous moves.)

by Chadwick Boseman, But none of it would in a thrillingly magnetic work, of course, without performance — is about to appear on the T.A.M.I. Boseman, an actor on a Show, a multi-act concert remarkable run of late, playing Jackie Robinson filmed in 1964. in “42” and now this. If Backstage, the singer he was impressive as the is informed that he and dignified Robinson, he’s his band won’t be closing electrifying as Brown. the show; that honor will And just as Brown, in be going to an up-andcoming British band called life, upstaged pretty much the Rolling Stones. Brown everyone — including his shakes off the disappoint- bandmates, the Famous Flames — Boseman does ment, goes out and blows the roof off the place with the same here. The always excellent Viola Davis plays the force of those growlBrown’s mother, Susie, but ing vocals and explosive, kinetic dance moves. Then since Susie left her son as

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a young boy, we don’t see enough of Davis — just a few sad moments from Brown’s hardscrabble rural youth, and then one excruciating, wonderfully played scene later, when she comes to see her adult son backstage at Harlem’s Apollo Theater.

The central relationship in Brown’s life, though, was with his friend and partner, Bobby Byrd, who stuck with him even as Brown’s ego pushed many away. As Byrd, Nelsan Ellis gives a thoughtful performance that, appropriately, grounds the film.

Many biopics of performers follow a grating formula: Tough youth, obstacles overcome, fame discovered, more obstacles, descent into old age or worse. Here, Tate and talented screenwriters Jez Butterworth and JohnHenry Butterworth seek to avoid this by jumping around in time, ditching

chronology for a thematic approach. It can get confusing, but it keeps us on our toes.

They also have Brown break the fourth wall at key moments. Alas, this isn’t done early or frequently enough to feel coherent. Perhaps there just wasn’t time; even at 138 minutes, the film has to barrel though parts of Brown’s long public life.

(He died in 2006, at 73.)

Luckily, there was time for the scene where an older Brown bursts into a meeting at a building he owns, shooting at the ceiling with a rifle; he’s annoyed someone used his private bathroom. Also memorable: the scene where Brown encounters a young Little Richard (Brandon Smith, highly entertaining), and Brown’s amusingly incongruous appearance in a ski sweater in the 1965 Frankie Avalon film “Ski Party.”

This image released by Universal Pictures shows Chadwick Boseman in a scene from ‘Get On Up.’

Much more harrowing is a scene showing Brown hitting his second wife, DeeDee — a brief evocation of the man’s darker side.

Also effective is a tense scene in which Brown forces his band, in rehearsal, to change the sound they’re used to playing. They resist; he wins. And the music does sound fabulous throughout; one imagines producer Jagger had something to do with that.

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(The vocals in the film are Brown’s; as for the dance moves, of course, that’s all Boseman. ) In the end, we have a portrait that is not uniformly positive — Brown was too complicated for that — yet falls mostly on the kinder side. At one point, Byrd is trying to explain to a frustrated bandmate why he sticks with Brown.

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him “thesaurus.” That goes right over his head.

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