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October: The month of great video game options One, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 “NBA 2K15” is an abso‌Get ready to empty your lute necessity for even the most casual of basketball bank accounts. fans. This franchise offers Several must-have games and a few other solid the best sports gaming experiences year in and choices flood an October year out. poised to kick off the This year’s edition holiday release season with promises a marked a bang. improvement from “NBA Proceed with caution, 2K14,” which many fans however. If you are on regarded as a slight misa budget, you will want step for the franchise. The to save some money for November, which has even development team from Visual Concepts noted more great games.

If you aren’t on a budget, in multiple interviews that they took fan feedI put together a list just back into account to fix for you. Here are the four these mistakes. games I am most excited For example, the tedious for this October. and sometimes boring MyGM mode from last ‘NBA 2K15’‌ year’s title was completely Out Oct. 7 for PC, Xbox RORY APPLETONJ

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gutted to make room for a more traditional mode akin to the franchise or association modes the NBA 2K games featured until last year.

Another fun feature I am looking forward to is the facial recognition tool unveiled in “NBA 2K15.”

Players can now take a picture of themselves using their console’s USB camera and use it to create ingame doppelgangers.

This franchise never disappoints. “NBA 2K15” is a release-day purchase.

‘Sid Meier’s Civilization: Beyond Earth’‌ Out Oct. 24 for PC The latest incarnation in

By Patrick Hamilton Directed by: John Lipe

the 23-year-old Civilization series takes a massive leap: It abandons the franchise’s traditional world history setting for a new sci-fi adventure set in outer space.

I think this move could end up catapulting “Civilization: Beyond Earth” into the game of the year discussion. Another history-related entry would definitely fall flat, and this new setting allows the developers at Firaxis Games to spread their wings a little bit.

The early images look good, and I’ve read several interviews in which the developers explained the care taken to create a realistic but still futuristic storyline.

Players are tasked with saving humanity by colonizing various planets. It isn’t clear exactly what happened, but we can no longer stay on Earth.

You must choose which futuristic company you want backing your colony venture and venture out into space.

This is a high-risk, high-reward purchase. It could be fantastic, but it

could totally flop. Do you feel lucky?

Out Oct. 28 for Xbox One I didn’t know a thing ‘Super Smash Bros.’‌ about “Sunset Overdrive” Out Oct. 3 for Ninbefore stepping into the tendo 3DS Electronic Entertainment The extremely popular fighting franchise makes its Expo showroom in June.

I actually had a few move to the 3DS handheld interview appointments in console in October, and it the Microsoft area of the is a really safe choice for expo when I passed by this that Nintendo-lover in loud, bright behemoth of a your home.

“Smash Bros. 3DS” isn’t game display. A full broadcast team was yelling out going to surprise anyone. the play-by-play unfolding It’s going to deliver solid, on a massive TV screen. family-friendly gameplay These people were playwith a slight competitive ing “Sunset Overdrive,” a edge for those connected fast-paced shooter in which to Wi-Fi. players are not allowed to I’ve always looked at the Smash Bros. series as a run or take cover. Instead, characters must maneuver consummate party game.

You gather people together, on walls, rails and zip-lines huddle around a big screen to distance themselves from the waves of mutated freaks and smash one another they are tasked with guninto oblivion with the ning down. cute and cuddly Nintendo “Sunset Overdrive” has characters we all know a lot of hype behind it, and and love.

I think it may be justified.

I’m interested to see I’ve definitely never seen a just how this experigame quite like it. ence translates to the I also love its kooky storhandheld market. Smash Bros. is an extremely dull yline. The world is ruled by single-player experience, a totalitarian energy drink corporation, and I have to so I suggest taking the clean up its mutated mess? fight to friend and foe Sign me up. alike online.

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‘Gone Girl’ finds David Fincher at delightfully twisted best Gone Girl

is by nature a chilly director, a temperament that meshes well with the unsettlingly bleak view of human nature that “Gone Girl” is all about.

Novelist and screenwriter Flynn must have been briefed by the Shadow himself about the evil that lurks in the hearts of men (and women), not to mention the lies, KENNETH TURAN manipulation and selfTRIBUNE NEWS SERVICE‌ interest that live there too.

But the fact that Flynn’s ‌Based on a whopper of subjects are essentially a bestselling novel (more love, marriage and perthan 2 million copies sonal relationships gives moved in the first year “Gone Girl” a human conalone), with a major star nection that was absent in in the lead and a top-ofFincher’s off-putting last the line director behind the camera, the film adap- work, “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo.” tation of Gillian Flynn’s Sticking closely to “Gone Girl” couldn’t be a bigger deal. Which is why Flynn’s dazzlingly comyou are reading this review plex plot and its cascade of surprises (there are so a full week before the many that the two-hourfilm’s theatrical release. and-25-minute running For so great has been time barely contains the interest in this delithem), “Gone Girl” is ciously twisted David the kind of portrait of a Fincher film starring Ben marriage that might have Affleck and Rosamund resulted if Alfred HitchPike as the couple from cock had watched a lot of hell that reviews are Ingmar Bergman before appearing nationwide to getting down to work. coincide with its Friday The setting is the night world premiere as depressed but imaginary the prestigious opening Midwestern town of North event of the New York Carthage, Mo., where Film Festival.

Nick Dunne (Affleck) is For once, however, introduced on July 5, also all the fuss is justified. described in an on-screen Superbly cast from the title as “the morning of.” two at the top to the Looking distraught and smallest speaking parts, distracted, Nick heads impeccably directed by to The Bar, a (what else Fincher and crafted by his regular team to within but) bar he owns with his twin sister, Margo (Carrie an inch of its life, “Gone Coon), where he throws Girl” shows the remarkdown an early-morning able things that can shot. It’s a drink he will happen when filmmaker very soon be needing. and material are this For when Nick returns well matched. home on this, his fifth Fincher, whose work wedding anniversary, can be gratuitously disthe door is open, the livturbing (“Seven”) as well ing room’s glass coffee as formally impressive table has been reduced (“The Social Network”),

Rated R for scenes of bloody violence, some strong sexual content, nudity and language; starring Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike, Tyler Perry; directed by David Fincher; opening Friday at AMC 8 in Carbondale and Cape Girardeau.

to fragments and his wife, Amy (Pike), is gone, gone, gone.

Quick on the scene are Detective Rhonda Boney (an excellent Kim Dickens) and Officer James Gilpin (Patrick Fugit, the star of “Almost Famous” back in the day), who methodically go about trying to figure out what happened to Amy and who might be responsible for whatever that was.

But that is only half of “Gone Girl’s” narrative. The film goes back and forth from the investigative present to extensive flashbacks of the past, snapshots that are brought to life through Amy’s voice-over reading of her very personal diary.

Back we go half a dozen years to Nick and Amy meeting in Manhattan, two glib and verbal magazine writers who fall truly, madly, deeply in love and enjoy two blissful years of marriage, doing movie things like making love in the back of a bookstore with no one around to notice. “We’re so cute,” Amy comments at one point in a typically tart Flynn line, “I want to punch us in the face.”

The voice-over also lets us know that Amy is the model for Amazing Amy, a mega-selling series of kids’ books written by her parents (David Clennon and Lisa Banes) about a character who succeeded where the real Amy often fell behind. The competition made the real Amy crazy but also left her with a healthy trust fund.

It’s at this point that reality intrudes. Both Nick and Amy lose their jobs, her trust fund takes a hit, his mother gets cancer, and the end result is that the couple move to North

Carthage, Nick’s hometown and a place that total New Yorker Amy simply cannot abide.

Meanwhile, in the dayby-day present, Nick is starting to look more and more like a suspect (today’s savage media circus is one of the film’s targets), partially because his frat-boy good looks and charm don’t play well on the air.

Affleck, who’s had his own personal deer-inthe-headlights moments, gets Nick’s combination of arrogance and likability exactly right, and Pike (memorable in “An Education” and “Jack Reacher”) AP | 20TH CENTURY FOX‌ is completely his equal in Ben Affleck (left) and Tyler Perry appear in a scene from ‘Gone a performance that defies Girl.’ The film was partially shot in Southern Illinois and Cape expectations at every turn. Girardeau.

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Screenwriter, stars see ‘Good Lie’ as timely lesson in refugees’ plight The Good Lie

Rated PG-13 for thematic elements, some violence, brief strong language and drug use; starring Reese Witherspoon, Corey Stoll, Arnold Oceng, Ger Duany, Emmanuel Jal and Nyakuoth Weil; directed by Phillippe Falardeau; opening Friday at AMC University Place 8 in Carbondale.

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‌Those who made the new movie “The Good Lie,” screenwriter Margaret Nagle’s fictionalized account of what many AP | WARNER BROS. PICTURES‌ Sudanese “Lost Boys” Arnold Oceng (from left), Reese Witherspoon and Sarah Baker appear in a scene from ‘The Good Lie.’ went through to get to America, figure there’s a timeliness to its history.

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financing that allowed it to be filmed. Nagle sees that as fate.

“After 11 years, with the refugee camps overflowing again, and kids fleeing violence on our borders, maybe the time is right for this movie,” she says.

“We are a country built by immigrants fleeing intolerance, violence and poverty. That’s how this country began. Plainly, the schools are not teaching history very well if so many people have a hard time remembering that.”

Kuoth Wiel, who plays a lost girl who makes it out of Sudan with the lost boys of “The Good Lie,” is the daughter of Sudanese refugees, a young actress lucky enough to grow up in Minnesota rather than war-torn Sudan.

“If you don’t know what it’s like to be a refugee,” she says, “maybe our movie can tell you. We’re just misunderstood, and I think that’s the case with the unaccompanied minors coming in from the border with Mexico.

You have to wonder why they’re here. They have nothing left. For their parents to give them up to send them north wasn’t easy. Desperation.”

Nagle adds that “if CNN and other networks would take the time to interview some of these kids, we’d all feel differently about them, just as we did about the ‘Lost Boys’ after ‘60 Minutes’ started doing stories

on them.”

Actor Arnold Oceng was born in Uganda, the child of refugees who fled Sudan. But the war spilled over the border, as they often do. Growing up in London, he heard the stories of a harrowing childhood he was too young to remember.

“My mom tells me of running away from the war with me tied on her back, through the jungles of Uganda. Hiding from soldiers, just as she had in Sudan. My mom did that.

I am totally connected with that war, through her. But I did not understand the desperation she felt, the desperation of all refugees from war feel, until we made the film.”

In “The Good Lie,” Oceng plays Mamere, a refugee who feels the weight of responsibility for the others in his “family,” and survivor’s guilt for those he had to leave behind.

Critics are saying “The Good Lie” is “overly earnest” (Variety) but “bighearted” (New York Post) thanks to its story and its timely message about welcoming refugees. Nagle hopes filmgoers get the bigger picture, “that this is what we do best. When we do something like this, we feel good about ourselves and the country. We’ve been so divided, lacking that higher purpose that makes us great. It’s nice to remember we do this.”

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SOUTHERN ILLINOIS

THURSDAY

Oktoberfest music: By The Tomcat Hill Social Club, 5 p.m. and The Natives, 8 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 4, Cobden Downtown Village Park; part of the Cobden Lions Club Oktoberfest which runs from noon to 10 p.m.; food, car show, washing pitching tourney; 618-525-2531; 618-924-1210 Peter Fletcher: Classical guitarist, 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 6, Harrisburg District Library; includes Bach’s “Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring” and Prelude in C minor and Fugue in G minor; the traditional Shaker hymn “Simple Gifts”; four pieces by Grieg; “Fandango” by Rodrigo; “Caprice No. 24” by Paganini, which he transcribed for guitar; free Chris Jones and The Night Drivers: With Emily Bankester, 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 8, The Old Feed Store, 111 Appleknocker Drive, Cobden; Live at The Old Feed Store CD Release concert; $15; www. theoldfeedstore.com Phil Brown & the New Arts Jazztet : CD release event, 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 16, The Grotto Lounge at the Newell House, Carbondale; free; selections from the new compact disc recording, Arkadia; www.acalderajazz. com

KENTUCKY

Bluegrass Night: 7:30 p.m.

Friday, Oct. 3, Kentucky Opry, 88 Chilton Lane, Benton, Ky.; free; www.kentuckyopry.com; 888-459-8704 Kentucky Connection Show: Features Kentucky songs and artists, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 4, Kentucky Opry, 88 Chilton Lane, Benton, Ky.; $16/$15/$10/$7.50; www.kentuckyopry.com; 888-459-8704 Mannheim Steamroller Christmas: 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, Dec. 11, The Carson Center, Paducah; $74/$54/$44/$29; www. thecarsoncenter.org; 270-450-4444

Benton: Gwyn Wynn Senior Center, The Swing N’ Country Dance Band, 7-9:30 p.m.

Carbondale: Hangar 9, Ha Ha Tonka w/Kentucky Knife Fight and Mike Lynch Band Sesser: Community Building, Mike’s Band, 6:30-9:30 p.m.

FRIDAY Carbondale: Hangar 9, The Rev. Peyton’s Big Damn Band w/Alex Kirt Du Quoin: St. Nicholas Brewing Company, Eli Tellor, 6-9 p.m.

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

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

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

SATURDAY Marion: American Legion, Way Back, 7:30 p.m.; Hideout Restaurant, Bob Pina, piano

5:30-9:30 p.m.

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Doug Anderson and Bethany Henning: 5-7 p.m., StarView Vineyards King Juba: 6-9 p.m., Rustle Hill Winery Bone Dry River Band: 7-10 p.m., Walker’s Bluff

SATURDAY

MONDAY

Carbondale: Tres Hombres, County Graves, Urban Pioneers, Matt Woods Du Quoin: Derby’s Community Hall, Jerry’s Jammers, 7-9 p.m.

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

TUESDAY Benton: Gwyn Wynn Senior Center, Jeanita Spillman with Encore Band, 6:30-9:30 p.m.

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

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

FIND THEM HERE Barb’s Place: 206 E. Market St., Christopher 618-724-5562 Brews Brothers Taproom: 1105 Chestnut St. Murphysboro 618-687-111 Carbondale Eagles: 1206 W. Linden St. 618-529-9345 Corner Dance Hall: 200 Franklin St., Whittington 618-303-5266 Curbside: 227 W. Main St., Carbondale 618-490-1539 Derby’s Community

4-8 p.m., StarView Vineyards Ivas John Band: 6-9 p.m., Rustle Hill Winery Bill Harper: Plus Tawl Paul & Slappin’ Henry Blues, 7-11 p.m., Alto Vineyards; Frack-Free Fundraiser

SUNDAY

Pick of The Vine: Noon8 p.m., Rustle Hill Winery; Fowler-Bonan Foundation fundraiser; 10 bands Jenny Johnson: 1-5 p.m., Alto Vineyards As Girls Go: 2-5 p.m., Blue Sky Vineyard Fiddle Rick Johnson: 2-6 p.m., StarView Vineyards Todd Pierson: 3-6 p.m., Walker’s Bluff Dirtwater Fox: 2:305:30 p.m., Von Jakob Winery & Brewery

Bill Harper: 2-5 p.m., Blue Sky Vineyard Max Hay: 2-5 p.m., Rustle Hill Winery Nate Graham and Tim Whiteford: 2-6 p.m., Alto Vineyards Jenny and the Johnsons: 3-6 p.m., Orlandini Vineyard Adam Williams: 3-6 p.m., Walker’s Bluff Rip Lee Blues: 3:30FIND THEM HERE 6:30 p.m., Von Jakob Winery & Brewery Alto Vineyards: Illinois 127, Breeden, Bradley & Maze: Alto Pass

Hall: 214 High St., Du Quoin 618-201-1753 Fusion Bistro and Beverages :203 W. Market, Christopher 618-724-5372 Gwen Wynn Senior Center: 104 N. 10th St., Benton 618-967-4635 Hangar 9 : 511 S. Illinois Ave., Carbondale 618-549-0511 Herrin Teen Town: 105 N. 13th St., Herrin 618-889-3651 Hideout Restaurant: 2602 Wanda Drive, Marion 618-997-8325 Italian Club: 9038 Main Street, Coello 618-724-4610 John Brown’s On The Square: 1000 Tower Square, Marion 618-997-2909 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 618-997-6168 Marion Eagles: Russell and Longstreet Roads, Marion 618-993-6300 Marion Youth Center: 211 E. Boulevard Ave., Marion 618-922-7853

Bella T Winery: 755 Parker City Road, Creal Springs Blue Sky Vineyard: 3150 S. Rocky Comfort Road, Makanda The Bluffs Vineyard and Winery : 140 Buttermilk Hill Road, Ava 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

Midtown Pub : Public Square, Jonesboro 618-614-7777 Murphysboro Moose Lodge: 9663 Old Illinois 13, Murphysboro 618-684-3232 Murphysboro Senior Citizens Center: 17 N. 14th St., Murphsboro N-Kahootz Night Club: 115 W. Cherry St., Herrin 618-942-9345 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 618-549-3348 Red Zone Sports Bar & Grill: 13510 Illinois 37, Marion St. Nicholas Brewing Company: 12 S. Oak St., Du Quoin 618-790-9212 Sesser Community Building: 108 N. Walnut St. 618-627-2868 Steeleville American Legion: 303 S. Chester St.,

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Steeleville 618-965-3362 Tres Hombres: 119 N. Washington St., Carbondale 618-457-3308 The Mansion: 1602 Heartland Drive, Marion 618-579-4145

October 17 & 18 at 7 p.m.

October 19 at 2 p.m.

In the George T. Dennis Visual & Performing Arts Center Recommended for the whole family, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella is a timeless tale where dreams really do come true.

Reserved seating. For tickets, call 841-4649, 252-5400 ext. 2486 or 2487 or email boxoffice@sic.edu

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HOFFARD: Match made in heaven Classical guitarist Peter Fletcher to present concert Monday FROM PAGE 7

She found her niche with the release of critically acclaimed bluegrass album “Back Home Again” in 2000.

She developing a loyal following with tunes like “Missouri Moon,” “One Step Ahead of the Blues” and “The Last Best Place” with her road band The Rage.

Hammering out a living working at an auto body shop during the day, Watson kept his musical dream alive by playing every honky tonk and dive in the Houston area during the early 1970s. He scrapped together every extra dollar he could spare to make demo recordings of original songs.

He hit the jackpot in

1974 with “Love in the Hot Afternoon” which was picked up from the regional Resco Records by powerhouse Capitol Records.

“We have had Gene Watson 10 times, and he sells out every time,” says Clay Campbell, owner of The Kentucky Opry in Draffenville, Ky., the sponsor of the Marion show.

Watson is a regular performer on the Grand Ole Opry, was enshrined in the Texas Music Hall of Fame in 2003 and was inducted into the inaugural class of the Houston Music Hall of Fame last year.

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

‌HARRISBURG — Classical guitarist Peter Fletcher will present a concert at 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 6, in Harrisburg District Library.

This will be Fletcher’s fifth appearance in Harrisburg, and there will be no charge for the concert.

Fletcher lives in New York City but travels extensively, performing more than 100 concerts a year. He has given five programs in Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall and will return there in April.

In addition to live performances, he frequently appears on radio and television.

His recordings include “The Art of Classical Guitar,” “Fedrico Mampou: Guitar Works,” “Peter Fletcher Plays Erik Satie” and an all-Grieg album for which he wrote the guitar transcriptions.

Because the repertoire for classical guitar is relatively small, Fletcher says he wants to carry on Andres Segovia’s tradition of expanding the repertoire by transcribing music from other instruments, particularly the piano. He also likes to commission new music.

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Chris Jones and The Night Drivers’ ‘Live at The Old Feed Store’ CD Release event will be at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 8.

Live at The Old Feed Store CD release concert on tap Wednesday

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Renowned classical guitarist Peter Fletcher will perform Monday in Harrisburg.

A native of Atlanta, Fletcher began studying guitar at age seven. He made his formal debut at 15. He holds a Master of Music degree from Eastman School of Music, from which he has twice received the graduate award.

The program Monday will include Bach’s “Jesu, Friday, October 3rd • 5pm-7pm

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Joy of Man’s Desiring” and Prelude in C minor and Fugue in G minor; the traditional Shaker hymn “Simple Gifts”; four pieces by Grieg; “Fandango” by Rodrigo; he will end with “Caprice No. 24” by Paganini, which he transcribed for guitar.

— The Southern

Cafés‌ Steve Hornbeak: 6 p.m.

Thursday, Kiki’s Coffee House, 326 S. Main St., Anna; singers invited to perform original songs; 618-833-2023 618 Jazz Summit : 7:3010:30 p.m. Thursday, Grotto Lounge/Newell House, 201 E. Main St., Carbondale; 618-549-6400 Anne Hills: 7:30 p.m.

Friday, Cousin Andy’s Coffee-house, Church of the Good Shepherd, 515 S. Orchard Drive, Carbondale; $10; students, $5; www. cousinandy.org

‌COBDEN — Chris Jones and The Night Drivers’ “Live at The Old Feed Store” CD Release event is set for 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 8.

Recorded live in 2013 at The Old Feed Store, SiriusXM Bluegrass Junction host Chris Jones, Ned Luberecki, Jon Weisberger and Mark Stoffel take the Feed Store stage for the concert Wednesday celebrating the World Wide CD Release of “Live at the Old Feed Store.”

The CD is a mix of traditional and contemporary bluegrass and Americana music and was a firstround nomination for the International Bluegrass Music Association live recording of the year. For information on the CD, go to http://chrisjonesgrass. com/new-live-single.

IBMA award-winning Bluegrass vocalist Emily Bankester will also join the band for the concert.

Doors open at 6 p.m. at 111 Appleknocker Drive.

Soups and sandwiches will be served at the BYO Event.

Tickets are $15 and may be purchased by going to www.theoldfeedstore. com.

— The Southern

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GENE WATSON AND RHONDA VINCENT:

A match made in country music heaven RHONDA VINCENT

A mandolin virtuoso, Watson is known as Vincent was born in Kirksthe best pure traditional country artist in the indus- ville and raised in Greentop, Mo. She grew up playtry today and proves it at ing music with her family each concert appearance band, which was a regular with a soulful rendition of act at Silver Dollar City in signature tune “Farewell Party.” He will be perform- Branson from 1977-78. The band still hosts the popular ing at 7 p.m. on Jan. 23 Sally Mountain Show bluein the Marion Cultural & GENE WATSON grass festival each year in Civic Center.

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The 52-year-old VinMarion Cultural & Civic Vincent won the “You cent has been nominated Center; $58 for VIP, $42 for Can Be a Star” talent conCOURTESY GENE WATSON‌ for five Grammy Awards, prime reserved, $32 for test on The Nashville Netand she has won IBMA Gene Watson will perform in floor, $24 for the balcony; Female Vocalist of the Year work in 1985 and released Marion in January. info or tickets at honors an incredible seven two singles for Giant 618-997-4030.

Records, but her country consecutive years (2000released “Your Money music career never really 2006) and captured the and My Good Looks,” a got off the ground.

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Williams’ The ‘Queen of Bluegrass’ Rhonda Vincent performs in Paducah Vincent has been hailed seven on Nov. 3. as “The Queen of Blueencores for grass” by The Wall Street better than this,” said Bill Everybody from Larry “Lovesick Journal, and the InterGatlin to T. Graham Brown Anderson after witnessBlues” national Bluegrass Music ing the on-screen magic. seemed content to rehash during Association has named her “The first time I heard his debut COUNTRY the tunes that propelled Two of South Africa’s true freedom Female Vocalist of the Year Gene Watson and Rhonda them into the Music City perforSCENE fighters and renowned musical icons on multiple occasions. She Vincent, I knew it was a limelight. Everyone that mance at Vince Hoffard come together to honor twenty will appear at 3 p.m. on match made in country is, except Gene Watson the Grand years since the start of democracy Nov. 3 at The Carson Cenand Rhonda Vincent. They music heaven.”

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Masekela and Vusi Mahlasela The duo stepped to the Me Center. will pay homage in 20 Years of Stealing a page from the stage and unleashed the Freedom: featuring South Africa’s Gather Homecoming series jaw-dropping original Freedom Songs, including many of tune “Staying Together,” a in gospel music, a wide their own. stone-cold potential councross section of country try classic with crying steel stars from a previous era SHOW HOURS: gathered in a large room in guitar and fiddle, a tune in the same league as George Nashville a few years ago FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10 for the taping of “Country and Tammy or Conway EARLY BIRD SPECIAL $5 and Loretta during the Family Reunion.”

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Fourth annual Buffalo Tro fundraiser set for Oct. 10 at Touch of Nature ‌MAKANDA — The 4th annual Buffalo Tro fundraiser for SIU’s Touch of Nature Environmental Center will take place from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Friday, Oct. 10, at Touch of Nature’s Freeberg Hall.

The event includes a reception, dinner, music and silent and live auctions.

The Buffalo Tro originated with the American Plains Indians as a means to feed the tribe in its entirety. The bison was the ultimate provider, giving the people food, clothing, tools and other materials necessary for survival.

The Buffalo Tro is an adaptation of a Plains Indian cooking technique.

The Plains Indians used fresh buffalo meat, and, because firewood was scarce, the meat was cooked directly on the coals of buffalo chips.

The cooks at the Touch

of Nature event will use hardwood in place of chips. A fire pit of oak, hickory or maple is lit and burned for three to four hours; then the coals are raked into a bed six to eight inches deep.

After a ceremony, the “tro-ers” place the steaks directly on the coals, and the steaks are then scraped to remove coals before serving to the gathering.

Tickets are $65 per person or $480 for a table of eight. Sponsorship opportunities are available at $1,000, $500 and $200 levels. The deadline to purchase tickets is Friday, Oct. 3.

Proceeds will go toward enhancing and improving facilities and programs at Touch of Nature.

For more information visit www.tonbuffalotro. siu.edu or contact Paula Feigenbaum at paulaf@ siu.edu or 618-453-1121.

— The Southern

Sizes available for any activity from tailgating to hunting and fishing

Hardin County celebrates 50 years of Fluorspar Festival ‌ROSICLARE — The 50th anniversary celebration of the Hardin County Fluorspar Festival will feature pageants, a parade and a miners memorial ceremony Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Oct. 2-4.

The annual Fluorspar Festival celebrates the impact of the fluorspar mining industry on the area. Fluorspar has been part of Hardin County since the late 1800s, when the first lead ore was discovered a mile south of Rosiclare.

With the discovery of Fluorspar, a booming

mining industry developed throughout Hardin County and Rosiclare became known as the Fluorspar Capital of the World.

Fluorspar also became the Illinois state mineral in 1965.

As fluorspar mining was expanding in other places around the world, the industry began to decline in Hardin County.

By 1995, the last of the mining companies were shutting down.

One of the purposes of the Fluorspar Festival is to help keep the memories of those

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‘Breaking the Surface’ with free canoe paddling event Oct. 11 ‌CARBONDALE — Breaking the Surface, a free community paddling event, is set for Saturday, Oct. 11, at SIU’s Touch of Nature Environmental Center. Experienced paddlers and people who have never paddled before are both welcome to participate.

The Illinois Department of Natural Resources will be bringing its 20-seat Voyageur canoe.

Organizers request those planning to attend register in advance to allow adequate planning. Call 618-453-1121 or email tonec@siu.edu.

Walk-ins are welcome

on the day of the event and check-in is from 1 to 2 p.m.

The event will feature paddling instructions for beginners. Open or guided paddling on Little Grassy Lake will continue until 5 p.m.

The lake is at Touch of Nature, about eight miles south of Carbondale off Giant City Road.

Organizers will provide canoes, kayaks, paddles and personal floatation devices. Participants should wear water shoes or other footwear that can get wet. They are also asked to bring their own snacks and water bottles.

Oct. 4 is Buy Local Saturday Marcoot Jersey Dairy, Lots of fall vegetables and apples, canned goods, homemade noodles, baked items, mushrooms, meats, jewelry, arts and crafts.

Carbondale Farmer’s Market Westowne Center, Rt. 13 West (Behind McDonald’s) OPEN Saturdays 8 am - Noon until Nov. 29th

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booming days alive in the community.

The event will kick off with the Fluorspar Pageant at 7 p.m. today in the high school. Activities will start at 5 p.m.

Friday with children’s games plus a pet parade and bicycle contest.

Saturday’s festivities include the Fluorspar Miners Memorial groundbreaking set for noon at the band pavilion. The parade will kick off at 2 p.m. Saturday.

The event will also include fireworks at dusk Saturday.

Those who have their own canoes or kayaks are welcome to bring them, but the watercraft must have a Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge sticker or day pass. The stickers and day passes will be available to purchase at the event.

Also, visitors can see kayaks built by the Student Center’s Craft Shop kayak-building class along with cardboard boats and a canoe that once belonged to the late Lloyd B. Sharp, an outdoor recreation pioneer who served on the SIU faculty.

Food will be available for purchase from 5:30 to 6 p.m. and starting at 6:30 p.m., there will be a paddler’s social and an interpretative walk celebrating the 50th anniversary of the enactment of the Wilderness Act. Visit www.ton.siu. edu to learn more about the program.

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DuBois Fall Festival Sunday features crafts, pony rides ‌DUBOIS — The 38th Annual DuBois Fall Festival will be from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 5, at the DuBois Center, 2651 Quarry Road.

The festival will include craft booths, a quilt drawing, a silent auction, pony and hay rides and a kids kraft korner.

Food available includes pork kabobs, brats, kettle korn and homemade desserts.

The festival also will feature music form the Eden Brass Quintet, Joyful Praise, Faith Journey, the Venedy Band and Dual Generation.

Part of the festivities will be The DuBois Dash, which starts at 9:30 a.m.

Saturday and features a 5K run and a fun walk.

Registration starts at 8:30 a.m. and cost is $25.

For more information, contact Shirley Asmussen at 618-787-2202 or dcinfo@duboiscenter.org.

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Pope County to host fall festival Oct. 12 in Golconda ‌GOLCONDA — The Pope County Fall Festival will be from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 12, on the courthouse lawn in Golconda.

Sponsored by Beta Sigma Phi, the event will feature craft and food booths, along with other vendors, and a bouncy house for children.

For information or a booth space, call K. Jane Reynolds at 618-926-5095.

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80th Illinois 101-County Checker Tournament kicks off Saturday in Marion MARION — The 80th Illinois 101-County Checker Tournament will be Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 4 and 5, in the food court of Illinois Star Centre Mall.

Registration will begin at 8 a.m. Saturday at the food court, followed by a business meeting. The entry fee is $10 and can be paid at registration.

Participants will be divided into one of three divisions, depending on their skill level. Play

will begin at 9:45 a.m. and continue through the afternoon.

Play will resume at 8 a.m. Sunday and winners will be determined by 4 p.m.

All checker players are invited to enter the tournament and are encouraged to bring their own checker boards.

For more information, contact Roger Doll at 618-402-1822 or erdoll@ gmail.com.

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Oktoberfest and other events planned for Saturday in Cobden

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Hundreds of books covering a variety of topics will be available for purchase at the Steeleville library book sale.

Steeleville library to host book sale STEELEVILLE — The Steeleville Area Public Library will host a book sale from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 11, in Steeleville Village Hall.

The book sale is part of Oktoberfest, and hundreds of books covering a variety of topics will be available for purchase. Hardback books will sell for 50 cents and paperbacks for 25 cents.

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COBDEN — The village of Cobden will host a community-wide yard sale, car show and Oktoberfest all day Saturday, Oct. 4.

Yard sales will be held throughout the town, and maps will be available at the village hall on East Maple starting at 7 a.m.

The Union County Museum will also have special hours during the festival. The museum and its resale shop will be open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

A display on World War II hero Clyde Choate of Anna has been extended for one week at the museum. Choate received the Congressional Medal of Honor, and the medal is on display at the museum.

The exhibit also features a collection of memorabilia from World War II. A non-judged car show will begin at noon and will feature a variety of makes and models as well as games, a poker run and charity fundraiser.

The Cobden Lions Club will conduct an Oktoberfest from noon to 10 p.m., which will feature food and a beer tent.

The event will also include a washer tournament at 2 p.m. and musical entertainment at 5 and 8 p.m.

Proceeds will go to charitable and community projects.

For more information, call 618-893-2425.

choice of pork steak, three sides, a dessert and drink. Children may eat a hotdog meal at no cost.

Silent auction bidding begins at 4 p.m., and dinner begins at 5:30 p.m.

Friends and family of Brian Johnson created the Golf Scramble and Chili Cook-off/Pie contest in 1994

PRAIRIE DU ROCHER — Canoes and flintlocks will give way to Jeeps and machine guns when Fort de Chartres State Historic Site hosts a free event about World War II on Saturday, Oct. 4.

“A Salute to Our Heroes” offers visitors a look at the weapons, gear and battle tactics used in World War II. Separate American and German camps will be set up, complete with half-tracks, Jeeps, motorcycles and an array of equipment used during the war.

Activities will get under way at 9 a.m.

Historic interpreters will stage skirmishes throughout the day, with

a major battle featuring more than 100 people planned for 4 p.m., and a special ceremony honoring veterans will take place at 5 p.m.

Most of the action is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 4, but visitors can also watch the troops bring in equipment.

The event is organized

by World at War Productions.

Fort de Chartres State Historic Site is four miles west of Prairie du Rocher in Randolph County. Take Illinois 3 to Illinois 155 and follow the signs.

For more, email ftdchart@htc.net or call 618-284-7230 or visit www.IllinoisHistory.gov.

— The Southern

1st Annual Fish Tales Pet Shop October 3rd, 4th & 5th Wreaths - Dish Rags - Lace Ornaments - Ceramic Ornaments Scentsy - Nature Photography - Homemade Soaps - Jewelry Dollhouse Furniture - Knitted Scarves - Doilies - and much more...

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Bring your best chili and pie to De Soto on Saturday The 21st annual Chili Cook-off and Pie contest will be Saturday, Oct. 4, at De Soto Park. The event is in memory of Brian Johnson.

The deadline to register for the chili and pie contest is 4 p.m. Judging begins at 4:30 p.m. Cost to enter is $10.

Food will be sold for $8, with a

Fort de Chartres offers look at World War II with ‘Salute to Our Heroes’

as part of The Brian Johnson Memorial, which supports local charities and civic organizations.

For more information about the memorial, or to make a donation or volunteer, call 618-694-6004 or 618-924-0094.

408 S. Pershing / Rt. 148 S. Energy, IL (618) 942-FISH (3474) Fishtalespetshop.com

Monday-Saturday: 9am-6pm Sunday 12pm-5pm

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Murder mystery musical comedy, ‘Curtains’ starts tonight at McLeod ‌CARBONDALE — The splashy backstage murder mystery musical comedy, “Curtains,” will be presented Thursday through Sunday, Oct. 2-5, in SIU’s McLeod Theater.

Produced jointly by the SIU Department of Theater and the School of Music, the 2014-2015 season opener is written by the famous composing team of John Kander and Fred Ebb, who created the smash hit musicals “Chicago” and ”Cabaret.” It features a book

by Rupert Holmes, and is based on an original concept and book by Peter Stone.

“Curtains” is a mix of show-biz savvy, murder mystery suspense and musical theater.

Set in 1959, this show-within-a-show tells the story of a stage-struck police detective who is called to investigate the death of the unlikable leading lady of an ill-received Broadway-bound show.

When the autopsy reveals foul play, the “show’s” company is thrown into “whodunit” mode, and suspicious motives are uncovered at every turn. Now it’s up to the self-effacing detective to solve the murder, fall in love and make the “show” a hit, all before the curtain comes down.

In keeping with the show-within-a-show motif, the McLeod Theater is being transformed into the Colonial Theater in Boston, Mass., the night of the murder, before the theater was renovated.

“Curtains” will be presented at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday.

Tickets are $16 for adults and $6 for students and can be obtained in person at the McLeod Theater or Arena box office or by phone at 618-453-6000 from noon to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday or one hour before each performance.

There is also a pre-show lecture at 1 p.m. before the Sunday matinee performance in the MCMA Dean’s Conference Room off the McLeod Theater lobby. The lecture is free.

For more information, go to theater.siu.edu.

Präst and Greve’ cheese, Traditional pickeled herring, Lingon berries, Kalles creamed caviar now available from our Scandinavian shop Four Course Wine Dinner Sunday, October 19th 7pm 1. Jamica Waldorf Salad Paired Wine: Villard Blanc 2. Crostini and Warm Brie, Grapes, & Toasted Walnuts Paired Wine: Chambourcin 3.Chicken Veronic with Grapes, Thyme Butter Sauce, & Ginger Glazed Carrots Paired Wine: Chardonel 4. Grape Pie Paired Wine: Late Harvest Vidal

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Alto Pass Fall Fest: Starts noon, Friday-Saturday, Oct. 3-4, Alto Pass; barbecue cookoff, vendors, food, apple bake-off, raffle, entertainment and the Alto Pass Great Downhill Derby; 618713-2537; southernmostillinois.com and facebook.com/AltoPassDerby Comedy‌ Bluegrass And Barbecue Festival: The Carbondale Comedians: 9 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 4, Saline Creek Pioneer Mondays, Hangar 9, Carbondale; 10 p.m. Village, 1600 Feazel St., Harrisburg; Wednesdays, Station 13, Carbondale; bluegrass and Cajun entertainment; see The Carbondale Comedians on barbecue; 618-253-8910; discoversouthFacebook easternil.com October Fest And Car Show: Events‌ Saturday, Oct. 4, Main Street, Cobden Cruise Night: 6-9 p.m., Friday, Oct. 3, Park; flea market and community yard Rend Lake College MarketPlace, Mount sale, food, beer booth, entertainment; Vernon; open to Chevrolets, 1958 and 618-893-2888, 618-525-2531; southernnewer and Corvettes; music by Hot Rod mostillinois.com Cartoberfest : 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

Nights; 50/50 drawing; food; 618-244Saturday, Oct. 5, Herrin City Park; classic 7711 or 618-242-6279 cars, new cars, four-wheel drives, race Golf Scramble and Chili Cook-off/ cars, sprint cars, rat rods and classic Pie contest: In memory of Brian bikes; registration, 10 a.m.-noon; $15 Johnson, 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 4, De entry fee; free T-shirt to the first 30 Soto Park; pork steak dinners, $8; free hotdogs for kids; register for contests by who enter; proceeds to Herrin High School Drama Club; music, raffles, food; 4 p.m.; $10 to register; auction; dinner, 618-942-6606 5:30 p.m.; 618-694-6004 Oktoberfest: Starts with parade, Buffalo Tro fundraiser : For SIU’s 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 10 and continues Touch of Nature Environmental Center, Saturday, Oct. 11, downtown and city 5:30-8:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 10, Touch hall parking lots, Steeleville; craft of Nature’s Freeberg Hall, Makanda; fair, 8 a.m. Saturday; king and queen reception, dinner, music, silent and coronation Saturday; beer stand, washer live auction; tickets, $65 per person or tournament, kids’ crafts, variety show, $480 for a table of eight; deadline to live entertainment and food vendors; purchase tickets, Friday, Oct. 3; www. tonbuffalotro.siu.edu; paulaf@siu.edu or 618-559-7635; steeleville.org Craft Fair and Car Show: 8 a.m.618-453-1121.

3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 11, Sesser Miners Breaking the Surface : Canoe paddling event, check-in, 1-2 p.m. Saturday, Memorial City Park; food; 618-625-5566; Oct. 11, Little Grassy Lake, SIU’s Touch of facebook.com/sesserchamber Nature Environmental Center, Makanda; register at 618-453-1121 or email tonec@ Films‌ siu.edu; info, www.ton.siu.edu American Graffiti: Part of Cruise Night, 7 p.m., Friday, Oct. 3, Rend Lake Fairs/Festivals ‌ College MarketPlace, Mount Vernon; outdoor movie; Cruise Night, 6-9 p.m.; Hardin County Fluorspar Festival: 50-year anniversary features pageants, 618-437-5321, Ext. 2003 Makanda Movie Nite: Legend a parade, a miners memorial ceremony of Boggy Creek — Mystery Science and contests Thursday, Friday and Theater version, 8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 7, Saturday, Oct. 2-4, Rosiclare; events downtown pavilion; bring a chair; www. will kick off with the Fluorspar Pageant, facebook.com/makandamovienite; mov7 p.m. today, high school; activities ies throughout October; Twilight Zone start 5 p.m. Friday; festivities Saturday episode, 7:45 p.m. include the Fluorspar Miners Memorial groundbreaking, noon, band pavilion; parade, 2 p.m. Saturday; fireworks, dusk History‌ Saturday A Salute to Our Heroes: World Fall Festival: Thursday-Saturday, Oct. War II event, Saturday, Oct. 4, Fort de 2-4, Vienna City Park; carnival, games, Chartres State Historic Site, Prairie contests; parade, 10 a.m. Saturday; Du Rocher; display of weapons, gear hours, 5-10 p.m. Thursday and Friday, and battle tactics used in World War II; noon-10 p.m. Saturday; 618-658-2063; staged skirmishes throughout the day; massacbeeswax.com major battle, 4 p.m.; ceremony honoring Oktoberfest book sale: 8 a.m.-3 p.m.

Saturday, Oct. 11, Steeleville Village Hall; hardbacks, 50 cents and paperbacks, 25 cents

veterans, 5 p.m.; food; 618-284-7230; ftdchart@htc.net Herrin Massacre Tour: For Herrin High School friends and alumni, 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 4, Williamson County Historical Museum, Marion; several sites where massacre events happened will be visited including Carbondale, Herrin and Marion; lunch is included in the $45 price; www.herrinmassacretour.com; 618-751-2924 Tour PAST Heritage House: 1:303:30 p.m. every 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; 618-8338745, 618-697-1870 or 618-833-3228 Historic tours : Of the Harrison Bruce Village on the campus of John A. Logan College, Carterville; with a Docent guide or self walking tour, 10 a.m. or 1 p.m.

Tuesday, Tuesdays, Oct. 7 and Oct. 28; five buildings focus on early Williamson County history

Auditions‌ Auditions: For Almost, Maine, 7 p.m.

Monday-Tuesday, Oct 13-14, Varsity Center for the Arts, Carbondale; roles for six to eight men and women in the age range of 20-40; script available at Carbondale Public Library; ask for The Stage Company’s reserve file; rehearsals begin Oct. 20; performance dates, Dec. 5, 6, 7, 12, 13 and 14; www.stagecompany. org.

Theater/Performance‌ Curtains: Oct. 2-5; McLeod Theater, SIU; 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday; $16 for adults and $6 for students; 618-4536000; theater.siu.edu Bullets in the Bathtub: Mystery Dinner, 6 p.m. Friday, Oct. 10, The Links of Kokopelli, Marion; hosted by Hospice of Southern Illinois; doors open, 5:30 p.m.; $40; all-you-can-eat buffet; 618-997-3030 or jvinyard@hospice.org.

Rope: Friday-Sunday, Oct. 10-12, 17-19, Varsity Center for the Arts, 418 S. Illinois Ave., Carbondale; performances, 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday; $15/$10; beginning Friday, Oct. 3, tickets can be purchased at the Varsity Center for the Arts box office, open 5-7 p.m. Monday-Saturday and one hour before performances; 618549-5466; www.stagecompany.org

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Portraits of the Dark Elaine Ramseyer, Hilary Chandler, Dave Schultz and Scout Schultz are the founding members of the Blue Billies, a unique literary group that blends the written word with music and performance. They will present their third annual show Oct. 10-11 in Carbondale.

Unique literary group explores the absurd, macabre and dark side of life ADAM TESTA THE SOUTHERN‌

‌When a foursome of community members and literary artists set out to create a unique writers’ guild in Southern Illinois, they picked a distinguished name that carried a sense of class. It didn’t last long.

In those formative stages, the group operated under the banner Blue Mountain Writers Group, paying homage to the majesty of the Ozarks and their fingertips that reach up into Union County in places like Alto Pass. Perhaps the name was too long; perhaps too formal for a laid-back place like Southern Illinois.

“It quickly degenerated to Blue Hillbillies, and even that didn’t last long before it fell off to just Blue Billies,” said Elaine Ramseyer, owner of Longbranch Cafe and Bakery in Carbondale and one of the group’s founding members.

The group’s activities are almost as off-the-wall as the story behind its name. Founded in 2012, the Blue Billies stretch the boundaries between the written word, music and live performances, while maintaining a common literary thread throughout. The concept started when two founders, Ramseyer and Dave Schultz, learned of each other’s passion for writing.

They decided that because they had a venue — Ramseyer’s Longbranch — and material, they’d give it a go and organize a live showcase.

“It was very innocent and childlike,” Ramseyer said. “Like when you’re a child and want to perform for your family, it wasn’t much more mature than that.”

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be reading selections from his novel, “Swallow the Tail.”

Smith, a local photographer and graphic designer, travels the world photographing memento What: Performance by the Blue mori, artistic and symbolic eleBillies, a unique literary group ments representing death and When: 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 10, the departure from earthly life at Longbranch Cafe; 7 p.m. and existence. Her installation at Saturday, Oct. 11, at Sufi Park; “Portraits” is a sneak peek into in event of weather, Saturday an exhibit, “Bone Yards and Back performance will be moved to Racks,” which will be showcased The Blue Billies are now gearLongbranch at Longbranch in the fall 2015. ing up for their third annual Price: $10 at the door Ramseyer said Southern Illiperformance, which will feature nois as a region is renowned for a double-header at Longbranch, its arts and entertainers. The historical events and songs of 100 E. Jackson St., on Friday, Blue Billies add another dimenvarying sincerity.

Oct. 10, and the outdoor stage sion, as well as a bit of color.

The show not only features at Carbondale’s Sufi Park, 500 It’s also a chance to move some Blue Billies members Ramseyer, N. Springer St., on Saturday, of the culture away from the Schultz, Hilary Chandler and Oct. 11. university, where much of it is Scout Schultz but also guests Each show is thematically Alan Scalpone, Hugh DeNeal and focused, and plant it as a grassdifferent, and this year’s event, roots effort.

Heather Smith.

“Portraits of the Dark,” will celTickets for “Portraits of Scalpone, a Chicago native livebrate October’s Halloween spirit and will experiment with themes ing in Nashville, Tennessee, will the Dark” are $10 and can be purchased at the door. In the entertain audiences with a rare of the absurd, the macabre and event of inclement weather, the performance on a theremin, the the dark side of humanity. instrument used to create sound Saturday show will be moved to Those in attendance will witLongbranch. ness a variety of artistic expres- effects typically associated with For more information, visit the sions, including a haunting pho- UFOs and other sci-fi creations.

Blue Billies’ Facebook page.

DeNeal, known on the local tographic display, stories ranging music scene as a founding memfrom southern gothic romance ber of Woodbox Gang and a cur- adam.testa@thesouthern.com to the zombie apocalypse, a rent member of Hobo Knife, will 618-351-5031 theatrical recounting of bizarre

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Stage Company’s ‘Rope’ called suspenseful, psychological thriller ‌CARBONDALE — The suspenseful, psychological thriller “Rope” will be presented Friday through Sunday, Oct. 10-12 and 17-19, in the Varsity Center for the Arts.

The play was written

by Patrick Hamilton and directed by John Lipe, and it kicks off the 33rd season of The Stage Company.

Written in 1929, “Rope” was inspired by the real-life murder of 14-year-old Bobby Franks, who was killed by Nathan Leopold Jr. and Richard Loeb in 1924.

Loeb was a neighbor and second cousin of Franks and reportedly displayed deepseated psychological flaws at an early age. The boys and their victim were from the same wealthy Chicago neighborhood.

In 1948, Hume Cronyn and Arthur Laurents adapted the stage play for the screen, and Alfred Hitchcock directed “Rope,” which not only was the first film he shot in color but also the first one he produced. The Hitchcock film starred Jimmy Stewart as a professor who inadvertently sparked the idea for the crime in the minds of these two young murderers.

“Rope” will be presented at 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays and 2 p.m.

Sundays at the Varsity, 418 S. Illinois Ave. Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for students and can be purchased at the Varsity Center Box Office from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday beginning Friday, Oct. 3, and one hour before each performance.

The box office phone number is 618-549-5466.

For more information or for online ticketing visit www.stagecompany.org.

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Plein Aire Partners: Two-woman show, Little Egypt Arts Centre, 601 Tower Square, Marion; Missy Carstens and Patty Morrison will have paintings, fiber pieces and other original designs on display; 618-998-8530 or www.littleegyptarts. com Falling Leaves: Fall-themed works, Little Egypt Arts Centre, 601 Tower Square, Marion; through October; 618-998-8530; www.littleegyptarts. com;leas601@frontier.com Artist of the Month: Jewell Young, Little Egypt Arts Centre, 601 Tower Square, Marion; through October; 618998-8530 or www.littleegyptarts.com Anne Strawn: A Contemporary Collage of Geographic and Abstract Mysticism, on display Oct. 4-31, Varsity Center for the Arts, 418 S. Illinois Ave., Carbondale The Leslie and Pearl Treadwell Collection: Homemade African Artifacts on permanent display, Mounds African Museum, 216 N. Front St.; items on display were collected on the many trips the Treadwells made to Nigeria, Liberia, Ghana and Senegal on the continent of Africa; hours, 2-5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday Hilary Remm: Visiting artist, Rend Lake College Theatre Lobby, Ina; through Oct. 10; mixed media artist; www.hilaryrea.blogspot.com Young Talent: Artworks by Carbondale Community High School students, alumni and faculty, Carbondale Civic Center Corridor Gallery, 200 S. Illinois Ave.; through Oct. 14; hours, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

Monday-Friday; 618-457-5100; info@ carbondalearts.org; carbondalearts.org Joan Skiver-Levy: 24 paintings and collage, Corner Dance Hall, Whittington; through October; 618-303-5266 New Weavings : By Richard Cox, Weaver’s Cottage, 1904 Bass Lane, Carbondale; through Oct 26; hand-woven rugs, wall hangings and scarves; hours, 1-5 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Sunday; 618-457-6823 Brittany Elswick exhibit : Library of Arts, 6 S. Washington St., Du Quoin; title,

Just Imagine; photos, paintings; through October My Life Line: Cecilia Meyer paintings, now on display, Marion Cultural & Civic Center, Tower Square; through October In the perfect world of me : Art exhibition by Bob Hageman and Linda Austin, anthill gallery & vintage curiosities, 102 N. Front St., Cobden; gallery hours, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday and noon-4 p.m. Sunday; through Nov. 2 John C. Havlik: Original graphic designs incorporating literary quotes, The Yellow Moon Cafe’s Luna Gallery, 110 N. Front St., Cobden; through Nov. 2; anthillgallery.com; yellowmooncafe.com; 618-893-3100 Through the Years: Kaye Howell, CASA Art Gallery, north side of the Benton square; paintings, drawings and photography; additional works at the Buzz; through Nov. 3; 618-993-3766 The Story of My Life: By Ira Diane Ireland, Harrisburg District Library; 27 acrylic paintings of wildlife and landscapes and structures; through Nov. 16 Vacation: By artists Patty Morrison and Missy Carstens, Latta Java Coffee Shop, 415 N. Market St., Marion; 7:30 a.m.5 p.m. Monday-Friday and 9 a.m.-2 p.m.

Saturday; showcases works from Scotland, Canada, Montana, California, Missouri and Indiana; through November; through Nov. 26 Sarah Capps: The Soul of Landscape and other Explorations, University Museum, SIU; exhibit dedicated to the memory of Brent Kington, who shaped the SIU metalsmith program; Capps’ watercolors, jewelry and metalwork; through Dec. 12; 10 a.m.-4 p.m. TuesdayFriday and 1-4 p.m. Saturday; www. museum.siu.edu or 618-453-5388 To the Moon and Back: Richard Jurek’s Apollo Lunar Artifacts, University Museum, SIU; exhibit consists of space memorabilia collection; through Dec. 12; 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday-Friday and 1-4 p.m. Saturday; www.museum.siu.edu or 618-453-5388 Faner Hall: Celebrating 40 Years of History: Contemporary Photographs by Dan Overturf, University Museum, SIU;

through Spring 2015; 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Tuesday-Friday and 1-4 p.m. Saturday; www.museum.siu.edu or 618-453-5388 The Mileur Collection: The Roosevelts, University Museum, SIU; a local collection of presidential political memorabilia featuring Theodore, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt; through Dec. 1; 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday-Friday and 1-4 p.m. Saturday; www.museum.siu.edu or 618-453-5388 Ready Made Art: University Museum, SIU; students from Anna Junior High School, Eldorado High School, Massac Junior High School and Zeigler-Royalton High School to create this exhibit of museum-inspired original art; through Dec. 12; 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday-Friday and 1-4 p.m. Saturday; www.museum.siu. edu or 618-453-5388 Exquisite Treasures from the Museum’s Collection : University Museum, SIU; exhibit highlights some of the more than 70,000 items that are not on heavy rotation for exhibits; through December 2015; 10 a.m.-4 p.m. TuesdayFriday and 1-4 p.m. Saturday; www.museum.siu.edu or 618-453-5388

Receptions‌ Carolyn Hollabaugh: Watercolors of This & That, Longbranch Cafe & Bakery, 100 E. Jackson St., Carbondale; reception, 7-9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 3; through Nov. 10; 618-529-4488

Workshops‌ Primitive pottery: Workshop, 9 a.m.4 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, Oct. 4-5, SIU’s Touch of Nature Environmental Center, Makanda; $75; pre-registration required; www.ton.siu.edu; 618-453-1121; tonec@siu.edu Hula-hooping workshops: By The Fire Fairy Hoop Tribe, Saturday, Oct. 4, The Dayshift Boutique, 101 W. Monroe Ave., Carbondale; all ages and skill levels; sessions, noon-1:30 p.m. and 2:30-4 p.m.; $13; 618-529-3297

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Carolyn Hollabaugh watercolors on display at Longbranch in Carbondale ‌CARBONDALE — A reception for watercolor artist Carolyn Hollabaugh will be from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, Oct. 3, in Longbranch Café and Bakery, 100 E. Jackson St. Hors d’oeuvres will be served, and attendees will have an opportunity to meet the artist.

This exhibit is titled “Watercolors of This and That”

and will be on display through Nov. 10. The paintings depict Southern Illinois landscapes, farm scenes and wildlife. This is the second exhibit Hollabaugh has displayed in Carbondale.

For more information or questions, call 618-3190220 or email Lisa.Hollabaugh@gmail.com.

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