010115 Edge Magazine

January 1, 2015

Vol. 12 No. 18

NOLA in Edwardsville page 3

Andria's Countryside Restaurant page 14

Laumeier Sculpture Park page 16

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A taste of New Orleans Seafood restaurant opens in Edwardsville.

4 Art at the airport

Lambert adds "Philadelphia Wireman."

9 So long, Robin

"Museum" sequal is Williams' last appearance

11 Teaming up

Symphony, Nine Network plan broadcasts.

14 You Gotta Eat

Andria's Countryside Restaurant.

16 Laumeier park

Conservation project complete.

17 "Cinderella"

The classic coming to The Fox.

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What’s Happening Friday January 2_________ • Santa’s Magical Kingdom, Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park, Eureka, 5:30 p.m. to 11:00 p.m., Runs through January 4, 2015.

• A n h e u s e r- B u s c h B re w e r y Christmas Lights Experience, Anheuser-Busch Consumer Hospitality Center, St. Louis, 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

• Victorian Christmas at Tower Grove House, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Runs through January 4, 2015.

• Winter Jewels: A Holiday Celebration, Sophia M. Sachs Butterfly House, St. Louis, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Runs through January 4, 2015.

• Red House Band w/Soul Cracker, Old Rock House, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

• New Orleans New Year w/The Funky Butt Brass Band, Jazz at the Bistro, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.

• Jake’s Leg, Cicero’s, University City, 8:30 p.m.

• A Christmas Story The Musical, Fox Theatre, St. Louis, 1:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.

• Mapping St. Louis History, S t . L o u i s M e rc a n t i l e L i b r a r y Association, St. Louis, 7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through June 30.

• A Memorable Life: A Glimpse into the Complex Mind of Bobby Fischer Exhibit, World Chess Hall

of Fame, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Runs through June 7.

• The International Exhibition of Sherlock Holmes, Saint Louis Science Center, St. Louis, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Runs through January 4.

Saturday January 3_________ • The Wedding Show, America’s Center, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

• Santa’s Magical Kingdom, Yo g i B e a r ’ s J e l l y s t o n e P a r k , Eureka, 5:30 p.m. to 11:00 p.m., Runs through January 4, 2015.

• Gardenland Express: A Passion for Plants, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Runs through January 4, 2015.

• A n h e u s e r- B u s c h B re w e r y Christmas Lights Experience, Anheuser-Busch Consumer Hospitality Center, St. Louis, 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

• Victorian Christmas at Tower Grove House, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Runs through January 4, 2015.

• Winter Jewels: A Holiday Celebration, Sophia M. Sachs Butterfly House, St. Louis, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Runs through January 4, 2015.

• An Evening with Rockin’

Chair, Old Rock House, St. Louis, Doors 6:30 p.m.

• Your Favorite Hometown Artists Cover the Classics feat.

D-Railed as Metallica, The Van Buren Boys as Red Hot Chili P e p p e r s , B o u n d t o B re a k a s Breaking Benjamin, Discrepancies as Linkin Park, New Lingo as Creed, and Revolution Broadcast as Guns N’ Roses, Pop’s, Sauget, 7:00 p.m.

• Tyranny Enthroned Album Release Show w/Xaemora, Stormcaller, Carpathian Funeral, The Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 7:30 p.m.

• A Memorable Life: A Glimpse into the Complex Mind of Bobby Fischer Exhibit, World Chess Hall of Fame, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through June 7.

• The International Exhibition of Sherlock Holmes, Saint Louis Science Center, St. Louis, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Runs through January 4.

• T h e L o u i s i a n a P u rc h a s e : Making St. Louis, Remaking America Exhibit, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through April 19.

• Facets of the Three Jewels: Tibetan Buddhist Art from the Collections of George E. Hibbard, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through February 22.

• Living Like Kings Exhibit, World Chess Hall of Fame, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through April 26.

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Harry Parker, owner of Gulf Shores Restaurant and Grill located at 215 Harvard Drive, stands in front his restaurant.

N'Awlins cuisine comes to Edwardsville

By JULIA BIGGS Of The Edge

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bout seven years ago, Harry Parker rolled the dice and took a chance on following his passion – cooking. He invested all of his 401k from nearly 29 years of working in the corporate world and moved his family to St. Louis where he opened Gulf Shores Restaurant and Grill in Creve Coeur.

Now Parker is bringing his successful N’Awlins Cajun seafood restaurant concept to Edwardsville. The Edwardsville location of Gulf Shores Restaurant and Grill opens today at 215 Harvard Drive which is located behind Buffalo Wild Wings.

Having grown up in the deep South, Parker gets his love of New Orleans-style and Cajun Southern food naturally – from his family. “Momma's from New Orleans, and daddy's from Mobile, Alabama,” Parker noted. “I wasn’t actually born in New Orleans - the family is from there. But I’m Southern born and raised.”

But this Southern boy didn’t take the traditional route to being a restaurateur. He earned an engineering degree from N.C. State University, an MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, and spent almost 29 years with the DuPont company in Delaware. The last 10 of those years was as a corporate officer. “I did really well. I ran all the marketing and sales for them, but my passion was cooking,” Parker explained. “So I told my wife, one day I want to own my own restaurant.”

When the time came that Parker was ready to make the leap, he hired a restaurant location company to research where in the United States a New Orleans and Cajun seafood restaurant would thrive. “Having an MBA, I wanted to do this by the numbers, I wanted to see where we’re going, and see the potential for us to win,” Parker said. “The location company said that we think the best place for the concept is St .Louis, Missouri. So we moved here.”

“We came and kicked the tires on it, and we looked at the data and so forth,” Parker added. “A lot of restaurant owners know that the passion for cooking has to be for cooking, but the business side of it – maybe locating a restaurant where all

your friends and family are is not the best thing to do. You have to look at data.”

Nearly seven years after opening the wildly successful Gulf Shores Restaurant and Grill in Creve Coeur, Parker again turned to research and a restaurant location company to determine where a second location would succeed.

“We looked at data. Everyone was so excited saying – Edwardsville, Edwardsville – everyone is going there,” Parker said. “We set our sights on Edwardsville almost two years ago. The love affair with Edwardsville began then because we started looking for the right place and because we really wanted to look at the data and make sure.”

Once the location was set, Parker began the painstaking task of ironing out every detail for the Edwardsville location.

“We wanted to recreate the whole New Orleans feel which is what we’ve done here and in Creve Coeur,” he said. “This restaurant and the menu will be the very same as over there (Creve Coeur). Our live music and everything will be the same as it is over there so it really is a Gulf ShoresEdwardsville. We want to replicate it right down to the building.”

An enormous fish tank has become the trademark feature at the Creve Coeur restaurant which has been duplicated in Edwardsville too. “It’s a 400 gallon salt water fish tank with a live coral reef so when you walk in the door you’ll be greeted to this. It is unbelievable,” Parker said.

The Gulf Shores Grill menu is quite expansive and offers just about any and every type of seafood imaginable. “The reason our menu is so big is that we want to be a legitimate seafood restaurant, but we also want to be a legitimate Cajun restaurant so you have to have things like gumbo, jambalaya, etouffee, frog legs, gator – you have to have all of those things,” Parker explained. “But at the same time we have seven different fish. You can get our fish prepared any way you like, and we don’t charge additional. If you like fried, you can have it fried. Say you love halibut. You can come on Monday and have it Cajun sauteed, Tuesday you can have it blackened.

You can have it grilled, you can have it Cajun garlic, or you can have it baked or poached. And we do that with all our seafood. Our fish, our shrimp and our scallops. Our seafood – we call it, “your way” and there’s no additional charge to have it your way.”

Parker also pointed out that they create their own homemade sauces, blended Cajun spices, salad dressings, and

desserts. “We make things moderately spicy and then if you want to kick it up you have your “Slap Your Momma” or you have your “Punch Your Daddy” on the table to try,” Parker said.

There’s also daily specials like Crabby Mondays where you can buy a pound of crab legs and get a half a pound free or Motown Tuesdays daily special of Cajun seafood lasagna and shrimp and grits.

Hump Day Blues Wednesdays features daily specials of Cajun battered crab claws and grilled fresh oysters while N’awlins Thursdays feature etouffee, whoodoo gumbo, frog legs, boudin, and Cajun battered crawfish tails. Friday’s special is reserved for the Chef’s Seafood Creation, and there’s also a daily lunch special Monday through Friday of tilapia “your way” served with your choice of two sides for $9.99.

Live Motown music will fill the restaurant on Tuesdays and live blues music on Wednesdays and Thursdays.

Visit Gulf Shores Facebook page or Web site at www. gulfshoresrestaurantandgrill.com for more details on specials and the live entertainment schedule.

A full bar is located just inside the front door and a large patio area is located on the side of the restaurant for those wanting to eat outside. The patio will be decorated with New Orleans-style lamp posts and wrought iron railing, which Parker pointed out will add to the New Orleans ambiance.

When making a selection of where to locate the second Gulf Shores Grill, Parker said that he had specific criteria in mind for whichever city they would ultimately decide upon. “We probably could have gone anywhere, but I wanted something that sort of resembled or replicated Creve Coeur, in terms of how the city is managed, and the love the people have for the city – I’m sure there’s lots of them, but we chose Edwardsville,” he said. “We wanted to be a part of the community. Restaurants that are embraced by the community, their chance of survival is high. And then the other thing I wanted to do - like we’ve done in the city of Creve Coeur – we wanted to love the city back.”

Will there be a third Gulf Shores Grill in Parker’s future?

“A lot of this is still for the fun of it. I just enjoy bringing the kind of New Orleans dining to people, and people love it,” Parker said. “I don’t know if there will be a third restaurant.

This has been fun, but I don’t want it to become work. I want the passion for it and how we do it is what makes the most sense to me.”

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People Lambert adds more art to entice visitors For The Edge They are small, tightly coiled objects of found art, but they are woven with creative history and mystery. The Lambert Art and Culture Program has opened a new exhibit, “Philadelphia Wireman,” in the Terminal 1 Ticketing Lounge, on display through June 2015.

The exhibit features 20 intricate wire sculptures from the collections of two galleries: Fleisher/Ollman Gallery of Philadelphia and the William Shearburn Gallery of St. Louis. The pieces come from a discovery in Philadelphia in the early 1980s. Hundreds of these wire-figure creations, which resemble the human body or architectural motifs, were left abandoned in an alley. The creator is unknown but is believed to be a man who may have scavenged for

all the elements of his art from the streets. Since then, the mystery artist’s work has been exhibited around the world.

This is one of the rare times that parts of the collection have been viewed out of a museum or gallery setting.

“I love the idea of the Philadelphia Wireman or anything that is art taken out into another context,” said William Shearburn, William Shearburn Gallery. “I love these objects. They are extremely powerful and packed with energy.”

Experts believe the collection is one of the greatest examples of self-taught art, with figures that have heavy associations with Native-American, African-American and even classical art themes. With wire as the primary material in the pieces, the artist also included other found material such as foil, plastic, newspaper, batteries, hinges

Top left, Philadelphia Wireman Untitled (McDonald's Contest Ticket) c. 1970 Wire, nails and McDonald's contest ticket 5 x 2 1/2 x 1 1/2 inches Top right, Philadelphia Wireman White Cap c. 1975 Wire and mixed media 4 x 2 1/2 x 1 1/2 inches Lower left, Philadelphia Wireman Untitled (cigar container and plastic) c. 1970 Wire, metal cigar container, hangers, washer and plastic 8 3/4 x 4 1/2 x 4 inches Lower right, Philadelphia Wireman Tastykake c. 1975 Wire and mixed media 5 1/2 x 4 3/4 x 1 1/2 inches Photos for The Edge

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and matchbooks.

The Lambert Art and Culture Program sponsors both temporary exhibitions and permanent art installations with a mission to enhance the visual impression of the Airport and support the arts in the St. Louis region.

The Lambert Art and Culture Program is led by the 7-member Airport Art Advisory Committee: David Allen, Director of Metro Arts in Transit; Susan Marie Barrett, Director of the World Chess Hall of Fame; Laura Helling, Director of Development for Wings of Hope; Marilu Knode, Director of Laumeier Sculpture Park; Jill McGuire, Executive Director for the St. Louis Regional Arts Commission; Kiku Obata, Founding Principal of Kiku Obata & Co.; and Freida L. Wheaton, Salon 53 and Founder of Alliance of Black Art Galleries.

People People planner OMNIMAX film captures unseen world

A new giant screen film adventure takes audiences on an extraordinary journey into unseen worlds and hidden dimensions beyond our normal vision to uncover the mysteries of things too fast, too slow, too small or simply invisible. On October 10, 2014, the Saint Louis Science Center ’s OMNIMAX® Theater will premiere Mysteries of the U n s e e n Wo r l d , a n o r i g i n a l production by National Geographic Entertainment and Days End Pictures, narrated by Forest Whitaker.

Created by an awardwinning veteran film team, the new 40-minute large format experience is produced by Jini Durr (“Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure”) and Lisa Truitt (“Mysteries of Egypt”) and directed by Louis Schwartzberg (“Disney Nature: Wings of Life”).

Mysteries of the Unseen World uses innovative high-speed and time-lapse photography, electron microscopy, and nanotechnology, to transport audiences to an enthralling secret world of nature, events and breathtaking phenomena not visible to the naked eye.

“Mysteries of the Unseen World has that ‘wow’ factor that will impress adults and children,” said Jackie Mollet, Managing Director Visitor Services at the S a i n t L o u i s S c i e n c e C e n t e r.

“Seeing these amazing images will give you a new appreciation for the world around us. The technological advances used to capture these images are aweinspiring as well. ” INVISIBLE: We see only a fraction of the millions of wavelengths in the vast electromagnetic spectrum— the rainbow of light waves called visible light. The film shows audiences what it would be life if we had X-ray vision, or infrared vision like a mosquito, how a bee’s eyes see through ultraviolet light, what Gamma rays, microwaves and radio waves show us, and more.

TOO SLOW: Ti m e - l a p s e i m a g e s c a p t u r e mundane events that happen too slowly for humans to perceive.

The film shows plants creeping toward the sun and astonishingly complex “slime mold” searching for food. On a grander scaled, time-lapse allows audiences to see our planet in motion—from the vast and relentless sweep of nature to the restless movement of humanity.

TOO FAST: High-speed cameras do the opposite of time-lapse, revealing secrets from the super-fast world of nature. The film shows slow motion sequences of events that happen too quickly for human perception: a rattlesnake strike; drug cymbals reverberating; a Eurasian Eagle Owl, the world’s largest, flexing its wings; a basilisk or Jesus lizard running on the surface of water; popcorn popping; lightning rising upwards from the ground as well as striking from the sky.

TOO SMALL: The film also peers into the world of wonders too small for the human eye to see—from the

minute structures on a butterfly’s w i n g a n d t h e t i n y o rg a n i s m s that inhabit the human body all the way down to nano-scale s t r u c t u re s . S e e h o w e l e c t ro n microscopes create images that magnify things by as much as a million times—revealing a world that is both bizarre and beautiful.

Guess which unusual image is a fruit fly’s eye, the skin of a shark, a flea on a cat, a tomato stem, an eggshell, and more!

Mysteries of the Unseen World then moves from the familiar events of everyday life to the building blocks of matter itself.

The filmmakers worked with a 3-D medical animation company to depict the atom-scale realm of nano-science and potential innovations in nanotechnology.

In a complex zoom sequence, the shot moves in on a spider, then a strand of its silk, then into the silk itself where audiences see a bacterium. The camera then zooms even deeper, in on a virus on the bacterium, then into the DNA of the virus and finally into the actual atoms of the DNA. “Mysteries of the Unseen World immerses audiences in mind-bending dimensions that

enhance our understanding of the planet and inspire people with the wonder and possibilities o f s c i e n c e , ” s a i d L i s a Tru i t t , president of National Geographic Entertainment.

“The premise of this new giant screen film experience is looking at the world through a variety of imaging technologies that allow audiences to see beyond what they can with the naked eye and gain a new vision of the world around them,” said producer Jini Durr.

Mysteries of the Unseen World is funded in part by a grant from the National Science Foundation and generous support from Lockheed Martin and FEI, a manufacturer of electron microscopes.

Tickets are on sale at the Saint L o u i s S c i e n c e C e n t e r. P l e a s e visit slsc.org or call 314.289.4424 for advanced sales and group reservations.

Globetrotters to invade St. Louis

The world famous Harlem Globetrotters, featuring some of the

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greatest athletes and entertainers on the planet, will bring their unrivaled family show to the Scottrade Center in St. Louis on Friday, Jan. 2 at 7 p.m., during the Harlem Globetrotters 2015 “Washington Generals’ Revenge” Tour.

The Globetrotters will face a great challenge this year, as the infamous Washington Generals are more determined than ever to match the franchise’s historic last victory over the Globetrotters nearly a half century ago. It has been five years since the Globetrotters and Generals have faced off, as the Generals have been searching far and wide for the best players to retool their roster and have been preparing for one thing: victory over the Globetrotters.

In addition to the highlyanticipated matchup on the court, the Globetrotters, known worldwide as the Ambassadors of Goodwill™, will honor a Harlem Globetrotters Hometown Hero at each of their 310-plus games in North America.

The team is searching for active, wounded or retired members of the military who have made their c o m m u n i t y p ro u d w i t h t h e i r brave service and exemplary

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character. Fans can nominate a Harlem Globetrotters Hometown H e ro a t h a r l e m g l o b e t ro t t e r s . com. The Globetrotters will also play a portion of each game with a camouflage basketball as a sign of respect to all who protect our freedom.

Wi t h a s t a r- s t u d d e d ro s t e r featuring Big Easy Lofton, Ant Atkinson, Hi-Lite Bruton, Thunder Law, Bull Bullard, Firefly Fisher and Moose Weekes – plus female stars TNT Maddox, T-Time Brawner and Sweet J Ekworomadu* – the Globetrotters’ one-of-a-kind show is unrivaled in the world of family entertainment. With incredible ball handling wizardry, rim-rattling dunks, trick shots, hilarious comedy and unequaled fan interaction, this must-see event is guaranteed to entertain the whole family. After the game, Globetrotter stars will sign autographs and take photos with fans.^ Tickets start at $19 and are now available at harlemglobetrotters. com, ticketmaster.com, the Scottrade Center box office, or by phone at 800-745-3000. Information on group and scout tickets can also be found at harlemglobetrotters.com.

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People People planner Carrington to appear at Peabody

Rodney Carrington will appear at the Peabody Opera House in St. Louis at 7 p.m. on March 27.

Ti c k e t s a r e a v a i l a b l e a t ticketmaster.com, at 1-800-745-3000 or the Peabody Opera House Box Office.

Rodney Carrington has been making audiences laugh for almost twenty years with his unique brand of stand-up comedy. The country singer-songwriter has recorded eight major label comedy albums which have sold more than two million copies … two of which have been certified Gold.

Rodney Carrington recently started his own record label “Laughter’s Good” and is releasing two albums under the new label in October 2014. Rodney plans to re-release “C’Mon Laugh You Bastards” which will feature 3 new songs, as well as an album of all new material called “Laughter ’s Good.”

In addition to starting his own record label, Rodney is starting a new YouTube series in October 2014 called “Bit By Bit.” In the series, he will be releasing new material one piece at a time on a weekly basis.

On November 1, 2014 Sirius XM is doing a “Rodney Carrington Ta k e o v e r S p e c i a l ” o n t h e i r Blue Collar Comedy Channel.

Carrington can also be heard every Sunday on ESPN2 on the intro of “Colin’s Football Show” with Colin Cowherd. He wrote and performed the intro song for the show, and stars in the video before each show, which airs every Sunday prior to NFL games during the 2014 season.

Originally from Longview, TX, Carrington has three sons and resides in Tulsa, OK. Rodney Carrington kicks off his “Here Comes the Truth” tour in 2015.

The Hett announces 2014-15 schedule

The Hettenhausen Center for the Arts’ 2014-2015 season presents local and returning favorites and some well-known performers and speakers making their Hett debut.

All programs are open to the public and held at the 488-seat performing arts center at McKendree University in Lebanon, Ill. “Many programs always sell out early so I always advise that you mark your calendar and plan to purchase your tickets early,” said Peter Palermo, director of The Hett.

Reserved seats for all programs will be available Sept. 3 online at theHett.com, at the box office on weekday afternoons, or by calling 618-537-6863 (1-800-BEARCAT, ext.

6863).

Many programs are free, including the Distinguished Speaker Series, films and several concerts.

Ticket prices for select shows range from $15 to $35 for adults and from $5 to $10 for children, with discounts for seniors and students.

A season preview video is online at https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=PkpkvJQcMY0. The new season will feature the following: Jan. 3, 2015, 7:30 p.m.: Russian National Ballet Theatre: Swan Lake is lavish production of the magical tale of Odette, full of courtly splendor, celebrates Russia’s great national ballet heritage. The instantly recognizable music of Tchaikovsky is set against the wonderfully dark story of good

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against evil in one of the most famous and beloved of all ballets.

Feb. 4, 7:30 p.m.: The 5 Browns are The Juilliard School’s quintet of siblings, all virtuoso pianists.

March 4, 7:30 p.m.: John Lithgow: Stories By Heart features the well-known actor in his critically acclaimed, one-man theatrical memoir.

M a rc h 11 , 7 : 3 0 p . m . : Mummenschanz, a Swiss performance troupe, captivates audiences without words, using o rd i n a r y m a t e r i a l s t o c re a t e a s u r re a l , c o m i c u n i v e r s e . A playful and uniquely memorable experience!

April 12, 3 p.m.: The St. Louis Brass Band brings the sound of the traditional English brass band to the Hett.

Nov. 17 and March 30, 7:30 p.m.: Saint Louis Symphony Mondays feature chamber ensembles of Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra musicians.

T h e G e o rg e E . M c C a m m o n Memorial Distinguished Speaker Series will host the following guests: Feb. 26, 2015: Paul F. Tompkins, comedian, writer and actor (“Mr. S h o w, ” “ R e a l Ti me w i t h Bi l l Maher”), will join a panel discussion at 6 p.m. and perform stand-up comedy at 8:30 p.m.

April 15, 7:30 p.m.: Carl Bernstein, bestselling author, CNN contributor and investigative journalist who broke the Watergate scandal with Washington Post colleague Bob Woodward.

The Hett’s free Film Art Series will explore the art of communication with four awardwinning films, all at 7 p.m.: “Persepolis,” Sept. 30; “The King’s Speech,” Oct. 29; “Shakespeare in Love,” Jan. 22; and “All the President’s Men,” March 3.

available at a number of locations on the grounds including stations located on the Central Axis featuring fire pits for s’moremaking.

“Our members, visitors, staff and volunteers were overwhelmed with the fantastic display during our inaugural year,” said Missouri Botanical G a rd e n P re s i d e n t P e t e r Wy s e Jackson. “Garden Glow is a destination for St. Louisans and visitors and this year promises an even bigger and better experience.”

Special Glow gear will be sold giving show attendees an opportunity to become a part of the fun.

Tickets are now on sale for Garden Glow 2014. Tickets make a unique and treasured holiday gift.

Tickets are date-specific and sold in limited quantities. Tickets can be purchased in advance at www.

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exit. Free parking is available on site and two blocks west at the corner of Shaw and Vandeventer.

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All eyes are on the sky as the Alton region prepares for the annual winter migration of the American Bald Eagle. Every January, experts anticipate as many as 1,000 bald eagles will migrate to the area reclaiming their winter nests along the Meeting of the Great Rivers National Scenic Byway.

To celebrate the return of this majestic bird, The Alton Regional Convention and Visitors Center along with the Audubon Center at Riverlands will host the AltonAudubon Eagle Festival, Saturday, Jan. 3 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Free family-friendly activities, eagle watching shuttle tours and a live American Bald Eagle will be on hand at the Alton Visitors Center, 200 Piasa St. The Audubon Center at the Riverlands Migratory Bird Sanctuary, 301 Riverlands Way, West Alton will feature live regional birds of prey and offer additional activities suitable for the entire family.

Start your day of eagle activities in downtown Alton by watching ice carvers create an eagle from a frozen block of ice. Then take part in the always popular ice cube giveaway where every participant is a winner when they choose an ice cube which will feature a s p e c i a l o ff e r f ro m a re g i o n a l business. These prizes can include d i s c o u n t s o n m e rc h a n d i s e o r food or free gifts. Liberty Bank will also take part in the kickoff event by sponsoring the Ice Putt Putt contest for visitors. The bank’s mascot, Sam the Eagle, will also be hand to greet visitors to downtown Alton. And, of course, there will be the live eagle meet and greet featuring an eagle from the World Bird Sanctuary at the Alton Visitors Center. All of these activities are free. Additionally, the CVB will offer Eagle Watching Shuttle Tours which will provide visitors with a guided first-hand look at several eagle watching hot spots in the region. The cost for these 45-minute tours is $5 per person. Tours begin at 10:30 a.m. and the last Eagle Watching Shuttle Tour will depart from the Alton Visitors Center at 1:30 p.m.

At the Audubon Center, located a c ro s s t h e M i s s i s s i p p i R i v e r, visitors can enjoy the view of the mighty river and its abundant wildlife from the comfort of the state-of-the-art Visitors Center.

M u l t i p l e s p o t t i n g s c o p e s a re available for use and everyone will be able to have an up-close and personal look at the area’s Birds of Prey presented by TreeHouse Wildlife Center. Representatives of area attractions and conservation organizations will also be at the center hosting family-friendly activities. Chances are visitors will get to see the hundreds of Tr u m p e t e r S w a n s w h o m a k e the Riverlands Migratory Bird Sanctuary their winter home. All activities at the Audubon Center are free.

The weekend also kicks off the annual Alton Eagle Watcher T-Shirt Giveaway which is open to eagle watchers of all ages. This giveaway encourages visitors to stop by the various Eagle Watching Hot Spots. Visitors who go to five of the eight hot spots (Alton Visitors Center, Audubon Center at Riverlands, Lewis & Clark Confluence Tower, Melvin Price Locks and Dam, Pere Marquette

State Park, Two Rivers National Wildlife Refuge Center, Columbia Bottoms Conservation Center, Lewis & Clark State Historic Site) listed and have their card initialed by a representative of that site will receive a free eagle t-shirt by returning a completed card to the Alton Visitors Center while supplies last. For more information on this contest g o t o w w w. Vi s i t A l t o n . c o m / EagleWatcher.

Every day visitors can travel along the Meeting of the Great Rivers National Scenic Byway to visit the “Eagle Watching Hot Spots� featured in the 2015 Eagle Watcher ’s Guide.

Again this year, the Alton Eagle Watching App will guide visitors during their eagle watching adventure.

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For visitors wishing to make eagle watching a winter getaway, there are numerous eagle packages and specials available at hotels and bed & breakfast inns in Alton, Grafton and Elsah.

Alton is the place to be for the best eagle events and the largest concentration of American Bald Eagles in the state of Illinois.

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Live Bald Eagles at TreeHouse Wildlife Center Saturday – Sunday, Jan. 3 – 4, 2015 10:00am to 2:00pm TreeHouse Wildlife Center 23956 Green Acres Road Dow, IL 62022 There will be live bald eagles every weekend in January and February at the TreeHouse Wildlife Center. Free admission. Donations are appreciated. For more information, call (618) 466-2990.

Live American Bald Eagle Meet and Greet Saturday, January 03, 2015 10:00am to 2:00pm Alton Visitor Center 200 Piasa Street Alton, IL 62002 See a live American Bald Eagle up close and personal! Ask and learn about their species and habitats.

Then, grab your official Meeting of the Great Rivers National Scenic Byway Eagle Watcher's Guide as you journey out along the Great River Road to see eagles in their natural habitat in Alton, Godfrey, Grafton and Calhoun County, Illinois. For more information, call (800) 258-6645.

Audubon Center "Birds of Winter" Sunday, January 04, 2015 10:00am to 2:00pm Audubon Center at Riverlands 301 Riverlands Way West Alton, MO 63386 Join us this winter at the Audubon Center at Riverlands, located inside the Riverlands Migratory Bird Sanctuary, for wildlife viewing and education in this Globally Significant Important Bird Area.

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"Horrible Bosses 2"

The characters of the modern workplace comedy, like the rest of us, don't know how to make a living anymore.

Having haplessly tried to murder their bosses in the first "Horrible Bosses," Jason Bateman, Charlie Day and Jason Sudeikis return in "Horrible Bosses 2" as hopeful inventors. "Let's bet on ourselves," they tell each other, making a clearly questionable wager. They go into business with a bath product dubbed "Shower Buddy," and with their abysmal guest spot on a morning show promoting it, it's clear they may have backed the wrong horse.

It's become a familiar genre trope of recent years: The idealistic self-starter business that almost certainly wouldn't stand a chance in real life. Dwarfed by corporations or left behind by the digital economy, comedies are routinely littered with plucky upstarts, from Kristen Wiig's would-be baker in "Bridesmaids" to Vince Vaughn and Owen Wilson's middle-aged Google aspirants of "The Internship."

While the first "Horrible Bosses" tried to tap into the widely held fantasy of killing the overloads of the office, its sequel mines the farce in being your own boss. The entrepreneurial efforts of the film's ever-yammering trio, of course, fail, and the film descends into a thinly sketched kidnapping plot that serves mainly to space its celebrity cameos.

Hoodwinked by a rich distributor (Christoph Waltz), the guys — Nick, Kurt and Dale — plan to kidnap the executive's playboy son (Chris Pine). The ill-conceived scheme returns them to their criminal adviser (Jamie Foxx, who the film could have used more of), Nick's now imprisoned former boss (Kevin Spacey) and Dale's old torturer dentist (Jennifer Aniston).

RATED: PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for "some sexual references, mature thematic material and historical smoking."

RUNNING TIME: 108 minutes.

ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: One and a half stars out of four.

"Still Alice"

When we refer to an actor's performance as breathtaking, we're usually engaging in hyperbole. Rarely if ever do we mean it actually affected our ability to breathe.

But during "Still Alice," watching the vital, sharply intelligent woman played by Julianne Moore slowly cede her mental faculties — and, most painfully, her identity — to Alzheimer's disease, I found myself frequently needing to gulp in big breaths of air, merely to steel myself for the next scene.

Of course this is partly due to the nature of the material.

There's no way to tell a story about Alzheimer's that isn't ultimately devastating, and writer-directors Richard Glatzer and Wash Westmoreland clearly have no intention of sugar-coating the cruelty of this disease.

But as its title suggests, "Still Alice," based on the novel by neuroscientist Lisa Genova, is about one woman, and thankfully we have Moore, one of our most sensitive and nuanced actresses, in the role. She gives a warm, brave and shattering performance here — one that's already earning accolades, and deserves many more before awards season ends.

We first meet Alice, a linguistics professor at Columbia, as she's celebrating her 50th birthday with family. Chic and accomplished, she's managed to work and travel and raise three adult kids in a beautiful home. She and her husband, John (Alec Baldwin), also an academic, live in a lovely brownstone with a great kitchen.

But one day, giving a lecture, Alice suddenly stops, midsentence. She can't remember a key word. She recovers nimbly with a joke, but we shudder. Back home, taking her usual jog around campus, she gets lost. The camera blurs, along with the connections in her brain. We shudder again. We know what's coming.

RATED: PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America "for mature thematic material, and brief language including a sexual reference."

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RUNNING TIME: 99 minutes.

ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: Three and a half stars out of four.

"Wild"

Cheryl Strayed, as played by Reese Witherspoon in Jean-Marc Vallee's "Wild," is, bless the Lord, not an easily discernable type.

She's also not the sort we've often encountered on the welltrod paths of female stereotypes in movies. Strayed is a bundle of messy imperfections, as we gradually learn from flashbacks that accumulate throughout her therapeutic journey on the Pacific Crest Trail in "Wild."

She's a serial adulterer but no villain. (How many times have we seen that, in a woman, in our male-dominated movies?)

She's curious, experimental and intrepid to the point of selfdestruction. The same traits, though, may also be her salvation.

"I'm the girl that says 'yes' instead of 'no,'" she explains to a friend, with all the positive and negative implications of that statement abundantly clear.

Heavy with grief from the loss of her mother (Laura Dern) to cancer, haunted by remorse for seven years of unfaithful marriage to her sensitive husband (Thomas Sadoski) and shaking off a dark turn into heroin, Strayed sets out to hike 1,100 miles up the coast, from the Mojave Desert to Oregon. She's forcing self-renewal not by fleeing her life but by confronting herself in isolation. When she wrestles to strap on her oversized backpack, she's literally weighed down with baggage.

RATEDL R by the Motion Picture Association of America for "sexual content, nudity, drug use and language."

RUNNING TIME: 115 minutes.

ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: Two and a half stars out of four.

"Top Five"

Writer-director Chris Rock is not Andre Allen, the standup comedian turned movie star lead of "Top Five." But, it's almost impossible to watch his latest effort, a cutting comedy about showbiz, creativity and ambition, and not wonder what material Rock took from his own life. While that's a fun and compelling draw, thankfully, it's only part of the triumph of the film. In "Top Five," Rock manages to transcend the gimmick and his larger-than-life persona, to create one of the most vibrant, self-aware comedies of the year.

This is a story about a man who's become disconnected from his work and is looking for a change. Told across a single, jam-packed New York day, we accompany Andre on a press tour around the city on the day of his new movie's opening.

Andre, we learn, became a mainstream superstar by donning a full bear suit and playing the catch-phrase happy character "Hammy the Bear" in three blockbuster movies.

Now sober, grasping for relevancy, and about to marry a reality television star (Gabrielle Union), Andre just wants to be sincere. His new "serious" movie about a Haitian revolutionary just looks abysmal, like the fictional title in "Tropic Thunder."

It's clear that Andre is at a crossroads and even he isn't convinced of his new path.

Things really get going when Andre hooks up with Chelsea Brown (Rosario Dawson), a quick-witted New York Times reporter who's gotten the tony assignment to follow him around for an entire day. He resists, since the paper's critic has historically eviscerated his movies, but his agent (Kevin Hart) convinces him to go anyway. Chelsea's a fan, he thinks.

The most groundbreaking aspect about "Top Five" is that it defies categorization. It's a romance, a gross out comedy, a silly industry satire, and a sweet look at an artist who's just trying to figure out what he wants.

RATEDL R by the Motion Picture Association of America "for strong sexual content, nudity, crude humor, language throughout and some drug use."

RUNNING TIME: 101 minutes.

ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: Three stars out of four.

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"Exodus: Gods & Men"

To what do we owe the second coming of the biblical epic?

A genre that was once as moldy as stale communion wafers has been reborn this year, first with Darren Aronofsky's "Noah" and now with Ridley Scott's "Exodus: Gods & Kings." The resurrection is partly to capitalize on the faith-based moviegoing audience and partly because the Bible offers stories suited to this blockbuster era, offering both spectacle and name-brand familiarity.

More than 50 years after "The Ten Commandments" sandals are back in style. We can only hope the trend will culminate in a seemingly ordained bit of casting: Someone has got to make a Jesus film with Jared Leto.

But big-tent Old Testament tales are no easy sell in times marked by both religious discord and secular disbelief. "Noah" was interesting because it saw the arc-builder as hero of environmentalism, a protector of both morality and animals.

The 3-D "Exodus" also refashions Moses (Christian Bale) for modern times, giving us an elite, action-film combatant who's less a conduit for God than a strong-minded individual whose beliefs mostly jibe with the deity who secretly appears to him. (God is seen here as an impatient child, played by the 11-year-old Isaac Andrews).

"Exodus" — written by the team of Adam Cooper, Bill Collage, Jeffrey Caine and Steven Zaillian — does indeed supply the big scenes. Slowly accepting his destiny and his Hebrew heritage, a bearded Moses rallies the Israelites and leads them to the climactic moment at the Red Sea (which isn't as sumptuously rendered as you'd expect).

RATED: PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for "violence including battle sequences and intense images."

RUNNING TIME: 142 minutes.

ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: Two stars out of four.

"Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb"

Take heed: There are at least two acutely sad moments involving Robin Williams' Teddy Roosevelt in the latest "Night at the Museum." The movie, subtitled "Secret of the Tomb," is imbued with the unshakable inevitability that even though we're still having fun, it's time to move on_a narrative made only more poignant by Williams's sudden and shocking death earlier this year.

It's hard not to concentrate on his every movement and word or to get antsy when he's in the midst of a bit and the camera cuts away to a monkey peeing on something, leaving us straining to hear Williams' voice. And yet, as silly a role and movie as this is, it also manages to live up to the (unfair) responsibility of being a comedy legend's last role. Director Shawn Levy and his team strike the right balance, without overwhelming the story with melancholy.

Beyond Williams, "Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb" is a lively romp with the over-the-top historical figures that audiences have come to enjoy over the years that, in spite of the dead zones, elicits more than a few bawdy laughs throughout its swift runtime.

The latest installment delves (not too deeply) into the mythology of the ancient tablet that brings the museum fixtures to life. When the golden treasure starts to corrode, things go haywire, leading to a particularly disastrous fundraising event as all the characters revert to their true, violent selves and, inexplicably, Teddy Roosevelt starts quoting Winston Churchill and John F. Kennedy.

RATED: PG by the Motion Picture Association of America for "or mild action, some rude humor and brief language."

RUNNING TIME: 97 minutes.

ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: Two and a half stars out of four.

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In this image released by 20th Century Fox, are, from left, Mizuo Peck, Robin Williams, Ben Stiller, Rami Malek and Patrick Gallagher.

Williams' last film appearance

By JAKE COYLE Associated Press Take heed: There are at least two acutely sad moments involving Robin Williams' Teddy Roosevelt in the latest "Night at the Museum."

The movie, subtitled "Secret of the Tomb," is imbued with the unshakable inevitability that even though we're still having fun, it's time to move on_a narrative made only more poignant by Williams's sudden and shocking death earlier this year.

It's hard not to concentrate on his every movement and word or to get antsy when he's in the midst of a bit and the camera cuts away to a monkey peeing on something, leaving us straining to hear Williams' voice.

And yet, as silly a role and movie as this is, it also manages to live up to the (unfair) responsibility of being a comedy legend's last role. Director Shawn Levy and his team strike the right balance, without overwhelming the story with melancholy.

Beyond Williams, "Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb" is a lively romp with the over-the-top historical figures that audiences have come to enjoy over the years that, in spite of the dead zones, elicits more than a few bawdy laughs throughout its swift runtime.

The latest installment delves (not too deeply) into the mythology of the ancient tablet that brings the museum fixtures to life. When the golden treasure starts to corrode, things go haywire, leading to a

particularly disastrous fundraising event as all the characters revert to their true, violent selves and, inexplicably, Teddy Roosevelt starts quoting Winston Churchill and John F. Kennedy.

The specifics are a little murky, but what is clear is the magic that brings inanimate objects to life is in danger of disappearing forever (a franchise's greatest fear!). Their only hope is to go to the British Museum to ask Ahkmenrah's (Rami Malek) parents for help.

As in the previous movies, "Secret of the Tomb" buckles under the weight of its phenomenally talented cast who just aren't given enough to do, making it feel more like a movie of cameos rather than a true

ensemble work. That said, Owen Wilson and Steve Coogan, once again, provide many of the film's laughs as the pint-sized Jedediah and Octavius_as does Ricky Gervais as the wimpy museum director.

In London, we're introduced to a few new characters, including Lancelot (Dan Stevens) and a new nighttime security guard named Tilly (Rebel Wilson). Both are great, but Lancelot, in particular, truly steals the movie with his sidesplitting fairy-tale bravado.

There's also a terrific "Camelot" related cameo later on in the film that we won't spoil here.

But the weaker spots are hard to ignore.

The movie spends too much time on a few plots and jokes that never hit.

Mike Leigh paints his masterpiece

By JAKE COYLE Associated Press Survey countless films about artistic geniuses and you will not encounter one quite like Mike Leigh's J.M.W. Turner, as played by Timothy Spall.

Grunting is practically his choice mode of expression. He spits on his canvases and grubbily wields his brushes — and he's not much more elegant in his female relationships or when trying to carry a tune. He squints like a mole to such a degree that you feel at any moment he could twitch his nose and burrow a hole into the ground.

He's not a man from whom sublimity would seem to emanate, and yet it does. Joseph Mallor William Turner (1775-1851) churned out some of the most powerfully visceral paintings of light and tumult, of stormy seascapes and Victorian smokestacks. But between

Turner the man and Turner the artist, the distance is as vast as the ocean.

And that is much of the point of the spectacular "Mr. Turner." Its mission isn't to place Turner on a pretentious pedestal of genius, where so many of our depictions of brilliant talents reside, but to treat him as a craftsman, a laborer going about, as Leigh has said, "a job of work."

"Mr. Turner," which concentrates on Turner's last few decades, is punctuated, courtesy of cinematographer Dick Pope, by beautiful landscapes that often vividly recreate Turner's own compositions. But they aren't showy and instead crop up in Turner's days as he, pointing an umbrella with each pace, strides the English seaside — moments of awe after which "Mr. Turner," a sturdy film as equally sure of itself as its subject, gets back to work.

Leigh follows Turner back and forth between his home in London and his sojourns to the coast (mostly Margate in the southeast of England), and between work and the largely unwelcome intrusions of family, society and business.

W h e n h i s e s t r a n g e d m i s t re s s (Ruth Sheen) barges in with one of their daughters and a new granddaughter, Turner grumbles, "Most preoccupied."

His cohabitants are more accommodating to his enigmatic obsessions. There's Turner's father (the tremendous Paul Jesson), a kindly, hunched former barber who mixes his paints and shows his works to buyers; and his longtime housekeeper (Dorothy Atkinson), whom Turner occasionally gropes, to her pleasure.

The father-son relationship is as tender as any, without even a brush stroke of sentimentality. They're of a piece, both stout wheezers. "My

little lad," says the father as he expires. There's sweetness, too, in the romance that subtly develops between Turner and his Margate landlady, Sophia Booth (Marion Bailey), who became Turner's last mistress.

Turner's appetites are great. In one scene — an old tale about the artist — he straps himself to the mast of a ship to experience a gale up close.

The business of work also fills Turner's days. From a peephole, he grimaces at customers who visit his studio. At the Royal Academy, he contentedly and competitively parades among fellow artists, perusing their works: "'Tis a splendid cornucopia," he judges, an apt description of "Mr. Turner" as well.

Leigh has an obvious fondness for the period detail. Most memorable are Turner's encounters with the Victorian art critic John

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Ruskin. Joshua McGuire plays him as a lisping, intellectual fop, a historical inaccuracy but no matter.

He's a perfectly conceived opposite to Turner, whose high-minded salon conversation the artist responds to with unhappy grunts and coarse jokes.

"Mr. Turner" has long been a passion for Leigh, who typically discovers his films through i m p ro v i s a t i o n a n d re h e a r s a l .

Here he's on a more direct line, and there's no doubt it's his masterpiece.

Clearly, it wouldn't work without a tremendous performance from Spall, a fine character actor finally given the stage.

Spall's Turner is an enigma: a brutish, primal force capable of glory. "Mr. Turner," thankfully, never seeks to resolve the discord (evoked by Gary Yershon's atonal score). Instead, "Mr. Turner" is a maelstrom of life and art.

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Travel Religion briefs Biden marks start of Hanukkah at national menorah

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Joe Biden says Hanukkah commemorates the miracle of courageous warriors overcoming great odds to protect the Jewish people's culture and dignity.

Biden marked the start of the eight-day Jewish holiday Tuesday evening by observing the lighting of the national menorah. A trio of cantors sang Hanukkah songs as a rabbi lit the giant menorah on the Ellipse outside the White House.

Biden said Jewish heritage is American heritage.

Hanukkah commemorates the rededication of the Jewish Temple by the Maccabees after their victory over Syrian oppressors.

Jews mark each of the eight days of Hanukkah by lighting candles on a menorah, or candleholder. The national menorah has been lit in the park south of the White House every year since 1979, when President Jimmy Carter attended the first lighting.

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Nine Network/Jason Winkeler Photography At Powell Hall, Nine Network Vice President of Production Patrick Murphy, left, nd St. Louis Symphony Vice President for External Affairs Adam Crane introduce the premiere episode of the new series Night at the Symphony, which will air on Nine PBS beginning Jan. 5.

Symphony, Nine Network team up For The Edge In a unique partnership, the Nine Network of Public Media and the St. Louis Symphony have combined resources to produce a new, monthly television series, Night at the Symphony. It will be broadcast on Nine PBS on the first Monday of the month at 7:00 p.m. beginning January 5, 2015, and rebroadcast the following Sunday at 3:00 p.m. beginning January 11.

Nine episodes will air in 2015. The hour-long programs will highlight specially selected St. Louis Symphony performances from the 2014–2015 season, as well as encore presentations of concert specials produced since 2012.

“This is the only partnership of its kind in the nation between a public television station and a symphony orchestra,” said Patrick Murphy, vice president of production for the Nine Network.

“The opportunity to bring the experience of one of the world’s finest orchestras into every home in our region shows what is possible when cultural institutions work together for the benefit of the community.”

“When we first started our partnership five years ago, I never would have expected it to evolve into what it’s become,” said Adam Crane, vice president for external affairs at the St. Louis Symphony.

“We’ve learned so much along the way, and it wouldn’t have been possible without the support of our musicians and staff, as well as the Nine Network team. The orchestra's mission is to enrich people’s lives through the power of music, and Night at the Symphony embodies this."

“In a season full of special anniversaries for the St. Louis Symphony, the genesis of Night at the Symphony is a terrific way to celebrate,” said Music Director David Robertson.

“It’s another way that audiences can enjoy our world-class orchestra and we’re grateful to the Nine Network for the

new opportunity to continue to share our music with the community.”

“Our partnership with the St. Louis Symphony is a shining example of what can be achieved through creative collaboration and commitment to a common objective,” said Nine Network President and CEO Jack Galmiche. “It is particularly exciting for us to add this unprecedented series to our extensive local and national arts programming.”

The programming lineup for Night at the Symphony through 2015 is as follows (the series will not air in March, June and December): January 5 Conductor Cristian Macelaru leads the orchestra in an allTchaikovsky concert featuring Polonaise from Eugene Onegin, Sérénade mélancolique with soloist Joo Kim (violin), Pezzo capriccioso with soloist James Czyzewski (cello), and The Tempest.

February 2 David Robertson conducts selections by Mussorgsky, Massenet, Tchaikovsky, Grieg and Copland with featured violinists Dana Edison Myers and Rebecca Boyer Hall.

April 6 Resident Conductor Steven Jarvi leads the orchestra and violin soloists Jessica Cheng, Angela Smart, Jooyeon Kong and Alison Harney in a performance of Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons.

May 4 David Robertson conducts pieces by Brahms, Rosas, Ravel, Alfven, Borodin, Bartók and Ginastera with featured violinists Eva Kozma and Silvian Iticovici.

July 6 Conductor David Robertson leads the symphony and cellist Alvin McCall in the performance of works by Copland, Ives and MacDowell.

The year wraps up with encore performances of concerts previously presented on Nine PBS: August 4, September 7,

October 5, and November 3.

For more information about Night at the Symphony, visit the web page nineNet.org/Symphony.

About the Nine Network of Public Media The Nine Network of Public Media is a multifaceted organization creating a network of individuals and organizations empowered by public media to strengthen civic life. One of the nation’s most watched public television stations, Nine offers the people of the St. Louis region multiple ways to explore the world and become engaged in civic life, including four distinct broadcast channels (Nine PBS, Nine World, Nine Create and Nine Kids), the Nine Center for Public Engagement, www.nineNet.org and the Public Media Commons. The Nine Network’s rich legacy of serving the community was launched in 1954 and continues through our mission of bringing St. Louis together as we connect our region to the world and the world to St. Louis.

About the St. Louis Symphony Founded in 1880 and now in its 135th season, the St. Louis Symphony is the second-oldest orchestra in the country and widely considered one of the world’s finest. In September 2005, internationally acclaimed conductor David Robertson became the 12th Music Director, the second American-born conductor to hold that post in the Orchestra’s history. The St. Louis Symphony strives for artistic excellence, fiscal responsibility and community connection while meeting its mission statement: enriching people’s live through the power of music.

The Symphony presents a full season of classical programs and Live at Powell Hall concerts and hundreds of free education and community programs each year. Media partners include St. Louis Public Radio, 90.7–KWMU, which broadcasts the Symphony’s Saturday night subscription concerts live, and the Nine Network, which regularly features STL Symphony performances on its Night at the Symphony program. www. stlsymphony.org

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Music Tuning in Sheldon to host Angel Romero

The Sheldon and The St. Louis Classical Guitar Society present Angel Romero, Saturday, January 24, 2015 at 7:30 p.m. in the perfect acoustics of the Sheldon Concert Hall. Hailed for his superior artistry as the Spanish maestro of the guitar, Angel Romero is heralded by audiences and critics alike as a soloist and conductor.

One of the most sought-after musicians of his generation, Angel Romero made his debut with the LA Philharmonic at the age of 16, performing Joaquin Rodrigo’s famed Aranjuez Concerto. He has appeared as soloist with such leading orchestras as the New York Philharmonic, the Cleveland Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic, and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. As conductor, he has led numerous orchestras worldwide including the Pittsburgh Symphony, the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, and the Royal Philharmonic, among others.

Romero will be performing Spanish solo repertoire by Gaspar Sanz, Isaac Albeniz and Joaquin Rodrigo.

Tickets are $30 adult/$26 student and senior, and are on sale now

through MetroTix at 314-534-1111, through The Sheldon’s website at TheSheldon.org, or in person at The Fox Theatre Box Office, 534 N. Grand Blvd. For more information, call The Sheldon at 314-533-9900 or visit TheSheldon.org.

The Fox to Host Little Big Town

Grammy-award-winning country group Little Big Town has added a spring leg of The Pain Killer Tour that will kick off on March 5, 2015 in Savannah, GA which will include a stop in St. Louis at the Fabulous Fox Theatre Friday, March 20 at 8:00 p.m.

The foursome-consisting of Karen Fairchild, Jimi Westbrook, Phillip Sweet, and Kimberly Schlapmanwill also be releasing their highly anticipated new single, “Girl Crush,” to country radio today.

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Red House Band w/Soul Cracker, Old Rock House, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

N e w O r l e a n s N e w Ye a r w / T h e F u n k y B u t t B r a s s Band, Jazz at the Bistro, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.

Jake’s Leg, Cicero’s, University City, 8:30 p.m.

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An Evening with Rockin’ Chair, Old Rock House, St. Louis, Doors 6:30 p.m.

Yo u r F a v o r i t e H o m e t o w n A r t i s t s C o v e r t h e Classics feat. D-Railed as Metallica, The Van Buren B o y s a s R e d H o t C h i l i P e p p e r s , B o u n d t o B re a k a s Breaking Benjamin, Discrepancies as Linkin Park, N e w L i n g o a s C re e d , a n d R e v o l u t i o n B ro a d c a s t a s Guns N’ Roses, Pop’s, Sauget, 7:00 p.m.

Ty r a n n y E n t h r o n e d A l b u m R e l e a s e S h o w w / X a e m o r a , S t o r m c a l l e r, C a r p a t h i a n F u n e r a l , T h e Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, Jan. 4

Dave Dickey Big Band, Jazz at the Bistro, St. Louis, 6:00 p.m.

Wednesday, Jan. 7

The Bad Plus, Jazz at the Bistro, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.

V$A, LDM, Pop’s, Sauget, 8:00 p.m.

The Bad Plus, Jazz at the Bistro, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.

Saturday, Jan. 10

Thursday, Jan. 8

Ashley Raines, Cicero’s, University City, 8:00 p.m.

Booty Funk – Hazard To Ya Booty and Church Booty, Cicero’s, University City, 8:00 p.m.

The Bad Plus, Jazz at the Bistro, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.

Friday, Jan. 9

Cowboy Mouth, Old Rock House, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

School of Rock presents AC/DC and Classic M e t a l w / Va l l e y, T h e F i re b i rd , S t . L o u i s , D o o r s 6 : 0 0 p.m.

Winter Concert Series: Hudson & The Hoo Doo Cats, Wildey Theatre, Edwardsville, 6:00 p.m.

LOGOS, Macabre Messenger, Banks And Cathedrals, Cicero’s, University City, 8:00 p.m.

Patrick Junior, Cicero’s, University City, 8:00 p.m.

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Cowboy Mouth, Old Rock House, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

Mobile Deathcamp w/Stinkbomb, Final Drive, The Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

C a p t a i n s C o u r a g e o u s , T h e We e k e n d R o u t i n e , Decedy, Five To Midnight, Cicero’s, University City, 8:00 p.m.

Dane Aaron, Cicero’s, University City, 8:30 p.m.

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The Bad Plus, Jazz at the Bistro, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.

Memories of Elvis feat. Steve Davis & The MidSouth Revival, The Pageant, St. Louis, 7:00 p.m.

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Above, a petite filet mignon. Below, shrimp wrapped in bacon.

Andria's Countryside Restaurant serves some of the best steaks anywhere

By BILL ROSEBERRY Of The Edge It's no mistake that the cornerstone meal for a red-blooded American is a good steak.

By no means am I a steak expert, but I do know good tasting food and a well prepared cut of beef can make for a memorable meal. It can almost make you forget about the hurting a good steak can put on your pocket book, too.

Recently I had the hankering for a good steak and figured I could get a good food review out of it to boot. I decided not to travel too far from home to get it done, staying in Edwardsville and going to Andria's Countryside Restaurant.

Andria's, located at 7415 State Route 143, has been a treasure hidden away on the outskirts of town since 1988. It's only open for dinner hours Monday through Saturday, opening at 5 p.m. and reservations are preferred.

I visited Andria's with my friends John and Michelle, who had both eaten there before and said good things.

If you haven't been to Andria's before it's a pretty unique experience. It's inside of an old home, so the dining areas are set up inside the rooms of the house. You can eat in the lounge also, which has a bar and a TV. I wanted to get the full Andria's experience so I set up reservations to eat inside the house.

We were placed in the living room and I must admit it was an unconventional experience for me. I had never eaten in a restaurant set up in that format. It was definitely different, not a bad experience, just unique. It gives you the feel like you're visiting a family member's home for a holiday dinner, not a bad thing.

But at the end of the day it's about the food and it didn't take me long to find out that Andria's had it going on.

Of course we had to start with some appetizers. John and Michelle split the Applewood smoked shrimp Alexander. I went with a new experience for myself, ordering the escargot en croute. For those of you laymen, escargot are snails.

I've tried oysters, mussles and clams and enjoyed them so the idea of eating a snail

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didn't gross me out at all, it actually intrigued me. I was excited for the opportunity.

At Andria's the escargot is baked in a puff pastry and swimming in parsley butter. If texture is an issue when eating your food, the snails actually had a more solid consistency than mussles and oysters and they were — most importantly — delicious. They had a meaty flavor and texture and the puff pastry and basil butter added to the experience. They were fantastic.

As for John and Michelle's shrimp Alexander, of course I had to pilfer a couple of them — it's shrimp wrapped in bacon.

Actually they are horseradish stuffed, bacon-

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wrapped shrimp, basted in Andria's sauce and served with a thick honey mustard sauce.

Horseradish is usually a flavor that is extremely strong, but in these bad boys it was quite faint. The bacon and shrimp steered the flavor and the honey mustard was amazing.

It was thick and had more of a honey consistency and taste. There was definitely no disappointment there either.

It was finally time to turn our attention to the main course and I affixed my eyes straight to the steaks. John and I went with the same thing, the petite filet mignon, while Michelle chose the grilled chicken breasts. There were plenty of good choices besides the steaks, but I

figured if I was there why not review Andria's signature dish?

The entrees were accompanied by two sides.

I went with a Caesar salad and asparagus, John chose a salad and asparagus too and Michelle went with tomato basil soup and a giant baked potato.

The only other question was whether to get a sauce on the steak or get it dry? Steak aficionados will argue whether the sauce dilutes the flavor or not. I don't know about that, but I decided to go the traditional route and go dry to really see what Andria's was cooking up. John chose to go with roasted garlic sauce on his filet. In the end it didn't really matter, because neither of us had any complaints.

We both ordered our steaks medium rare and it was so tender we almost didn't need knives to cut through them. Upon the first bite I knew I was ingesting one of the best steaks I'd ever eaten. It practically melted in my mouth and was unbelievably juicy.

Andria's boasts the title of being the only St. Louis area restaurant licensed to serve U.S.D.A. Prime Certified Angus Beef. I applaud them because they have steaks they can make them proud.

Michelle complimented her chicken breasts also and really praised her soup choice.

There are plenty of other choices on the menu, too, including other cuts of steak. They have New York strips, roasted prime rib and medallions among a few others. You can also add a lobster tail with drawn butter to any steak order for an additional $22 price tag.

Other delectable entrees include: sea scallops, yellowfin tuna, some chicken choices and pasta selections.

As for the appetizer portion of the menu, there is also fried calamari, crab-stuffed mushrooms, chicken spedini, baked brie cheese and shrimp cocktail among a few others.

The lounge menu offers some different choices. It has chicken wings, garlic parmesan fries and edamame as appetizers and also has soups, salads and sandwiches available, including burgers and fish tacos if you're not in the mood for steak.

Dining Delights The Ege's own Bill Roseberry, famous for his You Gotta' Eat restaurant reviews, has put together his thoughts on a number of local eateries.

Mama Gusto’s Pizzeria 115 West Saint Louis St. Lebanon This is a great spot to grab an Italian meal. They have great pizza and the stromboli is amazing. Make sure to check out the deli attached to the restaurant.

Pirronne’s Pizzeria 1775 Washington St. Florissant T h e p i z z a h e re i s a m a z i n g .

They use provel cheese and have a slew of ingredients to go on top of their thin crust pies.

During the day they have a great buffet lunch special, which also has a salad bar and soups and appetizers.

Frank’s Restaurant 132 West Macarthur Dr. Cottage Hills It is an extensive menu with all kinds of choices, including breakfast selections, sandwiches, steaks, fish, pasta dishes and it’s cheap. Did I mention that it’s cheap?

1860’s Hardshell Café and Saloon 1860 S. 9th St., St. Louis Soulard A great place to get some Cajun and Creole food and have a good time to boot. It’s split into two sides, with the dining area on one end with great items like crab legs, gumbo, po’ boy sandwiches, red beans and rice and wonderful crab cakes. The other half of the building offers a full bar and live entertainment.

Lotawata Creek Southern Grill 311 Salem Pl. Fairview Heights Fatten yourself up at this joint.

The menu is ridiculously huge and the portions are even bigger. Get your own plate of fries for a side, or a bucket of onion rings. It offers a creative sandwich portion of the menu and great southern-style

dishes, try the Mac Daddy Burger.

You won’t go away hungry here, trust me.

1818 Chophouse 210 S. Buchanan St. Edwardsville This is a great place to grab a steak diinner, that is their signature dish. A good place for a fancy dinner date, the ambience in the dining area is fantastic. It offers extensive breakfast, brunch and dinner menus, but be prepared to pay, it’s pretty expensive.

Sybergs Old Dorsett Rd. Maryland Heights A St. Louis chain restaurant where you can’t go wrong. Check out their awesome selection of pizzas and hot wings and their house-made sauces are fantastic. Be adventurous and try the shark bites, they are delicious.

Oriental Spoon 229 Sanatorium Edwardsville A Korean restaurant where you can’t go wrong. The Kimchi is very good as an appetizer and make sure to check out their bulgogi and bap selections. Make sure to ask your server about spiciness levels if you can’t handle hotness very well.

Schiappa’s Italian Restaurant 402 S. Madison St. Lebanon A quiet pizzeria that offers plenty more than just pizza. Make sure to check out the great calzones on the menu.

Wasabi Sushi Bar 100 S. Buchanan St. Edwardsville If you’re into sushi then this is a good place to check out. Choose from a big selection of rolls, from the California and spicy tuna rolls to great choices like the Batman and the Caterpillar. From unagi (eel), to sea urchin, salmon, shrimp and tuna, it has it all. Order the edamame on the appetizer menu.

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Check out the Sicilian to get an olive oil-based sauce, it’s good too. You can dine-in or get delivery here.

Double Tap Bar & Grill 917 Edwardsville Rd. Troy Check out the creative menu offered here. From a diverse group of horseshoes available to the unique peanut butter brunch burger, this place will surprise you with its awesome menu. Stick around and have a few drinks and shoot some pool, too. They also offer live entertainment.

J. Gumbo’s 3949 Lindell Blvd., St. Louis Central West End This is a chain restaurant, but it doesn’t feel that way. Check out the St. Louis location at 3949 Lindell Blvd. to get some really good Cajun and Creole food quick and cheap. Make sure to check out the crawfish etoufeé. The menu does a really good job of informing you of spiciness levels.

Joanie’s Pizzeria 2101 Menard St., St. Louis Soulard

A stable in the Soulard neighborhood in St. Louis, this is a spot that offers great pizza and Italian dishes along with great drink specials and entertainment.

Visit prior to a Cardinals game or other various events in St. Louis, eat dinner, and ride the free shuttle to and from the event.

Chesterfield This is a great place to take a date or have a good time with a group of friends. Fun and creative menu and huge line of beers on tap and in bottles. Enjoy your meal sitting on a couch in front of a fire. The real allstar here are the bacon and jalapenó deviled eggs on the appetizer menu.

Los Tres Amigos 1011 Century Dr. Edwardsville T h e J o s e M o r a l e s Ta c o i s the highlight of this Mexican Restaurant. The deep fried goodness of the taco is topped off with Parmesan cheese to give it that special flavor. Check out the rest of the extensive menu for other great Mexican dishes, too.

The LuBar & Bistro 911 Fairfax St. Carlyle Pretty cool place to chill out and have a good dinner. The dining area is separated from the bar, as this establishment is split into two levels.

The LuBar nachos are arguably the best nachos I’ve ever had and the pulled pork sandwich is a winner.

Check out the full breakfast menu also and don’t forget to order some ice cream from the ice cream bar before you leave.

Wang Gang Asian Eats 1035 Century Dr. Edwardsville This is a hip, fun spot if you’re into Asian cuisine. It’s an Asian fusion restaurant that puts unique spins on classic Asian dishes.

Check out the lettuce wraps, the fried calamari and the stir fry selections and don’t miss out on the restaurant’s own line of sodas which are also great. It offers some healthy choices, too.

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The Arts Laumeier completes conservation project For The Edge Laumeier Sculpture Park announced the successful completion of its $200,000 conservation project for Donald Judd’s Untitled, 1984, located on the South Lawn at Laumeier. The twoyear conservation project was made possible by a 2012 Art Works grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) for $100,000, with a 1:1 match by Laumeier. Donald Judd’s Untitled, 1984, consists of three open-ended cubes made of concrete panels, placed in a row for the viewer to look through like a tunnel. An additional concrete panel is placed vertically inside each cube at varying angles, calculated to change the viewer ’s perception when looking through them. The square form appears frequently in Judd’s work and is considered a prime example of the conceptual interests of the Minimalist movement.

Phase I of the conservation project began with research and design for new concrete panels using an original panel deemed unstable for reuse, Gamma Ray technology and soil testing. Phase II involved the de-installation of the original artwork, new site preparation and restoration of the original panels deemed stable for reuse, followed by the pouring, curing and sandblasting of the new panels. Phase II culminated with the re-installation of the conserved artwork, featuring eight of the original panels and seven new concrete panels, after which the project fencing was removed and the artwork was officially re-opened for public viewing. Finally, Phase III consists of the execution of an ongoin g ma i n t en a n ce rou t i n e

by Laumeier staff. The “Judd C o n s e r v a t i o n Te a m , ” u n d e r the leadership of Steve Colton, Conservator, Steve Colton Inc., Los Angeles, includes Nick Lang, Chief Preparator, and Liz Murphy, Collections Manager & Registrar, Laumeier Sculpture Park; Don

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Gerling, Operations Supervisor, St. Louis County Parks; G.S. & S. General Contractors; AEdifica Case Engineering; ResTech Division of Waddell Concrete; and Kara Kelpe, Ashley Kopp and Manda Remmen, former Laumeier Sculpture Park employees.

“The Judd Conservation Team faced challenges at virtually every step of the project as work progressed, and delays were to be expected,” said Colton. “With time running short, we were gifted a handful of mild-weather days this fall to complete the relatively uneventful re-installation. Old and new pieces of the artwork came

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together with rewarding ease, with only very minor adjustments needed. ‘Minimalist’ the artwork may be, but simple it definitely is not.”

Laumeier, in partnership with St. Louis County Parks, has provided continuous care to protect and preserve the structural and artistic integrity of Donald Judd’s Untitled, 1984, for its 300,000 annual visitors for nearly 30 years. “This project perfectly demonstrates the balance we must continually strike as object caretakers, between preserving an artist’s aesthetic and assuring the structural integrity of an artwork for future generations,” said Marilu Knode, Laumeier ’s Executive Director. “The successful completion of this massive undertaking— the largest and most significant conservation project in Laumeier’s 3 8 - y e a r h i s t o r y, b y f a r — i s momentous, not only for Laumeier Sculpture Park, but also for all those involved with Judd’s legacy, and the entire field of public art.”

Donald Judd worked closely with concrete engineer Robert Kirk, Architectural Concrete Associates, Marble Falls, Texas, on the design and fabrication of Untitled, 1984, for its first exhibition at Leo Castelli Gallery in New York. Following the close of this exhibition, Judd and the Max Protetch Gallery loaned the artwork to Laumeier for two years. Because the artwork would be exhibited outdoors for the first time, Judd designed a temporary foundation for the piece and sent Kirk to supervise the installation at Laumeier in 1985. His design “floated” the three concrete units on top of 8 x 8 foot timbers stacked 3 feet high on sand, with a hollow interior foundation below. Laumeier purchased the artwork from the artist for its Permanent Collection in 1988, and applied for a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to re- install the artwork on a more substantial foundation.

Laumeier did not receive that grant, but took interim steps to stabilize the foundation working in partnership with St. Louis County Parks.

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Ongoing conservation treatment plans and procedures, including a Condition Assessment and Proposal for Conservation Treatment in 1990, evolved over the next 25 years, with input from outside experts including Robert Kirk; Russell-Marti Conservation Services, St. Louis; the Judd Foundation, Marfa, Texas; Francesca Esmay, Conservator, Object by Object Modern and Contemporary Art Conservation; Bettina Landgrebe, Conservator, Chinati Foundation, Marfa, Texas; and Steve Colton. Laumeier applied for another grant from the NEA in 2011, this time securing the necessary funds to carry out the massive conservation project beginning in late 2012.

Born Donald Clarence Judd on June 3, 1928, in Excelsior Springs, Missouri, Judd served in the United States Army from June 1946 until November 1947 before attending The College of William a n d M a r y, Wi l l i a m s b u rg ; t h e Art Students League, New York; and Columbia University, where he received a B.S. in Philosophy, cum laude, in 1953. Judd’s first solo exhibition was held in 1957 a t t h e P a n o r a s G a l l e r y, N e w York, the same year he began graduate studies at Columbia University. Over the next decade, Judd worked as a critic for ARTnews, Arts Magazine and Art International.

Beginning in the 1960s, Judd exhibited regularly and widely at galleries in New York and throughout the United States, Europe and Japan. During his lifetime, major exhibitions of J udd’ s wor k occur red at Th e Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (1968, 1988); The National Gallery of Canada, O t t a w a ( 1 9 7 5 ) ; S t e d e l i j k Va n Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands (1987); and the Saint Louis Art Museum (1991), among others. More recent exhibitions have taken place at The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama, Japan ( 1 9 9 9 ) ; Wa l k e r A r t C e n t e r, M i n n e a p o l i s ( 2 0 0 1 ) ; a n d Ta t e Modern, London (2004), among

others.

Judd received grants and awards from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), the Swedish Institute and the John Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, among others. He married dancer Julie Finch in 1964 (later divorced), with whom he had two children, son Flavin Starbuck Judd and daughter Rainer Yingling Judd. While still maintaining his building in New York at 101 Spring Street, Judd moved to Marfa, Texas, in 1972, where he lived and worked until his death in 1994.

The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) was established

by Congress in 1965 as an independent agency of the federal government. To date, the NEA has awarded more than $5 billion to support artistic excellence, creativity and in novation for the benefit of individuals and communities. The NEA extends its work through partnerships with state arts agencies, local leaders, other federal agencies and the philanthropic sector.

Laumeier Sculpture Park is a living laboratory where artists and audiences explore the relationship between contemporary art and the natural environment. Founded in 1976, Laumeier is one of the first and largest dedicated sculpture parks in the country, making it an institution of international significance as well as a unique compliment to the cultural landscape of the St. Louis region.

Laumeier is a nonprofit, accredited art museum that operates in partnership with St. Louis County Parks. Programs are supported by the Regional Arts Commission, Missouri Arts Council, the Arts and Education Council of St. Louis and the University of Missouri-St. Louis. Laumeier presents 60 works of large-scale outdoor sculpture in a 105-acre park available free to the public year-round, and serves 300,000 patrons annually through temporary exhibitions, education programs, public events and conservation of the Permanent Collection.

The Arts Artistic adventures The Fox to host "Cinderella"

Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Cinderella," the 2013 Tony Awardwinning Broadway musical from the creators of South Pacific and The Sound of Music, will play the Fabulous Fox Theatre for a limited engagement from January 20 – February 1.

Ti c k e t s f o r R o d g e r s + Hammerstein's "Cinderella" at the Fabulous Fox are on sale now online at MetroTix.com, by calling 314-5341111 or in person at the Fabulous Fox Box Office. Ticket prices start at $25. Prices are subject to change; please refer to FabulousFox.com for current pricing. Rodgers + Hammerstein's "Cinderella" is part of the U.S. Bank Broadway Series.

Performances of Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Cinderella" at the Fabulous Fox run January 20 – February 1. Show times are Tuesday through Saturday evenings at 8 p.m., Saturday afternoons at 2 p.m. and Sunday afternoons at 1 p.m.

There will be a Sunday evening performance on Sunday, January 25 at 6:30 p.m. and a matinee performance on Thursday, January 29 at 1 p.m.

Direct from playing the role on Broadway, Paige Faure has taken her glass slippers on the road as she continues in the title role for the tour. Ready to sweep Cinderella off her feet, Andy Jones plays the role of Prince Topher. Andy was a member of the original Broadway company of Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Cinderella" and understudied the role of Prince Topher.

The touring cast also features Beth Glover (Grey Gardens, All Shook Up) as Madame, Ella’s wicked stepmother, Kecia Lewis (Leap of Faith, The Drowsy Chaperone) as Marie, The Fairy Godmother, Blake Hammond (First Date, Sister Act) as Sebastian, Aymee Garcia (Shrek The Musical, Avenue Q) as Charlotte, Ashley Park (Mamma Mia!) as Gabrielle, David Andino (50 Shades!

The Musical) as Jean-Michele and Antoine L. Smith (Memphis) as Lord Pinkleton.

Rounding out the ensemble are Adrian Arrieta, Adrian Baidoo, Summer Broyhill, Audrey Cardwell, Jennifer Evans, Alexandra Frohlinger, Richard Gatta, Jordana Grolnick, Eric Anthony Johnson, Danielle Jordan, Bruce Landry, Ben Lanham, Stephanie Jae Park, Blakely Slaybaugh, Paige Williams, Thad Turner Wilson, John Yi and Alexandra Zorn.

With its fresh new take on t h e b el o v ed t a l e o f a y o u n g woman who is transformed from a chambermaid into a princess, this hilarious and romantic Rodgers and Hammerstein's "Cinderella"combines the story's classic elements – glass slippers, pumpkin, and a beautiful ball along with some surprising twists.

More than just a pretty face with the right shoe size, this Cinderella is a contemporary figure living in a fairytale setting. She is a spirited young woman with savvy and soul who doesn't let her rags or her gowns trip her up in her quest for kindness, compassion and forgiveness. She longs to escape the drudgery of her work at home and instead work to make the world a better place. She not only fights for her own dreams, but forces the prince to open his eyes to the world around him and realize his dreams too.

"Cinderella" has music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar

Araca Group, Caiola Productions, Roy Furman, Peter May, Sanford Robertson, Eric Schmidt, James Spry and Blanket Fort Productions.

For more information please visit www.CinderellaOnBroadway.com Facebook: Facebook.com/ CinderellaTheMusical Twitter: @CinderellaBway

Hammerstein II, a new book by Douglas Carter Beane and original book by Oscar Hammerstein II. The musical is directed by Mark Brokaw and choreographed by Josh Rhodes.

Music adaptation, supervision and arrangements are by David Chase and orchestrations are by Danny Troob.

One of Rodgers and Hammerstein's most popular titles, "Cinderella" was written for television -- debuting in 1957 starring Julie Andrews. In 2013, the show made its long-overdue Broadway debut. Along with "Cinderella," Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein's legendary musicals include "Oklahoma!"

"Carousel," "The King and I," "South Pacific" and "The Sound of Music."

Mr. Beane's book for "Cinderella" blends masterfully with the musical's cherished score with songs including "In My Own Little Corner," "Impossible/It's Possible," "Ten Minutes Ago" and "Do I Love You Because You're Beautiful?"

The creative team includes scenic design by Tony Award nominee Anna Louizos, costume design by six-time Tony Award-winner William Ivey Long, lighting design

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Touhill announces upcoming events

The Touhill, St. Louis’ home for performing arts, showcases a wide variety of genres on two stages.

The Touhill’s 2014-15 event calendar holds exciting offerings from our Emerson Resident Artists MADCO (Modern American Dance Company) and the Arianna String Quartet, as well as presenting partner organizations, including Dance St. Louis, Saint Louis Ballet, Ambassadors of Harmony and St. Louis Jazz Orchestra.

Additional highlights include John Lithgow: "Stories by Heart" March 5, and Hal Holbrook in "Mark Twain Tonight!" April 11.

Single tickets for most 2014-15 events went on sale August 4,.

They are available at the Touhill Performing Arts Center Ticket Office; online at www.touhill.org; or by phone at 314-516-4949.

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TA N G O B U E N O S A I R E S Presented by Dance St. Louis January 30 & 31; Fri @ 8PM; Sat @ 2 & 8PM; $40, $50, $65; On sale September 2 Tango Buenos Aires, one of A rg e n t i n a ’ s g re a t e s t c u l t u r a l exports, presents another fiery, hypnotic and expressive performance. For this special p ro d u c t i o n , a c c o m p a n i e d b y musicians from Buenos Aires, the company performs the “Song of Eva Perón” – a Tango dance and music presentation inspired by the most important feminine character in Argentinian history, Eva Perón.

GEORGE PERRIS Presented by UMSL International Studies and

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The Arts Artistic adventures Pendelton. With its sophisticated repertoire and broad appeal, combined with a blend of entertaining and engrossing contemporary dance, Aspen Santa Fe Ballet is one of the great success stories in American dance today. Composed of 12 young, talented dancers, Aspen Santa Fe Ballet presents a lively program enjoyable for all audiences.

STOMP April 10-12, 2015 Fox Theatre See what all the noise is about! STOMP is explosive, inventive, provocative, witty, and utterly unique—an unforgettable experience for audiences of all ages. The international percussion sensation has garnered armfuls of awards and rave reviews and has appeared on numerous national television shows. The eight-member troupe uses everything but conventional percussion instruments – matchboxes, wooden poles, brooms, garbage cans, Zippo lighters, hubcaps – to fill the stage with magnificent rhythms. Year after year, audiences worldwide keep coming back for more of this pulsepounding electrifying show. As the Boston Globe says, “If you haven’t seen STOMP, GO! If you have seen it, take someone and share the pleasure!”

Compagnie Käfig in Correria Agwa / CCN Créteil et Val-de-Marne April 24 & 25, 2015 Touhill Performing Arts Center There’s hip-hop and then there’s Compagnie Käfig’s brand of hip-hop, with its global composition, international flavor and fusion of styles. With dancers set in motion to the rhythmic beats of samba, bossa nova and electronic music, this show is a savvy, wild mash-up of innovative, dynamic choreography that promises to be one of the most entertaining highlights of the year.

Compagnie Käfig is the brainchild of Mourad Merzouki, a native of Lyon, France who studied martial arts and circus arts as a child and was influenced by hip-hop as a teen. Since 1996, the company has expanded the language of hip-hop by cleverly introducing a wide range of influences, ranging from Bollywood, Russian dance and contemporary dance to samba and capoeira to Merzouki’s own expertise in circus and martial arts.

By avoiding social stereotypes, Compagnie Käfig has managed to create its own unique style that does not deny its hip-hop origins, but rather enables the hip-hop movement to win over diverse audiences around the world. Take a seat, sit back and enjoy a transformation in modern hip-hop like no other.

Dance St. Louis set for season

Dance St. Louis announces its full 2014-2015 season, which features eight striking, entertaining and diverse productions. The upcoming 49th season includes: New Dance Horizons III, Dance Theatre of Harlem, Tango Buenos Aires, Aspen Santa Fe Ballet, Compagnie Käfig in Correria Agwa, the 8th Annual SPRING TO DANCE FESTIVAL 2015 and two co-presentations with the U.S. Bank Broadway Series at the Fox Theatre: Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story on Stage and STOMP. Tickets are on sale now and are available at the Dance St. Louis box office at 3547 Olive St. in the Centene Center for Arts and Education in Grand Center, by calling 314-534-6622, or by visiting dancestlouis.org.

Tango Buenos Aires January 30 & 31, 2015 Touhill Performing Arts Center Back by popular demand, Tango Buenos Aires, one of Argentina’s greatest cultural exports, presents another fiery, hypnotic and expressive performance.

Accompanied by musicians from Buenos Aires, the dancers flawlessly execute the Tango with impressively intricate muscular grace and interlacing movements between couples. For this special production, Tango Buenos Aires performs the “Song of Eva Perón” – a Tango dance and music presentation inspired by the most important feminine character in Argentinian history, Eva Perón. Tracing her epic life—from her ascent to fame in the 1930s to her death in 1952—this sparkling and poignant spectacle reveals the influence of Tango on Perón’s life. It’s a saucy and passionate story that keeps you fully engaged while you’re simultaneously swaying in your seat.

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Mapping St. Louis History, S t . L o u i s M e rc a n t i l e L i b r a r y Association, St. Louis, 7:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m., Runs through June 30.

A Memorable Life: A Glimpse into the Complex Mind of Bobby Fischer Exhibit, World Chess Hall of Fame, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Runs through June 7.

The International Exhibition of Sherlock Holmes, Saint Louis Science Center, St. Louis, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Runs through January 4.

Calligraphy in Chinese and Japanese Art Exhibit, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, , Runs through February 22.

The Louisiana Purchase: Making St. Louis, Remaking America, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through April 19.

Wa t e r s h e d C a i r n s E x h i b i t , Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., Runs through February 8.

To m H u c k : B u g s E x h i b i t , Laumeier Sculpture Park, St. Louis, 8:00 a.m. to Half Hour after Sunset.

Runs through February 1.

Facets of the Three Jewels: Tibetan Buddhist Art from the Collections of George E. Hibbard, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through February 22.

Living Like Kings Exhibit, World Chess Hall of Fame, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Runs through April 26.

S c e n i c Wo n d e r : A n E a r l y American Journey Down the Hudson River, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through April 5.

Friday, Jan. 2

A Christmas Story The Musical, Fox Theatre, St. Louis, 1:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.

Mapping St. Louis History, S t . L o u i s M e rc a n t i l e L i b r a r y Association, St. Louis, 7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through June 30.

A Memorable Life: A Glimpse into the Complex Mind of Bobby Fischer Exhibit, World Chess Hall of Fame, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Runs through June 7.

The International Exhibition

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of Sherlock Holmes, Saint Louis Science Center, St. Louis, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Runs through January 4.

To m H u c k : B u g s E x h i b i t , Laumeier Sculpture Park, St. Louis, 8:00 a.m. to Half Hour after Sunset.

Runs through February 1.

The Louisiana Purchase: Making St. Louis, Remaking America, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through April 19.

Facets of the Three Jewels: Tibetan Buddhist Art from the Collections of George E. Hibbard, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Runs through February 22.

Living Like Kings Exhibit, World Chess Hall of Fame, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Runs through April 26.

S c e n i c Wo n d e r : A n E a r l y American Journey Down the Hudson River, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Runs through April 5.

Saturday, Jan. 3

A Christmas Story The Musical, Fox Theatre, St. Louis, 2:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.

Ghost Brothers of Darkland County, Peabody Opera House, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m.

Mapping St. Louis History, S t . L o u i s M e rc a n t i l e L i b r a r y Association, St. Louis, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Runs through June 30.

A Memorable Life: A Glimpse into the Complex Mind of Bobby Fischer Exhibit, World Chess Hall of Fame, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through June 7.

The International Exhibition of Sherlock Holmes, Saint Louis Science Center, St. Louis, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Runs through January 4.

The Louisiana Purchase: Making St. Louis, Remaking America Exhibit, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through April 19.

Facets of the Three Jewels: Tibetan Buddhist Art from the Collections of George E. Hibbard, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through February 22.

Living Like Kings Exhibit, World Chess Hall of Fame, St. Louis, 10:00

a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through April 26.

S c e n i c Wo n d e r : A n E a r l y American Journey Down the Hudson River, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through April 5.

Sunday, Jan. 4

A Christmas Story The Musical, Fox Theatre, St. Louis, 1:00 p.m.

M a p p i n g S t . L o u i s H i s t o r y, S t . L o u i s M e rc a n t i l e L i b r a r y Association, St. Louis, 12:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., Runs through June 30.

A Memorable Life: A Glimpse into the Complex Mind of Bobby Fischer Exhibit, World Chess Hall of Fame, St. Louis, 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through June 7.

The International Exhibition of Sherlock Holmes, Saint Louis Science Center, St. Louis, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

The Louisiana Purchase: Making St. Louis, Remaking America Exhibit, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through April 19.

Atua: Sacred Gods from Polynesia, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Facets of the Three Jewels: Tibetan Buddhist Art from the Collections of George E. Hibbard, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through February 22.

Living Like Kings Exhibit, World Chess Hall of Fame, St. Louis, 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through April 26.

S c e n i c Wo n d e r : A n E a r l y American Journey Down the Hudson River, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through April 5.

Monday, Jan. 5

Mapping St. Louis History, S t . L o u i s M e rc a n t i l e L i b r a r y Association, St. Louis, 7:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m., Runs through June 30.

Wa t e r s h e d C a i r n s E x h i b i t , Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through February 8.

To m H u c k : B u g s E x h i b i t , Laumeier Sculpture Park, St. Louis, 8:00 a.m. to Half Hour after Sunset.

Runs through February 1.

The Louisiana Purchase: Making St. Louis, Remaking America, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through April 19.

Tuesday, Jan. 6

A Memorable Life: A Glimpse into the Complex Mind of Bobby Fischer Exhibit, World Chess Hall of Fame, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through June 7.

Mapping St. Louis History, S t . L o u i s M e rc a n t i l e L i b r a r y Association, St. Louis, 7:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m., Runs through June 30.

The Louisiana Purchase: Making St. Louis, Remaking America, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., Runs through April 19.

To m H u c k : B u g s E x h i b i t , Laumeier Sculpture Park, St. Louis, 8:00 a.m. to Half Hour after Sunset.

Runs through February 1.

Wa t e r s h e d C a i r n s E x h i b i t , Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., Runs through February 8.

Facets of the Three Jewels: Tibetan Buddhist Art from the Collections of George E. Hibbard, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through February 22.

Living Like Kings Exhibit, World Chess Hall of Fame, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Runs through April 26.

S c e n i c Wo n d e r : A n E a r l y American Journey Down the Hudson River, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through April 5.

Wednesday, Jan. 7

Cirque du Soleil: Varekai, Chaifetz Arena, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m.

Bring It On Exhibit, Green Door Art Gallery, Webster Groves, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

A Memorable Life: A Glimpse into the Complex Mind of Bobby Fischer Exhibit, World Chess Hall of Fame, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through June 7.

Mapping St. Louis History, S t . L o u i s M e rc a n t i l e L i b r a r y Association, St. Louis, 7:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m., Runs through June 30.

The Louisiana Purchase: Making St. Louis, Remaking America, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through April 19.

To m H u c k : B u g s E x h i b i t , Laumeier Sculpture Park, St. Louis, 8:00 a.m. to Half Hour after Sunset.

Runs through February 1.

Wa t e r s h e d C a i r n s E x h i b i t , Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., Runs through February 8.

Facets of the Three Jewels: Tibetan Buddhist Art from the Collections of George E. Hibbard, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through February 22.

Living Like Kings Exhibit, World Chess Hall of Fame, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through April 26.

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