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Maple Syrup Festival page 15

You Gotta' Eat page 18

Arts & Issues celebrates dance page 19

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Under construction Changes in store for Arch grounds.

4 Looking ahead

Lambert announces five-year strategic plan.

11 Valentine's Day

Celebrating at the 560 Music Center.

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"Wild Card" Film feels incomplete.

15 Maple Syrup Festival

Brown County prepares for annual event.

18 You Gotta' Eat

Reifschneider's Grill and Grape

19 Arts & Issues A celebration of dance.

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What’s Happening Friday February 13_______ • Missouri Botanical Garden’s 2 0 1 5 O rc h i d S h o w, M i s s o u r i B o t a n i c a l G a rd e n , S t . L o u i s , 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs daily through March 22.

• 2015 Annual Rock, Mineral, Fossil, Gem & Jewelry Show, Kirkwood Community Center, Kirkwood, 4:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

• Mardi Gras STL – Mayor ’s Mardi Gras Ball, City Hall Rotunda, St. Louis, Doors 6:00 p.m.

• Seasons After w/Romantic Rebel, The Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

• Valentine’s Day with Erin Bode, Jazz at the Bistro, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.

• Terrapin Flyer w/Melvin Seals, Dave Hebert, Old Rock House, Doors 8:00 p.m.

• Pepperland (Beatles Revue), Cicero’s, University City, 8:00 p.m.

• Brian Sowinski (Bar Stage), Cicero’s, University City, 8:00 p.m.

• St. Louis Symphony Concert: Lift Every Voice, Powell Symphony Hall, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m.

• You Blew It! w/Tiny Moving Parts, Rozwell Kid, The Demo, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

• Saint Louis Ballet: Love Is In the Air, Touhill Performing Arts Center, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m.

• Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Gaslight Theatre, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m., Runs through March 1.

• Mustard Seed Theatre presents White to Gray, Fontbonne

University, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m.

• The Black Rep presents Stick Fly, Emerson Performance Center at Harris-Stowe State University, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m.

• Stray Dog Theatre presents God of Carnage, Tower Grove Abbey, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m.

• The Rep presents The Winslow Boy, Loretto-Hilton Browning Mainstage, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m., Runs through March 8.

Saturday February 14_______ • Missouri Botanical Garden’s 2 0 1 5 O rc h i d S h o w, M i s s o u r i B o t a n i c a l G a rd e n , S t . L o u i s , 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs daily through March 22.

• 2015 Annual Rock, Mineral, Fossil, Gem & Jewelry Show, Kirkwood Community Center, Kirkwood, 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

• Mardi Gras STL – Bud Light Grand Parade, Soulard Neighborhood, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m.

• Mardi Gras STL – Bud Light Party Tent, Soulard Neighborhood, St. Louis, 9:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.

• Mardi Gras STL – Bud Light Block Party, Dr. Zhivegas performs at 7th and Geyer, and Funky Butt Brass Band performs at 9th and Geyer, St. Louis, 1:30 p.m.

• Mardi Gras STL – Supplement Superstores High Heel Drag Race, 12th and Allen, St. Louis, 3:00 p.m.

• Downtown Brown, Fungonewrong w/Outcome of Betrayal, Snooty and The Ratfinks,

The Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

• Valentine’s Day with Erin Bode, Jazz at the Bistro, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.

• G. Love & Special Sauce w/ Matt Costa, The Pageant, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

• Mardi Gras Parade Day feat.

Funky Butt Brass Band, Al Holliday & The East Side Rhythm Band, Old Rock House, St. Louis, Doors 3:00 p.m.

• Badfish: A Tribute to Sublime w / S h ru b , P o p ’ s , S a u g e t , 6 : 3 0 p.m.

• Riley Shane EP Release w/ Lost Cause, Static Life, Cicero’s, University City, Doors 7:30 p.m.

• Jordan Hobson (Bar Stage), Cicero’s, University City, 8:00 p.m.

• Happily Ever Laughter: A Valentine’s Party, 560 Music Center, University City, 8:00 p.m.

• Jason Isbell, Peabody Opera House, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m.

• St. Louis Valentine’s Day Music Festival feat. Guy, Bobby Brown, El Debarge, Dru Hill, SWV, Slick Rick, K-Ci & JoJo, Chaifetz Arena, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m.

• St. Louis Symphony Live at Powell Hall: Faithfully – A Tribute to the Music of Journey, Powell Symphony Hall, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m.

• Nothing Shocking: Jane’s Addiction, Blueberry Hill, St. Louis, Doors 8:00 p.m.

• Fit For An Autopsy w/Final Drive, Metanoya, The Demo, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

• O w l P ro w l , Wo r l d B i rd Sanctuary, Valley Park (MO), 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

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Museum of Westward Expansion closes as Gateway Arch project continues For the Intelligencer On Tuesday, Feb. 17, the Museum of Westward Expansion, located below the Gateway Arch, will close to make way for entirely new museum exhibits and visitor experience in association with the CityArchRiver 2015 project.

The Gateway Arch will remain open and will continue to offer Journey to the Top tram rides during this time; however, due to the limited capacity of the entire Gateway Arch facility, a timed ticket will be required to enter the Arch beginning Monday, March 2.

Journey to the Top tram ride tickets or Arch Entry-Only tickets can be purchased in person at the Old Courthouse or online at http:// ticketsforthearch.com.

Other operational changes in effect March 2: • The Old Courthouse will serve as the Ticketing and Visitor Center for the Gateway Arch during construction.

• A Journey to the Top ticket will include a tram ride as well as the award-winning documentary Monument to the Dream (based on availability).

For guests not wanting a tram ride, the Arch Entry-Only ticket will allow access into the Arch facility and admission to Monument to the Dream.

• During the winter, the Old Courthouse is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; the Arch is open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. During the summer (Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day), Old Courthouse is open from 7:30 a.m. to 8 p.m.; the Arch is open from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.

“After nearly 40 years, it’s time to say goodbye to the Museum of Westward Expansion,” said Ann Honious, Chief, Museum Services a n d I n t e r p re t a t i o n , J e ff e r s o n National Expansion Memorial.

“Although we are losing a St. Louis gem, we look forward to bringing visitors into the 21st century, and are committed to continuing to tell the stories of westward expansion and the Gateway Arch in modern, engaging and compelling ways.”

The new interactive museum exhibits, designed by Haley Sharpe Design, will focus on six thematic areas, including colonial St. Louis, Jefferson’s vision, the St. Louis Riverfront, Manifest Destiny, new frontiers, and the design and construction of the Gateway Arch.

The Arch and museum will also receive a new westward-facing entrance. During construction, the Old Courthouse will host new temporary exhibit galleries d e v e l o p e d f ro m t h o s e i n t h e Museum of Westward Expansion.

The first of these galleries will open in late spring 2015.

••• Why is the Museum of Westward Expansion closing?

A: Opened to the public in 1976, the Museum of Westward Expansion has undergone very few changes since its grand opening.

As part of the CityArchRiver 2015 project that is revitalizing the Gateway Arch, its park grounds and surrounding areas, the Museum of Westward Expansion will close to make way for entirely new museum exhibits and Visitor Center.

Q: When will the museum close?

A: The last chance to view

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The Gateway Arch dominates the St. Louis skyline. The Museum of Westward Expansion, located under the Arch, will close. However, tram rides to the top of the 630-foot structure will continue to operate. the museum’s current exhibits i s P re s i d e n t ’ s D a y w e e k e n d , Feb. 14-16. (This is also a feefree weekend in which visitors can enjoy $3 off their adult tram or movie ticket.) The final day of operations for the museum is Monday, Feb. 16. The museum will be closed beginning Tuesday, Feb.

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Q: What changes can I expect when I visit the Gateway Arch during this time?

A: Due to construction, the capacity of the entire Gateway Arch facility will be limited. Beginning Monday, March 2, each guest planning to enter the Gateway Arch

is required to have either a Journey to the Top ticket or an Arch EntryOnly ticket to be allowed access to the facility. Tickets must be purchased in advance at http:// ticketsforthearch.com, in person at the Old Courthouse, or by calling 877-982-1410.

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includes the tram ride to the top as well as a showing of the documentary film Monument to the Dream (based on availability).

• An Arch Entry-Only ticket will allow access into the Gateway Arch facility and includes admission to Monument to the Dream (based on availability).

Monument to the Dream will be shown continuously throughout the day. Beginning March 2, no reservations will be accepted to view the film.

The Arch Museum Store and Levee Mercantile, located in the Gateway Arch lobby, will remain open.

Q: How can I purchase tickets to visit the Arch?

A: The Old Courthouse will serve as the Ticketing and Visitor Center for the Gateway Arch during construction. Guests interested in purchasing tickets can do so in person at the Old Courthouse, online at http://ticketsforthearch. com or by calling 877-982-1410.

Q: When will the Gateway Arch Visitor Center and new museum exhibits be completed?

A: Construction is projected to be completed in the spring of 2017.

However, this can change as the construction calendar unfolds.

Q: What will happen to the museum’s current exhibits and artifacts?

A: While the National Park Service will move most artifacts into storage, temporary exhibit galleries in the Old Courthouse (11 North Fourth Street, St. Louis), opening in late spring 2015 and d e v e l o p e d f ro m t h o s e i n t h e Museum of Westward Expansion, will feature some of the museum’s artifacts. Some artifacts will also return with the opening of the new museum exhibits.

Q: What can I expect with the new museum exhibits?

A: The new interactive museum exhibits, designed by Haley Sharpe Design, will focus on six thematic areas, including colonial St. Louis, Jefferson’s vision, the St. Louis Riverfront, Manifest Destiny, new frontiers, and the design and construction of the Gateway Arch.

The Arch and museum will also receive a new westward-facing entrance.

During construction, the Old Courthouse will host new temporary exhibit galleries d e v e l o p e d f ro m t h o s e i n t h e Museum of Westward Expansion.

The first of these galleries will open in late spring 2015.

Q: Will the Arch remain open during construction?

A: Yes, the Arch is expected to remain open during construction.

However, certain aspects may be unavailable for short durations as the construction calendar unfolds.

All guests are encouraged to visit www.gatewayarch.com or call 877982-1410 for operational updates before their visit.

Q: What are the Gateway Arch and Old Courthouse’s hours of operation?

A : D u r i n g t h e w i n t e r, O l d Courthouse will operate from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; the Gateway Arch will operate from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.

During the summer (Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day), the Old Courthouse will operate from 7:30 a.m. to 8 p.m.; the Gateway Arch will operate from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m.

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Above, the main concourse at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport. Below, a view of the Southwest Airlines terminal, the busiest at the airport.

Lambert takes look into the future For The Edge Lambert-St. Louis International Airport unveiled a 5-year strategic plan to build on the momentum of several transformational campaigns that have improved airport facilities, improved customer services and strengthened air service over the last several years. Visit www. lambertexperience.com to see the full story.

Lambert’s 2015-2020 Strategic Plan, first made public before the St. Louis Airport Commission meeting Feb. 4, is built on a foundation for operational excellence with four core objectives: Sustain and grow passenger air service Strengthen financial stability Create a positive and lasting impression for the region Generate economic development Each of the core objectives are linked to key metrics for success.

Some of the metrics include lowering cost per enplaned p a s s e n g e r, g r o w i n g n o n aeronautical revenues, increasing the number of non-stop markets, improving airport satisfaction scores, increasing cargo revenues and generating more revenue from underutilized land assets. For the full strategic report, click here.

“This is an exciting story of change, of progress and a glimpse of what the future holds for LambertSt. Louis International Airport,” said Lambert Director Rhonda HammNiebruegge. “This is the Airport’s first strategic plan in more than two decades that goes beyond expansion projects or major airport construction projects. This is about revenue growth, financial stability and helping to empower our region

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for economic success.”

The Airport’s strategic plan was developed with the collaboration of the St. Louis business community with support by Civic Progress and the Regional Business Council.

The road map fits St. Louis Mayor

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Francis Slay's vision of growing the region's economic health and capitalizing on one of its greatest assets.

A community advisory group, consisting of business and regional leaders, helped shape the plan along

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with the Airport’s key management team and several members of the St. Louis Airport Commission. The plan was facilitated by Collaborative Strategies.

Lambert’s 2015-2020 Strategic Plan is being launched following

the just-completed $70 million A i r p o r t E x p e r i e n c e P ro g r a m .

Airport Experience renovations, which began in 2008, focused on major interior and operational improvements to Terminal 1, Concourses A & C, as well as new airport signage on roadways leading to both Terminals 1 and 2.

The final project in the program was completed in December 2014 with the installation of a new copper roof for Terminal 1, replacing the original 1956 copper roof that was beyond repair. Another $30 million was invested in facilities as part of the recovery from the 2011 tornado.

Another $50 million was invested in a more efficient and secure outbound baggage system, which made its debut in both terminals in 2014.

The transformation of terminals and concourses can be seen at www. lambertexperience.com In addition to the major makeover of airport facilities, the Airport has also been successful in responding to and overcoming major airline flight reductions, expanding retail and restaurant offerings, building new business and community partnerships, and creating an art and culture program that helps create a more welcoming gateway for 13 million passengers and visitors every year.

Lambert is the largest medium hub in the country. It is the 31stbusiest U.S. airport, serving the metropolitan St. Louis area of 2.8 million people. Lambert’s 10 airlines operate more than 250 daily flights (peak summer schedule) to more than 60 non-stop destinations in the U.S., Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean. For latest airport and flight information, visit flystl.com

People People planner Road race set at McKendree University

McKendree University in Lebanon, Ill., will host its seventh annual “Ramble into Spring” road race on Saturday, March 21. Three distance options are offered: a 5K run/walk, 10K run or 10-mile run. The event begins at 8 a.m.

The 3.1, 6.2, and 10-mile courses will begin at or near the center of the campus and travel through historic downtown Lebanon. The 5K route then goes to Lebanon’s Horner Park and returns to the finish line back on campus. The 10K and 10-mile races wind through the rolling rural landscape of northern St. Clair County and also finish back at the campus.

The registration fee is $15 in advance or $20 on race day. Register in person at the Intramural Gym in the Melvin Price Convocation Center on campus; mail in the registration form available for download at mckendree.edu/raceday; or register online (for a small fee) at active.com.

Mailed entries must be postmarked

by Tuesday, March 17.

Short-sleeve T-shirts and post-race refreshments will be provided while they last. Medals and trophies go to age group and overall winners. All registered participants 12 years old and younger will receive “Finisher” medals.

McKendree University’s “Ramble into Spring” is one of more than a dozen sanctioned St. Clair County “Get Up & Go!” Cup events. For more information, call 618-537-6420 or 618-537-6941 or visit the website mckendree.edu/raceday.

resides in Tulsa, OK. Rodney Carrington kicks off his “Here Comes the Truth” tour in 2015.

Eagle watching season begins

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 special offer from a regional business. These prizes can include discounts on merchandise or food or free gifts. Liberty Bank will also take part in the kick-off

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 across the Mississippi River, visitors can enjoy the view of the mighty river and its abundant wildlife from the comfort of the state-ofthe-art Visitors Center. Multiple spotting scopes are 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 familyfriendly activities. Chances are visitors will get to see the hundreds of Trumpeter Swans who make 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,

attractions and lodging found along the byway.

Annually, the opportunities for eagle watching continue to grow in the Alton region. Visitors can head out to view the eagles on their own, or they can take part in some of the traditional eagle watching events in the region, including eagle meet & greets, eagle watching tours and live bird demonstrations. Events take place nearly every weekend and throughout the week, from January through March. Plus, most of the events in the region are free of charge. A full list of events can be found online at www.VisitAlton. com/Seasons/Eagle and in the Eagle Watcher’s Guide.

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.

For the latest eagle watching updates or to receive your free Eagle Watcher’s Guide, call 1-800-ALTONIL or go to www.VisitAlton.com.

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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

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 go to www.VisitAlton.com/ 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. The free app, available for iPhone and Android, will lead visitors to the eagle watching hot spots, provide information on upcoming events and festivals, allow visitors to share their eagle photos, offer deals from restaurants and shops, as well as a list the shops, restaurants,

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People People planner CAM to host guest speaker

The Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis (CAM) is delighted to announce that Franklin Sirmans— artistic director of Prospect.3 New Orleans and the Terri and Michael Smooke Department Head and Curator of Contemporary Art at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA)—will serve as CAM’s 2015 Susan Sherman Annual Distinguished Speaker. Sirmans’s lecture, which takes place at CAM on Monday, February 23, at 7:00 pm, is free and open to the public.

The Susan Sherman Annual Distinguished Speaker Series is designed to bring scholarship and art commentary of the highest caliber to St. Louis. Past speakers have included Thelma Golden, Michael Kimmelman, Maya Lin, Glenn Lowry, and Jerry Saltz. Sirmans is well known for his interest in reaching beyond traditional visual art parameters into music, performance, and popular culture.

He has worked as an independent curator, writer, and editor and often organizes exhibitions that celebrate both universality and individuality from the vantage points of spirituality, multicultural experiences, and even soccer. CAM executive director Lisa Melandri calls Sirmans “a consummate curator, who has led our thinking about what artists and movements are salient to contemporary society.”

She adds, “His ability to work with artists from all over the world and to present the most incisive views into contemporary creative endeavors provides a truly unique perspective.”

Prospect.3 Notes for Now, which ran from October 25, 2014, to January 25, 2015, was the third Prospect New Orleans biennial. As artistic director of the three-month exhibition, Sirmans showcased the work of 58 leading and emerging contemporary artists from around the globe in 18 locations throughout New Orleans.

The biennial attracted tens of thousands of visitors, and many of its artists participated in a myriad of educational and public programs.

A fully illustrated catalog, featuring documentation and essays on the exhibition, was also produced.

At LACMA, Sirmans has organized Fútbol: The Beautiful Game, Color and Form, Robert Therrien, Ends and Exits: C o n t e m p o r a r y A r t f ro m t h e Collections of LACMA and the Broad Art Foundation, and co-organized the exhibition Human Nature: Contemporary Art from the Collection. He has also organized the museum’s presentations of Blinky Palermo: Retrospective, 1964–1977, Ai Weiwei’s Circle of Animals, and Glenn Ligon: America. Sirmans’s exhibition Variations: Conversations in and Around Abstract Painting is on view until March 22, 2015. He is currently cocurating the retrospective Noah Purifoy: Junk Dada (June 7– September 27, 2015).

From 2006 to 2010, Sirmans was the curator of modern and contemporary art at the Menil Collection in Houston, where he organized exhibitions including NeoHooDoo: Art for a Forgotten Faith, Maurizio Cattelan: Is There Life before Death, Steve Wolfe: On Paper, and Vija Celmins: Television and Disaster, 1964–66. Sirmans was the 2007 recipient of the David C. Driskell Prize, awarded by the High Museum of Art in Atlanta. Prior to 2006, Sirmans held editorial positions at Dia Center for the Arts, Flash Art

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Magazine, and ArtAsiaPacific. He has written extensively for catalogs in addition to articles and reviews in publications such as the New York Times, Time Out New York, Essence, Parkett, and Grand Street.

Sirmans has also lectured at colleges, universities, and numerous art institutions. Born in New York City, he was raised in Harlem, Albany, and New Rochelle, New York. Sirmans received a BA in art history and English from Wesleyan University.

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 Unseen World, an original production by National Geographic Entertainment and Days End Pictures, narrated by Forest Whitaker.

Created by an award-winning veteran film team, the new 40-minute large format experience is produced by Jini Durr (“Sea Monsters: A Prehistoric Adventure”) a n d L i s a Tr u i t t ( “ M y s t e r i e s o f E g y p t ” ) a n d d i re c t e d b y L o u i s S ch w a rt zb e rg (“Dis ne y Nature: Wings of Life”). Mysteries of the Unseen World uses innovative high-speed and time-lapse photography, electron microscopy, and nanotechnology, to transport

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audiences to an enthralling secret w o r l d o f n a t u re , e v e n t s a n d 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 Saint Louis Science Center. “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 re 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 wing and the tiny organisms that inhabit the human body all the way down to nano-scale structures. See how electron 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 nanoscience and potential innovations in nanotechnology. In a complex zoom sequence, the shot moves in on a

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“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.

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FEBRUARY Live Bald Eagles at TreeHouse Wildlife Center Saturday – Sunday, February 14 - 15, 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) 4662990.

Masters of the Sky Saturday - Sunday, February 14 - 15, 2015 Starts at 9:00am National Great Rivers Museum 2 Lock and Dam Way Alton, IL 62002 Witness the "Masters of the Sky" birds of prey demonstration.

Come see eagles, falcons, owls and other birds of prey at this educational and informational program. Show times at 11 a.m., 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. Also, there will be a free eagle display at noon and 2 p.m. for 30 minutes in the gallery on Feb. 14 - 15. For more information, call the National Great Rivers Museum at (877) 462-6979.

Admission Adults: $5 Children 12 and Under: $3 3 and Under: Free Only 10 tickets per person Underground Railroad Shuttle Tour Saturday, February 14, 2015 10:00am to 12:00pm & 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Alton Visitor Center 200 Piasa Street Alton, IL 62002 Learn about local, Underground Railroad sites on a shuttle tour with J.E. Robinson Tours and the Alton Regional CVB. The twohour guided shuttle tours will stop at some of the sites that were part of the Underground Railroad system including Rocky Fork Church, Enos Apartments a n d m o re . A l t o n ’ s r i v e r f ro n t location along the Mighty Mississippi played a vital role in helping slaves make connections to the freedom of the northern U.S. Buried beneath the streets of Alton and Godfrey, remnants of this period in history still exist. For more information on the Underground Railroad shuttle tours or to make advance registrations, please contact the Alton Regional Convention & Visitors Bureau at (800) 258-6645.

Admission $25 Greater Alton Concert Association - Al Simmons Sunday, February 15, 2015 Starts at 3:00pm Lewis & Clark Community College 5800 Godfrey Road Godfrey, IL 62035 Al Simmons’ one-man, multi-prop, music-filled, off the wall performances have elevated audiences world-wide to collective giggles and all-out guffaws. At once childlike in its simplicity and sophisticated in its execution, Al’s humour touches a responsive chord in people

of every age. Vaudeville’s halfcentury run of popularity may have died back in the 1940's, but don’t try to tell that to Al Simmons or the crowds of fans that have packed theatres across North America to see him. Into the tradition of the great comedy kings--Danny Kaye, Spike Jones and Jimmy Durante--comes Al Simmons, ­ a man dedicated to the all but lost art of combining comedy with song, dance, magic, and sight-gags. The end result is plenty of good-natured fun in a one-man variety show. For more information, call (618) 468-4222.

Admission Adults: $25 (advance), $27 (door) Children (12 and under): $10 Lunch-n-Learn Friday, February 20, 2015 Starts at 12:00pm Two Rivers National Wildlife Refuge HCR 82 Box 107 Brussels, IL 62013 Bring your own lunch and sit down with the staff at Two Rivers National Wildlife Refuge to learn about eagles. Then head out for a short hike to see some eagles soar over Swan Lake. Open to all ages.

Attendees are reminded to dress for the weather. For more information, call (618) 883-2524.

Live Eagle Display Saturday, February 21, 2015 10:00am to 2:00pm Lewis & Clark Confluence Tower 435 Confluence Tower Drive Hartford, IL 62048 Get up close and personal with a live American Bald Eagle. Ask questions, take pictures and see the majestic bird up close. For more information, call (618) 251-9101.

Underground Railroad Shuttle Tour Saturday, February 21, 2015 10:00am to 12:00pm & 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.

Alton Visitor Center 200 Piasa Street Alton, IL 62002 Learn about local, Underground Railroad sites on a shuttle tour with J.E. Robinson Tours and the Alton Regional CVB. The two-hour guided shuttle tours will stop at some of the sites that were part of the Underground Railroad system including Rocky Fork Church, Enos Apartments and more. Alton’s riverfront location along the Mighty Mississippi played a vital role in

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Admission $25 Eagle Watching Open House Saturday, February 21, 2015 10:00am to 2:00pm Two Rivers National Wildlife Refuge HCR 82 Box 107 Brussels, IL 62013 A winter Open House will be held at the Two Rivers National Wildlife Refuge. Learn about eagles and take tours to see some on Swan Lake and the Illinois River. For more information, call (618) 883-2524.

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Wildlife Center Saturday – Sunday, February 21 22, 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.

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Music Tuning in spring leg of The Pain Killer Tour album, "Pain Killer" (Capitol Records that will kick off on March 5, 2015 in Nashville), features Fairchild on lead Savannah, GA which will include a vocals and follows on the heels of the stop in St. Louis at the Fabulous Fox group’s recent #1 hit, “Day Drinking.”

The Sheldon presents Leo Kottke, Written by Lori McKenna, Liz Rose, Theatre Friday, March 20 at 8:00 p.m.

Friday, February 6 at 8 p.m. in the The foursome-consisting of Karen and Hillary Lindsey, Rolling Stone perfect acoustics of the Sheldon Fairchild, Jimi Westbrook, Phillip has hailed the soulful ballad as a Concert Hall. Leo Kottke’s powerful Sweet, and Kimberly Schlapman“slow, exquisitely excruciating lover’s guitar playing and his intimate will also be releasing their highly lament with a Phil Spectorian sense of relationship with audiences have anticipated new single, “Girl Crush,” emotional grandeur.” made him one of folk music’s favorite to country radio today.

Since "Pain Killer's" release on live performers. Known for his Tickets are available online at October 21, the sixth studio album innovative 12-string guitar technique, metrotix.com, by calling 314-534-1111, from the group has seen rave reviews Kottke is a member of the Guitar or at the Fabulous Fox Box Office. and has made both Billboard and Player Magazine Hall of Fame, has The next run of The Pain Killer Rolling Stone’s “Best Country Album earned two Grammy nominations Tour, produced by AEG LIVE/ of 2014” lists as well as “iTunes Best and holds a Doctorate in Music The Messina Group, will feature of 2014” list for “Country Album of Performance from the Peck School of special guest Chris Stapleton and the Year.” The band also just received Music at the University of Wisconsin, hit over 12 cities nationwide. The a nomination for the 2015 Grammy Milwaukee. band will again offer a unique VIP Awards for Best Country Duo/Group With a career that has spanned experience for fans; allowing them Performance for “Day Drinking.” more than 25 years, Leo Kottke has to choose from 2 limited packages composed scores for film soundtracks, including meet and greets, prechildren’s shows, and a symphony. show soundcheck access, exclusive He has also released over 20 LPs, merchandise and more. For more some of which (like Great Big Boy) information on The Pain Killer Tour included his craggy baritone, dates, VIP packages, and pre-sale reminiscent of folk singer Tom Waits tickets visit www.littlebigtown.com or radio personality and writer Hurray For The Riff Raff is “Girl Crush,” the second released Garrison Keillor. single from the band’s newest Alynda Lee Segarra, a young Born in Athens, Georgia, and raised in 12 different states, Leo Kottke absorbed a variety of musical influences as a child, playing both violin and trombone, before finding the guitar at age 11. When his career blossomed with the folk revival of the Our Therapy Department 1960s and 1970s, Kottke earned the early title of “virtuoso,” with Rolling Offers Individual Stone describing him as “so good Services for: that he didn’t need a band.” Kottke’s 1971 major-label debut with Capitol Records positioned him in the singer/ • Back Injuries songwriter vein, despite his own wish • Knee Replacements to remain an instrumental performer.

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In the fourth concert of its 2014-15 season the Saint Louis Chamber Chorus will contrast the often brooding style of English Restoration composer, Henry Purcell, with that of the exuberant French composer Darius Milhaud.

While much of Purcell's music was a reaction to the excesses inflicted on England by Oliver Cromwell prior to the Restoration, Milhaud's

wit and exuberance are evident throughout his work, even when dealing with subjects such as a stormy crossing of the English Channel or a display of Egyptian mummies.

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the wedding of Queen Mary to Philip II of Spain in 1554, this psalm setting was reconstructed for the Chamber Chorus in 2008. Its Tudor era polyphony presents a stark contrast to the program's various psalm settings by Purcell.

Join the Saint Louis Chamber Chorus to hear the music of “Milhaud and Purcell,” Sunday, February 15 at Christ Church Cathedral. Parking is free. For more information about the concert, and tickets, call 636-458-4343.

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Music Music calendar Thursday, Feb. 12

Tory Lanez, The Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

Waka Winter Classic 2015, Old Rock House, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

The Road To Austin, Cicero’s, University City, 8:00 p.m.

A Tribute to: Nirvana, The Foo Fighters and Queens of the Stone Age, The Ready Room, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

Friday, Feb. 13

Seasons After w/Romantic Rebel, The Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

Valentine’s Day with Erin Bode, Jazz at the Bistro, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.

Terrapin Flyer w/Melvin Seals, Dave Hebert, Old Rock House, Doors 8:00 p.m.

Pepperland (Beatles Revue), Cicero’s, University City, 8:00 p.m.

Brian Sowinski (Bar Stage), Cicero’s, University City, 8:00 p.m.

St. Louis Symphony Concert: Lift Every Voice, Powell Symphony Hall, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m.

You Blew It! w/Tiny Moving Parts, Rozwell Kid, The Demo, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 14

Jack Twesten Performs "On The Hill," Edwardsville American Legion at 8 p.m. Public always welcome. 58 South St. Rt. 157, Edwardsville. 618-656-9774.

Downtown Brown, Fungonewrong w/Outcome of Betrayal, Snooty and The Ratfinks, The Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

Valentine’s Day with Erin Bode, Jazz at the Bistro, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.

G. Love & Special Sauce w/Matt Costa, The Pageant, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

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Funky Butt Brass Band, Al Holliday & The East Side Rhythm Band, Old Rock House, St. Louis, Doors 3:00 p.m.

Badfish: A Tribute to Sublime w/ Shrub, Pop’s, Sauget, 6:30 p.m.

Riley Shane EP Release w/ Lost Cause, Static Life, Cicero’s, University City, Doors 7:30 p.m.

Jordan Hobson (Bar Stage), Cicero’s, University City, 8:00 p.m.

Happily Ever Laughter: A Valentine’s Party, 560 Music Center, University City, 8:00 p.m.

Jason Isbell, Peabody Opera House, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m.

St. Louis Valentine’s Day Music Festival feat. Guy, Bobby Brown, El Debarge, Dru Hill, SWV, Slick Rick, K-Ci & JoJo, Chaifetz Arena, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m.

St. Louis Symphony Live at Powell Hall: Faithfully – A Tribute to the Music of Journey, Powell Symphony Hall, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m.

Nothing Shocking: Jane’s Addiction, Blueberry Hill, St. Louis, Doors 8:00 p.m.

Fit For An Autopsy w/Final Drive, Metanoya, The Demo, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

Zulal (Armenian A Cappella Folk Trio), Wildey Theatre, Edwardsville, 2:30 p.m.

Tim Reynolds & TR3, Old Rock House, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

CWAH Charity Benefit feat. Mary Stallings, Jazz at the Bistro, St. Louis, 6:00 p.m.

Woody Pines, The Demo, St. Louis, Doors 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, Feb. 15

The Tragic Thrills, Lee Dewyze, The Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 6:00 p.m.

Jeff Lorber Fusion feat. Jimmy Haslip & Eric Marienthal, Jazz at the Bistro, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.

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Brunch at the Bistro w/Tommy Halloran’s Guerrilla Swing, Jazz at the Bistro, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

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Monday, Feb. 16

Wovenwar, The Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

Monday Night Shakedown w/ The Stone Sugar Shakedown, Cicero’s, University City, 8:00 p.m.

The Palmer Squares w/LoopRat, The Demo, St. Louis, Doors 8:00 p.m.

Chamber Music Society of St. Louis Belated Love Fest, Sheldon Cocert Hall, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday, Feb. 17

Jacob Whitesides w/Jacquie Lee, Old Rock House, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

Gaelic Storm, The Pageant, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m.

CIEJ w/Lst Mbrs, PhiLL Love, Bentley Hendrixx, DJ SayWord, The Demo, St. Louis, Doors 8:00 p.m.

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Whiskey of the Damned w/The Ol’ One Two, The Demo, St. Louis, Doors 7:30 p.m.

Ready Room, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

Empires w/Because Reasons, Static Life, The Demo, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

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Thursday, Feb. 19

Martin Sexton w/Kevin Babb, Old Rock House, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

The Sun and The Sea, w/Parties, Hidden Lakes, The Feed, The Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 8:00 p.m.

Muddy River Ramblers, Matt Schmidt and Adam Yount, Stately Ravens, Cicero’s, University City, 8:00 p.m.

Todd Sarvies (Bar Stage), Cicero’s, University City, 8:00 p.m.

Jeff Lorber Fusion feat. Jimmy Haslip & Eric Marienthal, Jazz at the Bistro, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.

St. Louis Symphony Concert: Tchaikovsky 6, Powell Symphony Hall, St. Louis, 10:30 a.m.

Jimbo Mathus & The Tri-State Coalition, Old Rock House, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

Bridge To Grace, Southbound Fearing, The Stars Go Out, Harris, The Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

The Road To Austin, Cicero’s, University City, 8:00 p.m.

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t was 1980. Rubik’s Cube swept the nation, Ted Turner launched CNN and Pac-Man fled the implacable quartet of Blinky, Pinky, Inky and Clyde.

And a great friendship was born. Liz Callaway and Jason Graae, both newly arrived in New York, made their off-Broadway debuts in a revival of Stephen Schwartz’ “Godspell.” Pay was $18 per week. St. Louis native Scott Bakula starred as Jesus.

Three decades later, Graae and Callaway are Broadway veterans, each boasting a long and storied career. On Saturday, Feb. 14, these old friends will reunite at Washington University in St. Louis for “Happily Ever Laughter: A Valentine’s Party.”

Presented as part of the Edison Ovations Series, the evening of romantic (but platonic) love songs will begin at 8 p.m. in the 560 Music Center’s Des Lee Concert Hall.

For more information, call 314-935-6543, e-mail edison@wustl.edu or visit edison.wustl.edu.

Liz Callaway A Chicago native, Callaway made her Broadway debut in Stephen Sondheim’s “Merrily We Roll Along.” Major roles include “Miss Saigon,” for which she originated the character of Ellen; “Baby,” for which she earned a Tony Award nomination; and “Cats,” where she spent five years playing Grizabella.

“Sibling Revelry,” a cabaret show she created with sister, Ann Hampton Callaway, was recorded live for DRG Records and won both a Back Stage Bistro Award and a MAC Award from the Manhattan Association of Cabarets’ Clubs.

Callaway performed the title character’s singing voice in the animated feature “Anastasia,” and her song “Journey to the Past” was nominated for a 1998 Academy Award. Other film work includes the singing voice of Princess Jasmine in Disney’s “The Return of Jafar” and “Aladdin and the King of Thieves” as well as vocals for “The Swan Princess,” “Lion King 2: Simba’s Pride” and “Beauty and the Beast.”

Jason Graae Graae, dubbed “the undoubted master of humorous song” by New York Magazine, has starred on Broadway in “A Grand Night For Singing,” “Falsettos,” “Stardust,” “Snoopy!” and “Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?” Off-Broadway shows include “Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh” (for which he received a Drama Desk Nomination), “Forever Plaid,” “Olympus on My Mind,” “All in the Timing” and many more.

On television, he has been featured as Dennis on HBO’s “Six Feet Under” and also appeared on “Friends,” “Frasier” and “Sabrina the Teenage Witch,” among many others.

Tickets and sponsors “Happily Ever Laughter: A Valentine’s Party” begins at 8 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 14, in the Des Lee Concert Hall of Washington University’s 560 Music Center, located at 560 Trinity Ave. Tickets are $36, or $32 seniors, $28 for Washington University faculty and staff and $20 for students and children. Tickets are available at the Edison Box Office, located in the Mallinckrodt Center, 6465 Forsyth Blvd.

Edison programs are made possible with support from the Missouri Arts Council, a state agency; the Regional Arts Commission, St. Louis; and private contributors.

Pictured are Liz Callaway and Jason Graae, who will be performing at the 560 Music Center on Feb. 14. Photos for The Edge.

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"American Sniper"

A mere six months after releasing the Four Seasons drama "Jersey Boys," Clint Eastwood has again lapped his younger directing colleagues with his second film of 2014 and his best movie in years. "American Sniper" is quintessentially Eastwood: a tautly made, confidently constructed examination of the themes that have long dominated his work.

"American Sniper," based on Navy SEAL marksman Chris Kyle's best-selling memoir, is both a tribute to the warrior and a lament for war. Shirking politics, the film instead sets its sights squarely on its elite protagonist (Bradley Cooper), a traditional American war hero in an untraditional war.

Here is an archetypal American: a chew-spitting, beerdrinking Texas cowboy who enlists after the 1998 bombings of American embassies with resolute righteousness and noble patriotic duty. The once wayward Kyle finds his true calling in the Navy, and he heads to Iraq with a moral certainty that no amount of time served or kills will shake. He's there to kill bad guys — "savages" he calls them at one point.

And kill he does. With 160 confirmed kills, Kyle is believed to be the most lethal sniper in U.S. history. The film starts with a remarkable scene of Kyle poised on an Iraq rooftop with a young boy holding a grenade in his scope. Eastwood and screenwriter Jason Hall flashback to Kyle's upbringing, where his father taught him about "the gift of aggression" and the honor of defending others.

RATED: PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for "strong and disturbing war violence, and language throughout including some sexual references."

RUNNING TIME: 124 minutes.

ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: Three stars out of four.

"Blackhat"

Michael Mann's "Blackhat" begins with the camera slowly descending from above Earth, diving down into a nuclear facility, and submerging into the underlying, twisting maze of electronic circuitry. A single, glowing blip — a bit of malicious code, we soon learn — invades and proliferates.

The malware's fanning spread through the network recalls the stealthy swoop of the black-clad gangsters of Mann's last movie, the John Dillinger thriller "Public Enemies," as they sinuously flowed across the marble floor of a Midwestern bank. In "Blackhat," Mann has returned to modern day for an especially timely tale of cyberterrorism, but his grim fascination with the poetry and choreography of violence is the same, even if it comes by pixels rather than pistols.

"Blackhat" (in which there's plenty of gunplay, too) viscerally dramatizes digital life, or at least a muscular techno-thriller version of it. For moviegoers who have wanted to ESC out of previous cyber-thrillers like "The Net," Mann's lethally steely film hums with urgency.

When the poisonous code prompts the meltdown of a Hong Kong reactor (and a simultaneous strike on the commodities market), desperate investigators spring the hacker Nicholas Hathaway (Chris Hemsworth) from prison to aid the pursuit. ("Blackhat" is a term for a criminal hacker, whereas a "whitehat" does it beneficially for security.) Though outfitted with an ankle monitor, Hathaway quickly takes command of an unlikely U.S.-China joint task force led by Hathaway's former MIT roommate Chen Dawai (Leehom Wang) for China.

Carol Barrett (Viola Davis) and Henry Pollack (John Ortiz) are on the U.S. side.

RATED: R for "violence and some language."

RUNNING TIME: 133 minutes.

ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: Three stars out of four.

"The Humbling"

Al Pacino delivers his best performance in years in "The Humbling," a tragicomic look at a veteran stage and film actor on the edge of a nervous breakdown.

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That description might seem like an unwelcome invitation for another ham-fisted late-era Pacino bit, but, from the opening shot, it's clear that the infamously over the top actor is trying something different: subtlety.

It's just a shame "Birdman" had to come out first. There's probably only so much audience thirst for stories about hallucination prone, past-their-prime actors, but Pacino fans (and skeptics) would be remiss to skip this one, even if "Birdman" is the superior film.

Adapted from Philip Roth's 2009 novel, "The Humbling," directed by Barry Levinson ("Rain Man"), introduces audiences to Axler as he limply applies makeup and recites Shakespeare to himself in the mirror. Not only is Axler worried he's lost his talent, after 50 years of acting, he's also become increasingly unable to distinguish reality from his imagination, a recurring theme that is used to disorient the audience throughout.

After a brief delusion, where he thinks he gets locked out of the theater and indifferent security guards refuse to let him in, Axler takes the stage, mumbles a few lines, and promptly swan dives into the orchestra. The stunt gets him thrown into a recovery center where he is forced to confront the state of his life and mental health for the first time.

RATED: R by the Motion Picture Association of America for "sexual material, language and brief violence."

RUNNING TIME: 129 minutes.

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

"Wild Card"

It becomes quickly clear in "Wild Card," the latest vehicle for the hunky, brooding British action star Jason Statham, that his character doesn't need a gun to maim or kill. Guns are for wimps. Statham can wreak havoc with virtually any sharp implement, including his own head.

What he does need, however, is a sharper script.

The pedigree of Oscar-winning screenwriter William Goldman notwithstanding, "Wild Card," a remake of the writer's 1986 "Heat" based on his novel of the same name, is an unsatisfying mishmash of action movie, unlikely-buddy flick and meditation on the scourge of gambling. At times, it recalls "The Gambler" (another recent disappointment, and also a remake); at others, "The Equalizer," and at others, any number of moody, seedy Vegas-themed films. All these directions could have been promising, but nothing truly coherent emerges.

Not that Statham doesn't display his sturdy, reliable appeal here — particularly when we get to see the humanity peeking through his brawny, altogether pleasing exterior.

We learn immediately that his Nick Wild, a freelance Las Vegas bodyguard who's seen better days, is a thoroughly decent guy at heart. In an opening scene, we see him harass a shorter, weaker, man out for a drink with his gorgeous girlfriend (Sofia Vergara, one of several big names making quick cameos). Improbably, the smaller guy cleans Nick's clock. Later, we learn it was all an act, allowing the guy to impress his gal. He offers Nick $1,000, twice what was planned. Nick refuses the bonus.

Nick also rises to the occasion when Holly (Dominik Garcia-Lordo), a woman from his past, comes to him with a problem: She's been brutally assaulted by a gangster thug based in a fancy hotel, and wants vengeance. Nick resists — he doesn't want to get killed — but they both know he'll step in and defend her.

RATED:: R by the Motion Picture Association of America "for strong violence, language and some sexuality/nudity. " RUNNING TIME: 92 minutes.

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

"Timbuktu"

The hot Malian sands of Abderrahmane Sissako's " Ti m b u k t u " a re a c o o l re s e r v o i r o f p l a c i d b e a u t y,

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w h e re d e s e r t d u n e s a re s w e p t b y q u i e t r i p p l e s o f colorful, everyday village life and haphazard storms of violence. " Ti m b u k t u , " t h e O s c a r- n o m i n a t e d f o re i g n - l a n g u e film from Mauritania, is set outside Timbuktu, a place long associated with exotic adventure. But here it's occupied by Islamist forces, as it was from early 2012 until 2013 before French and Malian troops pushed them out.

But "forces" suggests a more formal command than the patrolmen seen in Sissako's poetically humanist film. Avoiding stereotypes, the movie shrinks larger political and religious battles down to the people of a desert town — city dwellers and nomadic Tuareg people out in the dunes — being forced to change by a handful of halfhearted oppressors.

T h e o rd e r s o f t h e n e w l y a r r i v e d f u n d a m e n t a l i s t s (Abel Jafri plays their leader, with subtle uncertainty) would be satirical if they weren't so cruel. One with a bullhorn walks the streets, warning "not to sit in front of one's house, to do any old thing, to spend some time in the street." Another pair argues furiously about a beating that turns out to be a Spanish soccer match.

R AT E D : P G - 1 3 f o r " s o m e v i o l e n c e a n d t h e m a t i c elements."

RUNNING TIME: 97 minutes.

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

"The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water"

Would that all of our brains resembled that of SpongeBob SquarePants — and we're talking about his actual brain, like, the cerebral matter located somewhere inside that porous yellow body.

When, in the thoroughly enjoyable (though somewhat exhausting) "The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water," the tiny, scheming Plankton takes a surreptitious trip into one of those sponge-holes, he finds a brain coated with cotton candy, rainbows and all manner of sweets, like a scene from "The Nutcracker." It's enough to make a cynical little organism sick, but it makes us love sweet SpongeBob even more.

As does director Paul Tibbitt's new movie, which is zany and clever and fun (and in 3D), as long as you can take 93 minutes of it. That may depend on your age. As I exited the theater I heard a father telling his young son wearily, "That's about all the SpongeBob I can take." The son, it seemed, could have taken a few hours more.

The movie — the second feature-length outing for the durable Nickelodeon TV character, and the first since 2004 —begins somewhere above the undersea hamlet of Bikini Bottom, where SpongeBob lives. We meet a nefarious pirate character named Burger Beard (Antonio Banderas, in live action and game for anything), tracking down a precious ancient book via his treasure map.

The book tells the story of Bikini Bottom — a device to bring newcomers up to speed. (In a clever touch that parents will like, an old library card shows the previous borrowers, who include Davy Jones. "This is way overdue," the pirate says.)

We learn how Bikini Bottom is addicted to Krabby Patties, the succulent burgers made only at Krusty Krab, the fast-food joint where SpongeBob (voiced by Tom Kenny) works for Mr. Krabs (Clancy Brown), who keeps the secret recipe stowed away in a vault.

RATED: PG by the Motion Picture Association of America "for mild action and rude humor."

RUNNING TIME: 93 minutes.

ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: Three stars out of four.

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Associated Press

This photo released by Lionsgate shows, Jason Statham, center, as Nick Wild in a scene from the film, "Wild Card."

Something missing in "Wild Card"

By JOCELYN NOVECK Associated Press It becomes quickly clear in "Wild Card," the latest vehicle for the hunky, brooding British action star Jason Statham, that his character doesn't need a gun to maim or kill. Guns are for wimps. Statham can wreak havoc with virtually any sharp implement, including his own head.

What he does need, however, is a sharper script.

The pedigree of Oscar-winning screenwriter William Goldman notwithstanding, "Wild Card," a remake of the writer's 1986 "Heat" based on his novel of the same name, is an unsatisfying mishmash of action movie,

unlikely-buddy flick and meditation on the scourge of gambling. At times, it recalls "The Gambler" (another recent disappointment, and also a remake); at others, "The Equalizer," and at others, any number of moody, seedy Vegasthemed films. All these directions could have been promising, but nothing truly coherent emerges.

Not that Statham doesn't display his sturdy, reliable appeal here — particularly when we get to see the humanity peeking through his brawny, altogether pleasing exterior.

We learn immediately that his Nick Wild, a freelance Las Vegas bodyguard who's seen better days, is a thoroughly decent guy at heart. In an opening scene, we see him harass a shorter, weaker, man out for a drink with

his gorgeous girlfriend (Sofia Vergara, one of several big names making quick cameos).

Improbably, the smaller guy cleans Nick's clock. Later, we learn it was all an act, allowing the guy to impress his gal. He offers Nick $1,000, twice what was planned. Nick refuses the bonus.

Nick also rises to the occasion when Holly (Dominik Garcia-Lordo), a woman from his past, comes to him with a problem: She's been brutally assaulted by a gangster thug based in a fancy hotel, and wants vengeance. Nick resists — he doesn't want to get killed — but they both know he'll step in and defend her.

Then there's Nick's unlikely friendship with a nerdy young entrepreneur, Cyrus (Michael Angarano), who comes to Vegas

seeking Nick's tutelage in how to become a tougher man. Nick is annoyed, at first, but this bromance will become crucial by the end of the film.

It is Cyrus who sits by and watches, incredulously, as Nick wins, then loses, his future — at the blackjack tables. Nick, you see, is an addictive gambler, and like Mark Wahlberg's character in "The Gambler," he just doesn't know when to walk away. He dreams of leaving Vegas for good and settling on the island of Corsica (why Corsica? It's lovely, but is there a compelling backstory here?) And yet just when he's made an inordinate sum at blackjack and is about to cash in, he decides to take it all back to the table one more time. You can imagine how THAT turns out.

"The Loft" has low aspirations

By ROBERT GRUBAUGH Of The Edge "The Loft" was a poorly received film at the weekend box office for a number of reasons.

It seems like it popped out of nowhere to open during a tough t h i rd f r a m e f o r t h e b e h e m o t h that is "American Sniper." Any movie that opens wide during the Super Bowl weekend is usually destined to leave but a whimper in its wake.

The Big Game makes that Sunday one of the slowest movie-going days of the year.

It's also a hard movie to market t o a u d i e n c e s . I t ' s a t h r i l l e r, sure, but it's also a dark movie about a bunch of unfaithful cads who conspire to cover up a murder. It's probably a few bad jokes away from being a very

bad movie like one I saw more than fifteen years ago called "Very Bad Things." Both projects treat women rather marginally, but certainly without any semblance of compassion. Most of the shock that comes from the activity in the movie is a trick of the off-type casting. It does the stars of the movie, though, no favors whatsoever.

Vincent Stevens (Karl Urban) is an architect that likes building a lie almost as much as building a new high rise development.

He's a lothario with a penchant for falling for any member of the fairer sex that'll fall into bed with him.

He uses his power and position, then, to squirrel away that last condo in his new building for his own illicit purposes. Like trouble does, it

comes in bunches and Vincent shares his new Lovers' Loft with his equally disdainful buddies.

Luke Secord (Wentworth Miller) uses his key to slip away from his squeamish wife (Elaine Cassidy) who doesn't even know her own self-worth. Luke's own voyeuristic tendencies make us wonder if he might even be more in love with Vincent than Vincent is with himself. Mrs. Stevens (Valerie Cruz) does no favors to keep him from straying by encouraging his loutishness via self-doubt.

The other members of their l i t t l e c i rc l e a re re v e a l e d i n a series of time shifting flashbacks after Luke stumbles upon a dead woman (Isabel Lucas) - one that Vincent had been seeing for over a year- handcuffed to the bed in their den of vice. Dr. Chris

Va n o w e n ( J a m e s M a r s d e n ) claims to be the most straightlaced of the gang, and that he would never cheat on his s h re w i s h w i f e ( R h o n a M i t r a ) , but he does just that with a professional escort (Rachael Taylor) over and over. But he's allegedly conflicted about it all along. Her sister was one of his suicidal former patients.

His brother Philip (Matthias Schoenaerts) likes the cocainefueled parties he concocts to g e t a w a y f ro m h i s n e w b r i d e (Margarita Levieva) and a domineering father-in-law (Graham Beckel). The most egregious philanderer, though, is Eric Stonestreet's Marty Landry. The popular actor of TV's Modern Family goes out of his way to take his gay persona and throw it in the trash. His

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drunken househusband will chase any piece of tail that doesn't belong to his missus (Kali Rocha).

T h e m u rd e r i s a M a c G u ff i n to hide the fact that one of the group is the real killer. With five uncouth, unlikeable suspects, the big reveal isn't much of a surprise. What is a surprise is that there is a second big twist after the second act starts to wind down. I give credit where it is due, but a triple cross after a tepid double cross is kind of desperate. Rather than saving a bad film, it really only makes things come across as lazy.

"The Loft" runs 120 minutes and is rated R for sexual content, nudity, bloody violence, language, and some drug use. I give this film one star out of four.

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Religion Religion briefs Mormon leaders call for measures protecting gay rights

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Mormon church leaders are calling for a "balanced approach" in the clash between gay rights and religious freedom.

The church is promising to support some housing and job protections for gays and lesbians in exchange for legal protections for believers who object to the behavior of others.

It's not clear how much common ground Mormons will find with this new campaign. The church insists it still opposes gay marriage and believes that sex outside of marriage between a man and a woman violates God's law.

But Mormon leaders who held a rare news conference Tuesday said "we must all learn to live with others who do not share the same beliefs or values."

Elder Jeffrey R. Holland said, "Nothing is achieved if either side resorts to bullying, political point scoring or accusations of bigotry."

The Rev. Russell Moore of the Southern Baptist Convention

called the Mormon leaders "well-intentioned, but naive" about gay opposition to religious exemptions.

Sundance film pulls back curtain on Scientology

PARK CITY, Utah (AP) — "Going Clear: Scientology and the Prison of Belief" has premiered at the Sundance Film Festival to a packed house, and with police protection.

Director Alex Gibney's film claims that the church routinely intimidates, manipulates and even tortures its members.

Before Sunday's premiere, the Church of Scientology took out full-page ads in the New York Times and Los Angeles Times claiming the documentary is full of falsehoods.

But Gibney interviewed former Scientology believers, including Oscar-winning director Paul Haggis, who left the church in 2009 after decades of membership.

As Haggis climbed to the highest levels of Scientology, he finally learned its founder's ultimate theory: That a tyrannical

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Travel Brown County, Indiana, prepares for annual March event For The Edge Brown County, Ind. is proud to announce it will host the 5th National Maple Syrup Festival, which will be held March 5-8, 2015.

This year the National Maple Syrup Festival, which launched in 2010 in Medora, Indiana, is relocating to Brown County.

Geographically, Indiana holds the southern and westernmost position in the United States’ Maple Sugar Belt meaning as winter gives way to spring the sap flows first in Indiana’s maple stands. Brown County, which is Indiana’s most densely forested county, is an ideal location for the festival as it is rich in natural resources and home to a wide variety of maple trees. Brown County also provides a perfect backdrop for the Festival, reflecting the pioneering essence and history of maple sugar production in its handcrafted heritage as one of America’s original artists’ colonies.

The 2015 National Maple Syrup Festival will bring together maple sugar producers and hobbyists, maple syrup connoisseurs, and visitors on a local, statewide, and potentially national level to highlight and promote Indiana’s role in the national production of maple sugar/syrup.

Festival guests will learn the basics of maple syrup and the sugaring process, will be able to see how syrup is produced and used today, as well as learn the sweet history behind maple sugar production. The Festival will also enable maple sugar producers to promote their products, share their stories, and help build a statewide brand for maple sugar and maple syrup production.

“Aside from the maple syrup, Brown County is a great place to visit—entertainment, shopping, outdoor adventure, natural beauty,” says Jane Ellis, Executive Director at the Brown County Convention and Visitors Bureau. “The National

Maple Syrup Festival just enhances that and is another reason to come.

Plus Brown County’s infrastructure provides a great opportunity for the festival to continue to grow.”

Activities will take place in various locations throughout Brown County including the State Park, the Story Inn, as well as the Village of Nashville. Festival guests can expect a true sap to syrup experience at the Brown County State Park.

Events slated for the State Park include tree tapping, an interpretive

hike to identify maple trees, live reenactments of Native American and French Colonial maple sugaring techniques, and on-site cooking

by The Dutch Oven Diva who will prepare sweet and savory maple foods for sampling.

Meanwhile, the Story Inn will be home to the Sweet Victory Challenge, a culmination of national recipe contests for youth and adults, involving nationally acclaimed chefs, food writers, and bloggers.

The festivities continue in the

Village of Nashville, including live sugaring demonstrations in Pioneer Village, maple beer flight tastings, and horse-powered maple ice cream making. Maple-related foods and wares will be also be available in local restaurants, shops, and lining the streets of Nashville.

Additionally, renowned maple syrup experts will entertain and educate maple enthusiasts during a dinner series held at the newly opened History Center. Dr. Michael Farrell, Director of Cornell

University’s Sugar Maple Research and Education Center and author of “The Sugarmaker's Companion,” headlines the dinner on Friday night, which will feature dishes made with Indiana-produced maple syrup as an ingredient.

Festival guests can also enjoy a pancake breakfast at the Brown County High School, featuring Chris Cakes, a catering company serving up not only incredible pancakes but also a show like none other. Plenty of children’s activities will be available including maple crafts, puppet shows, and a Maple Camp for kids. Live music and live art demonstrations throughout the county by the Indiana Plein Air Association are also on the docket for the 2015 National Maple Syrup Festival.

With so much to do and see, the National Maple Syrup Festival is definitely worth checking out.

Learn more about the Festival at nationalmaplesyrupfestival.com and be sure to make plans to attend March 5-8.

Above, buckets hang from maple trees that are being tapped. At left, period re-enactors prepare syrup.

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Dining Delights

Bill Roseberry/The Edge

Above, a plate of reuben bites. Below, the entrance to Reifschneider's Grill & Grape.

Reifschneider's Grill & Grape in Columbia

By BILL ROSEBERRY Of The Edge Have you ever wondered what a cheeseburger with grilled cheese sandwiches for buns tastes like?

Well, maybe not you, but me — absolutely — and recently I had the pleasure of finding out.

While in Freeburg recently I decided to check out Reifschneider's Grill & Grape, located at 700 N. State St. It's the second location for the restaurant, opened in 2011.

The original Reifschneider's opened in 2010 at 608 N. Main St. in Columbia. There is now a third location in the works to eventually open in Collinsville.

A very upscale bar and grill, Reifschneider's offers a lot to its patrons, serving anything from steaks to pasta to brick oven pizza to soups and salads to burgers.

You can check out the entire Reifschneider's menu at www.grillandgrape.net.

I of course had blinders on when I visited Reifschneider's. My brain was affixed on one menu item — the Gooey Louie. The Gooey Louie is a half pound angus beef patty covered in cheddar cheese sauce served between two grilled cheese sandwiches.

But before I climbed into the ring to battle that heavyweight, there had to be an undercard bout. For an appetizer I was intrigued by the reuben bites.

I've always been a big fan of the reuben sandwich due to my love of sauerkraut, so I thought these tasty little treats would be a good starting point for me. In my mind I imagined corned beef and sauerkraut nestled inside some kind of deep fried marble rye cocoon I'd never seen before, just ready to bust out with immense flavor and freshness.

Unfortunately, when my reuben bites arrived they were just a reuben sandwich cut into six pieces and served with a horseradish sauce. Despite my disappointment on the aesthetics, they were still good. The horseradish sauce was a little strong, overtaking the taste of the sauerkraut and corned beef, so I quickly shelved it. As for the bites themselves, they were tasty but a little

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chintzy on the sauerkraut unfortunately.

I tempered my expectations for the Gooey Louie after the reuben bites experience, but it was all for not.

When the Gooey Louie arrived it was glorious in appearance. There was cheese upon cheese with a big hunk of meat starring in the middle. The only addition that could

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have made it better would have been a sliver of juicy bacon hiding in there ready to jump out and join the party.

As I took my first bite I realized how hard it is to wrap your mouth around a hamburger and two grilled cheese sandwiches, but the payoff was well worth it. I smashed it down, pushing leaking cheese out the sides and

powered through.

I welcomed that buttery grilled taste of the toast as the cheese oozed out, splashing onto the meaty center. You guessed it — as much as my arteries disagreed — a cheeseburger with grilled cheese sandwiches as buns is delicious.

The Gooey Louie came with a side also and I went with homemade potato salad.

Unfortunately, the potato salad wasn't a good sidekick for this A+ sandwich. It wasn't very good in my opinion.

Reifschneider's has plenty more to offer though. On the appetizer portion of the menu alone there are stuffed jalapenos, fried portabella mushroom strips, potato skins and the delectable river barrels available to name a few. River barrels are tater tots smothered with chili, shredded cheddar and monterey jack cheese, crème fraiche and scallions.

A quick look at the brick oven pizza selections shows the chicken modiga served with white sauce, chicken, mushrooms, bacon and garlic. There are plenty more pizzas to choose from, including building your own as an option.

I was actually intrigued by the blackened shrimp salad, too. It was served with blackened shrimp, spinach leaves, topped with tomato, bacon, red onion, blue cheese crumbles and tossed in the house balsalmic vinegarette dressing.

There is a plethora of options on the burgers and wraps portion of the menu too, including the big bayou fish sandwich with grilled our breaded tilapia drizzled in Louisiana hot sauce, topped with cole slaw, a pickle and onion.

Reifschneider's also offers a filet, a ribeye and a t-bone for those interested in steak options.

With a full bar and a large dining area, Reifschneider's is great for big dinner parties.

It also has an outdoor patio area for when the weather is warmer.

Overall, my experience at Redifschneider's was good. It has plenty of options on the menu and I would return. After all, you gotta eat.

The Arts Trio of companies with SIUE connections to perform

By JULIA BIGGS Of The Edge The 30th anniversary of SIUE’s Arts & Issues continues this month when a trio of dance companies – all with connections to SIUE – come together for a night full of performances. MILLS/works, Compulsion Dance Theatre and the Modern American Dance Company (MADCO) will perform at 7:30 p.m. in the Dunham Hall Theater on Feb. 21.

Two of these dance companies were founded by SIUE dance alumni Michael Mizerany and Joseph Mills. After studying dance at SIUE, Mizerany joined MADCO in St. Louis, and then headed west to Los Angeles where he joined Loretta Livingston & Dancers.

In 1996, Mizerany joined the internationally renowned Bella Lewitzky Dance Company in California for a final season of touring. He then moved to San Diego to perform with Malashock Dance and served as its Associate Artistic Director until 2013.

Mizerany has choreographed extensively and has received numerous awards and honors including two Lester Horton Dance Awards for his solos in “Tin Soldier” and “Bump in the Road,” the LA Stage Scene “Scenie” Award for Outstanding Choreography for “Altar Boyz” and the Bravo San Diego Award for Outstanding Choreographer of 2012.

In 2015, he was nominated for a Craig Noel Theater Award for Outstanding Choreography for both “Bare: A Pop Opera” and “Spring Awakenings,” and he was nominated for a Bravo San Diego Award as Outstanding Choreographer of 2013 and 2014 for his contemporary, musical theatre work.

Mizerany will be debuting his new company, Compulsion Dance and Theatre, and also the premiere of its performance, “Uncoupling,” during the SIUE Feb. 21 Arts & Issues performance.

According to the Mizerany’s dance company’s website, “Uncoupling” will feature Mizerany’s “brazen and unabashedly bold choreography, and will showcase his dynamic and dangerous partnering maneuvers.”

Mills, originally from Shipman, Ill., discovered dance through the visual arts and a passionate curiosity for gymnastics. In 1982, Mills earned a BFA in visual arts with an emphasis in sculpture and drawing from SIUE where he also began studying dance with Alcine Wiltz.

Mills went on to perform and choreograph with MADCO in St. Louis from 1981 to 1987 before joining MOMIX Dance Theater where he became its principal dancer touring throughout the U.S., South America, Europe and Asia through 1990. He continued as a guest artist with the company until 1995.

Mills joined the Erick Hawkins Dance Company and worked with the company from 1990 to 1994. A few years later in 1998, he earned a doctorate from Temple University in Philadelphia with the completion of his dissertation, “The Fungus Among Us: Considering Pilobolus Dance Theater From

Multiple Perspectives.”

In 1995, Mills joined the full-time faculty of the Department of Theater & Dance at George Washington University, in Washington, D.C. He then joined the faculty of the Dance Program at Northwestern University in January of 2001 where he served as the Program Director from 2002 to 2008.

Mills joined the faculty of Queens CollegeCity University of New York in the Fall of 2008 where he currently teaches theatre and dance while his work and performances can be seen at numerous venues throughout the New York area.

The third dance company in the trio to perform on Feb. 21 is MADCO which was co-founded by Alcine Wiltz. Wiltz established the academic dance program at SIUE serving as artist-in-residence and founding director of dance from 1963 to 1983.

Another MADCO connection to SIUE is it’s current executive/artistic director Stacy West, who is also an SIUE dance alum. West joined MADCO in 1988 as a dancer and was appointed Artistic Director in 1994. In 2012, the University of Missouri St. Louis (UMSL) appointed her as an Assistant Research Professor in the Department of Theater, Dance and Media Studies where she oversees professional internships and apprenticeships in dance. She also teaches for the UMSL Department of Continuing Studies specializing in dance classes for students with intellectual disabilities.

Her online biography notes that she “has served as a master teacher and consultant for numerous organizations including GoSeeDoArts in New York, Cirque du Soleil, Walt Disney Entertainment, and Walt Disney Casting in Orlando. Other credits include Adjunct Faculty in the Department of Dance at Webster University, master classes at State University New York/Fredonia, University of South Florida, Tennessee Association for Dance, American College Dance Festival among many others.”

In 2001, the national organization Young Audiences named her “Artist of the Year” for her contribution to arts education, and in 2007, West designed and implemented MADCO’s “Books in Motion” dance residency program which uses dance to promote literacy and

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creative thinking skills. The program is now in 15 schools throughout the state of Missouri.

“In 2011, she conceived a work titled “VEZA” using dance to tell the stories of some of the 50,000 Bosnian immigrants living in St. Louis. The piece was covered in a documentary by HEC-TV and in 2012 won an International Telly Award and a Regional Emmy Award,” her biography further states.

It will be a very unique reunion of sorts for SIUE dance when these talented alumni come home for this special SIUE Arts & Issues 30th anniversary performance. The Feb. 21 performance will include MILLS/works and Compulsion Dance Theatre performing selected original works with MADCO performing an excerpt from its production of “Liquid Roads” with live musicians.

“Liquid Roads” was created and choreographed by Gina Paterson. Music by Brian Casserly. “Liquid Roads” was made possible through support from Novus International and Ameren.

Tickets to see MILLS/works, Compulsion Dance Theatre and MADCO at SIUE on Feb. 21 as well as the remaining Arts & Issues performances can be purchased online at artsandissues.com or on campus at the Morris University Center welcome desk Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Welcome Desk is closed on Sundays. Call 618-650-5194 for additional information about the Arts & Issues season or to obtain a brochure.

This presentation is supported by the Arts Midwest Touring Fund, a program of Arts Midwest that is funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, with additional contributions from the Illinois Arts Council and General Mills Foundation.

Pictured are two members of the Compulsion Dance Theatre. A member of the Modern American Dance Company during a recent performance. For The Edge.

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The Arts Arts calendar Thursday, Feb. 12

The Black Rep presents Stick Fly, Emerson Performance Center at Harris-Stowe State University, St. Louis, 7:00 p.m.

Stray Dog Theatre presents God of Carnage, Tower Grove Abbey, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m.

The Rep presents The Winslow Boy, Loretto-Hilton Browning Mainstage, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m., Runs through March 8.

Vivian Maier: Photographyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Lost Voice Exhibit, International Photography Hall of Fame and Museum, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through May 31.

From Matisse to Fontana: Collecting Modern and Postwar Art in the Eisendrath Years, 1960 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 1968, Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through April 19.

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.

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.

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.

Missouri Immigrant Experience Exhibit, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through April 19.

Friday, Feb. 13

Saint Louis Ballet: Love Is In the Air, Touhill Performing Arts Center, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m.

Whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Gaslight Theatre, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m., Runs through March 1.

Mustard Seed Theatre presents White to Gray, Fontbonne University, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m.

The Black Rep presents Stick Fly, Emerson Performance Center at Harris-Stowe State University, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m.

Stray Dog Theatre presents God of Carnage, Tower Grove Abbey, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m.

The Rep presents The Winslow Boy, Loretto-Hilton Browning Mainstage, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m., Runs through March 8.

From Matisse to Fontana: Collecting Modern and Postwar Art in the Eisendrath Years, 1960 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 1968, Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through April 19.

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Vivian Maier: Photographyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Lost Voice Exhibit, International Photography Hall of Fame and Museum, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through May 31.

Mapping St. Louis History, St. Louis Mercantile Library 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 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.

Scenic Wonder: An Early 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.

Missouri Immigrant Experience Exhibit, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through April 19.

Saturday, Feb. 14

Owl Prowl, World Bird Sanctuary, Valley Park (MO), 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Saint Louis Ballet: Love Is In the Air, Touhill Performing Arts Center, St. Louis, 7:00 p.m.

Whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Afraid of Virginia Woolf, Gaslight Theatre, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m., Runs through March 1.

Mustard Seed Theatre presents W h i t e t o G r a y, F o n t b o n n e University, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m.

The Rep presents The Winslow Boy, Loretto-Hilton Browning Mainstage, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m., Runs through March 8.

From Matisse to Fontana: Collecting Modern and Postwar Art in the Eisendrath Years, 1960 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 1968, Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through April 19.

Stray Dog Theatre presents God of Carnage, Tower Grove Abbey, 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.

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.

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New casting has been announced for the National Tour of "Million Dollar Quartet," which is entering its fourth smash year on the road and will play over 60 cities in the next year, bringing the Broadway musical inspired by the electrifying true story of four rock ‘n’ roll icons to many new locations across the country. "Million Dollar Quartet" will make a stop at the Fabulous Fox Theatre February 27 – March 1.

Tickets for "Million Dollar Quartet" at the Fabulous Fox are on sale now online at MetroTix.com, by calling 314534-1111 or in person at the Fabulous Fox Box Office. Ticket prices start at $35. Prices are subject to change; please refer to FabulousFox.com for current pricing. "Million Dollar Quartet" is part of the U.S. Bank Broadway Series.

Performances of "Million Dollar Quartet" at the Fabulous Fox run February 27 – March 1. Show times are Friday and Saturday evening at 8 p.m., Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m., Sunday afternoon at 1 p.m. and Sunday evening at 6:30 p.m.

Portraying these icons are Gabe Bowling as Carl Perkins, Colte Julian as Jerry Lee Lewis, Scott Moreau as Johnny Cash and Jacob Rowley as Elvis Presley. Bryan Langlitz plays the “Father of Rock ‘n’ Roll,” Sam Phillips. The cast also features Laura Obenauf as Dyanne, and musicians Patrick

Morrow (Fluke, drums) and Chuck Zayas (Jay Perkins, bass).

Rounding out the company are: Alyson Bloom, Andrew Frace, James Scheider, Skye Scott, David Sonneborn, and Bradley Waters.

The international Tony Award-Winning musical, "Million Dollar Quartet" is the high voltage Broadway musical, inspired by the phenomenal true story of the famed recording session that brought together rock ‘n’ roll icons Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins for the first and only time.

"Million Dollar Quartet" brings the heart and soul of that legendary night to life with an irresistible tale of excitement and passion, featuring 21 timeless hits including “Blue Suede Shoes,” “Sixteen Tons,” “Great Balls of Fire,” “I Walk the Line,” “Fever,” “Hound Dog” and more.

The show is directed by Eric Schaeffer and features a book

by Colin Escott and Floyd Mutrux. The design team includes: Derek McLane (scenic design), Howell Binkley (lighting design), Jane Greenwood (costume design), Kai Harada (sound design) and Chuck Mead (musical arrangements and supervision).

When the Broadway production opened in April 2010, critics and audiences leapt to their feet in unanimous praise.

The New York Times called the show, “a buoyant new musical that whips the crowd into a frenzy,” New York Magazine labeled it, “a dazzling raucous spectacle that

sounds like a million bucks,” and NY1 called it, “90 minutes of platinum grade entertainment.” The musical continued its successful New York engagement at New World Stages through June 2012.

The longest-running musical production in Chicago’s history, "Million Dollar Quartet" opened in 2008 and continues to perform to packed houses at the Apollo Theatre. In 2011, the West End production played at the Noël Coward Theatre in London, and a Las Vegas production began performances at Harrah’s Showroom in Las Vegas in February 2013.

"Million Dollar Quartet" won a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical and received Tony Award nominations for Best Musical and Best Book of a Musical (Colin Escott & Floyd Mutrux). The show received an Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Musical, a Drama Desk nomination for Outstanding Musical Revue and three Drama League nominations including Distinguished Production of a Musical and Distinguished Performance.

"Million Dollar Quartet" is produced by Relevant Theatricals, John Cossette Productions, American Pop Anthology and Broadway Across America.

For more information, please visit the official "Million Dollar Quartet" website at www.MillionDollarQuartetLive. com.

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The Arts Artistic adventures RAC presents Portrait

The Regional Arts Commission (RAC) presents Portrait, an exhibition of work by St. Louis based artists living with disabilities. Portrait is an exhibition that investigates notions of biography, identity, personal space and individual narrative.

The exhibition is sponsored

by VSA Missouri, a statewide organization promoting access to the arts for people living with disabilities.

The exhibit runs through Feb. 20.

Curator: Gina Alvarez. Artists: Sean Brassil, Michael Braga, Matthew Freeman, Lynne Green, Kit Keith, Paul Lodes, Charlene Leona Marks, Kait Mauro, M e l e l a n i P e r r y, D a n S p e c k , Christopher RJ Worth.

Gallery hours: Monday – Friday: 10am - 5pm; Saturday and Sunday 12pm to 5pm. All events are free and open to the public.

The Gallery is located at 6128 Delmar Boulevard, St. Louis. For more information, call (314) 8635811.

Touhill announces upcoming events

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

T h e To u h i l l ’ s 2 0 1 4 - 1 5 e v e n t calendar holds exciting offerings from our Emerson Resident Artists MADCO (Modern

American Dance Company) and the Arianna String Quartet, a s w e l l a s p re s e n t i n g p a r t n e r 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,.

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Sat. Feb. 14, 10a-5p Sun. Feb. 15, 12p-4p #2 Biscayne, Edwardsville, IL 62025 Follow The Yellow Signs Antiques include Tall Buffet, Flat Top Trunk, Seth Thomas Mantle Clock, Beaded Purse, Linens, Clothing (including Widow's Weeds), Quilts, Marble Top Table, Cedar Chest, Flatware, Many Books, Glass Butter Churn and more!

3 Sofas, Pool Table, Exercise Equipment, RCA Stereo & other Electronic Equip., Hand Tools, Some Power Tools, 2 Lawn Mowers, Outdoor Furnishings, Washers and Dryer, Small Chest Freezer, New Trolling Motor, Raft and Much More!

830-3127 978-2594 cew244antiques@aol.com

Pets

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AKS Registered English Bulldogs, 8 weeks old, up to date shots, male-$1500, female-$2000.

Call 618-971-6085

Apts/Duplexes For Rent

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1BR loft apt & 1BR duplex $585/mo. + $585dep. 656-8953 2 BR apt., $625/mo.

Maryville, WST, stove, refrig. 10 minutes from SIUE. 618-779-0430.

2 BR TH, patio, like new $685/mo, one year lease, no pets 618-977-7222

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All Real Estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Fair Housing Act which makes it illegal to advertise “any preference, limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, status or national origin or an intention to make any such preference limitation, or discrimination.”

Familial status includes children living with parents or legal custodians, pregnant women and people securing custody of children under 18.

This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law.

Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis.

To complain of discrimination call HUD toll free at 1-800-669-9777.

The toll free telephone number for the hearing impaired is 1-800-927-9275.

Houses For Rent

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104 E. Park St, Edw. 3br/1ba, LR, Kitchen & Den, approx 1600sqft. krissy@gorijulianlaw.com 1BR, Real Cute Edwardsville. Close to downtown, $500/mo +dep. 618-541-8242 2 or 3br house w/ 2 car garage, full bsmnt, Blue Ribbon Schools, Call 618-781-4754 2br in Livingston, w/d hkup, electric/gas; stove incl, lg yard, ref. req. $550/mo. 447-2291 3Br, 2ba, frplc, fenced yard, patio, 2 car det. garage. Close to schools, town.

Established neighborhood. $1050/mth. Call 656-8117 or 781-0345.

Wood River, 4br, 2ba, liv. dining, kitch, family room. $900/mo + util $900 dep. 692-0966

Apts/Duplexes For Rent

710

2 BR 1.5 BA Townhomes SMOKE FREE. 15 minutes to St. Louis and SIUE. I-255/ Horseshoe Lake Rd area. $695 mo includes washer/ dryer, water, sewer and trash service. No pets. www.fairway-estates.net 618-931-4700

Spectacular View of the Western Sky! E’ville - Silver Oaks II 2BR Luxury Apt w/Gar, New Open Floor Plan Security System, Fitness Cntr, $910/mo. w/s/t incl. 830-2613 www.vgpart.com 1br dplex. wd hkup.

No pets, credit ck. $600/mo. 656-3407 no calls after 6pm.

NEW TODAY 2br apt in Troy, ground level, w/s/t included. $575/mo + dep, avail. now. 314-283-5885 2BR apts, &750/$800 & 3BR home, $1000 for rent. No Pets.

692-1745; 779-9985.

2BR Loft, newly remod new kit, ba, wndws/drs d/w, w/d hkups. $725 incl. w/s/t. 593-0173 2BR upstairs Apt, E’ville. $800/rent., $800 dep. w/s/t incl.

(314)574-3858 2BR/1BA, Glen Carbon w/d hook-ups, $685.

(618)346-7878 osbornproperties.com 3br TH 1200sq. ft.

Collinsville, $790/mo.

345-9610. Specials!! skyviewtownhouses.com 3BR, 1.5BA, Glen Carbon, no smoking, short-term avail. $900/ mo. 618-307-5575

618-624-4610 cecilmanagement.com Glen Carbon 1BR, all electric, stove, fridge, dw, stacked w/d, FP, trash pd from $615. 618-624-4610 carports available 2BR, 1.5BA, all electric, stove, fridge, wd hookups, from $695. 618-624-4610

GLEN CARBON PEPPERWOOD CONDOS All electric units, FP, stacked WD, Deck/ patio, all appliances.

2BR from $750.

Carports available.

618-624-4610 LUXURY 2 BRs located at 270 & 111 Gourmet kitchens, 2 bay windows, washer/dryer included.

WST included. Must See! $675. Call for our move-in specials!

(618)931-3333.

Montclaire area duplex 2br, 2ba, bsmnt, 1 car garage. $900/mo.

541-5831 or 558-5058.

Important Message: Companies that do business by phone can’t ask you to pay for credit before you get it. For more information, call toll-free 1-877-FTC-HELP. A public service message from the Edwardsville Intelligencer and the Federal Trade Commission.

Wanted To Buy

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Looking to Purchase: 3br, 1/2ba ranch home in Edwardsville.

Prefer to buy directly from seller. Range: $70,000-$125,000.

Call 618-409-8701.

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