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Old friends reunited

Miles and years can't keep them apart.

11 Honey & the 45s

Glen Carbon native returning to the Wildey.

15 "Dead Man Down" A lifeless and ludicrous film.

19 "A Chorus Line" A view from the stage.

20 Art fair

Queeny Park will play host again.

21 Cheesecake season The perfect dessert for Easter.

24 Rolling on the river

Paddle wheelers will take to the Mississippi again.

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What’s Happening Friday March 22_________ • Wizard World Comic Con, Cervantes Convention Center, St. Louis, 3:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

• Disney on Ice: Rockin' Ever After, Scottrade Center, St. Louis, 10:30 a.m. and 7:00 p.m.

• M a rc h M o r p h o M a n i a , Sophia M. Sachs Butterfly House, St. Louis, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Runs through March 31.

• Orchid Show: Madagascar, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through March 31.

• Next To Normal, Washington University South Campus Theatre, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m.

• Suddenly Last Summer, SIUE Metcalf Theatre, Edwardsville, 7:30 p.m.

• A Chorus Line, Peabody Opera House, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m.

• MADCO: Momentum, Touhill Performing Arts Center, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m.

• War Horse, Fox Theatre, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m.

• The Black Rep presents The Whipping Man, Grandel Theatre, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m.

• The Rep presents Venus In Fur, Loretto-Hilton Center Browning Mainstage, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m.

Runs Through March 24 • Double Shots, Villa Marie Winery, Maryville, 7:00 p.m.

• Funky Butt Brass Band, Jazz at the Bistro, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.

• The SteelDrivers, Old Rock

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

• Radio Star, Fast Eddie's Bon Air, Alton, 8:00 p.m.

• Née w/Believers, King James and the Killer Bee, Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 8:30 p.m.

• Speakeasy Cinema, Burlesque, Cicero's, University City, 7:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m.

• The Barn Mice, Blue Agave, Belleville, 9:30 p.m.

• Red: Sammy Hagar Tribut, Pop's, Sauget, 7:00 p.m.

• B re a t h ta k i n g B o n e d u s t , Shellbach, Revence, Blueberry Hill, St. Louis, Doors 8:30 p.m.

• 3 Handsome Guys, Gramophone, St. Louis, Doors 8:00 p.m.

Saturday March 23_________ • Wizard World Comic Con, Cervantes Convention Center, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

• Disney on Ice: Rockin' Ever After, Scottrade Center, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m., 3:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.

• M a rc h M o r p h o M a n i a , Sophia M. Sachs Butterfly House, St. Louis, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Runs through March 31.

• Orchid Show: Madagascar, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through March 31.

• Next To Normal, Washington University South Campus Theatre, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m.

• I f I C a n ' t B e A S o l d i e r, Missouri History Museum Theater

- Forest Park, St. Louis, 2:30 p.m.

• Suddenly Last Summer, SIUE Metcalf Theatre, Edwardsville, 7:30 p.m.

• A Chorus Line, Peabody Opera House, St. Louis, 2:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.

• MADCO: Momentum, Touhill Performing Arts Center, St. Louis, 2:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.

• War Horse, Fox Theatre, St. Louis, 2:00 p.m.

• The Black Rep presents The Whipping Man, Grandel Theatre, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m.

• The Rep presents Venus In Fur, Loretto-Hilton Center Browning Mainstage, St. Louis, 5:00 p.m. Runs Through March 24 • The Grisly Hand w/Butcher Holler, Gramophone, St. Louis, Doors 8:00 p.m.

• Cadaver Dogs w/Wicked Thoughts, Carriage House, Soma, Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 8:00 p.m.

• Chick Corea & Bela Fleck, Touhill Performing Arts Center, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m.

• To w e r G r o v e R e c o r d s p re s e n t s B u n ny g r u n t ' s 2 0 t h Birthday w/Chill Dawgs, Trauma Harness, Plush St. Louis, St. Louis, Doors 7:30 p.m.

• Jake's Leg, Old Rock House, St. Louis, Doors 8:00 p.m.

• Owl City w/Echosmith, The Pageant, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

• Final Drive, A Lesser Hope, As Shadows Collapse, A Message From Martyrs, Cicero's, University City, Doors 8:00 p.m.

• John Bartley, Blue Agave, Belleville, 9:30 p.m.

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People Friendship survives the years and the miles Schweizer, Watler rekindle their decades-old relationship

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harles Schweizer and Otto Watler can still recall the afternoon, 40 years ago, when they first met.

It was over bees.

Earlier in the day, Charles and Eleanor Schweizer had caught a flight from St. Louis to Miami, and then grabbed a connecting flight to the western Caribbean Island of Grand Cayman, south of Cuba and west of Jamaica.

In the past few days, after losing contact with each other for a half dozen years, Charles Schweizer and Otto Watler found each other again.

“Talking to him was like talking to someone who is dead, because I had all the impression in the world that he was dead,” Watler said in a phone interview recently from his 100-acre farm on the island.

Schweizer, who lives in Edwardsville, will be a hundred years old in May. Watler, a couple of decades younger, still works the farm where he and his wife Sybil have lived for decades.

On the afternoon of their first meeting, Schweizer drove by the farm and noticed a stone sign on the ground: HOME OF PURE CAYMAN HONEY Packed by: OTTO WATLER Grand Cayman B.W.I. Schweizer was fascinated; bees were his thing. After he retired from SIUE in the late ‘70s, he purchased a beehive and painted it blue, for his wife. Soon he bought another, and painted that one red. Another was white. “Before I finished, I had 10 beehives,” Schweizer said recently.

“We stopped and introduced ourselves to the Watlers, and we just hit it off,” he said of the chance meeting.

Watler was on the front porch when the Schweizers drove up.

They met, he said, on the porch steps.

“I’m Charles Schweizer and I’m a beekeeper from Illinois,” Schweizer told him.

It was a fortuitous meeting, and the two of them talked often about the vicissitudes of honey bee raising.

Otto Watler is the only beekeeper on Grand Cayman Island, and his honey is sold world-wide.

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Charles Schweizer at his home in Edwardsville. which is due to the wide variety of trees, pollens and fruit that the bees feed on, including guinep, birch and log wood. Watler extracts it twice a year from the hundreds of bee boxes that dot the farm. At harvest time, a hot knife is used to cut the honey off the frames. And an extractor spins it, removing wax and other sediments from the nectar.

Schweizer was more of an amateur. After retirement, he joined the Sons of the American Revolution and took part in Revolutionary War re-enactments.

But it was beekeeping that gave him something to look forward to.

“I took up beekeeping because it gave me a reason to get up in the morning,” he says. “If you retire and you don’t have anything to do, you’re going to die. But once insects got in the hives and bees were dying left and right, it wasn’t that much fun.”

With bees to talk about, the couples became fast friends, though Schweizer concedes they were never “bosom buddies.” Charles and Eleanore were world travelers and bird watchers, and fortunately for them the Watler place had birds galore. One time when Charles Schweizer ran across a Purple Gallinule, Watler says his friend exclaimed, ‘My God, it’s even more beautiful than the pictures.”

Watler also raises Grand Cayman

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Parrots, a bird considered a pest by most farmers. It’s not that Watler doesn’t know why - at one time he owned 150 mango trees and dozens of other fruit trees and plants as well: breadfruit, papaya, Jamaican pumpkins, tamarind, plantain, watermelon, and ackee, the national fruit.

Parrots eat the fruit, but Watler says, "The parrot is just as Caymanian as the Caymanian himself, and as long as time exists, should be allowed to grace our skies.”

When Hurricane Ivan struck, in 2004, Watler lost 90 percent of his bees. His mango trees, which had been producing 12,000 to 14,000 pounds of mangoes each season, were decimated as well.

The morning Hurricane Ivan struck the Caymans, in 2004, Watler was crushed. “I walked out there and the only thing I can compare it to is a teepee - the trees were blown down in every direction. I had to cry, I tell you the truth. It was a big loss, and I haven’t gotten over it.”

Recently, Watler began growing sweet oranges. He planted hundreds of trees, many of which are beginning to bear fruit.

He also bought a demolition machine that he uses to chew up the limestone rock that permeate his land. He mixes ground limestone with the soil and uses it to fertilize his crops.

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the island every year. They wound up had buying a condo on Seven Mile Beach, which became something of a misnomer when Ivan came along and blew a mile of it away.

Six months ago, they wound up selling it.

When Eleanor died about a year and a half ago, Charles Schweizer failed to let the Watlers know about it, something he regrets to this day.

For his part, Watler says he thought about the Schweizers often and made futile attempts times to find him. His daughter Marlice would send email messages, but the messages always bounced back. One day she searched the Internet for “Charles Schweizer” and found that someone matching her father’s friend’s name and description had died.

But recently Marlice ran across an Intelligencer story about a Charles Schweizer from Edwardsville. It seemed to be him.

Marlice contacted the paper and obtained Schweizer’s phone number in Edwardsville.

A few days later, Schweizer received a call.

“I was amazed to talk to him,” Schweizer says. “He told me the fruit trees were doing real well, and the Cayman Islands are a wonderful place to go.” Watler also invited him down, but Schweizer’s physical limitations prohibit it. His mobility is limited, and he is legally

blind. Also, he says, his girth is larger than it once was.

“My feet have somehow or other grown beyond my reach,” he says.

Watler recalled the phone conversation.

He will be 79 next month, and Watler told him that “if he starts dilly-dallying around, I’ll soon catch up to him.”

Watler quipped that he could adopt Schweizer.

Before they hung up, Walter promised that he would have Marlice send him a picture that he took recently of a Grand Cayman Parrot. “It’s one of the most beautiful birds in the world,” he says. “He’s very glad I’ll be sending it.”

This week Watler emailed the Intelligencer with more thoughts about the Schweizers. Not long after they had met, he wrote, the Schweizers attended the Watlers’ oldest son’s wedding “and he and Eleanor danced about every reel.”

“I think it was a great privilege and honor for me to rub shoulders with a man of Mr. Schweizer’s caliber. He will always have a special place in my heart and I hope he will live to see his coming birthday, and many more, and I wish him all the health and happiness that one friend can give to another friend, and I hope, if it is at all possible, that we will have the privilege to meet again.”

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Edible Garden and pot a plant to grow your own cabbage, spinach and lettuce at home. The young and the young at heart can have their faces painted with some spring-inspired cheek art.

Children's GardenConservationfocused entertainers WildHeart will perform their award-winning music from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday with songs that inspire kids of all ages to explore nature. Special visitors include live birds from the World Bird Sanctuary who will visit from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Finn, the Children’s Garden friendly frog mascot will roam the Garden and greet visitors at 11 a.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. Sunday.

The Children’s Garden was selected as “Best Outdoor Attraction for Kids� by St. Louis Magazine in 2012 and is open daily from March 30 to October 31, 2013.

Admission is $5 for children ages 3 to 12 and free to St. Louis City and County residents on Saturdays before noon. Adults are included with general Garden admission.

Admission to the Missouri Botanical Garden is $8; St. Louis City and County residents enjoy discounted admission of $4 and free admission on most Wednesday and Saturday mornings until noon.

Children ages 12 and under and Garden members are free.

The Missouri Botanical Garden is located at 4344 Shaw Blvd. in south St. Louis, accessible from Interstate 44 at the Vandeventer exit and from Interstate 64 at the Kingshighway North and South exit. Free parking is available on site and two blocks west at the corner of Shaw and Vandeventer.

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People People planner Baconfest St. Louis was created and organized by Bacon St. Louis, LLC. Baconfest is a celebration of all things bacon a n d w i l l f e a t u re m a n y o f t h e city’s best restaurants including Lucas P a r k G r i l l e , Ti g í n I r i s h Pub, Molly’s In Soulard, Cafe A ton, Ferguson Brewing Company, Onesto Pizza & Trattoria, Steve’s Hot Dogs on The Hill, and LeGrand’s Market & Catering, as well as other bacon related vendors.

Food vendors will create bacon-inspired dishes, and even compete in the first annual Bacon Battle Award competition.

Baconfest St. Louis is in partnership with KSHE 95, the USO of Missouri, Vatterott College, Lumière Place Casino & Hotels and River City Casino.

The highlight of the event will be the creation of a World Record 500 pound Bacon Explosion cooked in a custom built 50-foot long smoker created by Vatterott College.

A crowd of over 10,000 people is expected to attend. General admission is free for all ages.

The festival will begin at 11 : 0 0 A M w i t h a n o p e n i n g ceremony which will include the rst annual pardoning of a live pig. There will be live music and other activities throughout the day including performances by Steve Ewing of The Urge and Cherry Hill.

T h e B a c o n B a t t l e Aw a r d competition allows vendors to promote themselves and receive accolades from loyal patrons as well as Baconfest St. Louis event goers.

A panel of 5 judges will determine the three winners. In determining the winners, the panel of judges will take into account p re s e n t a t i o n , c re a t i v i t y, a n d taste.

P r e p a r a t i o n o f t h e Wo r l d Record 500LB Bacon Explosion will begin in the HoteLumière atrium, at Lumière Place, beginning at 6:00 am. John Johnson, Executive Chef over Lumière Place and River City Casino and his team will spend several hours stu ng and weaving the Explosion.

It will then be transported t o K i e n e r P l a z a w h e re i t w i l l be cooked to perfection in our custom built 50-foot long smoker.

Guests will have an o p p o r t u n i t y t o p u rc h a s e p a r t of the bacon explosion, and all proceeds from this will go to the USO of Missouri.

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In this two-hour experience, a certified tree-climbing instructor will teach participants to ascend into a tree canopy. Once there, climbers are be able to sit on branches, limbwalk, lie in hammocks or relax in a suspended chair as you enjoy an inspiring birds-eye view from the lush canopy of trees. Throughout the experience, you’ll learn about forest biodiversity and conservation close to home and around the world. Several vertical lines will be available, and climbers can choose to ascend more than one line as time allows. However, space is limited to 12 climbers per session.

Two sessions are offered at both the Missouri Botanical Garden as well as the Shaw Nature Reserve.

In the first session “Canopy Climb 1: Learning the Ropes” expert instructors will introduce you to the extraordinary, diverse world of trees, while teaching you the basics of tree-climbing mechanics including climbing techniques, balance and safety. Throughout this session, climbers will have the opportunity to ascend and descend multiple times, exploring different parts of the tree’s structure, limbs and canopy. This course is designed for first-time climbers with an emphasis on basic tree-climbing mechanics

along with introductory tree and forest ecology.

“Canopy Climb 1: Learning the Ropes” sessions are held at held at the Missouri Botanical Garden on the following Saturdays: April 13, May 11 and June 8 from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. or from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. and Sundays: March 10, April 14, May 12 and June 9 from 1 to 3 p.m. or from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. as well as at the Shaw Nature Reserve on the following Saturdays: March 16, April 20, May 18, June 15 from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. or from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. or Sundays: March 17, April 21, May 19 and June 16 from 1 to 3 p.m. or from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. “Tree Canopy Climb 1: Learning the Ropes” cost is $43 per child or adult. For ages eight and over. Advanced registration required; www.mobot.org/classes or (314) 577-5140.

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“Canopy Climb 2: Experiencing the Canopy” sessions will be held at the Missouri Botanical Garden on Sundays: April 14, May 12 or June 9 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and at Shaw Nature Reserve on Sundays: April 21 or June 16 from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. $68 per climber. “Canopy Climb 2” participants must have successfully completed “Canopy Climb 1.” Cost is $68 per climber.

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Thursday, March 21 Pac Div w/Johnny Polygon, After the Smoke, The Gramophone, St. Louis, Doors 9:00 p.m.

Iconocaust - Ides of March Tour w/Hung Like a Martyr, Plush St. Louis, St. Louis, Doors 8:00 p.m.

Pinback w/JP, Inc., Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 8:00 p.m.

Major Lazer w/Lunice, The Pageant, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

Ultraviolets, Fast Eddie's Bon Air, Alton, 7:00 p.m.

Friday, March 22 Double Shots, Villa Marie Winery, Maryville, 7:00 p.m.

Funky Butt Brass Band, Jazz at the Bistro, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.

The SteelDrivers, Old Rock House, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

Radio Star, Fast Eddie's Bon Air, Alton, 8:00 p.m.

Née w/Believers, King James and the Killer Bee, Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 8:30 p.m.

Speakeasy Cinema, Burlesque, Cicero's, University City, 7:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m.

The Barn Mice, Blue Agave, Belleville, 9:30 p.m.

Red: Sammy Hagar Tribut, Pop's, Sauget, 7:00 p.m.

Breathtaking Bonedust, Shellbach, Revence, Blueberry Hill, St. Louis, Doors 8:30 p.m.

3 Handsome Guys, Gramophone, St. Louis, Doors 8:00 p.m.

Saturday, March 23 The Grisly Hand w/Butcher Holler, Gramophone, St. Louis, Doors 8:00 p.m.

C a d a v e r D o g s w / Wi c k e d Thoughts, Carriage House, Soma, Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 8:00 p.m.

Chick Corea & Bela Fleck, Touhill Performing Arts Center, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m.

Tower Grove Records presents Bunnygrunt's 20th Birthday w/Chill Dawgs, Trauma Harness, Plush St. Louis, St. Louis, Doors 7:30 p.m.

Jake's Leg, Old Rock House, St. Louis, Doors 8:00 p.m.

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

Final Drive, A Lesser Hope, As Shadows Collapse, A Message From Martyrs, Cicero's, University City, Doors 8:00 p.m.

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Isaac James w/Divine Sorrow, J Boozer, A Sense of Peace, Pop's, Sauget, 6:30 p.m.

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Racers, Plush St. Louis, St. Louis, Doors 7:30 p.m.

Alexz Johnson w/Charlene Kaye, Old Rock House, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

American Idle, Fast Eddie's Bon Air, Alton, 7:00 p.m.

Joe Sample Trio, Jazz at the Bistro, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.

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Golden Stage, Gramophone, St. Louis, Doors 8:00 p.m.

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Music Tuning in Bruno Mars to appear in St. Louis Atlantic recording artist Bruno Mars has unveiled details of his hugely anticipated world tour.

The North American leg of “The Moonshine Jungle World Tour� gets under way on June 22nd at Washington, D.C.’s Verizon Center and then continues through August.

The tour will stop at Scottrade Center in St. Louis on Aug. 8.

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The announce of “The Moonshine Jungle World Tour� comes just as “When I Was Your Man� – the latest single from Mars’ just-released sophomore album, "Unorthodox Jukebox" – has exploded into the top 10 on Billboard’s “Hot 100� where it joins the album’s blockbuster first single, “Locked Out Of Heaven,� which recently spent six consecutive weeks atop the “Hot 100� chart. The immediate success of “When I Was Your Man� – which additionally earned honors as the week’s top “Streaming Gainer� and “Airplay Gainer� – marks the Grammywinner ’s 10th consecutive single to hit the top 10, continuing his already-established status as the male artist with the longest streak of top 10 hits as a performer since his debut. Furthermore, the single’s chart ascension places Mars in the history books as the first male artist to simultaneously place two titles in the top 10 since his own

“Grenade� and “Just The Way You Are� doubled up on the chart in December 2010/January 2011.

The official companion video for “When I Was Your Man� – directed by Mars and his frequent collaborator, Cameron Duddy (“Locked Out Of Heaven,� “The Lazy Song�) – is also looking like an instant smash.

Mars recently led a breathtaking performance on the 55th Annual Grammy Awards fronting an all-star tribute to Bob Marley alongside the likes of Sting and Rihanna, which marked the Grammy-winner’s third consecutive year to perform on the acclaimed show.

As its title suggests, "Unorthodox Jukebox" once again sees Mars melding a multitude of musical approaches to create his own distinctive sound. Executive produced by The Smeezingtons, the hit-making production team comprised of Mars, Philip Lawrence, and Ari Levine, the collection also features contributions from such top producers as Jeff Bhasker (fun., Kanye West, Jay-Z), Mark Ronson (Amy Winehouse, Lil Wayne, Black Lips) and Diplo (M.I.A, Usher).

"Unorthodox Jukebox"made a stunning SoundScan/Billboard 200 debut upon its release last year, entering the chart at #2 with sales in excess of 192,000 – the singer/ songwriter/producer/musician’s highest first week sales debut thus far. In addition, the album exploded to the top spot on the British album charts, making history as the United Kingdom’s fastest selling solo album

of 2012. The phenomenal success of "Unorthodox Jukebox" follows the equivalent popularity of Mars’ now classic 2010 debut, "Doo-Wops & Hooligans, “ which proved the U.K.’s third best-selling album of 2011 and also entered the charts at #1.

Bruno Mars is undoubtedly among contemporary pop’s most gifted and compelling artists. And with global sales currently certified at 40x-platinum and over 50 million singles sold worldwide, the 14-time Grammy Award nominee has fully proven himself as a true superstar.

Released in October 2010, "DooWops & Hooligans,“ was greeted with both popular success and critical acclaim from all corners of the globe. “The year ’s finest pop debut,â€? raved Rolling Stone. “Nearflawless‌(the album) delivers pleasure without pretension.â€?

Fueled by a remarkable string of hit singles, including the multiplatinum #1 smashes, “Just The Way You Are� and “Grenade,� the album instantly confirmed Mars as a major force in modern pop music.

Mars soon racked up a remarkable record of prestigious international awards and nominations, with victories including a “Best Male Pop Vocal Performance� Grammy Award (for “Just The Way You Are�), an American Music Award for “Pop or Rock Music/Favorite Male Artist,� a 2012 Brit Award (for “International Male Solo Artist�), two Teen Choice Awards, a 2012 People’s Choice

Award (for “Favorite Male Artist�), a Soul Train Music Award, two MTV Europe Music Awards, two MTV Music Awards Japan, a BT Digital Music Award, an ECHO Award, and multiple 2011 Billboard Awards including “Top Male Hot 100 Artist of the Year.�

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Award for “Song of the Year� (for “Just The Way You Are�). In 2011, he was named to the prestigious Time 100, confirming the superstar as one of the most influential people in the world.

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Music Tuning in Greenville College Choir goes on tour The Greenville College Choir is pleased to announce its concert itinerary for the spring 2013 season. Founded in 1927 by Dr. Robert W. Woods, the Greenville Choir has attained a widespread reputation for performing sacred choral music of the highest quality.

During the current 86th anniversary year the Greenville College Choir has been invited to perform in St. Louis with the professional early music ensemble known as the Kingsbury Ensemble (April). The choir will also take an extended 10-day spring tour to the South Central United States.

Last year the Choir was invited to perform at the Illinois Music Educators Conference and the American Choral Directors Association’s Central Division Convention. In November 2009 the College Choir performed with the Boston Camerata at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis. In April 2011 the Choir sang with the American Kantorei at Concordia Seminary (St. Louis). The Choir regularly joins with the G re e n v i l l e C h o r a l U n i o n f o r concerts of larger choral-orchestral works such as Bach’s Magnificat, Mozart’s Requiem, and the annual Christmas performance of Handel’s Messiah.

The Greenville Choir consists of 45 undergraduate students from various fields of liberal arts study, including the College’s five music degree programs. As the flagship choral ensemble of G re e n v i l l e C o l l e g e , t h e c h o i r presents as many as twenty offcampus performances each year as part of its annual tour. Students’ d e d i c a t i o n t o t h e p ro g r a m i s consistently made evident by the professional quality of their performances.

Conductor Jeffrey S. Wilson received his Bachelor of Music degree in piano from Augustana College (Rock Island, Illinois). He earned the Master of Music degree in choral music and the Doctor of Musical Arts degree in choral

conducting and literature from the University of Illinois at UrbanaChampaign. Dr. Wilson has served as conductor of the choir since 1996.

The Greenville College Choir ’s 2013 spring concert schedule includes the following performances: Saturday, April 20, 2013 at 7:30 p.m.

CONCERT WITH THE KINGSBURY ENSEMBLE MEMORIAL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 201 S. Skinker Blvd., St. Louis, Missouri 63105-2317 Phone: (314) 721-0943 Website: www.artsci.wustl.edu/~sacarlin Saturday, May 25, 2013 at 4:30 p.m.

GREENVILLE COLLEGE COMMENCEMENT CONCERT WHITLOCK MUSIC CENTER 3 1 5 E . C o l l e g e Av e n u e , Greenville, IL 62246 Phone: (618) 664-6560 Website: www.greenville.edu Greenville College is a fouryear accredited Christian liberal arts school with more than 1,200 traditional undergraduate, graduate, and adult degree completion students. Founded in 1892 and affiliated with the Free Methodist Church, the college is located in Greenville, Illinois, 45 miles east of St. Louis, Missouri.

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Sheldon to host an evening of bluegrass The Bluegrass Gathering 2013 featuring Noam Pikelny, Bryan Sutton, Ronnie McCoury, Luke Bulla and Barry Bales marks a historic collaboration between five of the most celebrated a c o u s t i c i n s t ru m e n t a l i s t s a n d singers of our time. A rare opportunity to see and hear on one concert stage, the band is comprised of members of Punch Brothers, The Del McCoury Band, Alison Krauss & Union Station, Hot Rize and The Lyle Lovett Band, presenting an evening of original and classic bluegrass.

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By KRISTA WILKINSON-MIDGLEY Of The Edge It’s impossible to narrow down Honey & the 45s to just one genre. In fact, one fan even resorted to inventing a word to describe them – blazzoulrock (blues/jazz, soul and rock.) The Chicago-based five-piece band captures all of those sounds with a hefty amount of funk thrown in for good measure. They cite everyone from classic crooners like Frank Sinatra and Nat King Cole to ‘60s rock and folk singers such as The Beatles and Janis Joplin to contemporary artists including Amy Winehouse, Adele, Ray LaMontagne, Regina Spektor and Tracy Chapman among others.

Now you’re beginning to see why it’s so hard to pin this group down.

“We really admire artists in all different genres so it’s hard for us to focus on just one genre. We kind of mix it all together, and we have sort of a new retro style that comes out because of that,” says singer-songwriter Kristina Cottone, who grew up on Glen Carbon.

Local residents will get the chance to judge their sound for themselves when the band comes to town for a one night show at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 21 at the Wildey Theatre in Edwardsville. Cottone, a 2004 graduate of Edwardsville High School, moved to the Windy City to pursue her singing and acting interests shortly after college but says she is looking

forward to returning back home to perform at the Wildey.

“I remember as a little kid seeing the Wildey, which was run down and not the beautiful Wildey that it is today,” she says. “I am so excited to come back. I miss Glen Carbon, I miss Edwardsville, and I’m so excited to see everyone. This show is going to be a blast.”

During high school, Cottone loved drama and took part in many of the school’s theater productions. She even wrote, directed and choreographed the school’s holiday musical during her senior year. She was also an active member of the junior varsity tennis team. As a result, the band will donate a percentage of ticket sales from the Wildey show to the EHS drama and tennis programs.

Cottone credits her late Grandpa Ira with instilling in her a love of music.

“He would sing everywhere. Every anniversary with my grandma he would sing ‘It Had to Be You’ no matter where we were – if we were in a huge public space or just a little restaurant. So, music’s always been in my life,” says Cottone.

The rest of the band includes Kim Kozel (vocals/violin/ saxophone), Jon Gould (lead guitar), Sean Tatum (bass) and Chris Kuesk (drums/vocals). Together, Honey & the 45s create a sound that is both modern and retro at the same time.

Cottone’s sexy, soulful voice layers sweetly over the harder rock edge of Gould’s guitar and Tatum’s bluesy bass while Kuesk keeps the rhythm pumping. Kozel rounds out the group with

her harmonizing vocals and invokes the blues spirit of the Mississippi Delta with her fiddle.

“We mix it up. We want to make sure that our performance is dynamic, and we have a good time playing different things on stage,” said Cottone.

The band is also committed to promoting the artistic endeavors of its fans through its HoneyBuzz campaign. Whether it’s through the spoken word, music, art, dance or film, the band is asking fans to express how they feel and then create a 30second video. Rules for the showcase are posted on the band’s website, www.honeyandthe45s.com under “HoneyBuzz.”

At least two of the sponsors of the Honey & the 45s performance at the Wildey have signed on to produce their own creative videos. Sally Burgess of Studio Gaia and LuAnne Locke of Afterwords Books are both developing videos highlighting employee/clientele artistic performance. Links to the videos will be posted on the Honey & the 45s website.

In addition to their Wildey show, Honey & the 45s will perform on March 23 at Blueberry Hill in University City before heading back to the Windy City. Definitely try to check them out before they leave, but if you can’t make one of these two local shows, you can still buy a copy of their recently released album, “The Need” online from Amazon, iTunes, Spotify and CD Baby.

For tickets to the show, go to www.wildeytheatre.com, and search Honey & the 45s, or call the box office at (618) 307-2053.

Presleys primed for 47th season of music Branson’s First Family of Entertainment, the Presleys has kicked off their 47th live show season in their original theater built in 1967 on Branson’s famous Highway 76 Strip. Three generations of Presley family members, plus a cast of multi-talented entertainers, can be seen six nights a week in an all-new show full of country hits, classic country favorites, Southern gospel and hilarious comedy. Visit www. presleys.com or call 800-336-4874 for ticket information.

“Every year we bring back parts of the

show our audiences love best, but over 75 percent of the music and comedy is always new,” according to co-producer, Gary Presley, also known as the lovable hillbilly character, Herkimer. “Now, the mistakes are always new every night, and that’s what makes it fun!”

Also new for the 2013 season is a stateof-the-art stage set that will give the show a new look and feel while keeping with the tradition of the original theater on the Strip. Brand new eco-friendly LED stage lights also promise to add fresh pizazz to

the show while saving energy and reducing the show’s carbon footprint.

Before and after the show, guests will want to check out the Presleys’ Country Jubilee gift shop because for the first time ever, a sampling of Dick’s Old-Time 5 & 10 merchandise will be available for purchase outside of their only retail store, located in Historic Downtown Branson. Dick’s Old-Time 5 & 10 is a nationally-known variety store and a great family-owned Branson business.

Fans of the Presleys’ live music and comedy show in Branson, along with fans of their

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hit TV series on RFD-TV, can watch the new 4th season of Presleys’ Country Jubilee on television every Saturday night at 7:30pm EST/6:30pm CST. RFD-TV is available on DIRECTV channel 345, Dish Network channel 231, or your local cable provider. RFD-TV is available to 41 million homes and is now programming to 20 million more through FamilyNet. For Presleys’ Country Jubilee live show schedule information, to purchase tickets, or to connect with the Presleys online, visit www. presleys.com.

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Religion Religion briefs Judge rules library violated First Amendment by blocking minority religion content ST. LOUIS (AP) — A federal judge has ordered a small library in southern Missouri to stop blocking access to w e b s i t e s r e l a t e d t o Wi c c a a n d o t h e r m i n o r i t y re l i g i o n s , calling it a violation of patrons' First Amendment rights.

U.S. District Judge E. R i c h a r d We b b e r i s s u e d t h e r u l i n g Tu e s d a y i n S t . L o u i s in a case involving the Salem Public Library.

"Even libraries that are required by federal law to install filtering software to

block certain sexually explicit content should never use software to prevent patrons f ro m l e a r n i n g a b o u t d i ff e re n t c u l t u r e s , " To n y R o t h e r t , a n attorney for the American Civil Liberties Union of Eastern Missouri, said in a statement Wednesday.

Library director Glenda Wo f f o r d d e c l i n e d c o m m e n t .

A message seeking comment from the library's attorney was not immediately returned.

The ACLU sued last year on behalf of Salem resident Anaka H u n t e r. S a l e m i s a l a r g e l y Christian community of 5,000 residents in the Missouri Ozarks.

Hunter was researching death and death rituals in minority religions in an effort to get more in touch with her Native American roots through spirituality, the ACLU said.

UN aid agency cancels Gaza marathon after Hamas bans women runners GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — The United Nations canceled a planned marathon in Gaza after the Palestinian territory's Hamas rulers banned women from participating, in a new attempt by the Islamic militant group to impose its ideology inside the crowded coastal strip.

The dispute threatened to further strain the already d e l i c a t e re l a t i o n s h i p b e t w e e n Hamas and the United Nations.

Gaza sportswomen met the news with resignation, saying their conservative society had made it difficult to train even before

of its earlier orders imposing its conservative interpretation of Islamic law.

The race was meant to run the entire length of the tiny territory — which is slightly shorter than the official length of a 26.2 mile (42-kilometer) marathon. Some 800 people registered, including 266 Palestinian women and 119 women from abroad.

the ban.

Since seizing power in Gaza in 2007, Hamas has issued a number of edicts meant to constrain the freedoms of women. But a number of these initiatives fizzled in the face of public opposition, making the ban on female runners somewhat surprising. Hamas had also recently relaxed some

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QuickGlance Movie Reviews

“Side Effects”

If this is indeed Steven Soderbergh’s final film, as he’s said it will be after toying with the notion of retirement for a couple of years now, then intriguingly it feels like he’s coming full circle in some ways to the film that put him on the map: the trailblazing, 1989 indie “sex, lies and videotape.” Both are lurid genre exercises, laid bare. Both focus on the intertwined lives of four central figures, including a scene in which one of the men interviews one of the women on video, hoping to unearth a hidden truth. Both movies are about danger, secrets and manipulation, filled with characters who aren’t what they initially seem, all of which Soderbergh depicts with his typically cool detachment. Twists and double crosses occur and schemes are revealed as layer upon layer of Scott Z. Burns’ clever script gets peeled away. Yet Soderbergh approaches such dramatic events with the same chilly tone that has marked so much of his work, even as the developments grow more than a little implausible. Rooney Mara is chilling as a troubled Manhattan woman who starts taking a new drug at the urging of her psychiatrist (Jude Law). Bad things happen. Channing Tatum and Catherine Zeta-Jones costar.

R AT E D : R f o r s e x u a l i t y, n u d i t y, v i o l e n c e a n d language.

RUNNING TIME: 106 minutes.

ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: Three stars out of four.

“A Good Day to Die Hard”

It’s supposed to be a parody of itself, right? That’s the only way to explain this ridiculously over-thetop, repetitively numbing fifth film in the “Die Hard” franchise. John McClane used to be a cowboy. Now, he’s a cartoon character — specifically, Wile E. Coyote, given how many times he should be seriously injured and/or killed in this movie. The most he suffers is a scratch here and there, and then he’s ready to pop back up again with a bemused twinkle in his eye and a wry quip. Part of the charm of this career-defining Bruce Willis’ character was the regular-guy, Reaganera resourcefulness he represented; now, he’s weirdly superhuman. But as charismatic as Willis ordinarily is, even he can’t fool us into thinking he’s enjoying himself this time. “A Good Day to Die Hard” is pointless and joyless, a barrage of noise and chaos, an onslaught of destruction without the slightest mention of consequence.

Director John Moore mistakes shaky-cam and dizzying zooms for artistic finesse in his action sequences. But the most obnoxious element of all may be the father-son feelgoodery that occurs in the midst of all this madness. You see, Willis’ unstoppable New York cop has traveled to Moscow to track down his bitter, estranged son, Jack (Jai Courtney), whom he believes to be in criminal trouble.

Jack is actually a spy working undercover to protect a government whistleblower (Sebastian Koch), and dad has arrived just in time to ruin his mission. Now they must work together — and bond.

RATED: R for violence and language.

RUNNING TIME: 97 minutes.

ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: One star out of four.

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“Beautiful Creatures”

The genders have been reversed but the supernatural, starcrossed teen angst remains firmly intact in this drama that clearly aims to pick up where the “Twilight” franchise left off.

Writer-director Richard LaGravenese’s film, based on the first novel in the young adult series by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl, oozes Southern Gothic eccentricity and some amusing if inconsistent touches of camp. But a strong cast of likable and, yes, beautiful actors can only do so much with the formula in which they’re forced to work. And, like the “Twilight” movies, the special effects are all too often distractingly cheesy. The setup breathes some new life into such familiar material, though, as co-stars Alden Ehrenreich and Alice Englert feel like actual awkward teens enjoying the fraught thrills of first love. Once the plot machinations start grinding in the second half, though, “Beautiful Creatures” as a whole grinds to a halt. Spells and scenery-chewing can be a hoot; watching other people sitting around scouring ancient tomes for clues, not so much. Ehrenreich plays a restless teen in small-town South Carolina who’s smitten

by Englert’s mysterious new girl. Turns out she’s a witch — and she’s probably doomed — but could true love with a mortal save her? Emma Thompson, Emmy Rossum and Viola Davis co-star.

RATED: PG-13 for violence, scary images and some sexual material.

RUNNING TIME: 123 minutes.

ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: Two stars out of four.

“Jack the Giant Slayer”

A big-budget, effects-laden, 3-D retelling of the Jack and the Beanstalk legend may seem like the unlikeliest pairing yet of director Bryan Singer and writer Christopher McQuarrie, but “Jack the Giant Slayer” ends up being smart, thrilling and a whole lot of fun. Singer and McQuarrie’s collaborations include, most famously, the twisty crime mystery “The Usual Suspects” (which earned McQuarrie an original-screenplay Oscar) and the Hitler assassination drama “Valkyrie,” featuring an eye patch-wearing Tom Cruise. They’ve sort of been all over the place together over the past couple decades — why not reinterpret a classic fairy tale? This time, the screenwriter is aided by Darren Lemke and Dan Studney; nevertheless there remains a sense of both briskness and substance. “Jack the Giant Slayer” is cheeky without being too obnoxiously cutesy. While the look of it is medieval, the vibe seems more current, but it’s not so anachronistic as to be self-referential and subversive along the lines of a “Shrek,” for example. In that regard, it actually ends up being pleasingly old-fashioned. Shot in 3-D — rather than one of those muddled 2-D re-dos — the film looks crisp and clean, much more so than the trailers and ads might suggest. The action sequences are cut in an unobtrusive way as to allow the intricacy of what’s happening on screen to shine through. And once it bursts forth from the ground, the beanstalk itself is magnificent; enormous and richly detailed, it feels like a living, breathing and formidable thing.

RATED: PG-13 for intense scenes of fantasy action violence, some frightening images and brief language.

RUNNING TIME: Running time: 117 minutes.

ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: Three stars out of four.

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"Stoker"

A spider crawls up the leg of 18-year-old India Stoker (Mia Wasikowska) early in Park Chan-wook’s English-language debut, “Stoker,” and she regards it passively, intrigued.

There’s a creepy intruder in the Stokers’ handsome, isolated estate, but it’s India’s Uncle Charlie (Matthew Goode), whose existence India was unaware of until he arrived following the death of her father (Dermot Mulroney) in a mysterious car accident. Dashing, cultured and oozing melodramatic evil, he’s an homage to Joseph Cotton’s Uncle Charlie — a murder in a suit jacket at the dinner table — from Alfred Hitchcock’s “Shadow of a Doubt.” Park, the celebrated South Korean filmmaker of stylistic, hyper-violent revenge tales (“Oldboy,” “Lady Vengeance”) has long drawn Hitchcock comparisons.

In “Stoker,” he makes them explicit, with references not just to “Shadow of a Doubt,” but “Psycho” and maybe even “The Birds,” if we can agree that Hitchcock forever owns violent attacks in phone booths. The plot outlines of “Stoker” from the screenplay by Wentworth Miller, a TV actor and star of “Prison Break,” share some of the basics of the nifty “Shadow of a Doubt” and countless other thrillers, but it’s emphatically a Park film. In his first Hollywood movie, there isn’t even a slight dip in his brilliant, colorful compositions (with his usual cinematographer Chung-hoon Chung), his grisly flesh tearing, or his extreme warping of genre.

RATED: R for disturbing violent and sexual content.

RUNNING TIME: 98 minutes.

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

“Oz the Great and Powerful”

This prequel aims for nostalgia in older viewers who grew up on “The Wizard of Oz” and still hold the classic dear while simultaneously enchanting a newer, younger audience. It never really accomplishes either successfully.

An origin story to the groundbreaking 1939 picture, “Oz” can be very pretty but also overlong and repetitive, with a plot that’s more plodding than dazzling. Director Sam Raimi also is trying to find his own balance here between creating a big-budget, 3-D blockbuster and placing his signature stamp of kitschy, darkly humorous horror.

He’s done the lavish CGI thing before, with diminishing results, in the “Spider-Man” trilogy, but here he has the daunting task of doing so while mining an even more treasured pop culture phenomenon. The results are understandably inconsistent. “Oz” features a couple of fun performances, a handful of witty lines, some clever details and spectacular costumes. And it’s all punctuated by a Danny Elfman score that serves as a reminder of how similar this effects-laden extravaganza is to the latter-day (and mediocre) work of Elfman’s frequent collaborator, Tim Burton — specifically, 2010’s “Alice in Wonderland,” also from Disney. At its center is a miscast James Franco, co-star of Raimi’s “Spider-Man” movies, as the circus huckster who becomes the reluctant Wizard of Oz. Mila Kunis, Rachel Weisz and Michelle Williams play the three witches he meets.

RATED: PG for sequences of action and scary images, and brief mild language.

RUNNING TIME: 130 minutes.

ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: Two stars out of four.

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This film image released by FilmDistrict shows Noomi Rapace in a scene from "Dead Man Down."

"Dead Man Down" is lifeless, ludicrous

By JAKE COYLE Associated Press Suspending disbelief is a part of watching most any action film, where bullets fly like birds and mayhem explodes as easily as a shaken soda can. But even in such a contrived movie world, it’s asking far too much for us to accept that Noomi Rapace would be hounded as a “monster” for a little scaring around her left eye.

It’s just one of the many silly leaps of logic taken in the lifeless “Dead Man Down,” a film that brings together two lost souls bent on vengeance. Colin Farrell stars as a brooding gangster, Victor, who’s infiltrated the brutal

gang of Alphonse (Terrence Howard) to avenge the deaths of his wife and daughter.

He’s joined in revenge by Rapace’s Beatrice, who spies him across from a neighboring high-rise, and blackmails him into killing the drunk driver that crashed into her.

I’ve had pimples worse than the marks left on Beatrice’s face, but she’s mad with murderous fury at the blemish and — despite her obvious, unmarred beauty — is chased by rock-throwing kids for her supposed disfigurement. “Dead Man Down” either can’t stomach having its star actress appear actually maimed, or it’s simply too lazy to make Beatrice’s motivations plausible.

It’s the first Hollywood film for Danish

director Niels Arden Oplev, who made the original “The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo,” starring Rapace. “Dead Man Down” starts with vacant sidewalk musings by Victor ’s friend and cohort Darcy (Dominic Cooper), who, while holding his newborn, reflects on how “we’re not meant to be alone.” Deep stuff, indeed.

Alphonse, played with typical velvety suavity by Howard, is receiving mysterious messages that read “you will realize” with fragments of a photograph. He’s starting to panic by lashing out at his best guesses of the source.

Victor is drawn to Beatrice, who lives alone with her mother (Isabelle Huppert). The fine

French actress is bizarrely out of place, and her small role is a bit of awkward farce about her hearing aid and Tupperware.

T h e s c r e e n p l a y b y J . H . Wy m a n (“Fringe”) is squirm-inducing in its preposterous dialogue and haphazard plotting. When Victor and Beatrice go out for dinner (shortly before she corners him about killing her assailant, a scene in which she extravagantly spins Victor ’s car out of control), they describe themselves as if on a Match.com date. They each admit drinking causes them to swear, and then flatly trade two four-letter expletives. The words would be better groaned from the audience.

There are just some movies you've got to miss

By ROBERT GRUBAUGH For The Edge A day after "Oz: The Great & Powerful" wrapped up its $80 million opening weekend, the same weekend that a dark drama called "Dead Man Down" featuring Colin Farrell, Noomi Rapace, and Terrence Howard debuted, I chose to see and review for you, dear reader, a two week-old movie that I feel very strongly that you should not pay good money to see. I am a guiding hand in your movie market consumption - the Ralph Nader of the Box Office, if you will. Skip "21 & Over." It's certainly not as good as "The Hangover." It's not even Weekend at Bernie's. And it's not even momentarily "Dead Poets' Society" which, I kid you not, it

totally tries to rip off in the third act.

So what exactly is "21 & Over" then? It's the latest entry into a recent popular film genre that features many teens doing terrible things. The return on this gamble is attractive to the studios because they are often made for an incredibly low budget and take little effort to market virally. I cite examples of Catfish, Project X, and Chronicle that are fresh in my mind. In this one, high school buddies Miller (Miles Teller) and Casey (Skylar Astin) meet up at the fictional Northern University to lead their buddy JeffChang (Justin Chon) into the land of debauchery for his twentyfirst birthday. One thing I should immediately point out is that when I write JeffChang as one word, it isn't a typo. This is literally how

the role is billed and the character is identified in dialogue, such as "Hey, JeffChang, how's it goin'?" This is just one of many examples of how 21 & Over is a banner headline in lazy moviemaking, like how it references minivans and avoids smart phones.

In 2013, I can't believe that there are college students who have ever ridden in a minivan or that there is one campus in all of America where the coeds are not all crazy addicted to the tiny screens that Apple and Samsung keep pushing on the general public.

During the course of barhopping and bouncer fighting, JeffChang clearly consumes too much alcohol, like the kids you read about that die from alcohol poisoning, and becomes catatonic. The "humor" in this film is the attempt by straight-

laced Casey and barely-functional Miller to get him home in time for his medical school interview the next morning. They do so by avoiding a stampeding buffalo and JeffChang's overbearing father (Francois Chau, Lost's enigmatic Dr. Pierre Chang) and with the help of a flirty sorority girl (Sarah Wright). At times it also includes unfortunate nudity, the worst slow-motion vomit scene you can imagine, and some moderatelyracist statements about Asians and Latinos. You've seen all this before, except for maybe Wright's luminous smile, but I advise that you break the cycle now. There are always better shows to see.

The movies I mentioned earlier don't have much in common, stylistically-speaking, beyond bad attitude and inappropriate themes,

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but I find that offensive enough. I will take a leap here, but compare these current insensitivities with another generational disillusionment: filmmaking in the 1970s was exceptionally violent, full of Jack Nicholson and Robert de Niro doing hateful, hurtful things in some great movies. But their characters, on the whole, were adults and aberrations. They w e re n ' t d e s e n s i t i z i n g a m a s s audience of minors to crass and rude behavior. It makes a movie fan like me a little sick to my stomach.

"21 & Over" runs 108 minutes and is rated R for crude and sexual content, pervasive language, some graphic nudity, drugs, and drinking. I give this film half of one star out of four.

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The Arts Artistic adventures The Babes to appear at the Wildey For over 20 years, the Babes have made their way across the country poking fun at all of life s serious issues. Presenting revues such as "Hormonal Imbalance...A Mood Swinging Musical Revue" and "Diva Nation...Where Music, Laughter & Girlfriends Reign." Now on their way to the Wildey Theatre, the Babes gear up for a performance that is not to be missed. Watch as this fabulous female-folkestra present Mid Life Vices...A Guilt Free Musical Revue, a hilarious celebration of "Whine Women and Song!" Mid Life Vices hysterically journals the lives of this Baby Boomer generation. In Babe fashion, the girls use their musical wacky viewfinder to honor the quirks and habits of men and women who (like the Babes) refuse to act their age! Neener, neener, neener in stunning 4-part harmony!

The Babes, starring Sally Fingerett, Debi Smith, Deidre Flint and Marcy Marker arrive at the Wildey Theatre on Thursday May 9th at 7PM. For tickets and additional information on upcoming Wi l d e y T h e a t re e v e n t s , v i s i t www.wildeytheatre.com or call 618.307.1750 today.

The Art of the Book exhibition opening at Cedarhurst Brave New World: The Art of the Book in the Digital Age examines books on several levels; challenging visitors to consider the cultural and historical values placed on books, the social aspects of reading and how digital media has affected reading, and the book as an art form or art medium for creative expression. Works in the gallery range from rare historical books to altered book sculptures to digital readers.

The exhibition, sponsored by Bill and Sylvia Howard and cosponsored

by Ben and Cyndy Mitchell, St. Mary’s Good Samaritan Hospital, Inc. The Southern Illinoisan and WSIU Public Radio/ WSIU Public Television will be in the Mitchell Museum Main Gallery February 24 through May 5. Admission to the gallery exhibit is $5.00 per person.

Admission is free Tuesday through Sunday for members of Cedarhurst and children 10 and under. Each Thursday, throughout the exhibit, admission is free for all visitors.

An exhibition showcasing works from the Department of Cinema and Photography at SIU-C will open February 24 in the Beal Grand Corridor Gallery at Cedarhurst. The photography exhibition, an annual affair since the early 1990s, is one of many cooperative endeavors between Cedarhurst and Southern Illinois University and features both the works of talented students as well as art from the department’s faculty and staff.

Pocketful of Posies: Salley Mavor sponsored by Kevin and Cheryl Settle and cosponsored by Bill and Barbara Beck and Crossroads Community Hospital will be the featured exhibition in the Beck Family Center Gallery. Mavor ’s fabric relief artwork is an outgrowth of her childhood fascination with handwork. In art school, she left traditional illustration mediums behind, preferring to communicate her ideas with sculptural needlework. She has continued to develop her technique for over

30 years, creating 3-dimentional works of art that tell stories with embroidery and found objects.

An enthusiastic response to the annual Shrode Fine Art & Craft Competition at Cedarhurst Center for the Arts in Mt. Vernon garnered entries from many talented artists in the southern Illinois region.

The exhibit, sponsored by Hunt and Donna Bonan will open to the public on Sunday, February 24 in the Regenhardt Gallery of the Shrode Art Center at Cedarhurst. The juried competition was open to all artists 18 years of age and older living in southern Illinois, south of Interstate 70.

Located on Richview Road in Mt. Vernon, Cedarhurst Center for the Arts is open Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday 1 to 5 p.m. For more information about Cedarhurst call 618.242.1236 or visit www. cedarhurst.org.

Kemper to feature work of Georges Braque In the early 20th century, Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso invented Cubism and shook the foundations of Western art. But in the 1930s, as the rise of fascism brought new urgency to questions of aesthetics and politics—questions that entered mainstream consciousness with Picasso’s Guernica (1937)—Braque’s fractured still lifes and bourgeois interiors remained emphatically inward-looking.

Co-organized by the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum at Washington University in St. Louis and The Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C., the exhibition is also the first to situate Braque’s work within the cultural and political upheavals leading up to, and through, World War II—a period that has been virtually unexplored in scholarship on the artist. aGeorges Braque and the Cubist Still Life, 1928–1945 is curated by Karen K. Butler, assistant curator

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Thursday, March 21 Next To Normal, Washington University South Campus Theatre, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m.

A Chorus Line, Peabody Opera House, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m.

War Horse, Fox Theatre, St. Louis, 1:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.

The Black Rep presents The Whipping Man, Grandel Theatre, St. Louis, 7:00 p.m.

Jeremy Deller: Joy in People Exhibit, Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Runs through April 28.

DDD&G, Edwardsville Arts Center, Edwardsville, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Runs through March 22.

D a Vi n c i M a c h i n e s I I : T h e Australian Exhibition, Bank of America Plaza Building, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Runs through May 31.

Georges Braque and the Cubist Still Life, 1928 - 1945, Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Runs through April 21.

The Rep presents Venus In Fur, Loretto-Hilton Center Browning Mainstage, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m. Runs Through March 24

Friday, March 22 Next To Normal, Washington University South Campus Theatre, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m.

Suddenly Last Summer, SIUE Metcalf Theatre, Edwardsville, 7:30 p.m.

A Chorus Line, Peabody Opera House, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m.

MADCO: Momentum, Touhill Performing Arts Center, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m.

War Horse, Fox Theatre, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m.

The Black Rep presents The Whipping Man, Grandel Theatre, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m.

Jeremy Deller: Joy in People Exhibit, Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Runs through April 28.

DDD&G, Edwardsville Arts Center, Edwardsville, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

New Media Series–William E. Jones: Killed, St. Louis Art Museum,

St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Runs through April 28.

PaperWork In, On, and Of Paper VI, Foundry Art Centre, St. Charles, 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Edward Curtis: Visions of Native America, St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Runs through June 16.

DaVinci Machines II: The Australian Exhibition, Bank of America Plaza Building, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Runs through May 31.

Georges Braque and the Cubist Still Life, 1928 - 1945, Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., Runs through April 21.

The Rep presents Venus In Fur, Loretto-Hilton Center Browning Mainstage, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m. Runs Through March 24

Saturday, March 23 Next To Normal, Washington University South Campus Theatre,

St. Louis, 8:00 p.m.

If I Can't Be A Soldier, Missouri History Museum Theater - Forest Park, St. Louis, 2:30 p.m.

Suddenly Last Summer, SIUE Metcalf Theatre, Edwardsville, 7:30 p.m.

A Chorus Line, Peabody Opera House, St. Louis, 2:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.

MADCO: Momentum, Touhill Performing Arts Center, St. Louis, 2:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.

War Horse, Fox Theatre, St. Louis, 2:00 p.m.

The Black Rep presents The Whipping Man, Grandel Theatre, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m.

Jeremy Deller: Joy in People Exhibit, Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Runs through April 28.

New Media Series–William E. Jones: Killed, St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through April 28.

Edward Curtis: Visions of Native America, St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through June 16.

The Progress of Love, Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through April 20.

DaVinci Machines II: The Australian Exhibition, Bank of America Plaza Building, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Runs through May 31.

Georges Braque and the Cubist Still Life, 1928 - 1945, Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Runs through April 21.

The Rep presents Venus In Fur, Loretto-Hilton Center Browning Mainstage, St. Louis, 5:00 p.m. Runs Through March 24

Sunday, March 24 Suddenly Last Summer, SIUE Metcalf Theatre, Edwardsville, 2:00 p.m.

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Cast member of "A Chorus Line" describes what it's like to perform

By KRISTA WILKINSON-MIDGLEY Of The Edge A trip to the theater to see the latest Broadway musical is, for most of us, a special treat. We get dressed up, maybe have dinner somewhere before or after the show and for a few hours during the evening allow ourselves to get lost in a make believe world. A world filled with wonderful music, glitzy costumes and memorable characters.

But what about the actors who make it all come alive? Who are they? Where do they come from and what are their lives like off stage?

“A Chorus Line,” which opens at the Peabody Opera House tonight, March 21 and runs through Saturday, March 23, attempts to answer those questions by providing a glimpse of what life is really like for the hundreds of young people who put it all on the line for the chance at a career in showbiz.

The Pulitzer Prize and Tony Awardwinning musical tells the story of 17 young dancers who attend an audition for a spot in the chorus of an upcoming new Broadway musical. Zach, the director, questions them not just about their previous training and experience, but also about their dreams and desires. One by one, they open up and begin to share about their lives.

It is a story that Kaitlin Niewoehner knows all too well.

The Mizzou grad moved to New York City after graduation to pursue dancing and acting opportunities. “’A Chorus Line’ so perfectly breaks the bonds of musical theater,” says Niewoehner. “It’s about people who need a job, who have families to support…I think as performers, we’re very proud to tell the stories that we tell.”

Niewoehner spent her first 14 years growing up in Columbia, Mo. Then her family moved to Alaska although Missouri, she says, still feels like home in a lot of ways.

She spent nine years competing in gymnastics before switching to dance at age 14. Later, she attended Stephens College and studied ballet with the Missouri Contemporary Ballet while also pursuing a degree

in architecture from the University of Missouri. However, it was dance that captured her heart.

“When I started dancing in high school, I knew that dancing was the thing that I loved to do the most, but I just had no clue what I could do with that love,” she says.

Ironically, it was an audition for a production of “A Chorus Line” during the summer of 2009 that

put her on the path to a career in musical theater.

“For a long time, since I had been trained in dance, I didn’t think I could do musical theater.

I thought it was too late, I would never get hired or cast in anything even though I had been singing my whole life but never in the context of musical theater,” says Niewoehner.

That summer she took part

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in a summer program through Stephens College where one of her instructors, Michael Gorman, was busy putting together a new production of “A Chorus Line.”

“He invited me to the national tour auditions of ‘A Chorus Line’ in 2009. So I just left school for a week and gave it a try,” she says.

She didn’t get cast that time, but the experience made her realize that she belonged in musical theater. In this production, Niewoehner is cast in the swing role playing the characters of Val, Bebe, Kristine, Judy, Maggie and Sheila.

Despite her success, Niewoehner admits to feeling a little nervous when she’s asked to sing rather than dance.

“My knees still knock every time I go for a vocal audition,” she says with a laugh.

“A Chorus Line” thrilled audiences and critics alike with its frank depiction of life on the line from the moment it first opened at the Public Theater’s Newman Theatre on May 21, 1975. For 28 years, the show held the title as the longest-running American musical in Broadway history until “Chicago” surpassed it in 2011. The show returned to Broadway in 2006.

See “A Chorus Line” at 8 p.m. on March 21, 22 and 23 at the Peabody Opera House, 1400 Market St. in downtown St. Louis.

Tickets are $22 to $92 and can be purchased online for all of our events through Ticketmaster.com or through Ticketmaster's automated phone line, 24 hours a day 7 days a week at 800-745-3000.

For more information about “A Chorus Line” or other upcoming shows, visit www. peabodyoperahouse.com.

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The Arts One of the region's longest-running shows returns on April 7

By KRISTA WILKINSON-MIDGLEY Of The Edge

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ou know spring must be here when the daffodils bloom, the days get longer and the annual Spring Art Fair at Queeny Park returns.

Presented by the Greater St. Louis Art Association, this year’s art fair will take place Friday, April 5 through Sunday, April 7 at the Greensfelder Recreation Center in Queeny Park, 550 Weidman Road in Ballwin, Mo. The venue is indoor and air-conditioned, ensuring visitors won’t have to worry about an unpredictable spring shower putting a damper on the event.

The GSLAA hosts two art fairs every year, one in the spring and again in the fall. Together, they represent two of the most reputable and longest-running juried art fairs in the bi-state region where visitors can view and purchase original works of fine art and craft directly from the artists who create them.

At this year’s spring show, approximately 130 juried artists from around the St. Louis region and the United States will be in attendance. Visitors can browse beautiful works of art in a variety of mediums, including ceramics, drawing, painting, photography, jewelry, printmaking, digital art, glass, mixed media, fiber, sculpture, wood and more.

The show will be judged by a nationally-renowned panel, which will award more than $4,500 in cash and prizes.

“We are so proud of the near 40-year history of this art fair,” said Steve Grzyb, newly elected president of GSLAA in a news release. He went on to state that he believes both the quality of the work on show and the personal connection visitors make with the artists is what keeps people coming back year after year. “They not only bring home a one-of-akind piece of art, but the story that goes with it,” he stated.

The show is also a great way for families to spend a fun day out.

From noon to 4 p.m. on Sunday, children can explore the Art Discovery Adventure. The goal of this program is to help children better appreciate the art they see at the show and to understand that is has been created by the artists they meet there. They will also get the

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A view of a previous art show at Queeny Park. chance to try their hand at creating their own works of art.

Other activities will include: • Wine tastings by Three Squirrels Winery from 6 to 9 p.m. Friday; 4 to 6 p.m. Saturday; and noon to 4 p.m. Sunday • Two art raffles and three $100 drawings (1 and 5 p.m. Saturday and 3 p.m. Sunday) for “art dollars” that can be spent at any artist’s booth; • Food concessions available for purchase throughout the show.

Admission is $5 at the door and free to those 18 and under. Proceeds from the $5 admission and the artists’ booth fees go to GSLAA’s Art Scholarship Fund and help cover show expenses.

St. Louis-area high school seniors are eligible to apply for the art education scholarship, which is sent directly to the college of his or her choice. Four scholarship winners will be awarded and have their work displayed at the Spring Art Fair at Queeny Park. Additional

donations for the scholarship fund are welcomed at the admission gate.

Parking is free. Tickets are valid for all three days of the Art Fair at Queeny Park.

Hours are: 6 to 9 p.m. Friday, April 5; 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, April 6 and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Sunday, April 7.

Dollar-off coupons are available from the GSLAA website, www. gslaa.org, and the show website, www.ArtFairAtQueenyPark.com.

Guests will have the opportunity to sign the guest book to receive future announcements and discount coupons.

Visit www.ArtFairAtQueenyPark. com or contact co-chairs Vic Barr (314) 997-1181; Maggie McCarthy at (636) 724-5968; or Lee Richards at (636) 584-5414, for more information about the Art Fair at Queeny Park.

Visit www.gslaa.org for more information about GSLAA. The Art Fair at Queeny Park can also be found on Facebook.

Schmidt Art Center to host up-and-coming talent Get your first look at some of the area’s up-andcoming artistic talents when the William and Florence Schmidt Art Center at Southwestern Illinois College’s Belleville Campus, 2500 Carlyle Ave., hosts its annual High School Student Art Exhibition.

The exhibition kicks off Thursday, March 21 with a 6-8 p.m. opening reception. The award ceremony begins at 7 p.m. Students present artwork created from a variety of media, including paint, photography, clay, mixed media, graphite, charcoal and more. SWIC adjunct instructor Denise Schilling and Dawn Schuck will judge the exhibition. Sixteen awards will be

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Sponsors of those awards include American Frame & Art Supply, the Artisan Guild of Southern Illinois, the Gateway East Artist Guild, the Kiwanis Club, Midwest Salute To The Arts and Ron Isom.

In addition to the SWIC awards presentation, the winners of the 12th Congressional District High School Art Competition will be announced during the evening.

If you can’t make it to the opening reception, you’re in luck. The High School Student Art Exhibition will be on display through Thursday, April 4.

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The center is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Wednesday; 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., Thursday; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Friday; and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday. The center is closed on Sunday and will be closed Monday, March 11 through Sunday, March 17 for the college’s Spring Break.

The Schmidt will also be a place for great music this month. The Music department will present the SWIC Chamber Singers at 7 p.m., Tuesday, March 26 and the SWIC Student Recital at 3 p.m., Wednesday, March 27.

For more information, call 618-222-5ART (5278) or visit swic.edu/sac.

Dining Delights The perfect dessert for an Easter dinner

By KRISTA WILKINSON-MIDGLEY Of The Edge Plan the perfect Easter brunch, Mother’s Day tea or elegant bridal shower luncheon by serving a selection of decadent cheesecake desserts. Cheesecake is always a real crowd pleaser and it’s easy to see why. This versatile dessert can be dressed up with rich chocolate and caramel or stripped down and served with a light fruit topping.

The flavor possibilities are endless.

So let your culinary creativity shine and whip up one of these mouth-watering recipes from the Philadelphia Cream Cheese Kitchen at your next spring gathering.

Not an expert baker? Don’t let the thought of making a cheesecake intimidate you. While the luscious taste may seem like it can only be made by a professional, baking a cheesecake at home is really quite simple with the right ingredients and methods. To ensure your cheesecake looks and tastes picture perfect, try these fool-proof tips from the chefs in the Philadelphia Cream Cheese Kitchen: • Prep it Right: Set out ingredients about 10 minutes before baking to work with them at room temperature. Allow your oven to preheat while preparing your filling.

• Be Gentle: Do not over-beat.

Over-stirring can add too much air into the batter, which can cause cheesecake to crack. Beat in eggs, one at time, on low speed until just blended.

• Practice Patience: Don’t peek!

Opening the oven door while cheesecake is baking causes drafts that may lead to cracking.

• Loosen Up: Another way to prevent cracking is to immediately run a knife around the edge of the cheesecake after baking to loosen it

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Philadelphia Mini Cheesecakes Prep: 20 min Total time: 3 hrs 20 min (including refrigerating) Makes: 18 servings Ingredients: 1 cup graham cracker crumbs 3/4 cup plus 2 Tbsp sugar, divided 3 Tbsp butter or margarine, melted 3 packages (8 oz each) cream cheese, softened 1 tsp vanilla

3 eggs 1 cup whipping cream 2 cups blueberries 1 Tbsp lemon zest Directions: Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Mix graham crumbs, 2 Tbsp. sugar and butter; press onto bottoms of 18 paper-lined muffin pan cups. Beat cream cheese, remaining sugar and vanilla with mixer until blended.

Add eggs, one at a time, mixing on low speed after each just until

blended. Pour over crusts. Bake 25 to 30 min. or until centers are almost set. Cool completely. Refrigerate two hours.

Beat whipping cream with mixer on high speed until stiff peaks form; spread gently onto cheesecakes. Top with blueberries and lemon zest. * Variation: Omit the whipping cream, blueberries and lemon zest.

Bake and refrigerate cheesecakes as directed. Spread evenly with 1/3 cup strawberry jam. Garnish with fresh strawberry halves and mint sprigs.

Or, spread each cheesecake with 2 Tbsp. milk chocolate, then top with 1 tsp. flaked coconut.

Philadelphia Blueberry Swirl Cheesecake Prep: 15 min Total: 5 hours Servings: 16 Ingredients: 1 cup graham cracker crumbs 1 cup plus 3 Tbsp. sugar, divided 3 Tbsp. butter or margarine, melted 4 pkg. (8 oz. each) cream cheese, softened 1 tsp. vanilla 1 cup sour cream 4 eggs 2 cups fresh or thawed frozen blueberries Directions: Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Mix crumbs, 3 Tbsp. of the sugar and the butter. Press firmly onto bottom of foil-lined 13x9-inch baking pan. Bake 10 min. Beat cream cheese, remaining 1 cup sugar and the vanilla in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended. Add sour cream; mix well. Add eggs, one at a time, beating on low speed after each addition just until blended. Pour over crust. Puree the blueberries in a blender or food processor. Gently drop spoonfuls of the pureed blueberries over batter;

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cut through batter several times with knife for marble effect. Bake 45 min. or until center is almost set; cool. Cover and refrigerate at least 4 hours before serving. Store leftover cheesecake in refrigerator.

Honey & Lemon Cheesecake Prep Time: 30 min.

Total Time: 6 hours 50 min. (incl. refrigerating) Makes: 16 servings 1 pkg. (5.25 oz) sugar cookies, finely crushed (about 11⁄2 cups) 1 Tbsp. butter or margarine, melted 4 pkg. (8 oz. each) cream cheese, softened 1/2 cup sugar 3/4 cup honey, divided 2 tsp. vanilla 1 Tbsp. zest and 2 Tbsp. juice from 1 lemon 4 eggs 1/4 cup whipping cream Directions: Preheat oven to 300 degrees F. Mix cookie crumbs and butter until blended; press onto bottom of 9-inch springform pan. Bake 10 min. Beat cream cheese, sugar, 1/2 cup honey, vanilla, lemon zest and juice with mixer until blended. Add eggs, 1 at a time, mixing on low speed after each just until blended. Pour over crust. Bake 1 hour 15 min. to 1 hour 20 min. or until center is almost set. Run knife around rim of pan to loosen cake; cool before removing rim. Refrigerate cheesecake 4 hours.

Cook remaining honey and cream in saucepan on medium heat 6 to 8 min. or until thickened, stirring constantly.

Cool 5 min.; pour over cheesecake.

Special Extra: Garnish with 1/2 cup fresh blackberries just before serving.

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Dining Delights An oyster recipe from the Emerald Isle

By SARA MOULTON Associated Press In honor of St. Patrick’s Day I have packed four Irish ingredients into one tasty little appetizer — oysters, cabbage, Guinness stout and Colman’s Mustard.

What’s that? The skeptics among you are claiming that fully half of those ingredients — the oysters and Colman’s — are ringers?

Not so. And here’s why.

In search of inspiration for this recipe, I dove into a shelf’s worth of Irish cookbooks.

Much to my surprise, oysters kept bobbing to the surface. So I concluded that the Irish love oysters. Unfortunately, they tend to love them most when they’re swimming in cream, a fate to which I would never consign them.

Here in America we like our oysters fried.

But I no more intended to fry these guys than to bathe them in cream. Not only is deepfrying unhealthy, it’s also messy and far too

much trouble.

As I continued to pore over my Irish cookbooks, I noticed that Guinness stout appeared as an ingredient nearly as often as oysters. and suddenly inspiration hit.

When it comes to frying, my favorite batter is made with beer. Why not batter my oysters with Guinness (and a bit of flour, of course), then saute them, rather than fry them?

Beer brings two wonderful qualities to a

batter — bubbles (which make the batter light) and alcohol (which amplifies flavor even if you don’t taste the alcohol itself).

What I love about Colman’s is that it’s seriously hot, very reminiscent in its tearinducing, nasal-cleansing potency of the equally scorching Chinese mustard many of us love. I added a generous dollop of the stuff to a combo of mayo and Greek yogurt, along with some chopped pickles.

See "OYSTERS" on Page 23

Holy Week Maundy Thursday, March 28th • 7 pm Holy Eucharist & Stripping of the Altar

Good Friday, March 29th • 7 pm Liturgy of Good Friday

Holy Saturday, March 30th • 7 pm The Great Vigil of Easter & First Eucharist of Easter

Palm Sunday Worship Saturday, March 23, 5:30 p.m. - Sunday, March 24, 8:00 a.m. Traditional Sunday, March 24, 10:30 a.m. Contemporary Maundy Thursday - March 28, 10:00 a.m. & 7:00 p.m.

Good Friday - March 29, Noon - 7 pm Tenebrae Easter Saturday, March 30, 5:30 p.m. - Easter Vigil Easter Sunday, March 31 6:30 a.m. Easter Sunrise - 8:30 a.m. Traditional 10:30 a.m. Contemporary - Easter Breakfast 7:30-10:30 a.m.

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St. Boniface Catholic Church 110 North Buchanan Street Edwardsville, IL • (618) 656-6450 www.st-boniface.com

Holy Week Services Holy Thursday 7:00 PM Good Friday Service 3:00 PM Stations of the Cross 6:00 PM Easter Vigil (Saturday) 7:00 PM Easter Sunday 8:15 AM & 10:15 AM There will be no evening Mass on Easter Sunday

Weekend Mass Schedule (excluding Holidays) Saturday - 4:15 PM, Hispanic Mass - 6:15 PM Sunday - 8:15 AM, 10:15 AM & 5:15 PM

All Are Welcome

Dining Delights Oysters Continued from Page 22

The only thing missing now was a nod to one of Ireland’s favorite vegetables after the potato, namely cabbage. So I topped this appetizer with a tidy little mix of shredded cabbage and carrots, tossed simply with cider vinegar, sugar and salt. The acid in this topping provides a tangy counterbalance to the breaded oyster with its creamy sauce. The whole concoction came together very nicely. A true ode to Ireland.

“Fried” Guinness Battered Oysters with

Mustard Pickle Sauce Start to finish: 1 hour (30 minutes active) Servings: 4 1/2 to 3/4 cup Guinness Stout 1/2 cup all-purpose flour, plus extra for dusting the oysters Kosher salt and ground black pepper 2 tablespoons low-fat mayonnaise 2 tablespoons plain Greek yogurt 1 1/2 tablespoons finely chopped cornichons or dill pickle 1/2 teaspoon prepared Colman Mustard (or the mustard of your choice) 3/4 cup coarsely shredded carrots 3/4 cup finely shredded cabbage (preferably savoy or Napa) 1 1/2 tablespoons cider vinegar

Hefty pinch of granulated sugar 1 tablespoon vegetable oil 12 oysters, shucked, reserving the bottom (curvier) shell to serve In a medium bowl, whisk together 1/2 cup of the Guinness, 1/2 cup flour and 1/4 teaspoon salt.

The batter should have the consistency of a thick pancake batter. If it is thicker than that, add additional beer. Let the batter rest for 30 minutes.

Meanwhile, in a small bowl, whisk together the mayonnaise, yogurt, cornichons or pickle and mustard. Season with salt and pepper.

In another small bowl, toss together the carrots, cabbage, vinegar, sugar and a hefty pinch of salt.

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In a large nonstick skillet over medium, heat the oil. Dip the oysters in the additional flour to coat them on all sides. Transfer the coated oyster to a strainer to shake gently to remove excess flour.

Add the coated oysters to the beer batter.

Lift them from the batter, letting the excess batter drip off, then add them to the skillet.

Cook until they are golden, about 2 minutes per side, then transfer them to paper towels to drain.

To serve, put the oysters in the reserved shells, then top each with a bit of the mustard sauce and some of the carrot mixture. Serve either on a platter as hors d’oeuvres, or divide between 4 serving plates.

Serve immediately.

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9:00am • Traditional Service 11:00am • Contemporary Service Rev. Sheryl Palmer, Pastor www.thenewstjohns.com

Holy Thursday - 7:00 pm Good Friday - 7:00 pm Easter Vigil, 7:00 pm Easter Morning 8:00 am and 10:30 am (No 5:00 pm Lifeteen Mass)

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First Presbyterian Church “Edwardsville’s First Congregation” Palm Sunday, March 24, 2013

Musical performances at 8:30 and 10:45 a.m.

“Return to Me” written text by: Terry W. York, Music by: Taylor Scott Davis Performed by the Chancel Choir

Maundy Thursday, March 28, 2013 at 7:30 p.m.

Easter Sunday, April 8, 2012

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Eden United Church of Christ invites the community to join us on Sunday mornings as we connect with God and each other.

HOLY WEEK SCHEDULE Thursday, March 28th - 7:00 PM Maundy Thursday Communion Service

Friday, March 29th - 7:00 PM

EASTER SUNDAY WORSHIP SERVICES

Good Friday Service

Easter Sunday, March 31st

Sunrise Service at 6:30 a.m. at Woodlawn Cemetery in Edwardsville

8:00 AM - Traditional Worship 9:15 AM - Sunday School for all ages & coffee hour 10:30 AM - Contemporary Worship

8:30 a.m. Early Service 10:45 a.m. Late Service

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Sunrise Service - 6:30 a.m.

Worship Services 8:00, 9:00 and 10:30 a.m.

Please call or email: info@eden-ucc.org for more information or visit our website.

Dennis D. Price, Pastor www.troyumc.org

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The Tom Sawyer cruises away from the St. Louis riverfront.

Rolling on the river

Tom Sawyer and Becky Thatcher will once again be cruising the Mississippi

By KRISTA WILKINSON-MIDGLEY Of The Edge

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magine chugging slowly along the Mighty Mississippi aboard a 19th century paddlewheel steamboat just like a character in a Mark Twain novel. Stand on the top deck and feel the wind in your hair as you watch the St. Louis skyline roll by all while listening to your captain describe the city’s famous landmarks and rich history.

Take a journey back to a time when steamboats ruled the Mississippi River with a cruise on one of Gateway Arch Riverboats this spring. Step aboard the Tom Sawyer or Becky Thatcher, two 19th century replica paddle boats, to find out what life may have been like along the St. Louis riverfront during the early 1800s and see some of the best views of the city.

Daily sightseeing cruises along the river are now taking place. Boats leave from the cobblestone levee below the Gateway Arch, and the vessel’s captain narrates the hourlong cruises, providing insight on the landmarks, architecture and rich history of St. Louis. A ranger from the National Park Service also joins the cruises to discuss how the river affects and benefits the surrounding city.

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One-hour sightseeing cruise admission is $14 for adults, $8 for children ages 3 through 15, and free for kids under three.

During the 2013 season, guests can save $4 off the cost of their sightseeing cruise with the purchase a “Captain’s Combo.” This special combo deal offers a sightseeing cruise ticket and a “Journey to the Top” of the Arch ticket for one low price of $20 for adults and $10 for children.

Looking for a way to celebrate a special event or just enjoy a romantic and unique date night? Then check out a Skyline Dinner Cruise. Guests enjoying one of these special cruises will dine on dishes like prime rib, chicken champagne, Alaskan Pollack, and vegetarian manicotti, while taking in magnificent views of the St. Louis skyline at night. During dinner, live musicians will provide entertainment in the form of riverboatstyle jazz.

Skyline Dinner Cruises begin April 5 and run through October. Reservations are required. Group rates are available, as are private charter cruises. Standard admission for adults is $42 per person and $20 for children ages 3 through 12.

Children under age three are free.

Throughout the 2013 season, area residents can also take part in a variety of specialty riverboat cruises. The Blues Cruise gives guests the chance to experience the sounds of live blues music while cruising down the Mississippi River and taking in the St. Louis skyline. Kicking off June 20, this year’s Blues Cruise talent lineup will feature the sounds of Jeremiah

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Johnson and the Sliders, Big George, the Soulard Blues Band, the Oliver Sain Revue and Billy Peek.

On the Sunday Brunch Cruise, guests can relax as they take in the beautiful views while enjoying the delights of an extensive brunch buffet. The menu includes: cheese blintzes, French toast, sausage, scrambled eggs and/or scrambled cheese eggs, stuffed chicken breast, two seasonal vegetables, two pastas, fresh rolls and butter, tossed salad, fruit salad, shrimp cocktail and assorted cakes. To drink, choose from carafes of orange juice, milk or chocolate milk, coffee and iced tea. Live Dixieland jazz music will accompany your meal.

Admission is $38 for adults and $18 for children ages 3 through 12. Brunch dates for 2013 are: March 31 (Easter,) May 12 (Mother’s Day,) June 16 (Father’s Day,) July 14, Aug. 11 and Sept. 8.

For a complete list of 2013 specialty cruises and ticket information, visit gatewayarch.com.

Reservations for any of these cruises can be made by calling 1-877-982-1410 or by visiting ticketsforthearch.com. A list of cruise dates is also available online at gatewayarch.com.

The Old Courthouse and the Gateway Arch are part of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, located on the riverfront in downtown St. Louis. The Old Courthouse is open daily from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., with the exception of Thanksgiving, Christmas Day and New Year’s Day.

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MINUTES AWAY FROM tranquility. Irresistible split bedroom ranch.

Come see something different! $289,000 Edwardsville PR101012 BETSY BUTLER (618) 972-2225

LUXURY UPGRADES ON ALL 3 levels. Newer granite countertops & appliances, large living room with fireplace & finished LL with additional kitchen.

NEW LISTING NEW LISTING NEW LISTING NEW LISTING

ROOM FOR EVERYONE! 2 fireplaces, 2 kitchens, new carpet & fresh paint on main level.

$279,900 Edwardsville PR101002 SHEILA COX (618) 593-7355

$235,000 Edwardsville PR101008 NORMA LINCK (618) 444-8733

LARGE BI-LEVEL in Troy has just received major updates and improvements!

OPEN & INVITING floor plan. FInished walkout LL, many updates, large yard. $200,000 Edwardsville PR101007 MICHELLE HEINLEIN (618) 781-2322

$174,900 Troy PR101003 WES WAGNER (618) 530-3941

LARGE FENCED BACKYARD & 2 tier dec with updated house & wood floors.

Must see! $158,000 Glen Carbon PR101009 CAROLYN KOESTER (618) 791-6712

CONGRATULATIONS OPEN HOUSE SUN, MAR 24, 1-3 PM OPEN HOUSE SUN, MAR 24, 1-3 PM OPEN HOUSE SUN, MAR 24, 1-3 PM OPEN HOUSE SUN, MAR 24, 1-3 PM OPEN HOUSE SUN, MAR 24, 1-3 PM CAROLYN KOESTER (618) 791-6712 A COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE has made this Associate a leader in the real estate market.

7008 Alston Court, Edwardsville $469,900 OPEN SUN. 1-3 PM SANDIE LAMANTIA (618) 978-2384

74 Sunset Hills Drive, Edwardsville $349,900 OPEN SUN. 1-3 PM KAREN MENENDEZ (618) 781-0546

411 Alderwood Court, Edwardsville $279,900 OPEN SUN. 1-3 PM KARLA BURK (618) 593-2935

3171 Birmingham Drive, Glen Carbon $279,900 OPEN SUN. 1-3 PM SANDIE LAMANTIA (618) 978-2384

107 Reagan Drive, Troy $236,900 OPEN SUN. 1-3 PM DIANE REIGER (618) 806-8750

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Edwardsville 1012 Plummer Dr.

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623 Brentmoor Drive, Troy $190,000 OPEN SUN. 1-3 PM BARRY MAULDEN (618) 779-4755

186 Holiday Drive, Edwardsville $189,900 OPEN SUN. 1-3 PM JUDINE LUX (618) 531-0488

19 Glendale Drive, Glen Carbon $165,000 OPEN SUN. 1-3 PM NORMA LINCK (618) 444-8733

IMPRESSIVE! 6BR/5BA, 1.5 story home. Beautiful views of Sunset Hills Golf Course. $524,500 Edwardsville PR100704

LIVE THE LIFE OF Luxury overlooking the 13th green.

6BR/6BA, 3 fireplaces. $945,000 Edwardsville PR100775

LOCATION, LOCATION Location! This home has it ALL. Size, Style & Location! $425,000 Glen Carbon PR100743

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CUSTOM BUILT BRICK HOME 4 bedrooms, 3 baths. Like new, full finished basement, oversized 3 car garage. $419,000 Edwardsville PR100709

ATRIUM RANCH, 4 bedroom, 3.5 baths, family room with wet bar. $374,880 Glen Carbon PR100166

WOODED BACKYARD, ATRIUM in cul-de-sac. 4BR, 3 BA, open floor plan, walkout, neutral colors. $285,000 Edwardsville PR100710

DELIGHTFUL 2 STORY on cul-de-sac. Spacious great room, well planned kitchen & finished LL. $267,000 Edwardsville PR100765

BETTER THAN NEW! Open floor plan, party deck 12x34, new roof, 3 car garage. $234,000 Glen Carbon PR100297

FRESH & UPDATED HOME on private, wooded lot. 4BR/3BA, spacious & open w/finished LL. Multi-level deck & fenced yard. $224,900 Glen Carbon PR100756

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NEW FLOOR PLAN distinguishes this new 1 story home offering a charming front porch. $219,900 Glen Carbon PR9110

HARDWOOD FLOORS, UPDATED kitchen with SS, main floor family room with fireplace, 2 car garage & new roof. $200,000 Edwardsville PR100603

UNIQUE CONTEMPORARY STYLE has wooded walkout lot, spacious vaulted great room & remodeled kitchen. $198,500 Troy PR100409

READY FOR MY CLOSE UP! 3BR/2BA bungalow. Fabulous finishes & updates. Corner lot. $159,900 Edwardsville PR100722

MOVE IN READY! 2BR/1BA, nice eat in kitchen, updated bath, full basement. $114,900 Edwardsville PR100757

GREAT OPPORTUNITY at a great price! 3 bedroom, 1 bath, many updates. Edwardsville schools. $66,900 Edwardsville PR100768

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BROWN REALTORS

2205 S. State Route 157 • Edwardsville

(618)656-2278 (800)338-3401

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Each Office Independently Owned and Operated

Thursday, March 21, 2013

EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY

OPEN HOUSE Scan the QR-code using your mobile device to view Open Houses near you!

Open Sunday 1:00 - 3:00 Hosting Agent: Kelly May 1028 Hawkridge Run, Belleville $264,900 Fabulous 2 story home, perfect for your growing family!

Open Sunday 1:00 - 3:00 Hosting Agent: Donna Hart 1505 McCoy Dr., Edwardsville $215,000 Attractive 2 story! Spacious BRs! Convenient location!

Open Sunday 1:00 - 3:00 Hosting Agent: Cindy Driesner 3813 N. Arbor Lake Dr., Edw. $575,000 Stunning 5BR/5BA executive home in Arbor Lakes!

Open Sunday 1:00 - 3:00 Hosting Agent: Stan Groppel 9 Lakeview, Brighton $369,900 Stunning Lakefront Home!

Open Sunday 1:00 - 3:00 Hosting Agent: Janet Urbanek 303 Thomas Terrace, Edwardsville $340,000 5BR/3BA lakefront home with open floor plan.

Open Sunday 1:00 - 3:00 Hosting Agent: Linda Shaffer 8925 Wheat Drive, Troy $304,900 1.5 story, 4BR/3BA home with 3 car garage.

Open Sunday 12:00 - 2:00 Hosting Agent: Stan Pontius 5729 Old Alton Edwardsville Rd., Edw. $195,000 Historic 3BR/2BA on 2+/- acres.

Open Sunday 1:00 - 3:00 Hosting Agent: Linda Mitchell 20 Jason Dr., Glen Carbon $189,900 Close to bike trail, YMCA, and the two new schools.

Open Sunday 1:00 -3:00 Hosting Agent: Sook Hee Hensiek 187 Holiday Dr., Edwardsville $176,000 Like new immaculate 3BR with lake view.

Open Sunday 1:00 - 3:00 Hosting Agent: Paula Rickey 2475 Center Street, Granite City $72,900 Fabulous house at a fabulous price!

NEW LISTINGS

322 Sherwood Dr., Glen Carbon 5BR/3BA updated ranch. $214,900

1057 Meadow Lake, Maryville A lot of bang for your buck! $200,000

218 E. Market, Troy Updated with overabundance of space. $145,900

3247 Franklin Ave., Granite City Perfect home in the perfect neighborhood. $131,500

512 Oakwood Drive, Troy 2BR/1BA ranch. Fenced yard.

In-ground pool. $129,900

830 N. Kansas, Edwardsville 1 story. 3BR/1BA on wooded double lot. $80,000

10 Fairway, Edwardsville 6BR/5BA 6,000 sq. ft. brick home on golf course. $494,000

7407 Conner Lane, Edwardsville Beautiful 4BR home on 2 acres within minutes of town. $389,900

348 W. Lake, Edwardsville Dunlap Lake. Lakefront. Updated.

Fabulous views. $359,900

108 Poplar Court, Edwardsville Like new spacious 4BR/3BA custom ranch. $299,900

1028 St. Louis St., Edwardsville Fabulous 3BR/3BA home on Historic St. Louis Street! $269,000

439 Country Club View, Edwardsville Spacious Move In Ready Condo.

Great Location! $259,900

1924 Reserve Way, Belleville Like new 3BR/3BA bonus loft space, large closets. $164,900

7227 Renken Road, Dorsey COUNTRY CHARMER! Home on 1.5 acres. $150,000

FEATURED LISTINGS

5 Ginger Bend Court, Glen Carbon Open floor plan.

Great for entertaining! $250,000

3901 Sequoia, Edwardsville Just Like New! Spacious 4BR/3BA 2 story. $247,900

7007 Augusta Drive, Glen Carbon Gorgeous ranch with vaulted ceilings. $234,900

124 Bayfield, Glen Carbon 4BR/3BA Home. Walkout basement. Larger wooded lot. $169,900

135 Woods Mill Dr., Staunton 3BR/2BA located in a quiet subdivision. $137,000

908 Indiana, Collinsville 3BR/2BA bi-level with 2 car garage. $124,900

2259 Woodlawn, Granite City 2 BR full brick on tree lined street. $99,900

963 Whitelaw, Wood River Over 2000 sq. ft. 3BR/2BA & a finished basement. $94,900

2137 Pontoon Road, Granite City Full brick home with 2 car detached garage. $89,900

310 Central, Wood River Updated 3BR/2BA home. All the work has been done! $78,000

Lots & Acreage

2137 Cleveland, Granite City Single family with income potential! $54,000

1230 E. Olive, Staunton Adorable 3 bedroom on corner lot. $35,900

1221 Central, Alton Great potential in spacious 2 story. $19,900

201 S. Jefferson, Jerseyville COMMERCIAL: Well maintained commercial building. $369,000

BROWN REALTORS® Independently Owned and Operated

1801 Nameoki Rd, unit 4-5, Granite City This 6380 SF space was a sports bar & grill & has large open area decorative lighting & a large kitchen. $4253 per month lease

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4 Club Centre, Suite H & I, Edw. This 1600 SF space was formerly a restaurant. $3200/month lease

2771 Rt. 66 Business Park, Edw. All masonry building located off I-270. $595,000

xxx Blackburn Rd., Edwardsville Level 15.58 acres, interstate access. $1,800,000 xxx Blackburn Rd., Edwardsville Level 15.58 acres, interstate access. $1,500,000 111 Bristol Park Ln., Edwardsville Stonebridge lot, adjacent lot available. $125,000

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March 21, 2013

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xxx Old Poag Road, Edwardsville 16 wooded acres just north of SIUE near N. University Drive. $1,046,500

EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY

Vaughn Road @ I-255, East Alton 5.28 Acres - Visible plateau alongside I-255. Great location for hotel, etc. Located in the Tif district. $2,820,000

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xxx North Shore (Lot 12), Edw. 1 acre lot suitable for walk out. $79,900 77 Kingsley Way, Glen Carbon One of the last lots in prestigious Fields Crossing! $62,500 0 North Union, Staunton Almost 3/4 an acre on the edge of town. $25,000

xxx Lakin Blvd & Rock Hill Rd, Wood River 26.92 acres. In TIF district. Credit Union anchors 1 corner & small center at other end. High traffic count. $7,500,000