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Book festival

Event planned in Columbia, Mo.

4 Picking season

Street market begins in Litchfield.

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National Park Week scheduled.

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Whitaker Music Festival Fan favorite returns to MoBOT.

19 "Life"

A mediocre sci-fi thriller.

22 "Dirty Dancing"

Cast announced for Fox performances.

23 At the Fox

2017-18 lineup announced.

Friday April 14___________ • NCAA Women' Gymnastic Championships, Chaifetz Arena, St. Louis • Howlin' Fridays: Jeremiah Johnson, National Blues Museum, St. Louis, 5:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.

• Blaire Hanks, Austin Peckham, The Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

• Six Organs Of Admittance, w/ The May Day Orchestra, Blueberry Hill, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

• Skytown Riot, Pop's, Sauget, Doors 7:00 p.m.

• Go Hard, or Go Home Part 2, Cicero's, University City, Doors 8:00 p.m.

• Devin The Dude, The Ready Room, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

• Gregoire Maret's Inner Voices, Jazz at the Bistro, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.

• Spring at the Sun, The Sun Theater, Grand Center, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.

•#1 in Civil Rights: the African American Freedom Struggle in St. Louis, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m to 5:00 p.m., Runs until March 14, 2018 • Degas, impressionism, and the Paris Millinery Trade, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to

5:00 p.m., Runs until May 7, 2017 • Route 66: Main Street Through St. Louis Exhibit, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs until July 16, 2017

Saturday April 15___________ • Grant's Farm Opening Weekend • All-You-Can-Eat Breakfast with the Easter Bunny, Ikea, St. Louis, 9:0 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.

• NCAA Women' Gymnastic Championships, Chaifetz Arena, St. Louis • Reggie and the Full Effect, The Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 7:30 p.m.

• Graffiti Bridge: A Tribute To Prince, The Pageant, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

• Road to Pointfest 2017 Session 3 Finals, Pop's, Sauget, Doors 6:30 p.m.

• It's The Takeover, Cicero's, University City, Doors 6:30 p.m.

• Emily King, The Ready Room, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

• Gregoire Maret's Inner Voices, Jazz at the Bistro, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.

• Spring at the Sun, The Sun Theater, Grand Center, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.

•#1 in Civil Rights: the African

American Freedom Struggle in St. Louis, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m to 5:00 p.m., Runs until March 14, 2018 • Degas, impressionism, and the Paris Millinery Trade, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs until May 7, 2017 • Route 66: Main Street Through St. Louis Exhibit, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs until July 16, 2017

Sunday April 16___________ • Spring at the Sun, The Sun Theater, Grand Center, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.

•#1 in Civil Rights: the African American Freedom Struggle in St. Louis, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m to 5:00 p.m., Runs until March 14, 2018 • Degas, impressionism, and the Paris Millinery Trade, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs until May 7, 2017 • Route 66: Main Street Through St. Louis Exhibit, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs until July 16, 2017

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For The Edge The second annual Unbound Book Festival, a celebration of the literary arts and the printed word, returns to Columbia the weekend of April 21-22 with a special presentation by Salman Rushdie on Friday evening.

Nearly 40 highly acclaimed wordsmiths from around the country and abroad will convene in Columbia to discuss their work as well as the inner workings of the publishing industry.

The weekend will feature discussions, panels, readings, signings, performances and more, with most events taking place on the historic Stephens College campus near Columbia's downtown. All events are free and open to the public.

According to festival founder Alex George, the idea of a literary festival occurred to him in 2012 while touring the country in support of his celebrated novel, "A Good American." "I thought a book festival was something that Columbia would really get behind. It's no secret that the city is passionate about its festivals, with True/False and Citizen Jane film festivals and the Roots N Blues music festival well established and well loved, but what some might not know is Columbia also is a hyper-literate community," George says. "You have three celebrated universities, lots and lots of book clubs and some really great writers that all live in Columbia, so it felt like the perfect storm."

After putting the idea on the back burner for a couple years to focus on life and his own literary pursuits, George, who also happens to be an attorney as well as an author, felt the time was right to revisit it.

George began asking some trusted colleagues what they thought of the idea of a literature festival.

"Everyone I talked to thought it was a great idea, so with some help, we put together a committee of educators, booksellers, librarians and authors and were able to make it a reality. It has been a wonderfully rewarding venture," George says.

Given the success of the inaugural

Unbound Book Festival, which had just shy of 4,000 attendees, and the strength of the upcoming second installment, George is hopeful of carving out a significant role for this fest.

According to the multi-awardwinning novelist and Columbia resident Laura McHugh, who participated in the inaugural event and who also is slated to be a panelist for 2017, Unbound is unparalleled in its vision and scope in Missouri.

"Having participated in literary e v e n t s a c ro s s t h e c o u n t r y, I am deeply impressed with the Unbound Book Festival, which managed, in its first year, to bring an extraordinary range of literary talent to Columbia and put on a well-organized and wildly popular event," the author of "The Weight of Blood" and "Arrowood" says. "The success of Unbound is a reflection of the meticulous attention to detail in the planning process, the army of dedicated volunteers who help everything run smoothly, and the local community, which embraced the festival and helped bring it to life.

Unbound takes very good care of its authors and attendees, providing an engaging and enriching experience that is accessible to all, and establishing itself as a vibrant pillar

of the Midwestern literary scene."

The 2017 festival begins on Friday, April 21 with a special presentation featuring legendary author Salman Rushdie beginning at 7:30 p.m. at Jesse Auditorium on the University of Missouri campus. Rushdie, a brilliant provocateur, has penned a handful of classic novels, influenced a generation of writers, and received a Queen's Knighthood for his "services to literature." Throughout his storied career, Rushdie, best known for his novels "Midnight's Children" and "The Satanic Verses," has become both a pop culture icon and one of the most thoughtprovoking proponents for free speech today.

Aside from Rushdie, the 2017 e d i t i o n o f U n b o u n d f e a t u re s 38 acclaimed authors, poets, playwrights, illustrators, publishers and more.

"I am thrilled," George says about this year's stable of writers. "They're all amazing. All are of a very highcaliber and absolutely incredible at what they do. We have many New York Times best-selling authors and they are all extremely varied in genre and approach."

Included in the Saturday program are Aliki Barnstone, poet laureate of Missouri; Marie Howe, former poet laureate of New York; Caroline

Leavitt, New York Times best-selling author of "Pictures of You" and "Is This Tomorrow;" Candice Millard, former writer and editor for National Geographic and best-selling author; Will Schwalbe, best-selling author of "The End of Your Life Book Club;" and David Von Drehle, editor-atlarge for TIME magazine, in addition to many other New York Times bestselling authors.

The upcoming event includes seven themed panels: Awake at the Bedside, an exploration of what it means to sit with the dying and then to write about it; Killing It, featuring five of the most talented and exciting women crime writers working today; War Stories, a discussion on the art of writing about war from four very different perspectives and approaches; Inside Publishing, a look at the inner workings of the industry and how to go about getting published; In Dog We Trust, a discussion on the challenges and rewards of writing about dogs across a variety of genres; Writing on Disability, a discourse on finding a common language and writing about various physical and developmental disabilities; and Notes on a Native Son, a look at the legacy and relevancy of the late author and essayist James Baldwin.

In addition, there are eight intimate, one-on-one conversations between writers, covering a varied list of topics, and four special events. A few highlights among the special events are a retelling by famed storyteller Carol Birch of John Steinbeck's seminal "The Grapes of Wrath," a presentation by the University of Missouri Libraries' Special Collections and Rare Books department of two short stories written by Emily BrontĂŤ at the age of 17, and a live performance of the award-winning one-act play, "The Hearing Test," written by Willy Conley.

All panels, conversations and special events take place on Saturday, April 22 on the grounds of the

Stephens College campus, 1200 E. Broadway. Venues range in size from a 330-seat theater to a smaller, more intimate 75-seat parlor. Events run concurrently and begin as early as 10 a.m. and the last events of the day begin at 4 p.m. Admission to all events is free and based on a first-come, first-served basis, so it is strongly suggested attendees show up early to the events of their choice.

Throughout the festival, attendees will have the opportunity to purchase books from the visiting authors and have their books signed.

The Independent Author Fair will be set up in Kimball Ballroom in Lela Raney Wood Hall on the Stephens campus and will be open from 10 a.m. until 5:30 p.m.

The success of the Unbound Book Festival relies heavily upon the work and dedication of over 140 volunteers. "This festival is 100-percent volunteer run," says George. The volunteers do it because it's something they believe in and love. Being a completely free event to attend, George can't reward volunteers with free passes but only a free tee shirt. "They put in these long, crazy hours for only a tee shirt, which just makes them all that much more angelic," George says of the volunteers.

For continually updated details on the 2017 Unbound Book Festival, including a schedule of events, complete list of participating authors, panels, events and festival venues, check back often at www.UnboundBookFestival. com or follow the event on Facebook at www.Facebook.com/ unboundbookfestival.

Visitors interested in attending the festival can find information on lodging, award-winning dining options, additional events, attractions and things to do around Columbia by heading to the Columbia Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB) website at www.

VisitColumbiaMO.com. Or, they can call the CVB at 1-800-652-0987.

The 2017 Unbound Book Festival program includes seven themed panels, eight intimate writer conversations, four special events as well as book signings. Thousands of books will be on sale at the Independent Author Fair in Kimball Ballroom on Saturday, April 22.

Photos courtesy of the Beenders-Walker Group.

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Pictured are scenes from previous Litchfield Pickers Markets.

Picking season begins in Litchfield

For The Edge T h e L i t c h f i e l d To u r i s m O ff i c e a n d Prairie Pickers are excited for the return of the Litchfield Pickers Market in historic downtown Litchfield, IL beginning on the corner of Union Ave./Route 16 and State Street. The opening of the April 9th Market celebrateds the launching of the third season of the Litchfield Pickers Market.

This open air market specializes in all types of antiques, collectibles, vintage items, and refurbished items. The Litchfield Pickers Market is the largest open air pickers market in the area and is located less than 3 miles off of Interstate 55.

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Each month the Litchfield Pickers Market welcomes musicians to perform at the Library Park stage. To make the most of your Pickers Market experience, it is recommended to bring totes, wagons, carts, pick-up trucks, and anything that will help haul all of the great treasures you will find at the Litchfield Pickers Market. There is no cost to enter the market.

With multiple entry points, visitors can park around the perimeter and enter the market. Make sure to stop by the Tourism Information Booth located on State Street in front of the Library and sign our guestbook! At this booth volunteers can supply you Litchfield information, answer questions you may have, and purchase a

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Litchfield Pickers Market t-shirt. Food will be available along State Street located at every intersection. Food vendors and their locations are listed on the Litchfield Pickers website: http://visitlitchfield.com/events/ litchfieldpickersmarket/.

The following roads will be closed on April 9 (and every second Sunday of the Month through October) from 4 AM to 5:30 PM for the Litchfield Pickers Market: State Street from Union Ave./Route 16 to the south entrance of the Brown Shoe Apartments, Monroe Street from Union Ave./Route 16 to Edwards Street, Kirkham Street from Monroe Street to Madison Street, Ryder Street from Monroe Street to Madison Street, Edwards Street from

Monroe Street to Jefferson Street, and Jackson Street will be closed for a Fire Lane. Any vehicles left in these areas during this time, will be towed at the owners expense.

The Litchfield Pickers Market is held every second Sunday of the month, April to October, from 9 AM to 3 PM in Downtown Litchfield, Illinois beginning on the corner of Union Ave./Route 16 and State Street. For more information please follow the “Litchfield Pickers Market� Facebook page or log onto the website: http://visitlitchfield.com/ events/litchfieldpickersmarket/ or call the Litchfield Tourism Office Monday through Friday from 8 AM to 5 PM (calls cannot be answered on the weekends) 217-324-8147.

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The Old Courthouse, part of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial in St. Louis.

National Park Week scheduled

For The Edge The National Park Service invites the public to celebrate 101 years of service during Junior Ranger Day and National Park Week, April 15-23, 2017. Free, family-friendly, interactive programs focusing on national parks will be available at the Old Courthouse, part of Jefferson National Expansion Memorial.

Junior Ranger Programs: Daily, April 15-23 Kids ages 5-15 can earn two limitededition Junior Ranger badges at the Old Courthouse by completing activity booklets for the National Park Service Centennial and the 50th anniversary of the National Historic Preservation Act. A third Junior Ranger badge can be earned at the Gateway Arch.

Happy Birthday, National Park Service!: April 15; 12:00 p.m.

Join park rangers in celebrating 101 years of preservation and protection with a slice of birthday cake (while supplies last).

Junior Ranger Night Explorer Workshop: April 15, 16 & 23; 10:00 a.m.

Kids ages 5-12 and their families can join Ranger Richard to learn more about the night sky. He’ll help them earn the special Junior Ranger Night Explorer Patch that is only available these three days.

A Kids and Family Total Eclipse Primer: April 15, 16, 23; 1:00 p.m.

Ranger Richard will give kids and their families tips on where and how to view this summer's total solar eclipse, the first eclipse visible from the continental United States since 1979 and the first visible from St. Louis since 1442. Kids will receive a free set of eclipse viewing glasses while supplies last.

Henry Chouteau vs. the City of St. Louis Mock Trial: April 15, 16, 22 & 23; 2:00 p.m.

Ever wonder how the Old Courthouse became part of a national park? Abandoned in the 1930s, the Old Courthouse, full of important American stories and history, was dilapidated and in need of preservation.

Visitors will participate in this historic trial that began a chain of events that led to the Old Courthouse becoming the first National Historic Site.

Find Your Park Anywhere: April 15, 16, 22 & 23, 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Where is the closest national park?

Ranger Karen will illustrate the diversity of over 400 sites to prove there is an NPS site for everyone. She will highlight some lesser-known parks and share her passion for national parks with the public. Pick up free park bookmarks, NPS trading cards and more when you stop by her table.

Find Your Park in Missouri: April 15, 16, 22 & 23; 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

Ranger Isaiah highlights the six National Parks in Missouri by using natural objects, artifacts and puppets. Learn surprising things you can discover when you visit these special places, and be inspired to take a road trip within your own state this spring or summer!

Giveaways such as temporary tattoos, stickers and activity sheets are available to participants.

The History of the National Park Service: April 15, 16, 22 & 23; 11:00 a.m. & 3:00 p.m.

W h e n T h e o d o re R o o s e v e l t b e c a m e president in 1906, he went to work preserving America’s national treasures for future generations. In just three years, he established 15 national monuments, including the

Grand Canyon and Petrified Forest, through executive order. Please join Ranger Isaiah as he reveals how presidents and average Americans worked to protect these areas for all Americans to enjoy.

Dress Like a Ranger Selfie Station: Daily, April 15-23 Kids can dress up as park rangers and pose with a life-size cut-out of former Park Ranger President Gerald Ford, work on a national park puzzle, collect stickers and learn about national park stories, icons, and symbols.

Every Kid in a Park Free National Park Pass: Daily, April 15-23 This special initiative gives fourth graders and their families a chance to visit hundreds of America’s special places—including the Gateway Arch!—with the Every Kid in a Park pass. Go to www.everykidinapark.gov before your park visit to print off your voucher. There will also be opportunities at the park for kids with no computer access to earn this pass throughout National Park Week.

ARCH TRAM RIDES SUSPENSION REMINDER Journey to the Top tram rides at the Gateway Arch are temporarily suspended to replace the motor generator sets and upgrade the tram’s electrical system. The Visitor Center, The Arch Store, Monument to the Dream documentary film and riverfront via the Arch Grand Staircase remain available to visitors during this time. Tram rides will resume in spring 2017. Please note: During the temporary suspension of tram operations, entrance to the Arch Visitor Center is free, and tickets are not required.

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PARKING AND ROAD CLOSURES REMINDER A list of downtown St. Louis parking locations within walking distance of the Old Courthouse is available at http:// getaroundstl.com. Metered street parking is also available around the Old Courthouse.

Visitors are encouraged to check www. gatewayarch.com/directions for up-todate information on road detours and construction news before their visit.

FOR MORE INFORMATION Vi s i t w w w. n p s . g o v / j e f f o r w w w. gatewayarch.com; or call 877-982-1410.

Reservations are not required, but large groups should call 314-655-1614 to alert the Old Courthouse of their attendance.

ABOUT: The Gateway Arch and the Old Courthouse are part of Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, located on the riverfront in downtown St. Louis. The Gateway Arch Visitor Center features The Arch Store and Monument to the Dream documentary movie. The Visitor Center is open daily from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the winter. The Old Courthouse, which features restored courtrooms and gallery exhibits about the Dred Scott trials, westward expansion and early St. Louis, is open daily from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The park is closed on Thanksgiving, Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. The Courthouse is located at 11 North Fourth Street, St. Louis, MO 63102.

Programs are free and made possible by t h e g e n e ro u s s u p p o r t f ro m J e ff e r s o n National Parks Association and Bi-State Development.

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People People planner St. Louis Speaker Series set As the St. Louis Speakers Series celebrates its 20th anniversary, it is pre=paring to welcome a stellar lineup of some of today’s most celebrated and influential personalities to take the stage at Powell Hall. Officially kicking off on Oct. 10, and presented b y M a r y v i l l e U n i v e r s i t y, t h e 2017-2018 Series will offer seven evenings of thoughtprovoking discussion and lively entertainment, highlighted by a presentation featuring former President Bill Clinton. The complete list of presenters in order of appearance includes: • Oct. 10, 2017 - David Cameron, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (2010-2016) • Oct. 24, 2017 – Jeffrey Toobin, Supreme Court expert and esteemed legal analyst • Dec. 5, 2017 – Jane Pauley, television journalist and author • Jan. 23, 2018 – Robin Wright, Middle East expert, awardwinning journalist and author • Feb. 20, 2018 – Rick Steves, a u t h o r, t e l e v i s i o n h o s t a n d European travel guide • March 20, 2018 – President Bill Clinton, 42nd president of the United States • May 1, 2018 – Paul Nicklen, award-winning National Geographic photographer Ti c k e t s f o r t h e 2 0 1 7 - 2 0 1 8 St. Louis Speakers Series are available now by visiting www.

StLouisSpeakersSeries.org or by calling 314-534-1700. As in years past, the series is being sold by subscription, with subscribers guaranteed admission to hear all seven dynamic speakers.

Subscriptions for the entire series range from $295 - $435. All presentations will begin at 8 p.m. and each is followed by a spirited Q&A period during which the speaker addresses questions from the audience.

“For the past two decades, Maryville University has been p ro u d t o b r i n g a f a s c i n a t i n g lineup of speakers to St. Louis for each season of the St. Louis Speakers Series, and this upcoming season is no exception,” said Dr. Mark Lombardi, president of Maryville Un i v e r s i t y. “The line up truly represents a unique opportunity to be enlightened, challenged and entertained by some of the world’s most celebrated personalities.”

The 2017-2018 series will get underway with a presentation by David Cameron, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

As the youngest British Prime Minister in two centuries, Cameron led a transformation of the U.K.’s economy through his work to remodel the Conservative Party with a modern, compassionate agenda. In 2016, Cameron resigned following the U.K. vote to leave the European Union.

O n O c t . 2 4 , J e ff re y To o b i n will grace the stage at Powell

Hall. Best known for his books, The Oath and The Nine, which chronicled the inner workings of the Supreme Court, Toobin began his career clerking for a federal judge and later served as an associate counsel to Lawrence Walsh during the Iran-Contra affair and Oliver North’s criminal trial. He has since provided legal analyses on high-profile cases for CNN and The New Yorker. His book on the O.J. Simpson murder case was adapted as a television series, The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story and aired in 2016 as the first season of FX’s American Crime Story, winning numerous Emmy awards.

I n D e c e m b e r, t h e S t . L o u i s Speakers Series will welcome television journalist and author Jane Pauley. Pauley is currently the anchor of CBS Sunday Morning.

She is best known for her 13-year tenure on NBC’s Today, followed by 12 years as co-host of Dateline NBC. Her bestselling memoir, Skywriting: A Life Out of the Blue, made public her diagnosis of bipolar disorder. Pauley also penned a second book titled Your Life Calling: Reimagining the Rest of Your Life.

The Speakers Series will continue in January 2018 with a presentation by Robin Wright. As a joint fellow at the U.S. Institute of Peace and the Woodrow Wilson International School for Scholars, Wright has received numerous a w a rd s f o r h e r re p o r t i n g f o r T h e N e w Yo r k e r a n d o t h e r

publications. She is also the author of many books on the Middle East.

The most recent, titled Rock the Casbah, was named the best book on international affairs by the Overseas Press Club.

Rick Steves will take to the Speakers Series stage in February 2018. In addition to authoring numerous European travel guides, Steves is the host of the public television ser ies R ick Steves’ Europe and a public radio show called Travel with Rick Steves. He advocates for independent travel, encouraging Americans to become “temporary locals” by visiting cozy villages away from popular tourist routes, in addition to seeing major cities.

On March 20, 2018, St. Louis Speakers Series attendees will appreciate the highlight of the season as they hear from former President Bill Clinton. Under Clinton’s leadership as the 42nd President of the United States, the nation enjoyed the strongest economy in a generation and the longest peacetime economic expansion in U.S. history, which featured the creation of more than 22 million jobs.

The 2017-2018 St. Louis Speakers Series will conclude

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

HOLY WEEK SCHEDULE Thursday, April 13 - 7:00 PM

OPEN HOUSE! OPEN HOUSE! Experience the Best Childhood Preparation for Social and Academic Success.

in May 2018 with a presentation b y P a u l N i c k l e n . A n a w a rd winning National Geographic photographer, Nicklen uses his camera to reveal the nature of the changing polar regions due to climate change. His work also includes serving as an interpreter and translator of scientific information about environmental challenges.

Presented by Maryville University, the St. Louis Speakers Series is sponsored by PNC Bank, Nine Network of Public Media, St. Louis Public Radio, the St. Louis Regional Chamber and Polsinelli. Individual speakers are sponsored by the Elizabeth L. Green Charitable Foundation, Emerson, the St. Louis Cardinals, MonetaGroup and Ladue News.

For more information about the 2017-2018 St. Louis S p e a k e r s S e r i e s , v i s i t w w w.

StLouisSpeakersSeries.org.

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People People planner Confluence Tower plans events The following special events are submitted to you for distribution to the public. All events take place at the Lewis & Clark Confluence Tower, 435 Confluence Dr., Hartford, IL (618) 251-9101 Easter Sunrise Service at the Tower Sunday, April 16, 2017 Starting at 7:30am Join Pastor David Fields of the Assembly of God for this annual Easter Sunrise Service. Free and open to the public.

Earth Day Celebration Saturday, April 22, 2017 10:00am to 2:00pm Join local Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts to celebrate Earth Day by making homemade bird feeders.

Treehouse Wildlife Center will also be on hand with resident animals.

Free. There is a charge to tour the Tower.

Yoga & Meditation at the Tower Saturday, May 6, 2017 10:00am to 11:00am Relax and unwind with an instructor from Be Well Now in Godfrey, as they teach a light yoga and meditation class to celebrate National Garden Meditation Day. A few yoga mats will be available to use, but there is limited availability so it is recommended that you bring your own if you have one.

Free. There is a charge to tour the Tower.

Tower Birthday Bash Saturday, May 13, 2017 10:00am to 4:00pm Celebrate the seventh anniversary of the Lewis & Clark Confluence Tower! Cookies and punch will be served to all visitors of the Tower during regular tour hours 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. As an added plus, all Hartford residents, with a valid ID, will receive a free tour of the Tower.

Twilight Thursday Thursday, May 25, 2017 5:00pm to 7:00pm Tw i l i g h t T h u r s d a y re t u r n s , offering visitors the opportunity to view the amazing Midwestern sunsets from 50, 100 and 150 feet above the confluence of the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers. Admission is $5 per person.

Army to host Ribfest in Ferguson The 2017 U.S. Army St. Louis Ribfest, a barbeque food festival, will take place Memorial Day weekend in Ferguson, Missouri to honor veterans while raising money for the local community.

With the U.S. Army as a title sponsor and the event taking place in a World War II Memorial Park, patriotism will be anything but in short supply at this year’s festival.

The 2017 U.S. Army St. Louis Ribfest is a four-day-long, familyfriendly event with plenty to see and do. Entry into the event is free and will feature barbeque vendors from across the country, offering all tastes and varieties of America’s favorite smoked meats. The event will also feature an array of other food vendors, live music, games and activities for the kids, plus other goods and services.

Each day, the festival will kick things off with a Color Guard ceremony and the national anthem.

This year’s benefitting charity is The Nehemiah Program. Located in Ferguson, Missouri, The Nehemiah Program works to provide all local people in need with affordable housing.

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T h e p ro g r am targe ts lo w to-moderate income, homeless o r n e a r- h o m e l e s s i n d i v i d u a l s and families in the area who face challenges qualifying for housing or maintaining it through their own means. The majority of people served through The Nehemiah Program are veterans themselves or families with young children.

Together, the 2017 U.S. Army St. Louis Ribfest and The Nehemiah Program are working towards rebuilding and revitalizing the city of Ferguson and supporting its community members while honoring veterans on a very special weekend.

Past Ribfest festivals have pulled over 135,000 people in the St. Louis area and are events that festival goers look forward to year after year.

Who: The 2017 U.S. Army St. Louis Ribfest What: A FREE, family-friendly barbeque and food festival When: Memorial Day Weekend 2017.

Friday, May 26 from 5:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.

Saturday, May 27 from 11:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.

Sunday, May 28 from 11:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.

Monday, May 29 from 11:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Where: January-Wabash Park, 501 N Florissant Rd., Ferguson, Missouri Why: To honor veterans on Memorial Day weekend and raise money for an extremely worthy local cause, The Nehemiah Program The 2017 U.S. Army St. Louis Ribfest invites the community to enjoy good food, a good cause, and some classic American summer fun all wrapped into one exhilarating family festival.

For more information on the 2017 U.S. Army St. Louis Ribfest or the Nehemiah Program, and how to donate to the cause, please contact Lindsay Keaton, ESM Marketing at 314-542-0400 or

most up to date calendar of 2017 Annual Litchfield Events. Events are added to the online calendar throughout the year; for the most up to date information log on to www.VisitLitchfield.com/events, sign up on Tourism’s event e-blast list, or like ‘Visit Litchfield Illinois’ on Facebook.

2017 Event Calendar: 2017 Litchfield Pickers Market Every second Sunday of the m o n t h f ro m A p r i l - O c t o b e r (2017 Market Dates: April 9, May 14, June 11, July 9, August 13, September 10, October 8) 9 AM - 3 PM Downtown Litchfield beginning on the corner of Union Ave. (Route 16) and State St. This open air market, specializing in items prior to 1980 and refurbished vintage and antique items, brings hundreds o f v e n d o r s t o t h e s t re e t s o f downtown Litchfield.

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VisitLitchfield.com or 866-733-5833 or tourism@cityoflitchfieldil.com Litchfield Spring Duathlon Saturday, April 15, 2017 10 AM Litchfield High School, 1705 North State Street Run 2 miles, Bike 10 miles, Run 2 miles Hosted by: M & M Multisport Club For more information contact:race@mmmultisport.com or log on to www.mmmultisport.com Vietnam Wa r 50th Commemoration Saturday, April 1, 2017 9 AM First Baptist Church Litchfield, 608 North Van Buren Street The purpose of the Vietnam Wa r 5 0 t h C o m m e m o r a t i o n Event is to recognize and honor Vietnam Veterans. Beginning at 9:00 AM, there will be a ceremony to honor Vietnam War Veterans and the families of those who were killed in action during the Vietnam War. Representatives from the Department of Defense will present lapel pins to each veteran, and the NSDAR will present Certificates of Honor to each veteran. We will also be recognizing each individual

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who was killed in action. At the beginning of the school year, students in grades 4-12, college students and college level ROTC students were given the opportunity to complete service and historic preservation projects that recognize and honor Vietnam Veterans. Following the ceremony, the projects will be set up in the next room and available for viewing. All veterans and those currently serving (both active duty and reserve) will be given the opportunity to vote on their favorite projects. Cash prizes totaling over $6,000 are available, and will be awarded based solely on the number of votes received, so only those who have served or are serving will decide which projects will be awarded the prize money! Prizes will be awarded the day of the event.

For more information contact: Christiana Tillson Chapter, NSDAR, or Anne Greenwalt at 217-652-4795 or agreenwa@slu.edu.

31st Annual Niehaus Cycle Sales Customer Appreciation Days Friday-Sunday, May 19-21, 2017 Friday 9 AM-6 PM, Saturday 9 AM-5 PM, Sunday 9 AM-4 PM Niehaus Cycle Sales, 718 North Old Route 66 Litchfield 31st Annual Customer Appreciation Days - Demo Rides - Vendors - Bands all 3 Days Stunt Show - Drawing for a new Honda Gold Wing - F6B or Pioneer 1000-5D - Great food and Good times. Show of Lights Ride thru downtown Litchfield on Saturday night at 9 PM. F o r m o re i n f o r m a t i o n c o n t Niehaus Cycle Sales - Brad Niehaus at 217-324-6565 or e-mail:brad@niehauscycle.com Website: www.niehauscycle.com Blue Carpet Corridor Route 66 Celebration

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People People planner 20th annual Tour de Stooges scheduled The St. Louis region's only bicycle ride dedicated to a love of slapstick comedy, of good food and of pedaling along scenic stretches of country roads returns for its 20th year, with routes from nine to 100 miles. It's where the rubber chicken meets the road.

On Saturday, May 6, the Tour de Stooges bicycle ride will be held at McKendree University in Lebanon, Ill. Advance registration is available at tourdestooges.org.

The ride features Stooges-themed routes matched to any bicyclist's ability: the Joe Besser "Not so hard" 9-mile route; the Curly Howard Shuffle at 13 miles; the Larry "Just" Fine 27-miler; the Shemp Howard 46-mile Shortcut; the Moe Howard Metric Century at 63 miles; or the Roger Kramer Memorial Century at 100 miles.

Register now at tourdestooges.org. Cost is $30 for adults, $15 for children 5-12 and $70 for a family of two adults and two children.

Prices increase on the day of the ride.

Spiffy Three Stooges-themed T-shirts are $15.

Registration includes a fully supported bicycle ride through beautiful countryside, tasty snacks at the rest stops, an all-youcan eat buffet and all the Three Stooges film shorts you can stand following the ride at McKendree University's Ames Dining Hall.

Much more information is available at our web site: tourdestooges.org The Tour de Stooges is sponsored by Gateway East Trails, a 501(c)(3) non-profit charity group dedicated to bringing bicycle and walking trails to eastern St. Clair County.

The ride is dedicated to the memory of Roger Kramer, a founder of the ride and as Knucklehead-in-Chief, the force that kept it going for 15 years. Proceeds from the ride support two current trail-building projects and donations in excess of ride registration are tax deductible.

For more information about Gateway East Trails, visit us online at gatewayeasttrails.org or e-mail info@gatewayeasttrails.org.

For more information about the Tour De Stooges, our history and ride details, call (618) 960-3452 or visit our web site at tourdestooges.org

St. Louis walking tours begin Lace up your most comfortable shoes and head Downtown to kick-off the 18th Season of Downtown Walking Tours sponsored by the Landmarks Association of St. Louis. The 2017

tours are held each Saturday, 10 AM to Noon, rain or shine, through October 28.

Three tour routes highlight Downtown St. Louis' amazing architecture, history and even some surprising secrets about the people and places that helped shape the city. Each tour costs $10 per adult and is free for children 12 years of age and younger. Payment is cash only.

Downtown East Tour: Meeting site: the 4th Street entrance to the Old Courthouse, between Market and Chestnut Streets.

Highlights of the East Tour include the Old Courthouse, Old Cathedral, Gateway Arch, Eads Bridge, Old Post Office, Wainwright Building and a Philip Johnson-designed office building.

Downtown West Tour: Meeting site: the main Market Street entrance to St. Louis Union Station Hotel, 1820 Market Street. The tour itinerary includes Union Station, Peabody Opera House, City Hall, Central Library, Campbell House Museum and Soldiers Memorial.

Washington Avenue Tour: Meeting site: Outside Tigin Irish Pub, 333 Washington Avenue at 4th Street. Tour goers will view historic buildings including 555 Wa s h i n g t o n Av e n u e , N a t i o n a l B l u e s Museum, International Shoe Company, City Museum and the birthplace of St. Louis and Washington University campuses.

Reservations are not required for groups of less than 10 persons. For group bookings, dial 314-690-3140 or e-mail walkingtours314@ gmail.com For information about other tours and events offered by Landmarks Association of St. Louis, visit the Landmarks Association of St. Louis, Inc. website at www.landmarks-stl. org.

p e r f o r m a n c e T- s h i r t a n d c o n t i n e n t a l breakfast (while supplies last). Awards will be presented to overall winners and first place finishers in each age bracket for the 5K and one-mile races at a ceremony at 9:30 a.m. in the Anheuser-Busch Theater in The Living World building.

After the race, join St. Louis Children's Hospital for Just Like You at the Zoo activities that teach children why it's important for people—and Zoo animals—to take care of their bodies. Children collect animal cards at four stations throughout the Zoo and can win a prize after the cards are collected.

For individuals participating in the 5K or 1-mile races, registration is $20 for those who register online by April 16, $25 from April 17-May 20 and $30 on race day. Kids’ run registration for children ages 12 and under is $12 per child in advance and $15 on race day. The family registration, which includes two 5K/1-mile registrants and two kids’ run registrants, is $55 through April 16 and $60 from April 17-May 14. Free parking is provided on the Zoo’s north and south lots before 8 a.m. on race day. Spaces are limited.

Registration is available online at stlzoo. org/maketracks through May 20. In-person registration is also available in The Living World on race day (May 21) from 6-8:45 a.m.

Proceeds help support the conservation efforts of the Saint Louis Zoo at home and around the world. Make Tracks for the Zoo is sponsored by St. Louis Children’s Hospital, Mid America Chevy Dealers, Prairie Farms Dairy and Big River Race Management with media support from KNOU Now 96.3.

Vendors sought for Fair Saint Louis Zoo to host 5K Saint Louis Kick up some dust for St. Louis Children’s Hospital Make Tracks for the Zoo—now in its 32nd year. The race is set to run on Sunday, May 21, 2017. The Saint Louis Zoo’s annual 5K race/walk at 7:30 a.m. will wind through Forest Park, on a USATF-certified course. Participants will receive a disposable timing chip for more accurate results.

Children ages 7-12 can participate in a half-mile fun run at 8:50 a.m.; children ages 6 and under can participate in the quarter-mile fun run at 9 a.m. All ages can participate in a timed and competitive onemile race at 9:10 a.m.

All races begin and end near the Kiener Memorial gates of the Zoo at the corner of Washington and Government Drive. All registrants will receive a complimentary

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Fair Saint Louis is currently accepting vendor applications for The Fairway, a shopping experience in which local and regional artisans can sell creative and unique products to fairgoers. Fair Saint Louis will take place July 2-4, 2017, in Forest Park.

“We are proud to support regional artisans and merchants, and to offer a place within the Fair for vendors to showcase their talents and for fairgoers to relax, shop and support artisans,” says Julie Donnelly, Event Marketing Manager, Fair St. Louis Foundation.

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• Roaming Vendor (limited availability): Vendors who have access to sell their merchandise in approved areas, subject to vendor level. Roaming vendors do not receive a tent, table and chairs or electric; but will receive vendor credentials, parking pass and a listing on the Fair Saint Louis website.

Applicants should review terms and conditions, including allowable merchandise, fees and insurance, power and lighting logistics and more, before applying. The application deadline for The Fairway is May 5, 2017. There is a $25 application fee upon submission.

The application can be submitted via direct mail or electronically, or by visiting www. fairsaintlouis.org.

About the Fair St. Louis FoundationzThe Fair St. Louis Foundation, a 501(c)3 organization, operates the Fair each year and has donated numerous gifts to the St. Louis Community in conjunction with these events. Over the years, the foundation has contributed to the lighting of the Eads Bridge, the Mississippi River Overlook and the mile-long Riverfront Promenade, and was a partner in providing the Grand Staircases beneath the Arch as part of the National Park System and to the irrigation system as part of Forest Park Forever.

The Friends of The Sheldon present the 18th Annual Sunset at The Sheldon Wine & Beer Tasting, Friday, May 5, 2017 from 6:30 p.m. until sunset in The Sheldon Ballroom and on the Observation Deck. Proceeds benefit Sheldon Educational Programs.

Patrons will have the opportunity to taste and purchase wine and craft beers with great new offerings from Lohr Distributing, enjoy delectable hors d’oeuvres and desserts, bid on silent auction items and listen to live music from Lisa Campbell and Tim Albert of Uncle Albert, as the sun sets over the city.

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People People planner Build Benld Craft Fair and Flea Market set The 7th Annual Build Benld Craft Fair and Flea Market will be held on Saturday, May 13, 2017 at the Benld Civic Center.

Rental space is $25 per 8 ft table.

Vendor registrations are now open and are accepted on a first comefirst served basis. Space is limited so reserve yours early. Deadline for registration is Friday, May 5th.

Registration form is available on Build Benld facebook page, and if you have questions or want to request a registration form be mailed to you, call Norman (Market Coordinator) at 217-835-2130.

Apollo 11 exhibit coming to St. Louis The Saint Louis Science Center is prou d t o a n n o u n ce t h a t i t is one of four science museums nationwide to host “Destination Moon: The Apollo 11 Mission,” a traveling exhibition from the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. The exhibition will feature the Apollo 11 command module Columbia, marking the first time in 46 years the module has left the museum, as well as 20 artifacts from the historic mission. After the exhibition tour, the artifacts will return to the Smithsonian for a new exhibition, also titled “Destination Moon,” which will open in 2020.

“Destination Moon” will be at the Saint Louis Science Center from April 14 to Sept. 3, 2018.

The 49th anniversary of the moon landing is July 20, 2018.

“St. Louis played a vital role in the Space Race, with McDonnellDouglas serving as a key leader in the development of the Mercury and Apollo mission technology,” said Bert Vescolani, president and CEO. “We are honored to have the opportunity to host this exhibition, which represents an iconic period in our country’s history. We are the only museum in the Midwest to host this exhibition, which is

so special for the city of St. Louis.

We feel very honored because we know that for many people this will be a once- in-a-lifetime chance to see these artifacts.”

In addition to the Apollo 11 command module Columbia, the only portion of the historic spacecraft to complete the first mission to land a man on the moon and safely return him to Earth, the exhibition will feature: • Star Chart: The chart shows the positions of the sun, moon and stars at the time Apollo 11 was scheduled to leave Earth’s orbit and head for the moon.

• Rucksack #1, Survival Kit: One of two rucksacks filled with e q u i p m e n t t o h e l p t h e c re w survive for up to 48 hours in the event of an emergency landing somewhere on Earth. The kit includes three water containers, a radio beacon and spare battery, three pairs of sunglasses, six packages of desalting chemicals, a seawater desalter kit, two survival lights, a machete and two bottles of sunscreen.

• Aldrin’s Extravehicular Visor: B u z z A l d r i n w o re t h i s o u t e r helmet while on the surface of the moon. It fit over his clear pressurebubble helmet.

• Aldrin’s Extravehicular Gloves: These gloves have an o u t e r, c u t - r e s i s t a n t s h e l l o f Chromel-R fabric across the hands to prevent fatal air leaks caused by handling sharp objects and gauntlets to protect against solar heating. The blue fingertips were made of silicone rubber to provide more sensitivity for touching.

Vescolani said, “‘Destination Moon’ will help visitors of all ages to appreciate the accomplishment of the Moon Landing and all of the work that went into making it happen. We hope the exhibition inspires our guests to think about what is next in space discovery.

Perhaps one of them will play a role in exploring Mars and beyond.”

Saint Louis Science Center The mission of the Saint Louis Science Center is to ignite and sustain lifelong science and technology learning. Named a Smithsonian Institution Affiliate

in 2016, the Saint Louis Science Center features more than 700 interactive exhibits, as well as a five-story OMNIMAX Theater, Boeing Hall and the James S. McDonnell Planetarium. For more information about the Saint Louis Science Center, please visit slsc. org.

Zoo announces summer programs From the ever-popular Camp KangaZoo to individual programs for all ages, the Saint Louis Zoo’s Education Department has classes, overnight experiences and daytime adventures for everyone in the family.

Camp KangaZoo Camp KangaZoo campers can choose to attend one or two full-day camps with the themes "Ecology-Everything’s Connected” and “Extreme Animals.” Monday through Thursday, campers will play games, meet animals, enjoy sing-alongs and view dynamic Zoo exhibits. On Thursday nights, they’ll sleep at the Zoo and wake up with the birds! Camp KangaZoo scholarships are available for families with financial need.

Younger children can hop "out of the pouch" and into the Zoo at Camp Joey. Half-day and full-day sessions are available for children who are at least 4 years old and entering kindergarten.

New this year, the Zoo is offering specialty camps for kids entering grades 4-9. Topics include Zoo Careers, Junior Zoologist, Junior and Senior Marine Biologist. Teen Camp is available for youth entering grades 7-9.

Overnights Families with kids ages 5 and up can attend the Prehistoric Animals and Their Cousins or the Under the Sea-lion overnight programs.

Summer Programs Zoo programs for young children and youth keep growing minds sharp in the lazy summer months.

The Zoo offers a variety of animal topics for various ages. Kids can learn about birds, mammals and reptiles, see stingrays up close, examine dinosaur fossils, create animal habitats, sing animal songs, identify animal tracks, touch biofacts, tour the Zoo and meet the animals.

For youth in grades 2-8, the Zoo offers Keeper-for-a-Day at the Emerson Children’s Zoo, A Day with the Rays and Advanced

Day with the Rays at Stingrays at Caribbean Cove. Engineer-for-aDay is available for those 7 years old and up. A Junior Sea Lion Trainer program is available for ages 10 to adult.

Scouts can learn about animals and sleep under the stars while working toward fulfilling their badge requirements at the Snooze at the Zoo programs. Scout overnight programs are for Cub Scouts, Webelos, Girl Scout Brownies, Juniors and Cadettes.

Adult programs include evening safari tours, wine and cheese night prowls, painting nights, overnights and more.

Registration Early bird mail-in or drop-off registration forms must be received

by March 6. Online registration begins March 7 for Zoo members and March 9 for general public.

Program fees vary.

For a complete list of programs, registration forms, online registration, camp scholarship applications and more information, visit stlzoo.org/education.

Registration for programs is not available by phone. For questions, call (314) 646-4544, option #6. All proceeds support the Saint Louis Zoo.

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People People planner Laumeier Sculpture Park announces schedule Laumeier Sculpture Park, located 12580 Rott Road in St. Louis, has announced its upconing schedule.

For more information call (314) 615-5278.

February–April 2017 Laumeier Teen Program Laumeier's Teen Program is designed to encourage creative expression in young adults ages 13 to 19, offering workshops and mentoring to assist teens in preparing well-rounded portfolios.

The Teen Program meets on the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month during the school year at Laumeier Sculpture Park, 12580 Rott Road, Saint Louis, Missouri. $60 per month, ages 13 to 19. Call 314.615.5278 or visit www.laumeier. org for more information.

March–August 2017 Spring & Summer Art Classes & Workshops Laumeier Sculpture Park offers education programs for all ages as multi-day classes and one-day workshops for youth, teens, adults and families. Art Classes and Workshops provide participants with a focused experience within a particular medium, process or concept. Art Classes and Workshops are taught by local, experienced Artist-Instructors and are designed to encourage artistic development and self-expression. Small class sizes provide participants with individual attention; projects are designed to allow participants the freedom to explore their own potential and creativity. Art Classes and Workshops meet at Laumeier Sculpture Park, 12580 Rott Road, Saint Louis, Missouri. Prices vary.

Call 314.615.5278 or visit www. laumeier.org for more information.

April 1–July 16, 2017 Exhibition: Drawing from the Collection: 40 Years at Laumeier Laumeier Sculpture Park presents a selection of works from our extensive collection of preparatory drawings, prints, works on paper, collages, photographs and videos in commemoration of the institution’s 40th Anniversary. The exhibition demonstrates Laumeier’s leadership in the area of contemporary public art by drawing on the breadth and depth of the outdoor collection and the many ways in which artists have approached temporary and permanent sculptural commissions throughout our 40-year history.

The exhibition features works by various artists including Vito Acconci, Ian Hamilton Finlay, Andy Goldsworthy, Donald Judd, Cildo Miereles, David Nash, Valeska Soares, Ursula Von Rydingsvard and Meg Webster, among many others.

The exhibition runs Saturday, April 1–Sunday, July 16, 2017, at the Adam Aronson Fine Arts Center at Laumeier Sculpture Park, 12580 Rott Road, Saint Louis, Missouri. Free, all ages. Call 314.615.5278 or visit www. laumeier.org for more information.

April 21, 2017 Free Coffee with the Curator Join Laumeier Sculpture Park’s Curator of Exhibitions Dana Turkovic for a coffee break and casual tour of Laumeier ’s current exhibition in commemoration of our 40th Anniversary, Drawing from the Collection: 40 Years at Laumeier.

Refreshments are provided. Friday, April 21, 2017, at 11:00 a.m. at the Adam Aronson Fine Arts Center at Laumeier Sculpture Park, 12580 Rott Road, Saint Louis, Missouri. Free,

adult audiences. Call 314.615.5278 or visit www.laumeier.org for more information.

April 21, 2017 Adult Workshop: Chill & Be Chill The wine will be chilled and so will you, with your new handmade ceramic wine chiller! Learn slab construction methods and explore surface textures and detailing to create a unique artwork that keeps your wine chilled to the perfect temperature. Pick up your finished piece at Laumeier the following week. A bottle of wine and some clay make for a great date night or night out with friends! Bring your own wine; light snacks are provided. Laumeier Sculpture Park’s one-day Art Workshops provide participants with a focused experience within a particular medium, process or concept. Art Workshops are taught by local, experienced Artist-Instructors and are designed to encourage artistic development and self-expression.

Friday, April 21, 6:30–9:30 p.m. at the Kranzberg Education Lab at Laumeier Sculpture Park, 12580 Rott Road, Saint Louis, Missouri. $45, ages 21 and up. Call 314.615.5278 or visit www.laumeier.org for more information.

April 22, 2017 Teen & Adult Workshop: Mixed Media & Painting Build your skills in observation and composition through drawing outdoors at the Park! Then, incorporate acrylics and explore varied combinations of mediums to create a mixed media work of art. Experimentation is encouraged!

Laumeier Sculpture Park’s one-day Art Workshops provide participants with a focused experience within a particular medium, process or concept. Art Workshops are taught by local, experienced ArtistInstructors and are designed to encourage artistic development and self-expression. Saturday, April 22, 10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m. at the Kranzberg Education Lab at Laumeier Sculpture Park, 12580 Rott Road, Saint Louis, Missouri. $80, ages 13 and up. Call 314.615.5278 or visit www.laumeier.org for more information.

April 22, 2017 Family Workshop: Construction Zone

Create artworks inspired by architecture! Construct your own sculpture using materials like wood and found objects. Visit sculptures in the Park to see how architecture can influence sculpture.

Laumeier Sculpture Park’s multig e n e r a t i o n a l A r t Wo r k s h o p s are a wonderful way for family members to spend quality and creative time together! Children— along with a parent, grandparent or caregiver—explore new artistic media, develop a meaningful bond and create memories to last a lifetime. Registration fee includes one adult with one child; children must be accompanied by an adult.

Saturday, April 22, 1:30–3:30 p.m. at the Kranzberg Education Lab at Laumeier Sculpture Park, 12580 Rott Road, Saint Louis, Missouri. $45, adult with child ages 4 to 12. Call 314.615.5278 or visit www.laumeier. org for more information.

LAUMEIER SCULPTURE PARK 12580 Rott Road / Saint Louis, Missouri 63127 / 314.615.5278 www. laumeier.org May 7, 2017 Free Walking Tour Laumeier Sculpture Park offers free Walking Tours on the first Sunday of each month, May– O c t o b e r. L a u m e i e r t o u r s a re interactive and designed to engage participants in exploring the relationship between art and nature.

Tours are led by trained Laumeier Docents and last approximately one hour. Participants are advised to dress appropriately for the season and wear comfortable shoes for walking on uneven pathways.

Tour meets Sunday, May 7, at 2:00 p.m. in the Public Plaza outside the Adam Aronson Fine Arts Center at Laumeier Sculpture Park, 12580 Rott Road, Saint Louis, Missouri. Free, all ages. Call 314.615.5278 or visit www. laumeier.org for more information.

May 12–14, 2017 30th Annual Art Fair, Presented

by Emerson Make Laumeier Sculpture Park’s Annual Art Fair your Mother’s Day weekend tradition! Now celebrating its 30th Anniversary, the Art Fair features local food and beverage vendors, hands-on activities for kids, live music and 150 juried artists from across the country. Rain or shine; no pets or outside food and

beverage allowed. Event proceeds support Laumeier ’s presentation of education programs, temporary exhibitions and public events.

Friday, May 12, 6:00–10:00 p.m.; Saturday, May 13, 10:00 a.m.–8:00 p.m.; Sunday, May 14, 10:00 a.m.– 5:00 p.m. at Laumeier Sculpture Park, 12580 Rott Road, Saint Louis, Missouri. Admission is $10; free, ages 10 and under. Advance online sales open Friday, March 31. Call 314.615.5278 or visit www.laumeier. org for more information. Presented

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May 12, 2017 Art of the Vine at Annual Art Fair Join Laumeier Sculpture Park for a special wine tasting event to kick off our 30th Annual Art Fair weekend! Includes unlimited samples of local and international wines. Separate Art Fair admission required. Friday, May 12, 6:00–9:00 p.m., at Laumeier Sculpture Park, 12580 Rott Road, Saint Louis, Missouri. $12, ages 21 and up only.

Advance online sales open Friday, March 31. Call 314.615.5278 or visit www.laumeier.org for more information.

May 18, 2017 Free Stroller Tours: Into the Woods Laumeier Sculpture Park offers free Stroller Tours on the third Thursday of each month, May–October. Tours are led by trained Laumeier Docents and last approximately one hour.

Participants are advised to dress appropriately for the season and wear comfortable shoes for walking on uneven pathways. Please note, strollers are not provided. Tours meet Thursday, May 18, at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. in the Public Plaza outside the Adam Aronson Fine Arts Center at Laumeier Sculpture Park, 12580 Rott Road, Saint Louis, Missouri. Free, all ages.

Call 314.615.5278 or visit www. laumeier.org for more information.

May 19, 2017 Free Coffee with the Curator Join Laumeier Sculpture Park’s Curator of Exhibitions Dana

Turkovic for a coffee break and casual tour of Laumeier ’s current exhibition in commemoration of our 40th Anniversary, Drawing from the Collection: 40 Years at Laumeier. Refreshments are provided. Friday, May 19, 2017, at 11:00 a.m. at the Adam Aronson Fine Arts Center at Laumeier Sculpture Park, 12580 Rott Road, Saint Louis, Missouri. Free, adult audiences. Call 314.615.5278 or visit www.laumeier.org for more information.

May 25, 2017 Free Cocktails & Conversation: How’d They Do That?

Join Laumeier Sculpture Park’s Curatorial staff for a glimpse at the behind-the-scenes artistic processes used during the stages of design, fabrication, installation and ongoing care of artworks in the Permanent Collection.

Laumeier ’s Conversation Series provides free, informal learning opportunities through discussion about new artworks in temporary exhibitions or legacy artworks in the Permanent Collection.

Conversation Series events encourage participants to share ideas and ask questions in a relaxed atmosphere. Refreshments are provided. Thur sday, May 25, at 6:00 p.m. at the Kranzberg Education Lab at Laumeier Sculpture Park, 12580 Rott Road, Saint Louis, Missouri. Free, ages 21 and up. Call 314.615.5278 or visit www.laumeier.org for more information.

June 2, 2017 Free Parks Food Truck Fest Eat to your heart’s content as St. Louis County Parks welcomes members of the St. Louis Food Truck Association to Laumeier Sculpture Park. Join family and friends to picnic on a wide variety of delicious fare from local culinary entrepreneurs while enjoying live music. Friday, June 2, 5:00–8:00 p.m. at Laumeier Sculpture Park, 12580 Rott Road, Saint Louis, Missouri.

Admission is free; no coolers allowed. Visit www.stlouisco. com/parksandrecreation for more information. Presented by St. Louis County Parks in partnership with the St. Louis Food Truck Association.

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Religion Mormon leaders encourage baptisms for the dead S A LT L A K E C I T Y ( A P ) — M o r m o n leaders reminded church members Saturday about the importance of performing ceremonial baptisms on dead ancestors who didn't receive the ordinance while alive — a practice unique to the faith that came under fire in the past from Jews when they discovered Holocaust victims were being baptized.

Henry Eyring told a worldwide audience during a twice-yearly Mormon conference in Salt Lake City that God wants all his children "home again, in families and in glory." He encouraged listeners to use the religion's massive genealogical database to trace their roots.

C e re m o n i a l b a p t i s m s o c c u r w h e n a member brings an ancestor's name to a temple. Mormons believe the ritual allows deceased people a way to the afterlife if they choose to accept what they see as an offering of love. The belief that families are sealed for eternity is one of the faith's core tenets.

The practice is becoming more common because young church members have embraced it, said Eyring, a member of a top governing body of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, called the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles.

"They have learned that this work saves not just the dead; it saves all of us," Eyring

said. "There are now many people who have accepted baptism in the spirit world. ... This is the work of our generation."

But ceremonial baptisms offend members of other religions, especially Jews, who became upset years ago when they discovered attempts by Mormons to alter the religion of Holocaust victims. They included Anne Frank, a Jewish teenager forced into hiding in Amsterdam during the Holocaust and killed in a concentration camp.

In the 1990s, after negotiations with Jewish leaders, the church agreed to end the ceremonial baptism of Holocaust victims.

After it was revealed that they continued, Mormon leaders in 2012 spoke out against the practice and reminded the public that a virtual firewall was put in the database to block anyone who tried to access the names of people who died in the Holocaust.

Some early Christian groups may have engaged in a similar practice, but the Mormons are the only mainstream Christian faith that currently practices baptisms for the deceased, said Mormon scholar Matthew Bowman, an associate professor of history at Henderson State University.

The "proxy baptisms" also were mentioned Saturday at the conference in a speech by Russell M. Nelson, another member of the Quorum of the Twelve

Apostles who is next in line to assume the church presidency. Nelson said Mormons who keep their covenants to Jesus Christ are given "Godly power."

"God's plan provides for those blessings to be extended to ancestors who died without an opportunity to obtain them during their mortal lives," Nelson said.

Mark Bragg, a member of a secondary governing body, applauded the increase in baptisms for the deceased: "We are experiencing great joy and celebration on both sides of the veil."

Their speeches came during the first day of a two-day conference in which leaders implored the faith's 15.8 million members worldwide to be compassionate and devout while avoiding the many temptations of the modern world that can pull them away from their faith.

Nearly 100,000 church members a re e x p e c t e d t o a t t e n d f i v e s e s s i o n s o n S a t u rd a y a n d S u n d a y. T h o u s a n d s more around the world will listen to the conference or watch it on television, radio, satellite and internet broadcasts in 90 different languages.

Jeffrey Holland, a long-time member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, said in a speech about inclusivity that there's room in the faith for people of different "sexual attractions" if they love God and honor his

commandments.

His remark marked the latest attempt by the faith to foster a climate of empathy for gays and lesbians while the religion still clings to fundamental doctrinal beliefs that homosexuality activity is a sin.

He said there's room in the faith for all types of people, including from different c u l t u re s ; t h o s e f ro m d i ff e re n t f a m i l y structures; and those questioning their faith. Holland also encouraged church members to embrace their uniqueness.

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Dale Renlund, one of the newest members Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, told church members to guard against being intolerant of others with different opinions.

"We must not be guilty of persecuting anyone inside or outside the church," Renlund said. "Church history gives ample evidence of our members being treated with hatred and bigotry. How ironically sad it would be if we were to treat others as we have been treated."

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Music Whitaker Music Festival returns to MoBot For The Edge The Whitaker Music Festival returns to the Missouri Botanical Garden for the 24th year, offering a ten-week lineup of free Wednesday evening outdoor concerts! Pack a picnic supper and enjoy the beauty of the Garden grounds in summertime bloom as you listen to the grooves and rhythms of an eclectic rotation of artists from week to week.

Concerts will be held Wednesday evenings, May 31 through August 2 at 7:30 p.m. Free admission begins at 5 p.m. and last entry is at 9 p.m. For more information and a complete concert lineup, visit www. mobot.org/events/whitaker.

This year’s artists include: May 31: Roland Johnson and Soul Endeavor.

Some call Roland Johnson the St. Louis Otis Redding. Johnson embodies blues when he steps out on stage ready to entertain. He’s smooth and cool as he dances and snaps while singing classics from Solomon Burke and Tyrone Davis.

Johnson can do the Otis Redding, the James Brown, the Sam & Dave and the Bobby "Blue" Bland.

June 7: Jack Grelle.

Jack’s willingness to travel around genre-lines is a testament to the urgency and restlessness of his artistry. His latest album, “Got Dressed Up to be Let Down,” paints the picture of true Americana with depth and variety. It weaves through diverse influences such as cajun, rock & roll, tejano and folk, although largely sculpted by 70s honky-tonk.

June 14: The Gaslight Squares.

The Gaslight Squares is St. Louis’ premier Trad Jazz band. The band is lead by British trumpet player TJ Muller, who moved to St. Louis in 2013. They play a variety of both jazz and blues with an ensemble stretching from a trio to a sevenpiece band. The band is part of a growing traditional jazz revival in St. Louis.

June 21: Hazard to Ya Booty.

Hazard to Ya Booty was just another mid-level funk band trying to make it in St. Louis until one night at practice when they used an alchemy of funk, rock and soul to create a new groove.

Thus crunch funk was born. The group is inspired by James Brown, George Clinton and The Red Hot Chili Peppers. Hazard's most recent release is a full-length crunch funk opus entitled “The Precipice.”

June 28: Big Mike Aguirre and the Blu City All Stars.

Big Mike Aguirre & The BluCity All-Stars were initially an aggregation of younger, like-minded musicians in the St. Louis area who all had a deep love for playing powerful blues and soul music together. As time has gone on, the line-up has solidified into a combo whose groove and pocket is as deep and as thick as the nearby mighty Mississippi River.

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July 5: Beth Bombara.

With a folksinger ’s head and a rocker ’s heart, Beth Bombara has built her career on an evolving sound that blurs the lines between genres. Beth has been a musician for most of her life. She started a punk band in high school and, after college, began playing guitar with Samantha Crain. Today, Beth tours extensively across the country and

is hailed as one of St. Louis’ finest songwriters.

July 12: Ptah Williams.Ptah Williams is St. Louis' most revered pianist. He has won the RFT award for best pianist many times.

He has performed with Freddie Hubbard, George Benson, James Moody and many other household names of jazz. One of Williams’ greatest strengths is his ability to play as a soloist and accompanist.

July 19: TBA. July 26: The Mighty Pines.

The Mighty Pines are a fierce roots band making music inspired by the wide rivers and red-brick streets of St. Louis. For more than four years they’ve been fashioning their distinctive heartland sound.

The band bridges the gap between groove and grass, country and funk and blues and folk.

August 2: Brothers Lazaroff.

Brothers Lazaroff is a songwriting/producing duo and a five-piece band from St. Louis, MO. Along with bandmates Grover Stewart (drums), Teddy Brookins (bass) and Nate Carpenter (keyboards), Brothers Lazaroff celebrate Roots Music through

songwriting that examines and explores the human condition.

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Whitaker Music Festival concerts will be held outdoors on the lawn of the Cohen Amphitheater, just west of the Climatron dome on the grounds of the Missouri Botanical Garden. Guests are encouraged to bring lawn chairs or blankets.

The Garden is a tobacco-free campus; smoking or electronic smoking devices are not allowed anywhere on Garden property, and visitors will be asked to extinguish or discard tobacco items. Soliciting is not permitted.

The concert series is the only time of year when picnicking is allowed on Garden grounds.

Visitors are welcome to bring their own picnic supper, baskets or coolers; no glass, no barbecue grills, fireworks, sparklers or pets. Picnic fare and bar items will be available for purchase on site.

Help us keep the festival green by bringing your reusable bottle to get free water refills at the “hydration stations” located throughout the Garden. “Pledge to Hit a Green Note” by packing a

picnic with reusable dinnerware and utilizing recycling stations located throughout the Garden which now accept wine corks and bottle caps along with other single stream waste.

Wednesday evening admission is free after 5 p.m. Music begins at 7:30 p.m. and last entry is at 9 p.m.

The Doris I. Schnuck Children’s Garden also remains open late until 7 p.m. on concert evenings, with free admission after 5 p.m.

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.

For general information, visit www.mobot.org or call (314) 577‑5100 (toll-free, 1‑800‑642‑8842).

Follow the Garden on Facebook and Twitter at www.facebook.com/ missouribotanicalgarden and http://twitter.com/mobotgarden.

The Missouri Botanical Garden is located at 4344 Shaw Blvd. in St. Louis, just south of I-44 at Vandeventer-Kingshighway (exit #287B). Open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily.

Closed Christmas Day. Grounds open at 7 a.m. most Wednesdays and Saturdays (exception: special admission rate events). Admission is $12; free children ages 12 and under and Garden members. St. Louis City and County residents are $6 and free most Wednesdays and Saturdays until noon. Park for free on site and two blocks west at the Shaw-Vandeventer intersection.

The Garden is accessible via public transportation by taking the MetroLink commuter rail line and picking up a Metro bus (www. metrostlouis.org). For general information, log on to www.mobot. org or call the 24-hour recording at (314) 577-5100 or 1-800-642-8842.

For membership information, visit www.mobot.org/membership call (314) 577-5118 during weekday business hours.

Pictured are scenes from previouis Whitaker Music Festivals. Photos courtesy of Missouri Botanical Garden.

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Music Music calendar Friday, April 14 Howlin' Fridays: Jeremiah Johnson, National Blues Museum, St. Louis, 5:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.

Blaire Hanks, Austin Peckham, The Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

Six Organs Of Admittance, w/The May Day Orchestra, Blueberry Hill, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

Skytown Riot, Pop's, Sauget, Doors 7:00 p.m.

Go Hard, or Go Home Part 2, Cicero's, University City, Doors 8:00 p.m.

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

Gregoire Maret's Inner Voices, Jazz at the Bistro, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.

Saturday, April 15 Reggie and the Full Effect, The Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 7:30 p.m.

Graffiti Bridge: A Tribute To Prince, The Pageant, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

Road to Pointfest 2017 Session 3 Finals, Pop's, Sauget, Doors 6:30 p.m.

It's The Takeover, Cicero's, University City, Doors 6:30 p.m.

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

Gregoire Maret's Inner Voices, Jazz at the Bistro, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.

Thursday, April 20 Grave Robber, Karma Dealer, Thames, The Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

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"Kong: Skull Island"

Not since Marlon Brando in "Apocalypse Now" murmured of "the horror" has such a brooding beast lurked deep within a war-ravaged jungle as the King Kong of "Kong: Skull Island."

Yes, the big ape is back, this time with a rollicking Vietnam War backdrop and the Creedence Clearwater-thumping soundtrack to match. The year is 1973, Nixon is pulling troops out of Vietnam and American explorer Bill Randa (John Goodman) has convinced a senator (Richard Jenkins) to bankroll a quick expedition on the way out to an uncharted South Pacific island where "myth and science meet."

Unlike Brando's Colonel Kurtz, we don't have to wait very long for our errand boys — a cobbled-together team lead

by Lieutenant Colonel Packard (Samuel L. Jackson) — to encounter Kong on the exotic island. No sooner has their swarm of helicopters penetrated the island's permanently stormy perimeter is Kong swatting them away like flies, and the soldiers —fresh off the failed war — yet again find themselves in a gruesome quagmire.

What's a gorilla got to do with Vietnam? Well, that's the 800pound metaphor in the room.

"Kong: Skull Island" is the latest in a long line of reboots going back to the 1933 original. The disappointment of Peter Jackson's lavish but bloated 2005 attempt pushed producers to explore some other kind of evolution for the chest-pounding primate. Director Jordan Vogt-Roberts (whose only previous feature was the indie comedy "The Kings of Summer") has uprooted the tale from its imperialist origins (beware of what you plunder abroad) and commissioned Kong as a stand-in for the folly of Vietnam.

RATED: PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for "intense sequences of sci-fi violence and action, and for brief strong language."

RUNNING TIME: 118 minutes.

ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: Two stars out of four.

"Trainspotting 2"

Nostalgia can be tricky, casting a rose-colored glow on memories that may not deserve it. Do we look back fondly on our youth because it was so magical, or simply because it was our youth, with so many mistakes yet to be made?

That question is central in "T2 Trainspotting ," which is all about the hazy warmth of nostalgia, both for its characters and its audience.

Twenty-one years after "Trainspotting" shocked moviegoers with depictions of drug use and directionless Gen-Xers, "T2" reunites the original writer, director and cast for another timely look at modern life. These characters that wiled away their 20s with heroin and petty crime in a cult film that captured the frustrated voice of a generation are now middleaged, with all the perspective and regret the passage of time can bring.

Of course, director Danny Boyle, screenwriter John Hodge and stars Ewan McGregor, Jonny Lee Miller, Ewen Bremner and Robert Carlyle have experienced that same passage of time, making "T2" even more poignant than an ordinary movie about male friendships. Here, the fictional characters and real filmmakers are facing the same challenges of aging and adulthood; of returning to a formative place after two decades and reflecting on what's happened since.

Mark Renton (McGregor), who kicked drugs and ripped off his friends in the original "Trainspotting," comes back to Edinburgh as his life is falling apart. He pursued exactly the kind of mainstream lifestyle he railed against in the film's famous "choose life" monologue. Despite having a wife, a house, a corporate job and a gym membership, Renton is miserable.

RATED: R by the Motion Picture Association of America for "drug use, language throughout, strong sexual content, graphic nudity and some violence."

RUNNING TIME: 118 minutes.

ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: Three stars out of four.

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"Song to Song"

As filmmakers obsessed with his early work continue to ape his style, Terrence Malick has ventured beyond, reaching into territory that is stubbornly spiritual and anti-narrative. He eschews story conventions. He turns movie stars like Ben Affleck and Christian Bale into props, using them not for their acting but their broad shoulders that fill up the screen as ethereal women twirl around them. He has become his own genre and with experimental reveries like "To the Wonder" and "Knight of Cups," he has alienated some of his most ardent fans.

That modern trilogy concludes with "Song to Song ," taking the filmmaker and his stars Rooney Mara, Ryan Gosling and Michael Fassbender to his adopted hometown of Austin, Texas. For those who wrote off Malick after "To the Wonder" or "Knight of Cups," it's unlikely that "Song to Song" will inspire a change of heart. But for the others, who've reservedly or unabashedly stayed with him, "Song to Song" is entirely worthy and even invigoratingly different from the previous two. There's actually a plot (kind of) and the actors are allowed to act and even have some life and (gasp) fun.

"Song to Song" is a love triangle of sorts, very much in the Malick mode, where one is pure (Mara and Gosling's struggling musicians), one is untenable (Cate Blanchett and Gosling), one is damned (Fassbender's sleazy, wealthy producer and Mara) and one is doomed (Natalie Portman's local waitress/teacher and Fassbender). There are others sprinkled in there too, mostly for the guys. As retrograde as it is, in Malick's worlds they're emboldened to sleep around in the name of searching. The women are always a different story.

RATED: R by the Motion Picture Association of America for "some sexuality, nudity, drug use and language.

RUNNING TIME: 129 minutes.

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

"Power Rangers"

There's a question every piece of intellectual property needs to ask itself before a new version is made: How seriously should we treat the source material?

There's no right answer. There've been successful versions of both. Irreverent and meta takes on dated or impossible material have worked (usually thanks to Phil Lord and Chris Miller) as have deathly serious interpretations.

In the case of "Power Rangers ," that cheesy Saturday morning show that cobbled together shameless merchandising goals, dubbed Japanese action footage and sanitized high school shenanigans, they went mostly serious. And it might not have been the best call for a story that still involves a villain named Rita Repulsa who wanders around town eating gold. But we'll get to her later.

Even with such campy morsels to play with, the vibe director Dean Israelite seems to be going for is "Friday Night Lights" meets "Fantastic Four," which actually isn't totally awful at the beginning as we meet the five high school students destined to wield their newly found superpowers to save the world.

There's the star football player, Jason (Dacre Montgomery), who's rebelling against his good-boy image; the once-popular girl Kimberly (Naomi Scott, who looks like a combination of Sarah Michelle Gellar and Emma Roberts); the "on-thespectrum" Billy (RJ Cyler); the mysterious new girl Trini (Becky G.); and the adventurous Zack (Ludi Lin). They're angsty teens with secrets and zero perspective so imagine how weird things get when they all happen to be hanging out one night in a restricted mining area, stumble upon some jewels, get into a would-be fatal car crash and wake up with the ability to crush iPhones and scale mountains.

RATED: PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for "sequences of sci-fi violence, action and destruction, language, and for some crude humor."

RUNNING TIME: 124 minutes.

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

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"Life"

Life is a box of chocolates, a highway and, alas, a mediocre science-fiction thriller.

In Daniel Espinosa's "Life," an international space station orbiting the Earth intercepts an automated capsule returning from Mars with samples: rocks, dust and, as it turns out, a tiny monocellular organism that proves the existence of life on another planet. The thing, though, about those monocellular organisms from Mars is that they grow up.

When Dr. Hugh Derry (Arioyon Bakare) injects the cell with glucose, it begins rapidly growing bigger, beyond its petri dish. (Yes, "Life" is, above all, a lesson in the dangers of too much sugar.) The crew — including Jake Gyllenhaal's troubled veteran, Ryan Reynolds' cocky engineer, Rebecca Ferguson's microbiologist and Hiroyuki Sanada's new father — celebrate their remarkable discovery and observe its development.

"You're going to be a daddy," Reynolds' astronaut tells the proud Derry.

Derry, the biological expert of the bunch, hopes the organism — dubbed "Calvin" — will teach the scientists about the origin, the nature "and maybe even the meaning of life."

Such glories, however, aren't in store. The harsh revelation that Calvin brings is that life — violently striving for survival — finds a way.

Unfortunately, "Life," the movie, doesn't. Once the alien lifeform strengthens and gets loose, "Life" surrenders to a tiresome chase away from not just its ravenous creature but from the movies "Life" so obviously takes it cues from. "Life" certainly can't come anywhere near the well-earned horrors of "Alien," nor does it boast anything like the silky splendor of "Gravity."

RATED: R by the Motion Picture Association of America for "language throughout, some sci-fi violence and terror."

RUNNING TIME: 102 minutes.

ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: Two stars out of four.

"The Zookeeper's Wife"

In German-occupied Poland during the darkest days of World War II, a zookeeper and his wife managed to save the lives hundreds of Jewish people, many of whom were detained in the Warsaw Ghetto, by giving them shelter and refuge on the zoo grounds. This extraordinary true story is dramatized rather effectively in director Niki Caro's "The Zookeeper's Wife ," based on the non-fiction book by the naturalist writer Diane Ackerman.

Caro, who directed "Whale Rider" and "McFarland, USA," imbues the production with a glossy sheen, which in the confines of trailers and advertisements might make this look dismissible. In mining the drama of WWII for cinematic stories, audiences have rightfully been trained to be suspicious of those that look too pretty. You're certain that "The Zookeeper's Wife" is doomed to suffocating sentimentality, emotional blackmail and too-neat resolutions.

But despite a romanticized beginning, in which our heroine Antonina (Jessica Chastain, affecting an accent that you'll get used to, I swear) seems to live the most picture perfect life that's ever existed (frolicking with the free-roaming zoo animals, sipping tea on her balcony and gazing lovingly at her doting husband and son), Caro keeps the action and emotion real and grounded throughout. She chooses silences and understatement over heightened stakes. This inherently dramatic and amazing story doesn't need dressing up — it just needs to be told.

The stage-setting is a necessary evil, but used wisely enough to introduce the characters and set up what will be an ongoing personal conflict that will serve as a sort of microcosm for the war — the friendship with a German zoologist, Lutz (Daniel Bruhl), that turns into an increasingly uneasy alliance when the war starts.

RATED: PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for "thematic elements, disturbing images, violence, brief sexuality, nudity and smoking."

RUNNING TIME: 124 minutes.

ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: Three stars out of four.

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In this image released by Columbia Pictures, Rebecca Ferguson appears in a scene from "Life."

"Life" a mediocre sci-fi thriller

By JAKE COYLE Associated Press Life is a box of chocolates, a highway a n d , a l a s , a m e d i o c re s c i e n c e - f i c t i o n thriller.

In Daniel Espinosa's "Life," an international space station orbiting the Earth intercepts an automated capsule returning from Mars with samples: rocks, dust and, as it turns out, a tiny monocellular organism that proves the existence of life on another planet. The thing, though, about those monocellular organisms from Mars is that they grow up.

When Dr. Hugh Derry (Arioyon Bakare) injects the cell with glucose, it begins rapidly growing bigger, beyond its petri

dish. (Yes, "Life" is, above all, a lesson in the dangers of too much sugar.) The crew — including Jake Gyllenhaal's troubled veteran, Ryan Reynolds' cocky engineer, Rebecca Ferguson's microbiologist and Hiroyuki Sanada's new father — celebrate their remarkable discovery and observe its development. "You're going to be a d a d d y, " R e y n o l d s ' a s t ro n a u t t e l l s t h e proud Derry.

Derry, the biological expert of the bunch, hopes the organism — dubbed "Calvin" — will teach the scientists about the origin, the nature "and maybe even the meaning of life." Such glories, however, aren't in store. The harsh revelation that Calvin brings is that life — violently striving for survival — finds a way.

Unfortunately, "Life," the movie, doesn't.

Once the alien lifeform strengthens and gets loose, "Life" surrenders to a tiresome chase away from not just its ravenous creature but from the movies "Life" so obviously takes it cues from. "Life" certainly can't come anywhere near the well-earned horrors of "Alien," nor does it boast anything like the silky splendor of "Gravity."

Espinosa ("Safe House," ''Child 44") claustrophobically encloses the drama in a fairly realistic space station that, lacking sufficiently cinematic production design, doesn't allow for much movement. Unlike H o l l y w o o d ' s re c e n t , m o re a m b i t i o u s sojourns into space, "Life" is a grittier, clunkier B-movie monster movie in zero gravity. An extraterrestrial Frankenstein is

hunted with implausible dimwittedness by a bickering human crew.

Calvin (sadly there is no Hobbes in sight) grows in size and shape, but he m o s t l y l o o k s l i k e a s u p e r- p o w e r f u l , fearfully smart starfish. As he slithers this way and that, he almost resembles the alien cousin of Hank, the equally resourceful octopus of last year's "Finding Dory."

Penned by Rheet Reese and Paul We r n i c k ( " D e a d p o o l , " ' ' Z o m b i e l a n d " ) , "Life" doesn't have much of the sarcastic wit the screenwriters have shown before.

Instead, it's merely a terse, prickly cheapthrill. Not until the film's final moments — finally free of the space station — does the movie find its own bite.

"Ghost in the Shell" an exercise in yawns

By ROBERT GRUBAUGH For The Edge I was a bit taken aback by the success of "Boss Baby" this weekend. But, hey, when things are looking up for Alec Baldwin, they're looking up for comedy in general. The "SNL" mainstay continues to crack smiles with his buffoonish Donald Trump impersonations and I can't even imagine we've seen the beginning of what this administration can do for the erstwhile series to mock.

Similarly, the underperformance of "Ghost in the Shell" also surprised me. With the mangainspired series finally getting the full Hollywood/IMAX treatment, I expected some big things. But a u d i e n c e s a re f i c k l e . A n d i t crashed and bombed. I got in to

see it yesterday and I suppose I figured it out.

Yes, manga. Anyone? It's the stylized anime genre that is Japanese in origin and has been co-opted by science fiction fans the world over. Frankly, I don't get it. I'm simultaneously not cool enough to understand it and too cool to fall into the formatless trap it presents. Anime, even beyond standard animation, is able to bend the will of storytelling to match its limitless potential for on-screen aesthetics. I suspect that this freeform, something I'm comfortably antagonized by, is the same reason that millions of fans didn't turn out last weekend like many suspected they might.

Scarlett Johansson, a famous ( M a r v e l ' s B l a c k Wi d o w ) a n d talented ("Lost in Translation") actress that can certainly handle

action films ("Lucy"), fronts "Ghost in the Shell". Despite a mixed resume featuring sci-fi ("The Island"), she's o u r M a j o r, a c y b o r g w i t h a transplanted consciousness that was implanted into her after s u ff e r i n g a n e a r- d ro w n i n g i n a childhood accident that took both of her parents. Major is part of a counterterrorism unit called Section 9 in the fictional m e t ro p o l i s o f N e w P o r t C i t y.

The first being of her kind, she's alternately viewed as a miracle of science and technology - by her doting commander (Takeshi Kitano) and her mysterious doctor (Juliette Binoche) - and as a weapon by the director (Peter Ferdinand) of the omnipresent Hanka Corporation that created her 'shell'. That director, Cutter, is a real jerk. He's insensitive to

life, the spiritual ideal of a soul, that peppers this movie with just as little thoughtfulness as its 1995 original release conjured d r a m a t i c a l l y. H e a l s o w o r k s against Major's unit at many turns throughout the movie as they investigate a series of m u rd e r s o f H a n k a e x e c u t i v e s claimed by the enigmatic Kuze (Michael Pitt), a glitchy figure that Major is drawn to for reasons she cannot explain. Kuze is, in my opinion, why the mixedrace cast that supplants the panAsian idea that one would expect to see cast in such a picture so befuddling. Johansson, a major movie star, drew the criticism for her casting, but most of the roles of this movie are filled by E u ro p e a n s , i n c l u d i n g M a j o r ' s Nordic partner (Pilou Asbaek).

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and cryptic appearance remind me of a boy band member with Native American inflection.

Random, I know, but noteworthy to this thesis.

It's a bleak and dark movie, "Ghost in the Shell". It's so full of ennui that I'd completely checked out by the time Major was learning the secrets of her true origin. The action scenes aren't re a l l y w h a t y o u ' re e x p e c t i n g either. The whole thing just kind of leaves me feeling flat and that is a terrible sign for a plot that is essentially about the truest meaning of 'self' and 'life'. Yawn.

"Ghost in the Shell" runs 107 minutes and is rated PG-13 for intense sequences of sci-fi violence, suggestive content, and some disturbing images. I give this film one and a half stars out of four.

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The Arts cast announced For The Edge T h e F a b u l o u s F o x T h e a t re announced today that Christopher Tierney and Bronwyn Reed will star as Johnny Castle and Frances “Baby” Houseman in the St. Louis premiere of Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story On Stage.

Tierney and Reed lead a company of 26 that includes Matthew Amira as Robbie Gould (The Hunchback o f N o t re D a m e - Ogunquit Playhouse), Jordan Edwin André as Billy Kostecki/Singer (West Side Story - Regional), Alyssa Brizzi as Lisa Houseman (Beauty and the Beast – National Tour), Jerome Harmann-Hardeman as Tito Suarez (The Full Monty), Jennifer Mealani Jones as Penny Johnson (“So You Think You Can Dance” season 10), Hannah Jane McMurray as Marjorie Houseman (Peter Pan 360), Gary Lynch as Max Kellerman (Les Misérables), Jon Powell as Dr. Jake Houseman (The Rose Bowl Queens LA), Alan Scharf as Mr. Schumacher (Take Her – National Tour) and Matt Surges as Neil Kellerman (A Funny Thing Happened… - Regional).

The ensemble comprises Estee Beck, Matthew Borchers, Henry Byalikov, Chante Carmel, Jenifer Dillow, Lindsey Hailes, Michal Kolaczkowski, Kelsey Kramer, Mark MacKillop, Sophie Lee Morris, Katelyn Prominski, Michael Thomas Pugliese, John Swapshire and D. Scott Withers.

Tickets for Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story On Stage at the Fabulous Fox are on sale now online at MetroTix.com, by calling 314-5341111 or in person at the Fabulous Fox Box Office. Ticket prices start at $25. Prices are subject to change; please refer to FabulousFox.com for current ticket prices as they are subject to change due to demand.

Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story On Stage is part of the U.S. Bank Broadway Series.

Performances of Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story On Stage at the Fabulous Fox run May 12 – 14.

Show times are Friday and Saturday evening at 7:30 p.m., Saturday afternoon at 2 p.m. and Sunday afternoon at 1 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.

“The company that we have assembled for our North American tour is beautiful and truthful,” says Eleanor Bergstein, screenwriter of the film Dirty Dancing and book writer for the musical. “I originally wrote the movie because I love to dance. And since the movie first appeared, the open-hearted audience response has made me believe that everyone has a secret dancer inside them, one they feel could connect them to the physical world in the way they dream. If that was true, then its natural form was theater – live audiences watching live bodies dancing and singing here and now. I have added 20 more new scenes, 36 numbers of live music, and an eight piece band onstage.

It’s been a deep pleasure for us to watch audiences around the country respond as this extraordinarily talented group of people brings Dirty Dancing home to North America.”

The production’s book is written

by Eleanor Bergstein and the North American tour will be directed by James Powell with choreography by Michele Lynch based on the original choreography by Kate Champion.

The creative team also includes Stephen Brimson Lewis (set design), Tim Mitchell (lighting design), Jennifer Irwin (costume design), Bobby Aitken (sound design),

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Cast members for "Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story on Stage" are from left, Jennifer Mealni Jones as Penny Johnson, Bronwyn Reed as Frances "Baby" Houseman and Christopher Tierney as Johnny Castle.

Jon Driscoll (video and projection design), Bernie Ardia (hair design), Conrad Helfrich (music supervisor and orchestrations) and Alan Plado (music director).

Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story On Stage is an unprecedented live experience, exploding with heartpounding music played live by an eight piece onstage band, passionate romance and sensational dancing.

Seen by millions across the globe, this timeless love story features the hit songs “Hungry Eyes,” “Hey Baby,” “Do You Love Me?” and the heart-stopping “(I’ve Had) The Time Of My Life.” London’s Sunday Express says “This crowd-pleasing stage adaptation hits the jackpot!”

It’s the summer of 1963, and 17-year-old Frances ‘Baby’ Houseman is on vacation in New York’s Catskill Mountains with her older sister and parents.

Mesmerized by the racy dance moves and pounding rhythms she discovers in the resort’s staff quarters, Baby can’t wait to be part of the scene, especially when she catches sight of Johnny Castle, the resort’s sexy dance instructor.

Passions ignite and Baby’s life changes forever when she is thrown in to the deep end as Johnny’s leading lady, both on-stage and off.

Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story On Stage began as an eight-week staged workshop in Manhattan in the fall of 2001. It was first performed at the Theatre Royal in Sydney, Australia in November 2004 before embarking upon a hugely successful tour of Australia and New Zealand. A new production opened at the Theater Neue Flora in Hamburg, Germany in March 2006 where it broke records for achieving the highest advance in European history.

The production began performances on London’s West

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End in October 2006 with an £11 million advance and went on to become the longest running show in the history of the Aldwych Theatre.

It closed in July 2011 in advance of a two-year UK national tour and then returned to London for a strictly limited season at the Piccadilly Theatre.

Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story On Stage has gone on to perform across the world in markets as d i v e r s e a s U t re c h t , H o l l a n d , Johannesburg and Cape Town, South Africa. Most recently, it has been represented by a new UK tour (which launched March 2014 in Bristol), a German tour (which launched April 2014 in Berlin) and a French tour (which launched January 2015 in Paris). The show returned to Australia with a new tour that premiered in late 2014 in honor of the stage production’s 10th anniversary. The current North American tour launched in Washington, DC in August 2014 and is currently booked through the 2015-2016 season.

The North American tour of Dirty Dancing – The Classic Story On Stage is produced by Amber Jacobsen, NETworks Presentations LLC, Grove Entertainment, and Col Joye in association with Lionsgate and Magic Hour Productions.

For more information, please visit http://us.dirtydancingontour.com/.

CAST BIOS CHRISTOPHER TIERNEY (Johnny Castle) has danced with Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Les Ballet Jazz du Montreal and Houston Ballet. First national tour of Movin’ Out and the North American premiere of Dirty Dancing. Original cast on Broadway in Spiderman: Turn Off The Dark. Off Broadway credits include I Am The Wind (The One) and Downward Facing Debbie (Tate). Featured actor in Across The

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BRONWYN REED (Frances “Baby” Houseman) is thrilled to be making her national tour debut playing the iconic role of "Baby" in this fabulous production of Dirty Dancing! After training with The Joffrey Ballet and American Ballet Theatre, she studied at Stanford U n i v e r s i t y ( B FA D r a m a ) a n d LAMDA (MA in Acting). She plays the recurring role of Lucy Huston on “Law & Order: SVU,” and can next be seen opposite Charlize Theron in The Last Face, directed

by Sean Penn, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. Deepest thanks to my cast and crew for dancing with me, to Laura for believing in me and to Aaron and Matt for fighting for me. All my love to my family and friends, and most of all to my love, Michael.

Follow my journey on twitter: @ bronwynreed, and instagram: bronwnyreedofficial.

MATTHEW AMIRA (Robbie, u / s B i l l y ) . To u r i n g d e b u t !

Regional: The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Jehan Frollo, Ogunquit Playhouse), South Pacific (Asolo Repertory Theatre), She Loves M e ( S t e p h e n K o d a l y, I n f i n i t y Theatre), Fiddler on The Roof, The Most Happy Fella (Goodspeed Opera House), Fiddler on the Roof (Perchik, Music Theatre of Wichita). New York City native.

BFA in Musical Theatre from the Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (CCM). All my love to my family, Lookers, Avalon Artists, and Kat! @matthewamira JORDAN EDWIN ANDRÉ (Billy Kostecki/Singer) is excited to be making his National Tour debut!

Regional: West Side Story (Tony), Bye Bye Birdie (Conrad Birdie), A Midsummer Night's Dream

(Theseus, Wagon Wheel Theatre).

Training: BFA Musical Theatre, University of Michigan. Broadway Dreams Foundation. Huge thank you to everyone on the creative team and Laura Stanczyck. Much love to my parents, twin sister and friends for their love and support.

A LY S S A B R I Z Z I ( L i s a Houseman) was born and raised in Vancouver, Canada. Growing up, she trained with The National Ballet School of Canada in Toronto, The Royal Winnipeg Ballet and Banff Ballet. She could be seen most recently in Idaho! The Comedy Musical at the Smith Center in Las Vegas as Belle and Dream Cassie.

Some of her past credits include The Broadway National Tour of Beauty and the Beast as the swing and dance captain, Mystic Rhythms (Tokyo DisneySea), Hairspray, West Side Story, High School Musical, Gypsy, Big the Musical and as a finalist on CBC’s reality television series “Triple Sensation.” Alyssa would like to thank her family for their constant love and support as well as the wonderful creatives of Dirty Dancing!

JENNIFER MEALANI JONES (Penny Johnson), an Ellicott City, MD native, started her dance career in Philadelphia, PA., where she graduated from the University of the Arts. While in Philly she performed with Philadanco, was featured on “So You Think You Can Dance” (Season 10), was an NBA 76ers Dream Team dancer and worked with the brilliant Gunnar Montana. In 2014 she moved to Los Angeles where she has danced and worked professionally on stage, in film and commercials. Jennifer is grateful for the love and support from her family and friends, and is thrilled to be starring as Penny on this tour of Dirty Dancing!

The Arts Fox announces 2017-18 season For The Edge The Fabulous Fox Theatre announces an incredible season of St. Louis premiers and classic musicals in the 2017–2018 U.S. Bank Broadway Series. The season will include the previously announced HAMILTON making its Fox Theatre debut April 3-22, 2018 for a limited three-week engagement. The six-show season ticket package opens with the romantic thriller THE BODYGUARD followed by ON YOUR FEET!, the story of Emilio and Gloria Estefan. Winner of the 2015 Tony Award® for Best Musical Revival, Rodgers & Hammerstein’s THE KING AND I will have you whistling a happy tune this holiday season. SCHOOL OF ROCK kicks off 2018 with fist-pumping exuberance and the 2016 Tony Award® winner for Best Musical Revival THE COLOR PURPLE visits in March.

Eight specials will also be presented in the season lineup including return engagements of THE BOOK OF MORMON, winner of nine Tony Awards® including Best Musical, and the spectacular new production of THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA. THE BODYGUARD October 3 – 15, 2017 Based on the smash hit film, the awardwinning musical will star Grammy® Aw a r d - n o m i n e e a n d R & B s u p e r s t a r Deborah Cox! Former Secret Service agent turned bodyguard, Frank Farmer, is hired to protect superstar Rachel Marron from an unknown stalker. Each expects to be in charge; what they don’t expect is to fall in love. A breathtakingly romantic thriller, THE BODYGUARD features a host of irresistible classics including “Queen of the Night,” “So Emotional,” “One Moment in Time,” “Saving All My Love,” “Run to You,” “I Have Nothing,” “I Wanna Dance with Somebody” and one of the biggest selling songs of all time – “I Will Always Love You.” ON YOUR FEET! November 7 – 19, 2017 From their humble beginnings in Cuba, Emilio and Gloria Estefan came to America and broke through all barriers to become a crossover sensation at the very top of the pop music world. But just when they thought they had it all, they almost lost everything. From international superstardom to life-threatening tragedy, ON YOUR FEET! takes you behind the music and inside the real story of this record-making and groundbreaking couple who, in the face of adversity, found a way to end up on their feet. Directed by two-time Tony Award® winner Jerry Mitchell (Kinky Boots), with choreography by Olivier Award winner Sergio Trujillo (Jersey Boys) and an original book by Academy Award® winner Alexander Dinelaris (Birdman), ON YOUR FEET! features some of the most iconic songs of the past quarter century - and one of the most inspiring stories in music history.

Rodgers & Hammerstein’s THE KING AND I | November 28 – December 10, 2017 Two worlds collide in the Lincoln Center Theater production of this “breathtaking and exquisite” (The New York Times) musical, directed by Bartlett Sher. One of Rodgers & Hammerstein’s finest works, THE KING AND I boasts a score that features such beloved classics as “Getting To Know You,” “I Whistle a Happy Tune,” “Hello Young Lovers,” “Shall We Dance” and “Something Wonderful.”

Set in 1860s Bangkok, the musical tells the story of the unconventional and tempestuous relationship that develops between the King of Siam and Anna Leonowens, a British schoolteacher whom the modernist King, in an imperialistic world, brings to Siam to teach his many wives and children. Winner of the 2015 Tony Award® for Best Musical Revival, THE KING AND I is “too beautiful to miss” (New York Magazine).

SCHOOL OF ROCK January 16 – 28, 2018 SC H O O L O F R OC K i s a Ne w Yo r k Times Critics’ Pick and “an inspiring jolt of energy, joy and mad skillz!” (Entertainment Weekly). Based on the hit film, this hilarious new musical follows Dewey Finn, a wannabe rock star posing as a substitute teacher who turns a class of straight-A students into a guitar-shredding, bassslapping, mind-blowing rock band. This high-octane smash features 14 new songs from Andrew Lloyd Webber, all the original

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THE COLOR PURPLE March 20 – April 1, 2018 THE COLOR PURPLE is the 2016 Tony Award® winner for Best Musical Revival.

Hailed as “a direct hit to the heart” (The Hollywood Reporter), this joyous American classic has conquered Broadway in an allnew "ravishingly reconceived production that is a glory to behold” (The New York Times) directed by Tony winner John Doyle. With a soul-raising score of jazz, gospel, ragtime and blues, THE COLOR PURPLE gives an exhilarating new spirit to this Pulitzer Prize-winning story. This production is a stunning re-imagining of an epic story about a young woman’s journey to love and triumph in the American South.

It’s the musical sensation that New York Magazine calls “one of the greatest revivals ever.” Experience the exhilarating power of this Tony-winning triumph!

HAMILTON April 3 – 22, 2018 HAMILTON is the story of America's Founding Father Alexander Hamilton, an immigrant from the West Indies who became George Washington's right-hand man during the Revolutionary War and was the new nation’s first Treasury Secretary.

Featuring a score that blends hip-hop, jazz, blues, rap, R&B, and Broadway, HAMILTON is the story of America then, as told by America now. With book, music

and lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda, direction

by Thomas Kail, choreography by Andy Blankenbuehler and musical supervision and orchestrations by Alex Lacamoire, HAMILTON is based on Ron Chernow’s biography of Founding Father Alexander Hamilton.

Series Specials Eight Broadway specials will be offered to 2017–2018 season ticket holders for priority seating before their public on-sale dates. Back by popular demand, A CHRISTMAS CAROL will run during the holidays for the 27th time December 14-17. The enchanting Rodgers + Hammerstein’s CINDERELLA returns December 27-31. A new production of the beloved classic Rodgers & Hammerstein’s THE SOUND OF MUSIC returns February 2-4. The family favorite THE WIZARD OF OZ, will delight St. Louis’ audiences February 23-25. CHICAGO, the razzle dazzle tale of sin and celebrity, will make its way back to the Fabulous Fox March 2-4.

For one weekend only March 16-18, CIRCUS 1903 – THE GOLDEN AGE OF CIRCUS will present a thrilling turn of the century circus spectacular for the first time on the Fox stage. Cameron Mackintosh’s spectacular new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA returns for a limited engagement May 9-20.

Back by popular demand, THE BOOK OF MORMON will close out the season May 29 June 3.

New six-show season ticket packages will go on sale April 14 at 10 a.m. Current U.S.

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Bank Broadway season ticket holders will receive their renewal information beginning the week of March 27. On-sale dates for individual shows will be announced later.

For more information, please call the Fox Subscription office at 314-535-1700. Groups of 15 or more should call 314-535-2900 for special rates and reservations. The Broadway Series at the Fabulous Fox Theatre is presented by U.S. Bank.

2017 – 2018 U.S. Bank Broadway Series Shows and Specials: (The Six Season Ticket shows are in bold) THE BODYGUARD * October 3-15, 2017 ON YOUR FEET! * November 7-19, 2017 Rodgers & Hammerstein’s THE KING AND I * November 28 – December 10, 2017 A CHRISTMAS CAROL * December 14-17, 2017 Rodgers + Hammerstein’s CINDERELLA * December 27-31, 2017 SCHOOL OF ROCK * January 16-28, 2018 Rodgers & Hammerstein’s THE SOUND OF MUSIC * February 2-4, 2018 THE WIZARD OF OZ * February 23-25, 2018 CHICAGO * March 2-4, 2018 CIRCUS 1903 – THE GOLDEN AGE OF CIRCUS * March 16-18, 2018 THE COLOR PURPLE * March 20 – April 1, 2018 HAMILTON * April 3-22, 2018 THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA * May 9-20, 2018 THE BOOK OF MORMON * May 29 – June 3, 2018

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The Arts Arts calendar Thursday, April 13 Spring at the Sun, The Sun Theater, Grand Center, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. #1 in Civil Rights: the African American Freedom Struggle in St. Louis, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m to 5:00 p.m., Runs until March 14, 2018 Degas, impressionism, and the Paris Millinery Trade, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs until May 7, 2017 Route 66: Main Street Through St. Louis Exhibit, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs until July 16, 2017

Friday, April 14 Spring at the Sun, The Sun Theater, Grand Center, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. #1 in Civil Rights: the African American Freedom Struggle in St. Louis, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m to 5:00 p.m., Runs until March 14, 2018 Degas, impressionism, and the Paris Millinery Trade, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs until May 7, 2017 Route 66: Main Street Through St. Louis Exhibit, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs until July 16, 2017

Saturday, April 15 Spring at the Sun, The Sun Theater, Grand Center, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. #1 in Civil Rights: the African American Freedom Struggle in St. Louis, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m to 5:00 p.m., Runs until March 14, 2018 Degas, impressionism, and the Paris Millinery Trade, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs until May 7, 2017 Route 66: Main Street Through St. Louis Exhibit, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs until July 16, 2017

#1 in Civil Rights: the African American Freedom Struggle in St. Louis, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m to 5:00 p.m., Runs until March 14, 2018 Degas, impressionism, and the Paris Millinery Trade, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs until May 7, 2017 Route 66: Main Street Through St. Louis Exhibit, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs until July 16, 2017

Monday, April 17 #1 in Civil Rights: the African American Freedom Struggle in St. Louis, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m to 5:00 p.m., Runs until March 14, 2018 Degas, impressionism, and the Paris Millinery Trade, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs until May 7, 2017 Route 66: Main Street Through St. Louis Exhibit, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs until July 16, 2017

Tuesday, April 18 #1 in Civil Rights: the African American Freedom Struggle in St. Louis, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m to 5:00 p.m., Runs until March 14, 2018 Degas, impressionism, and the Paris Millinery Trade, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs until May 7, 2017

Route 66: Main Street Through St. Louis Exhibit, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs until July 16, 2017

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Friday, April 21 Disney's The Lion King, The Fabulous Fox Theater, St. Louis, Runs until May 7.2017 #1 in Civil Rights: the African American Freedom Struggle in St. Louis, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m to 5:00 p.m., Runs until March 14, 2018 Degas, impressionism, and the Paris Millinery Trade, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs until May 7, 2017 Route 66: Main Street Through St. Louis Exhibit, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs until July 16, 2017

Wednesday, April 19 Disney's The Lion King, The Fabulous Fox Theater, St. Louis, Runs until May 7.2017 #1 in Civil Rights: the African American Freedom Struggle in St. Louis, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m to 5:00 p.m., Runs until March 14, 2018 Degas, impressionism, and the Paris Millinery Trade, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs until May 7, 2017 Route 66: Main Street Through St. Louis Exhibit, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs until July 16, 2017

Saturday, April 22 Disney's The Lion King, The Fabulous Fox Theater, St. Louis, Runs until May 7.2017 #1 in Civil Rights: the African

Thursday, April 20 Disney's The Lion King, The Fabulous Fox Theater, St. Louis, Runs until May 7.2017 #1 in Civil Rights: the African American Freedom Struggle in St. Louis, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m to 5:00 p.m., Runs until March 14, 2018 Degas, impressionism, and the Paris Millinery Trade, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs until May 7, 2017 Route 66: Main Street Through St. Louis Exhibit, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to

American Freedom Struggle in St. Louis, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m to 5:00 p.m., Runs until March 14, 2018 Degas, impressionism, and the Paris Millinery Trade, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs until May 7, 2017 Route 66: Main Street Through St. Louis Exhibit, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs until July 16, 2017

Sunday, April 23 Disney's The Lion King, The Fabulous Fox Theater, St. Louis, Runs until May 7.2017 #1 in Civil Rights: the African American Freedom Struggle in St. Louis, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m to 5:00 p.m., Runs until March 14, 2018 Degas, impressionism, and the Paris Millinery Trade, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs until May 7, 2017

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The Arts Artistic adventures McKendree to host "DCI St. Louis" Drum Corps Show M c K e n d re e U n i v e r s i t y o n c e again will host Drum Corps International’s annual “DCI St. Louis” competition on Wednesday, July 12. Scheduled to perform are Genesis, of A u s t i n , Te x a s ; L e g e n d s , o f Kalamazoo, Mich.; Madison S c o u t s , o f M a d i s o n , Wi s . ; Music City, of Nashville, Tenn.; Phantom Regiment, of Rockford, Ill.; Pioneer, of Milwaukee, Wis.; and Santa Clara Vanguard, of Santa Clara, Calif.

The 7:30 p.m. show will take place at Leemon Athletic Field on campus, adjacent to the Hettenhausen Center for the Arts at 400 N. Alton St. in Lebanon, Ill. Gates will open at 6 p.m.

Phantom Regiment will host a drum camp at the university f ro m J u l y 1 0 t o 1 3 ; f o r m o re information or to register, visit regiment.org/camps.

Ti c k e t s f o r “ D C I S t . L o u i s ” are available at dci.org/tickets.

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Ti c k e t p r i c e s w i l l i n c re a s e $ 5 on the day of the show. Groups of 20 or more qualify for a $5 discount in select sections. Call DCI at 317-275-1212 to purchase group tickets or wheelchair accessible seating. Advance orders will end approximately one week before the event. The show is expected to sell out, however any remaining tickets m a y b e p u rc h a s e d a t t h e b o x office after 3 p.m.

“DCI St. Louis” is on “Marching Music’s Major League’s” 45th annual summer t our, wh i c h c ul m i n a t e s a t t h e world championship finals in Indianapolis in August. Proceeds from “DCI St. Louis” support the McKendree University Music Department’s interactive “Music in Our Schools” program f o r p re - K t h ro u g h 1 2 t h g r a d e students.

St.ART Street Art Festival planned St. Louis resident and wellness visionary Michael G. Tompkins is pleased to introduce on Valentine’s Day the inaugural St.ART Street Art Festival in St. Louis, Missouri Sept. 30 and Oct 1. The goal of the 2-day festival is to encourage hope, healing and positive dialogue through art—including large canvas painting, poetry, performance art, and “yarn bombing” trees.

During the weekend, a group of inspired local and renowned s t re e t a r t i s t s w i l l c o n v e y t h e emotions of the underprivileged and silenced in the community on large canvases and through spoken word, in the city of St. Louis.

“The divide in St. Louis between those that have and those that have not is undeniable. Not unlike the iconic St. Louis Arch, art has an ability to bridge the divide. Art brings various opinions together in a way where all opinions are v a l i d . T h e re i s n o b l a c k a n d w h i t e ; r i g h t o r w ro n g , ” s a y s Tompkins. The artists begin the dialogue by conveying the voice and frustration of the people on

the first day, then express their vision of our new community on day two. The festival will be interactive with the audience, using yarn bombing on trees for the observers to leave their own personal messages of frustration and hope.

While the first day will be held in Fairgrounds Park, day two will be held at Langenberg Field i n F o re s t P ark. Bo th days are complementary and open to the public from 10am-8pm. Street artists signed on include Basil Kincaid, Cbabi Bayoc, Fnnch, P e a t E y e z Wo l l a e g e r, K i d l e w a n d S t e p h e n “ YA R N b o m b e r ” Du n e i e r. P o e ts inc lude P ac ia Anderson, and Richard Blanco.

Blanco, who was selected by President Barack Obama in 2012 to serve as the fifth inaugural poet in U.S. history (joining the ranks of Robert Frost and Maya Angelou), will open and close the festival.

Artists and donors were quick to embrace Tompkins’ vision to use street art to start a dialogue between diverse groups in St. L o u i s . A re c e n t t r a n s p l a n t t o S t . L o u i s , To m p k i n s c a m e u p with the idea for St.ART after w it ne ss in g amazing stre e t art f o l l o w i n g t h e M i c h a e l B ro w n shooting in Ferguson.

D a y o n e o f S t . A R T, t h e canvases will be painted in black and white. The TRUTH of the hopelessness, the desperation o f n o t f e e l i n g h e a rd , a n d t h e h a rd s h i p s f o u n d i n o u r i n n e r city neighborhoods. Day two the theme is: “Hope has color.” In one of the brightest areas that our city celebrates, those same artists will paint in color, their vision of our new community. “ T h e i n c i d e n t i n F e rg u s o n changed me from having rose colored glasses about St. Louis, to becoming aware of the distinct socioeconomic and racial divide, which has been palpable to both the black and white populations in our community f o r d e c a d e s , ” s a i d To m p k i n s .

“When I saw messages of frustration and despair, as well as messages of hope displayed, it spurred me take action. Large scale art has always had an ability to convey emotion on a much grander scale—the impact i s s o m u c h b i g g e r. S t re e t a r t speaks a universal language and by allowing the artwork to stand on its own it takes away the ego of judgement.”

T h e p ro c e e d s o f t h e c a n v a s sales will fund resiliency programs for the inner city a n d p u b l i c s e r v i c e s e c t o r. To date, St.ART has already raised individual donations totaling m o re t h a n 5 5 p e rc e n t o f o u r event budget—nearly all of the donors outside the city of St. Louis.

About St.Art St.Louis S t . A RT i s a n i n n o v a t i v e f e s t i v a l w i t h a s h a re d v i s i o n to open a dialogue. The goal of the 2-day street art festival is to encourage hope, healing and positive dialogue through art—including large canvas painting, poetry, performance art, and “yarn bombing” trees.

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3 0 - O c t 1 , a g ro u p o f i n s p i re d and renowned street artists will convey the emotions of the underprivileged and silenced i n t h e c i t y o f S t . L o u i s . Ta x deductible contributions can be

made online at www.Generosity. com search term St.ART or visit http://st-artstlouis.org/.

The Hett announces 2016-17 schedule The 2016-2017 season at McKendree University’s Hettenhausen Center for the Arts celebrates the arts with a multicultural line up of performers hailing from Ireland to Inner Mongolia, as well as a bestselling author and family favorites. “’McKendree Presents’ is the premiere arts and culture series in Southern Illinois. Each year we aim to entertain, move and inspire our audience. Our eleventh season is no exception,” said Peter Palermo, director of the Hett.

Reserved seats will be available to the public starting on Sept. 6 at noon, however Friends of the Hett

can purchase tickets June 27 at noon.

For information on becoming a Friend of the Hett, visit theHett.com or call 618-537-6863. All events are open to the public and held at the 488-seat performing arts center on McKendree’s Lebanon, Ill., campus.

Ticket prices range from $5 to $26, with discounts for seniors and students. Many programs are free, including the film series and student concerts.

Preview the new season online at theHett.com. “McKendree Presents” will feature the following: Feb. 11, 11 a.m. and 2 p.m.: Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia: Brown Bear, Brown Bear and Other Treasured Stories blends puppetry and striking scenic effects, bringing to life storybook favorites by Eric Carle.

April 25, 7:30 p.m.: Parsons Dance is a New York modern dance company hailed for its athleticism, joyfulness and technical skill.

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The Distinguished Speaker Series will present: The free Film Art Series will screen “Saving Private Ryan,” Sept.

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