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Trainer backs project Workouts to help playground.

9 "At Any Price" Film doesn't really register.

10 Connections

EAC announces latest exhibit.

11 "Twelfth Night"

Shakespeare Festival begins May 24.

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What’s Happening Friday May 10___________ • C o n te m p o ra r y B a l l e t presented by Saint Louis Ballet, Touhill Performing Arts Center, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m.

• Art Fair at Laumeier, Laumeier Sculpture Park, St. Louis, 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.

• Maple and Vine, Hot City Theatre - Kranzberg Arts Center, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m.

• Opening Reception - Yvette Dubinsky: There and Gone, Bruno David Gallery, St. Louis, 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., Runs through June 15.

• New Works: Contemporary Choreographer's Series, Touhill Performing Arts Center, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m.

• Yvette Dubinsky: There and Gone, Bruno David Gallery, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through June 15.

• Mantegna to Man Ray: Six Explorations in Prints, Drawings, and Photographs Exhibit, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Runs through October 27.

• A.T.M. Muzic presents Let The Lou Stand Up, Plush St. Louis, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

• King Britt w/DJ Alexis, Mo E Allstars, The Demo, St. Louis, Doors 9:00 p.m.

• Ben Rector w/Alpha Rev, The Demo, St. Louis, Doors 7:30 p.m.

• Natural Child w/Bird Cloud, The Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 8:00 p.m.

• The Devil Makes Three w/ Johnny Fritz, Blueberry Hill, St. Louis, Doors 8:00 p.m.

• Roseanne Cash, Sheldon Concert Hall, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m.

• The Bellamy Brothers, Wildey Theatre, Edwardsville, 8:00 p.m.

• Chris Thomas King, The Gramophone, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

• The Manhattan Project, The Gramophone, St. Louis, Doors 10:00 p.m.

• Hur t w/Brookroyal, Smile Empty Soul, Killer Me Killer You, Pop's, Sauget, 6:00 p.m.

• St. Louis Symphony Orchestral Program: Beethoven 9, Powell Symphony Hall, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m.

• Lionel Loueke, Jazz at the Bistro, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.

Saturday May 11___________ • 6 t h A n nu a l U R BA N A I R E , Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, 7:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m.

• Royal Comedy Tour, Chaifetz Arena, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m.

• Saint Louis Science Center Public Camp-In, Saint Louis Science Center, St. Louis, 5:00 p.m. to 10:00 a.m.

• Thornhill Open House, Thornhill Mansion at Faust Park, St. Louis, 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

• C o n te m p o ra r y B a l l e t presented by Saint Louis Ballet, Touhill Performing Arts Center, St. Louis, 2:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.

• Art Fair at Laumeier, Laumeier Sculpture Park, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.

• Maple and Vine, Hot City Theatre - Kranzberg Arts Center, St. Louis, 3:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.

• Donald Judd: The Multicolored Works Exhibit, Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through January 4.

• Trace, Craft Alliance - Delmar Loop, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through June 16.

• New Works: Contemporary Choreographer's Series, Touhill Performing Arts Center, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m.

• The Black Rep presents Smash/Hit!, Grandel Theatre, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m.

• Highlights from the Textile Collection, St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through January 12, 2014.

• B i l l S m i t h : B eyo n d t h e Humanities Exhibit, World Chess Hall of Fame, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through September 15.

• Mantegna to Man Ray: Six Explorations in Prints, Drawings, and Photographs Exhibit, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through October 27.

• Dillinger Escape Plan w/The Faceless, Royal Thunder, The Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

• Remember The Legends, Blueberry Hill, St. Louis, Doors 8:00 p.m.

• The Tenors, The Pageant, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

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Roger Ernst stands next to a diagram of the new Rotary playground slated for Township Park.

Trainer puts muscle behind park project Rotary in the process of rebuilding playground

By JULIA BIGGS Of The Edge When Roger Ernst, owner of the local business Performance Fitness, learned of the Edwardsville Rotary’s effort to raise funds for the new playground in Township Park, he knew he wanted to support their efforts.

Ernst, a 2002 graduate of Metro East Lutheran High School and an SIUE graduate with a kinesiology degree, is offering area residents the opportunity to burn some calories during one of four, 45 minute workouts on May 11 for a minimum donation of $10 per person.

He will, in turn, be donating the proceeds from this event to the Edwardsville Rotary’s playground project.

Ernst learned about the Rotary’s Township Park playground project from one of his weekly clients, Brian Mulhall, who is also a Rotarian and a playground committee member.

Ernst said he knew he wanted to get involved with raising funds and awareness for the new playground because he himself enjoyed the old Rotary playground as a child and that “playing is such an important part of youth physical fitness.”

“When kids are running around, playing games with their friends, and playing on a

playground, like I used to do when I was a kid, they don’t think about it and don’t realize that they are being physically active,” Ernst said. “They are just out there to have fun with their friends. I want kids today to be able to experience that same type of feeling.”

Mulhall explained that Ernst approached him a few months ago and said he would like to get involved in the project. “Roger is doing a wonderful and creative fundraiser for the benefit of the communities,” Mulhall said. “I think it’s terrific how he is using a workout to raise money for something that ties in so well with physical fitness and agility for children.

The Edwardsville Rotary Club very much appreciates Roger’s work for this rebuild and the participant’s sweat on Saturday, May 11, at Performance Fitness.”

Ernst pointed out that exercise for adults, like children on a playground, doesn’t have to feel like work. “A lot of people think that the only way to work out or exercise is to run on a treadmill, go to an aerobics class, or lift weights. I don’t want people to dread working out. I want everyone to have fun and enjoy what they are doing while being physically active,” Ernst said.

Ernst’s fundraiser, the Playground Power Hour Workout, will be offered at 8 a.m., 9 a.m., 10 a.m. and 11 a.m. on May 11 at Ernst’s Performance Fitness studio located at 456 E. Vandalia in Edwardsville. Many will recognize the address as the old Vallow Floor location.

The workout, which Ernst will lead for a $10 minimum donation per person, will feature use of your own body weight, resistance bands, suspension trainers, kettle bells, big battling ropes, sand bags, and medicine balls in a hybrid workout that combines cardio, strength training, core, conditioning and flexibility all in one workout. “It’s designed to boost up your metabolism, get your heart rate up, and burn as many calories as you can in about 45 minutes,” Ernst said.

All fitness levels are welcome to attend. “We will have multiple personal trainers assisting with the workout that will be able to help scale and modify the workout for all ages as well as fitness and ability levels,” Ernst emphasized.

“People can work at their own pace so if they need to stop, take a break, get a drink of water, they can do it.”

Register for the Playground Power Hour online at www.PerformanceFitness618.com/

playground Register early because each class will be limited to only 20 people. Call Ernst at 618-781-6712 or email him at performancefitnessbootcamp@gmail.com.

The original Rotary playground in Township Park in Edwardsville was built in 1991. It was built in five days through the incredible effort of hundreds of community volunteers of all skill levels.

The new playground will be built in a similar way as the Rotary will again call on community volunteers to donate their time to build it.

Mulhall said that interested volunteers will have several opportunities to sign up at public events in the next few months for the September building of the playground or they can visit the Rotary’s Playground Web site at www. airplaneparkplayground.org The Rotary is simply taking names and contact information at this time for a follow-up call this summer to confirm participation and specifically what skill level or area is desired by the volunteer. Along with physical labor, they will also need food service help, childcare and traffic/parking over the five day build.

Follow fun discussions about the new playground and information about the Edwardsville Rotary’s planning process on the Airplane Park Playground Facebook page.

SIUE makes plans for XFest 2013 Xfest 2013 will feature a variety of dance and theatre performances this summer from May 29- June 1 performed by companies that embrace the innovation of experimental theatre. Two of these companies will be welcomed to the SIUE campus to share the critical buzz they have earned in the Windy City: Chicago Dance Crash and The Seldoms.

Xfest is an annual summer festival celebrating experimental theatre. Created by Professor Peter Cocuzza and Associate Professor Chuck Harper, both in the SIUE Department of Theater and Dance, the festival invites theater and dance companies from around the nation to perform at the SIUE campus and introduce innovative elements to the campus and the community.

Crash will be presenting a sampling of its acclaimed pieces in Selected Works on May 30, and The Seldoms will present Exit Disclaimer: Science and Fiction Ahead, a production that addresses the current climate change debate, on June 1.

Both performances will take place in the Metcalf Theater.

The Chicago-based companies are led by two talented, passionate choreographers who are excited to bring their work to Xfest 2013 to share with the SIUE, Metro East and St. Louis communities: Jessica Deahr and Carrie Hanson.

Deahr began working with Chicago Dance Crash in 2007, when she joined the company as a guest artist. She became a member of the company in 2009 and received her first opportunity to choreograph for the company in 2010.

Her first show as choreographer was Gotham City, which proved to be immensely successful with a sold-out, sixweekend run at the Storefront Theater.

Since then, Deahr was named artistic director and continues to choreograph popular and compelling dance performances. She has also worked with many different dancers from varied backgrounds and skill sets at Crash, as the company strives to bring varied talent, and thus unique productions, to its stage.

“Crash is unique in that we draw from so many dance

disciplines,” said Deahr. “We cover everything from ballet to breakdance, jazz and hip hop to acro. Sometimes we feature one specific style, sometimes we fuse several of them together. In order to do so, our company dancers specialize in one area of dance but are capable of performing all styles, which gives us such a huge canvas to create with. “ Hanson, artistic director of The Seldoms, co-founded the company with a group of artists in 2001. Since its founding, The Seldoms has presented productions that tackle diverse social and economic issues that often take place in unique settings, like a truck garage, gallery spaces and an outdoor pool. Through dance, Hanson believes that the company has enabled her to express her voice, which has evolved and changed over the 10 plus years the company has been in existence.

To purchase tickets, see performer bios, and read more about the Xfest performances please visit the Xfest website.

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People People planner Globetrotters bringing clinics to St. Louis area Back in St. Louis by popular demand, the world famous Harlem Globetrotters will bring their renowned Summer Skills Clinics to 24 Hour Fitness clubs in the St. Louis area from June 24-29, 2013.

During their six days in St. Louis, Globetrotters’ stars will lead a total of 18 two-hour clinics at the following 24 Hour Fitness locations: • 24 Hour Fitness St. Charles Sport 1095 Regency Parkway, St. Charles, MO 63303 June 24-26: 9:00-11:00 a.m., 12:30-2:30 p.m. and 3:30-5:30 p.m.

• 24 Hour Fitness Arnold Sport 215 Arnold Crossing, Arnold MO 63010 June 27-29: 9:00-11:00 a.m., 12:30-2:30 p.m. and 3:30-5:30 p.m.

Globetrotters will be on-court for each two-hour session – coaching, motivating, inspiring and entertaining participating kids. The stars of the team make clinics inclusive and fun for boys and girls, ages 6-12, of all skill and experience levels.

Harlem Globetrotters Summer Skills Clinics were introduced last summer in St. Louis with rave reviews from parents and kids.

Space in each clinic is limited to ensure an up-close-andpersonal experience. Registration is $59 per session. Parents can find more information and purchase clinic spots at www.

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Throughout their history, the Globetrotters have showcased their iconic talents in 121 countries and territories on six continents, often breaking down cultural and societal barriers while providing fans with their first-ever basketball experience.

Proud inductees of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, the Globetrotters have entertained hundreds of millions of fans—among them popes, kings, queens, and presidents— over more than eight thrilling decades.

Quad City Air Show planned The awarding winning and nationally recognized Quad City Air Show, besides being featured on the History Channel in the Modern Marvels program titled "Air Shows" being featured in the first ever book written by aviation author Erik Hildebrandt about air shows called, "Front Row Center", the Quad City Air Show being selected the "BEST LARGE CIVILIAN" air show of the YEAR for 2011 by the United States Navy, as they celebrated their 100th Anniversary of Naval Aviation

and participated in events all over the world to highlight this milestone, the Quad City Air Show is proud to announce that while other air shows around the country are shutting down and cancelling their events, the Quad City Air Show one of the longest continuous running air shows in the industry is planning the biggest WWII theme salute air show ever.

The Quad City Air Show has announced the dates for the upcoming 27th Quad City Air Show, we will be hosting our 27th Quad City Air Show on the weekend of June 22-23, 2013 at the Davenport Airport.

The theme for the 27th Quad City Air Show is - "An Aerial Salute to the Greatest Generation - WWII" and will feature demonstrations from more WWII era airplanes then after have before participated in the incredible QUAD CITY AIR SHOW, just look at this: Tora Tora Tora; John Mohr - Boeing PT-17; Chance-Vought F4U-4 Corsair; Douglas AC-47; North American P-51 Mustang; Beech 18; Curtis P-40 Warhawk; North American B-25 Mitchell; Grumman TBM Avenger, the Hawkeye Jet Demo Team; Lockheed T-33 Shooting Star; Rifle Air Shows; John Klatt - Air National Guard Air Shows; Lucas Oil Air Shows and Parachute Team to name a few.

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People People planner Peabody to host Legends of the Ring The Legends of the Ring, an e v en i ng o f l i ve , on - st a g e entertainment featuring all-time boxing greats Sugar Ray Leonard, Thomas Hearns and Robert Durán, will begin a three city tour starting June 21st at the Midland Theater in Kansas City. The show, which will consist of a sit-down conversation between these pugilistic kings, will be produced by Tate Entertainment/ Icon Concerts and moderated by Brian Kilmeade of Fox News. The performance will also include archived video footage of some of their spectacular battles, short-form original content and questions from the audience.

Show time on June 22 is 8 p.m. at the Peabody Opera House in downtown St. Louis. Ticket Prices are $350, $95, $75 & $55 plus a facility fee. Tickets available at the Ford Box Office at Scottrade Center, all Ticketmaster ticket centers, www. ticketmaster.com or by phone at 1800-745-3000.

In 1979 Sugar Ray Leonard

defeated Wilfredo Benitez to win the WBC Welterweight Championship and was declared “Fighter of the Year” by the Boxing Writers Association of America and Ring Magazine.

Va c a t i n g t h e L i g h t w e i g h t title in 1980 for an attempt at the Welterweight title, Roberto Durán earned a pair of wins against former WBC Welterweight Champion Carlos Palamino and Zeferino Gonzalez setting the stage for a title bout against then undefeated WBC Welterweight Champion, Sugar Ray Leonard. The venue chosen was the Olympic Stadium in Montreal, the same location where Leonard won an Olympic gold medal during the 1976 Summer Olympics. Durán resented that he was getting only one-fifth the money Leonard would make despite the fact that he was entering the bout with an incredible 71-1 record.

On June 20, 1980, Durán captured the title by defeating Leonard via a 15-round unanimous decision. The fight became known as "The Brawl in Montreal."

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In the seventh round, Leonard started to taunt Durán. His most memorable punch came late in the round.

Winding up with his right hand, as if to throw a bolo punch, Leonard hit Durán flush in the face with a left.

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Leonard, turned around, walked to his corner and gave up, supposedly saying the now famous words, "No más" (no more). However, he claims to have actually said, "No quiero pelear con el payaso." (Meaning, "I do not want to fight with this clown.")

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Religion College-area church helps kids in Jamaica PORT MATILDA, Pa. (AP) — Good Shepherd Catholic Church members helped open a twin parish in Maggotty, Jamaica, about 13 years ago, back when the Rev. Marek Bzinkowski was holding Mass for local residents in a goat pen.

But parishioners of the Grays Woods church said their mission didn't stop there.

Church member JoAnn Vautour said the March trip — Good Shepherd's 10th to Jamaica — allowed parishioners to work with people from St. Francis University who were establishing two new projects to the community that surrounds Good Shepherd's twin church, Holy Spirit Church.

They opened a physical therapy room on the church's grounds in the medical clinic for volunteer therapists and saw 120 patients in the first week.

The university and church also teamed up to work with children during an afterschool program, and Vautour added that they also started new microlending projects to help build the area's economy.

Microlending is exactly what it sounds like: Lenders allow entrepreneurs in impoverished areas to borrow small amounts of money to start businesses and grow the local economy.

More than 90 entrepreneurs who had ideas to start their own businesses were interviewed.

"There is sometimes up to 70 percent unemployment

there, but this is an opportunity to work together to help an economic struggle," Vautour said.

These projects were sparked after the bishop of Jamaica in 1999 reached out to the Catholics in the United States that were looking for twinning of their parish. The Diocese of AltoonaJohnstown spread the word, and Good Shepherd responded.

"They are very proud of the little they have," said the Rev. Charlie Amershek, Good Shepherd's pastor. "It's both joyous and beautiful to be a part of that."

Bzinkowski helped build a 14-acre complex in Maggotty that included the church, a rectory, a convent, a medical clinic, a meat-processing factory, a community center, a library and computer classroom that services in total more than 10,000 people annually.

"Marek is what a holy man is," Amershek said. "There is a receptivity and a spirit between the two (churches) that I felt like I was at home. I saw things like the amount of personal and material poverty that I could have never imagined, but was touched by the spiritual depth of those folks."

Amershek said he is glad about the work his church has done that will help advance the education and faith in Maggotty.

"The progression each year is astounding," he said. "This is what Jesus calls us to do, and we're able to make this connection. I'm glad that we're doing this, and it's a blessing to us."

Amershek said the poverty tears at his heart, but he explained the celebration of life and activities at the Jamaican church is one of the most rewarding things he experienced with the locals.

Initiatives such as the meat-processing plant help pull people from poverty by employing them, Vautour said.

"It's the most rewarding experience that the church is in action with faith and community development," she said. "It's more than charity, but helping others get educated so they can advocate and contribute to society."

Initially, Vautour said the Jamaican locals were skeptical of their presence, but over the years have accepted their help.

"It turned into a great appreciation," Vautour said. "They were first kind of curious why people from the U.S. were down there. I think they learned we're not just spectators. It's about caring for your brothers and sisters all over the world."

Vautour said the energy in Jamaica during each trip is "joyous and energetic."

"It's a busy trip. We're there to serve," Vautour said. "The growth and awareness within the Jamaican community of working together to care for the community is unparalleled.

It's not what we offer to them, but the change in our own hearts that really makes the difference in life.

"We see how incredibly joyous they are for what they have and they have so little."

Religion briefs Bishops who filed lawsuit against Alabama immigration law feel vindicated BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Episcopal, Roman Catholic and United Methodist bishops who filed a federal lawsuit two years ago trying to stop enforcement of Alabama's immigration law say they feel vindicated.

"Our concern was primarily the infringement on the obligation of the church to take care of people regardless of their status," said retired Episcopal Bishop Henry N. Parsley, who still lives in Birmingham. "I feel like our concerns have been upheld by the court process."

On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear Alabama's appeal of a ruling by the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which

had blocked key sections of the law that the bishops had opposed. The bishops opposed a section of the law that outlawed "transporting unlawfully present aliens" or "harboring" them, along with a section that outlawed having a contract with illegal immigrants.

The bishops said that ministries to immigrants would be harmed by those provisions and that church employees and volunteers could have been subjected to prosecution.

The lawsuit by the coalition of bishops was dismissed by U.S. Judge Sharon Blackburn.

Ohio bishop: Gay teacher's firing about church teachings on marriage, not sexual orientation

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“To the Wonder”

More than any other of Terrence Malick’s films, his latest distills his distinctive approach. There’s hardly any dialogue at all, just the story of a French-speaking Ukrainian single mother, Marina (Olga Kurylenko), and her up-and-down romance with Neil (Ben Affleck).

He’s a kind of sample-taking environmental scientist of polluted blue-collar areas who brings Marina and her 10-year-old daughter, Tatiana (Tatiana Chiline), from vibrant, sundrenched Paris to his home in an austere suburban development in Oklahoma. The particular events and ruptures in Neil and Marina’s relationship aren’t closely followed, only the familiar tidal swells of love and loneliness. During a separation, a local former flame (Rachel McAdams) also drifts in, forming an evanescent triangle. What this is, then, is a straightforward, abstractly rendered rumination on love, mostly from Marina’s perspective. “What is this love that loves us?” she wonders.

The state of bliss she finds with Neil — on a train to Paris, on the shores of Mont Saint-Michel, on the plains of Oklahoma — is inevitably, mysteriously fleeting. Malick places these questions in a spiritual context. Javier Bardem plays a tangentially-related priest who wanders heavily among the unfortunate. The lead performances don’t pull it off, and the film is missing something to bind it. But if it’s a failure, it’s the best kind. It strives, in a superficial medium, to communicate something universal about our inner nature. Cinema is a cathedral for Malick, and in it, light is heavenly.

RATED: R for some sexuality and nudity.

RUNNING TIME: 113 minutes.

ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: Three stars out of four.

“Oblivion”

In this sleek, post-apocalyptic sci-fi thriller from “Tron: Legacy” director Joseph Kosinski, Tom Cruise plays a flyboy repairman living a removed, Jetsons-like existence above an invaded and deserted Earth. From a sparse dock where he lives with his supervisor and girlfriend, Victoria (Andrea Riseborough), Jack makes daily flights in his spacecraft to the Earth’s barren surface. “We’re the mopup crew,” he says. (Cruise as WALL-E.) He tells us that it’s been 60 years since aliens invaded, first knocking out the moon and then leading to a devastating nuclear war.

Though humans, he says, won out, they had to abandon the planet’s surface (New York is buried up to the Empire State Building’s needle), taking refuge on a moon of Saturn. On a desolate Earth, the only beings remaining are hiding bands of Scavengers (“Scavs”) that look something like a cross between the Tusken Raiders of “Star Wars” and Milli Vanilli. Monitoring the land are white, round drones that appear like floating cue balls from afar, but menacing robot killers up close. We’ve seen many of the elements here in countless science fiction tales before, but we’ve seldom seen them more beautifully rendered.

The film declines — as so many sci-fi films do — as the puzzles are solved. But for those who enjoy the simple thrill of handsomely stylized image-making, the movie is mostly mesmerizing. With Morgan Freeman as a rebel leader in a cape.

RATED: PG-13 for sci-fi action violence, brief strong language, and some sensuality.

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RUNNING TIME: 124 minutes.

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

“At Any Price”

The flowing Iowa cornfields of Ramin Bahrani’s sweeping Midwest drama of fathers and sons, farms and seed, have nothing on the amber waves of Zac Efron’s hair. As the race car-driving Dean, Efron attempts a classic American icon: the sweaty, sandy-haired, teenage trouble-maker. But the rebel role doesn’t suit Efron: He doesn’t have a lick of danger about him. In any case, this is Dennis Quaid’s movie. He stars as Dean’s father, Henry Whipple, a fake-smiling huckster trying to live up to the family business. His thousands of acres aren’t pastoral so much as the backdrop to the hulking modern machinery that drives his small empire, one fed by genetically modified seeds that he aggressively sells to other farmers. He’s cheating on his wife Irene (Kim Dickens) with a younger woman (Heather Graham). His older, more loved son has abandoned him to travel in South America. Dean has no interest in the family business, though his girlfriend (Maika Monroe) begins accompanying him on visits to his customers.

There’s much to admire about the film, but Bahrani (“Man Push Cart”), in his largest scale film yet, seems to be wrestling with the balance of a more sizable production. Its metaphors of capitalism aren’t subtle, the score is heavy-handed and the film doesn’t quite earn the grim resonance it seeks. With an easy, excellent Clancy Brown as a rival salesman.

RATED: R for sexual content, graphic nudity, violence, some grisly images, and language.

RUNNING TIME: 101 minutes.

ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: Two stars out of four.

“Pain & Gain”

Michael Bay’s true-crime caper lacks the visual-effects mayhem and sci-fi cacophony of his “Transformers” blockbusters, yet the movie uses all the shock and awe and noise and bluster the director has in his utterly unsubtle arsenal.

Unlike Bay’s usual action nonsense, there’s a story, screenplay, characters and wry mix of suspense and pitiable comedy to be had in the tale of three Florida bodybuilders (Mark Wahlberg, Dwayne Johnson and Anthony Mackie) who blunder through kidnapping-extortion schemes like the Three Stooges on steroids.

The dumbfounding farce of how these guys screw things up should be entertainment enough on its own. All but the faintest flashes of humanity and pathos are flattened by the cinematic cyclone that is Michael Bay. He drowns the movie in gimmick and style which, rather than gussying things up, dresses them down to make the movie even more ugly and sordid than it is on paper. Johnson manages some goofy hijinks, but Wahlberg’s just grubby and Mackie’s a bore. Tony Shalhoub is ferocious as the first kidnap victim, Ed Harris adds the movie’s only notes of grace as a detective on the case and Rebel Wilson has scenestealing moments that feel wonderfully improvised as Mackie’s kooky wife. But those few highlights are incinerated in the bonfires Bay sets on-screen.

RATED: R for bloody violence, crude sexual content, nudity, language throughout and drug use.

RUNNING TIME: 129 minutes.

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

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“Iron Man 3”

No matter how much of a scrap heap of metal-twisting mayhem the “Iron Man” franchise piles on (and it’s a lot), Robert Downey’s sheer charm — his unsentimental, offhand yammering — is the real superpower in Marvel’s trilogy. The latest follows not just “Iron Man 2” but the box-office busting “The Avengers.”

These global blockbusters are more produced than directed, but it’s nevertheless fitting that Shane Black (“Kiss Kiss Bang Bang,” also with Downey) here inherits the helm from Jon Favreau, the director of the previous two. Black, with co-script writer Drew Pearce, squeezes in as much self-aware, winking wisecracks that give the film some zip. But in a fight between screwball irony and blockbuster bombast, the heavy-metal action unfortunately wins. Downey’s billionaire Tony Stark (Iron Man) is pulled into a battle with the terrorist Mandarin (a bearded Ben Kingsley), who takes credit for a series of random bombings. Also in the bad guy mix is Aldrich Killian (Guy Pearce), an inventor turned military contractor whom Stark haphazardly jilted back in his partying years. When helicopter missiles collapse Stark’s Malibu estate into the sea, he’s separated from his companion Pepper Potts (Gwyneth Paltrow) and forced to rebuild himself. The action is mostly cut too quickly to enjoy and the 3-D lends a disappointing darkening for what’s been a bright-hued franchise. With Don Cheadle, Rebecca Hall, James Badge Dale and an excellent Ty Simpkins as a mop-headed, fatherless boy who helps Stark.

RATED: PG-13 for sequences of intense sci-fi action and violence throughout, and brief suggestive content.

RUNING TIME: 130 minutes.

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

“Love Is All You Need”

The message behind most romantic comedies is the simpleminded sentiment that love is all you need. So when Danish filmmaker Susanne Bier (“In a Better World,” “After the Wedding”) takes that title for a departure from somber drama to romance, you might expect her to deliver it with some serious irony. Yet in Bier’s tale, it turns out love really is all you need. And like any old rom-com, it’s the just-add-water, instant mush variety of love that springs up between the unlikeliest of partners because, hey, you’re in the theater to see a love story.

This is several steps above the usual Hollywood romance, with nice low-key passion between Pierce Brosnan and Trine Dyrholm as prospective in-laws who connect during chaotic preparations for their children’s wedding. Bier and regular screenwriting partner Anders Thomas Jensen dress things up with gorgeous postcard images of Sorrento, Italy, lovely music, elegant production design and deeper complications and entanglements than we typically see in a screen fling. It’s still standard stuff, though: mostly predictable, mostly gooey and mostly unlike anything resembling our own clunky tales of amour. The film is gentle and good-hearted, but despite a few solemn themes of illness and infidelity, it never rises above slight and diverting. It’s refreshing to see Bier lighten up, yet disappointing she doesn’t find a way to go deeper than the conventional pleasantries explored here.

RATED: R for brief sexuality, nudity and some language.

RUNING TIME: 116 minutes.

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

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This film publicity image released by Sony Pictures Classics shows, Dennis Quaid, left, and Kim Dickens in a scene from "At Any Price."

"At Any Price" doesn't register

By JAKE COYLE Associated Press The flowing Iowa cornfields of “At Any Price” have nothing on the amber waves of Zac Efron’s hair.

In “At Any Price,” Ramin Bahrani plants a sweeping Midwest tale of fathers and sons, fields and seed. His camera floats over cornfields listening to the rustling of the stalks, but the somewhat graceless stabs of grandeur in “At Any Price” don’t register in this uneven but respectably ambitious heartland drama.

Dennis Quaid stars as Henry Whipple, an obsessively driven Iowa seed salesman, a family business he has inherited, along with

constant pressure, from his overbearing father (Red West). Efron plays Henry’s rebellious, race car-driving son Dean. (In the lengthy history of James Dean odes and references, this may well be the most overt.)

Efron, a dashing screen presence making interesting choices for a heartthrob actor, attempts a classic American icon: a sweaty, sandy-haired, jean-wearing teenage troublemaker. But the rebel role doesn’t suit Efron: He doesn’t have a lick of danger about him.

In any case, this is Quaid’s movie. He’s not your father’s farmer. His thousands of acres aren’t pastoral, so much as the backdrop to the hulking modern machinery that drives his small empire, one fed by genetically modified

seeds that he aggressively sells to other farmers.

Early in the film, he and a reluctant Dean try to purchase land at a funeral. “Expand or die,” is Henry’s manta.

But Henry is struggling to grow. A rival seed salesman (an excellent, easy Clancy Brown) is dwarfing his business. He also finds himself under investigation for selling used seeds, the authorities tipped off mysteriously.

His family life isn’t much better. He’s cheating on his wife Irene (Kim Dickens) with a younger woman (Heather Graham). His older, more loved son has abandoned him to travel in South America. Dean has no interest in the family business, though his girlfriend (Maika

Monroe) begins accompanying him on visits to his customers.

Checking up-to-the-minute corn prices on his phone and glad-handing his customers with awkward folksy cheer, Quaid’s Henry Whipple is part businessman, part politician and all huckster. He papers over the less noble sides of his life with forced smiles and strong-willed evasion, but his eyes give away his desperation.

It’s a strong if sometimes grating performance in need of less cliche-ridden dialogue.

Only after a flash of violence occurs (an implausibly setup moment in the screenplay co-written by Bahrani and Hallie Elizabeth Newton) does Henry glimpses the price of his relentless capitalism.

"The Big Wedding" crude but funny

By ROBERT GRUBAUGH For The Edge My entire family gathered last Saturday for the big wedding of my cousin and her fiancé. A good time was had by all, for sure, but it never resembled the actions in "The Big Wedding" at any point. While we were Chicken Dancing and doing The Worm, this new release was suffering a terrible box office opening frame. The movie features four Oscar winners in a raunchy comedy about the trials a family will go through to grant a memorable and special day for their loved ones. The problems this particular family has are not the most common in nature, but the characters all look fantastic bearing them out.

Don (Robert De Niro) and Ellie

(Diane Keaton) are a functional divorced couple who actually get along now that they aren't married.

In the ten years since his philandering led to their breakup, they've remained friendly for the sake of their lovely, successful children: Lyla (Katherine Heigl), Jared (Topher Grace), and the adopted Alejandro (Ben Barnes). It's Alejandro's impending wedding to Missy (Amanda Seyfried) that drives this story that is surprising filthy and quite enjoyable. Another layer in this awkward family dynamic is that Ellie's best friend, Bebe (Susan Sarandon), the woman Don cheated on her with, is still very much in their lives and acts as a surrogate mother to the grown children. She's also the current resident of the home hosting the wedding and the event's caterer.

Sarandon is a gifted comedic actress,

as we saw in the great SNL Digital Short "Motherlovers", but she doesn't get much opportunity to display her talents here. She is a dramatic, pugloving foil in the story.

In order to appease the Catholic Church, and Alejandro's Colombianborn mother (Patricia Rae), the entire clan decides to pretend during the celebratory weekend that Don and Ellie remain married - cohabitating and happy - without the sins of adultery, divorce, and general unsavory disposition. The farce is central to this comedy of misunderstandings, even if the family parish priest (Robin Williams) is Don's former AA buddy and knows all about their sordid history. Mother Madonna is likewise critical, but likes the spirit of the lie. She'd rather her son had

been raised by parents that care about his happiness, even if they are spiritual heathens. Each character has a devastating back story and many more scenarios keep things interesting and dirty, especially Jared's relentless romantic pursuit of Alejandro's stunning biological sister, Nuria (Ana Ayora). Lyla makes her way to the family homestead without her significant other amidst a devastating breakup that she attributes to her emotionally-stunted childhood aping both her father's talents (though she's a practicing attorney, both she and Don are gifted sculptors) and passion for alcohol.

Even Alejandro and Missy are questioning their reason for getting together. Her parents (David Rasche and Christine Ebersole) are deviants that put Don and Ellie to shame, but

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fight the nuptials further due to their closet racism.

"The Big Wedding" is similar to a Woody Allen comedy in that it has a short running time, dense and smart dialogue, and a bevy of beautiful, exotic-looking actors. It differs in that it uses much crude language - which had the two viewers in my screening rolling - but this one is written and directed by Justin Zackham and is based on a Frenchlanguage Swiss motion picture screenplay from 2006. Something tender may have been lost in translation, but the funny still shines through.

"The Big Wedding" runs 110 minutes and is rated R for language, sexual content, and brief nudity. I give this film two and a half stars out of four.

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The Arts Edwardsville Arts Center to host "4 Person Show: Wrankle, Istock, Ahlvers and Krueger"

By KRISTA WILKINSON-MIDGLEY Of The Edge

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onnections are a driving force in our daily lives that can help propel us forward into new relationships and situations we might not otherwise engage in. We connect online via Facebook and Twitter, in the classroom with teachers and students and with our family and friends.

These connections also played a role in a new exhibition at the Edwardsville Arts Center, “4 Person Show: Wrankle, Istock, Ahlvers and Krueger.” The show runs May 9 through June 14, with an opening reception from 6 to 8 p.m. on May 17 at the EAC. The exhibition will feature the work of Ben Ahlvers and Russell Wrankle, two graduates from the SIUE ceramics program, as well as work from painters Greg Istock and Michael Krueger.

Curator Dan Anderson, SIUE emeritus professor of art, explains that the show developed from conversations and Facebook messages over the past couple years between him and former students Wrankle and Ahlvers.

“I’m in close contact with them through social networking. They both use Facebook to promote their artwork, which I think is a plus,” says Anderson. “When I was thinking of people for this Edwardsville Arts Center show, they came to mind immediately.

Plus, they are quite close friends.

Russell was a grad student when Ben was an undergrad at Edwardsville, and they continue to do shows and have workshops together.”

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Granite City native Ben Ahlvers is the exhibition program director of the Lawrence Arts Center in Lawrence, Kan. The arts center is a not-for-profit collaboration between the city of Lawrence and private citizens committed to promoting the arts. It offers contemporary exhibitions, live performances and numerous art education programs for all ages.

It is a full-time job that Ahlvers is thrilled to do.

“Lawrence has been a great fit for me,” he says.

The exhibition is one of a handful of times that Ahlvers sets aside in his schedule to show his own work. He says he tries to show about two to four times per year, which ensures he keeps up with producing his own work.

This is primarily made up of life-sized ceramic human figures, mostly heads.

“They sort of straddle this line of being funny or cute and kind of disturbing or unsettling,” he says of his artwork.

Ahlvers says he is influenced by many different areas, including music and films. He cites the darkly humorous film director Tim Burton as one influence.

“I find the way he straddles that line to be really attractive to me,” he says. “There’s always a layer of sarcasm that’s built in to all of these but ultimately they’re rooted in something autobiographical. It’s really me exercising myself, my thinking about myself and the people, places and things that have influenced me in some way.”

One piece that viewers will see is Ahlvers’ “Nurse,” which he created after listening to the song “My Big Nurse” by Talking Heads frontman David Byrne and Brian Eno. “She’s robust and somewhat creepy,” he says.

Ahlvers will be showing his work with painter Michael Krueger, who is a professor of art at the University of Kansas.

“He’s an extremely active and prolific artist. We like each other ’s work and have talked about showing together for awhile,” says Ahlvers. “I think our work complements each other. There are some common attitudes and ideas that in my eye make for a cool experience for the viewer.”

Moving on from creepy nurses and funny heads are Russell Wrankle’s equally humorous and symbolic animal sculptures. Like Aesop’s fables, Wrankle uses the animal as a metaphor for the human condition.

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Pictured is a piece by Russell Wrankle.

Wrankle, who is originally from Palm Springs, Calif., now lives in Utah, where he is an assistant professor of art at Southern Utah University in Cedar City. Like Ahlvers, he will be entering six pieces into the EAC show, which includes five animal figures and one human. Unlike his friend though, Wrankle has never done a human figure before. It is an experience that has been both challenging and rewarding.

Wrankle’s other pieces include his signature animal figures that take on human positions and traits. There is also an element of the surreal to his work, such as a dog with a frog coming out of its mouth and a hare with lobster claws instead of paws.

“With this body of work I’m making stuff in a different way than I’ve ever done before,” he says.

Wrankle also gives a nod to ceramic history with his

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interpretation of the Moche stirrup spout vessels of ancient Peru. He says he previously explored this idea back in grad school and recently decided to revisit it in his work.

Wrankle will be showing alongside painter Greg Istock.

Like Wrankle, Istock is a Utah transplant having moved there from Florida. When Wrankle was thinking of whom to ask to show with him, Istock came to mind.

Both Ahlvers and Wrankle say they are looking forward to being back in Edwardsville and reconnecting with Anderson and the art community here.

“He’s had the most influence in my artistic career,” Wrankle says of Anderson.

Ahlvers, who is a dad to three busy sons ages 8, 13 and 18, says they will be attending the EAC show with him. His grandparents, too, who live in Glen Carbon, will be coming

along with numerous other family and friends.

“Both my mom and dad’s side of the family are in the area.

I know there’s going to be a sampling of people from all parts of my life,” he says.

The connections in this story continue with Ahlvers’ dad, Rich Ahlvers, who coincidentally was also a student of Dan Anderson and is a middle school art teacher in Granite City.

The work of SIUE student Amanda Arnett will be exhibited in the Student Gallery.

The EAC, located at 6165 Center Grove Road (on the campus of Edwardsville High School), is open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Wednesday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday and is closed Sunday through Tuesday.

Call the EAC for more information at 655-0337 or visit the center ’s website at www. edwardsvilleartscenter.com.

The Arts Shakespeare Festival presents "Twelfth Night"

By KRISTA WILKINSON-MIDGLEY Of The Edge Romance and revelry abound when the players return to Forest Park for “Twelfth Night” at this year’s Shakespeare Festival St. Louis. The 2013 season will run May 24 to June 16, nightly except Tuesdays.

Comedy replaces the drama of last year’s record-breaking production of “Othello” with Shakespeare’s tale of shipwreck and mistaken identities. The outdoor festival will entertain audiences with hilarious antics that ensue when the social order is turned upside down for a day. Shakespeare is believed to have written “Twelfth Night” in 1602 to mark the end of the Christmas season. This is traditionally celebrated on either Jan. 5 or 6, depending on whether you start counting from Christmas Eve or Christmas Day. Historically, the 12 days of Christmas were filled with parties and celebrations that concluded with nobles and commoners switching places for a day. All the merriment comes to a close on Twelfth Night when the decorations must come down or else bad luck will follow.

Shakespeare draws on this tradition with the story of Viola, a young woman who survives a shipwreck and washes ashore on the island of Illyria. She believes all others aboard have perished, including her twin brother

Sebastian. To survive, Viola disguises herself as a boy and enters into the service of the Duke Orsino as a page.

The plot becomes further complicated when Orsino sends his page (Viola) to woo the Lady Oliva on his behalf. But instead of falling in love with the duke, Olivia falls in love with Viola in disguise. When Viola’s brother Sebastian arrives alive and well, even more chaos follows.

Rick Dildine, executive and artistic director of the Shakespeare Festival St. Louis, previously called “Twelfth Night” one of his “favorite Shakespeare plays” and remarked on the enormous success of the festival in recent years.

“The past three seasons have been an incredible run for Shakespeare Festival St. Louis,” Dildine said in a news release. “Our niche is creating free outdoor Shakespeare theater for anyone who wants to come out to the park. The cast and crews we’ve been able to assemble for these productions have just been amazing…”

Dildine will once again direct this year’s production. The cast of “Twelfth Night” will feature Kimiye Corwin as Viola, Vichet Chum as Sebastian, Leslie Ann Handelman as Olivia, Candice Jeanine as Maria and Charlie Thurston as Duke Orsino. Other members of the crew include Scott Neale, scenic designer; Dottie Englis, costume designer; John Wylie, lighting designer; Rusty

Wandall, sound designer; the Rats & People Motion Picture Orchestra.

Last year’s festival set an alltime attendance record of 66,000 for its production of “Othello,” which was particularly impressive considering the second half of two performances. In total, the annual Shakespeare Festival has attracted more than 550,000 people to the performances in Forest Park and reached an additional 200,000 students through its educational programs.

Performances are at 8 p.m. nightly (except Tuesdays). Green Show performances are at 6:30 p.m. Admission is free.

Shakespeare Glen is located on the east side of Art Hill in Forest Park (between the Saint Louis Art Museum and the St. Louis Zoo, just off Fine Arts Drive). Parking is available on the street throughout Forest Park and the various lots at the Zoo and the Muny.

Seating at the festival is firstcome, first-served on the open lawn, so bring your blanket or lawn chair and choose your own spot. A limited number of rental chairs are set up in the front center section of the audience and are available for $10 and $7 each. To rent seats, visit the Information tent in the Festival Lobby between 5:30 and 8 p.m.

For more information about the Shakespeare Festival St. Louis, visit www.sfstl.com or call (314) 531-9800.

COCA announces new performance series COCA, located at 524 Trinity Avenue in St. Louis, announces its new performance series, COCA Presents, which will launch in October 2013. COCA Presents includes the quality family theatre for which COCA is already known, but now also includes offerings for older children, teens and adults. The series features shows created and produced by COCA as well as the best touring productions from around the world. The premiere season of COCA Presents runs October 2013 – July 2014 and is comprised of 13 dynamic shows, totaling 39 performances over 14 weekends.

Subscription packages are currently on sale.

Subscribe in person at COCA during regular building hours, call 314.725.6555 ext. 130 or subscribe online at www.cocastl.org/cocapresents. Subscription packages are comprised of at least six season shows. Recommended packages for kids, tweens and teens & adults are available, or subscribers may choose their own packages of any six or more shows. Single tickets will go on sale for all shows in September 2013.

The season includes: Secret Agent 23 Skidoo October 19 - 20, 2013 Saturday at 2:00pm and 5:00pm, Sunday at 1:00pm and 4:00pm Family hip-hop artist 23 Skidoo has captivated crowds internationally with his own funky brand of positive party music!

C o m b i n i n g d e f t w o rd p l a y a n d g re a t storytelling on top of thumping drums and sophisticated multi-instrumental pieces, 23 Skidoo speaks to kids and parents without ever condescending. Ages 3 to 10.

The Turn of the Screw A COCA Production October 25 - 26, 2013 Friday at 7:00pm and 9:00pm, Saturday at 7:00pm and 9:00pm Perfect for Halloween, Henry James’ provocative psychological thriller has a contemporary re-telling. A governess suspects the orphans in her care are connected to the spirits she sees roaming their estate. Does something sinister lurk behind the children’s innocent faces, or is it just her own fevered imagination? Teen/Adult John Cabrera: H+

November 2, 2013 Saturday at 7:00pm Hear from the creator of the wildly popular H+ The Digital Series, about an apocalyptic future where technology has spiraled out of control. The evening includes a screening of select episodes, followed by a Q&A with Cabrera on how lines have blurred between television, film and the Internet, creating a new art form in the digital series. Teen/Adult Pinocchio Thèâtre Tout à Trac November 16 - 17, 2013 Saturday at 2:00pm and 5:00pm, Sunday at 1:00pm and 4:00pm COCA presents the English language premiere of this beautiful and creative re-telling of the class tale. Following the acclaimed Alice in Wonderland (COCA, 2011), Thèâtre Tout à Trac revisits the story of the boy, born out of a piece of wood, who discovers the meaning of growing up through a thousand trials. Ages 5 to 12 The Little Dancer: Through a New Lens December 14 - 15, 2013 Saturday at 2:00pm and 5:00pm, Sunday at 1:00pm The holiday favorite returns! In 2013, the Little Dancer and other members of COCA’s Ballet Eclectica dance among photos from around the world by internationally-known photographer Stewart Halperin. This one-hour story ballet magically brings Degas’ famous statuette to life. All Ages Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble Featuring COCAdance and the Hip-Hop Crew January 11 - 12, 2014 Saturday at 2:00pm and 5:00pm, Sunday at 1:00pm and 4:00pm This collaborative dance concert features the Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble, plus choreography they created for COCAdance and the Hip-Hop Crew providing the dynamic energy audiences have come to love about these companies! Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Ensemble is known for explosive works inspired by the AfricanAmerican experience. Ages 5 and up Swallows and Amazons Presented by the COCA Theatre Company

A new musical by Helen Edmundson and Neil Hannon. Based on the book by Arthur Ransome.

January 25 - 26, 2014 Saturday at 2:00pm and 5:00pm, Sunday at 1:00pm An action adventure for the whole family, Swallows and Amazons recalls an idyllic era of endless summer evenings. Follow a group of imaginative children as they “set sail” on an exotic adventure to capture dastardly pirates and defeat mortal enemies! Ages 5 and up Samba Featuring Afriky Lolo February 8, 2014 Saturday at 2:00pm and 5:00pm Samba, a young African boy, struggles to respect his ancestral history. His story is brought to life by the extraordinary Diadié Bathily and his troupe of talented dancers.

This unique production includes traditional West African themes, physical storytelling, lively dancing, drumming and ornate puppets, headdresses and masks. Ages 5 and up.

Nearly Lear February 22, 2014 Saturday at 7:00pm Profoundly accessible and really funny, Nearly Lear is a roller-coaster ride that has entranced both lovers of Shakespeare as well as novices. Using exuberant storytelling, music and film, as well as the Bard’s rich poetic text, actress Susanna Hamnett performs with breathtaking hilarity and heartache. Teen/ Adult Snail and the Whale Tall Stories March 22 - 23, 2014 Saturday at 2:00pm and 5:00pm, Sunday at 1:00pm and 4:00pm A tiny snail hitches a lift on the tail of a humpback whale in order to see the world.

But when the whale gets beached, how will the snail save him? Follow the snail’s amazing journey as seen through the eyes of an adventurous young girl and her seafaring father. From Tall Stories, creator of The Gruffalo (COCA, 2013). Ages 3 to 10 Love Terrapin Puppet Theatre May 3 - 4, 2014 Saturday at 2:00pm and 5:00pm, Sunday at 1:00pm and 4:00pm

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With a big storm brewing, Oslos mum says he can only take a few things, or “love luggage,” to safety. So, Oslo sets out to help his neighbors find their “love luggage,” too!

This heartfelt and entertaining story is brought to life with traditional and digital puppets, live action and stunning music. Watch as the set unfolds and puppeteers control the animated images! Ages 5 and up Trick Boxing Sossy Mechanics June 7 and June 14, 2014 Both Saturdays at 7:00pm This smash hit physical comedy is told through rapid-fire dialogue, high-energy dance numbers, ridiculous puppetry, true love and…boxing! Caught between a rock and a hard place, Danny becomes a boxer to pay a debt and, while training for his matches, meets a dancer who teaches him moves of her own. Teen/Adult Ragtime COCA Summer Musical July 25 - 26, 2014 Friday at 7:00pm, Saturday at 2:00pm and 7:00pm This powerful portrait of life in turn-ofthe-century America draws upon the era’s and varied music to tell the story of three families struggling to make sense of life in America. COCA’s Summer Musical marks its 10th anniversary with a cast of teen students plus alumni from all 10 summers! Teen/Adult COCA-Center of Creative Arts is a nonprofit community arts center with a mission to enrich lives and build community through the arts. COCA connects our community to the arts through programs that emphasize social and artistic diversity, economic and cultural accessibility, hands-on experience of the artistic process and the highest quality in our faculty. Founded in 1986, COCA is a national leader in innovative community arts education. COCA annually serves more than 50,000 area residents of all ages through multidisciplinary, multi-cultural arts programs that include educational classes, camps, and workshops, both on-site and in community venues; Urban Arts outreach; COCAbiz; the COCA Presents performance series; and exhibits of contemporary art in the Millstone Gallery.

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The Arts Arts calendar Friday, May 10 Contemporary Ballet presented by Saint Louis Ballet, Touhill Performing Arts Center, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m.

Art Fair at Laumeier, Laumeier Sculpture Park, St. Louis, 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.

Maple and Vine, Hot City Theatre - Kranzberg Arts Center, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m.

Opening Reception - Yvette Dubinsky: There and Gone, Bruno David Gallery, St. Louis, 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., Runs through June 15.

New Works: Contemporary Choreographer's Series, Touhill Performing Arts Center, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m.

Trace, Craft Alliance - Delmar Loop, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., Runs through June 16.

4-Person Show: Wrankle, Istock, Ahlvers, & Krueger, Edwardsville Arts Center, Edwardsville, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Runs through June 14.

LCCC Faculty Art Exhibition, Jacoby Arts Center, Alton, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through June 29.

The Black Rep presents Smash/Hit!, Grandel Theatre, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m.

The River Between Us - Indoor/Outdoor Exhibits, Laumiere Sculpture Park, St. Louis, 8:00 a.m. to Sunset (Outdoor), 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

(Indoor), Runs through August 25.

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

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

The Doll Project: Public Displays of Healing, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through July 7.

Between Two Worlds: Veterans Journey Home, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through October 20.

Highlights from the Textile Collection, St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Runs through January 12, 2014.

Mantegna to Man Ray: Six Explorations in Prints, Drawings, and Photographs Exhibit, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., Runs through October 27.

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Art Fair at Laumeier, Laumeier Sculpture Park, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Maple and Vine, Hot City Theatre - Kranzberg Arts Center, St. Louis, 3:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.

Donald Judd: The Multicolored Works Exhibit, Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through January 4.

Trace, Craft Alliance - Delmar Loop, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through June 16.

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The Arts People planner Bruno Mars to appear in at the Scottrade Center Atlantic recording artist Bruno Mars has unveiled details of his hugely anticipated world tour. The North American leg of “The Moonshine Jungle World Tour” gets under way on June 22nd at Washington, D.C.’s Verizon Center and then continues through August.

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

For full details and ticket availability, please visit www. brunomars.com.

The announce of “The Moonshine Jungle World Tour” comes just as “When I Was Your Man” – the latest single from Mars’ just-released sophomore album, "Unorthodox Jukebox" – has exploded into the top 10 on Billboard’s “Hot 100” where it joins the album’s blockbuster first single, “Locked Out Of Heaven,” which recently spent six consecutive weeks atop the “Hot 100” chart. The immediate success of “When I Was Your Man” – which additionally earned honors as the week’s top “Streaming Gainer” and “Airplay Gainer” – marks the Grammy-winner’s 10th consecutive single to hit the top 10, continuing his alreadyestablished status as the male artist with the longest streak of top 10 hits as a performer since his debut. Furthermore, the single’s chart ascension places Mars in the history books as the first male artist to simultaneously place two titles in the top 10 since his own “Grenade” and “Just The Way You Are” doubled up on the chart in December 2010/January 2011.

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

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

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

"Unorthodox Jukebox"made a stunning SoundScan/Billboard 200 debut upon its release last year, entering the chart at #2 with sales in excess of 192,000 – the singer/songwriter/producer/ musician’s highest first week sales debut thus far. In addition, the album exploded to the top spot on the British album charts, making history as the United Kingdom’s fastest selling solo album of 2012. The phenomenal success of "Unorthodox Jukebox" follows the equivalent popularity of Mars’ now classic 2010 debut, "Doo-Wops & Hooligans, “ which proved the U.K.’s third best-selling album of 2011 and also entered the charts at #1.

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

Released in October 2010, "Doo-Wops & Hooligans,“ was greeted with both popular success and critical acclaim from all corners of the globe. “The year’s finest pop debut,” raved Rolling Stone. “Near-flawless…(the album) delivers pleasure without pretension.” Fueled by a remarkable string of hit singles, including the multi-platinum #1 smashes, “Just The Way You Are” and “Grenade,” the album instantly confirmed Mars as a major force in modern pop music.

Mars soon racked up a remarkable record of prestigious international awards and nominations, with victories including a “Best Male Pop Vocal Performance” Grammy Award (for “Just The Way You Are”), an American Music Award for “Pop or Rock Music/Favorite Male Artist,” a 2012 Brit Award (for “International Male Solo Artist”), two Teen Choice Awards, a 2012 People’s Choice Award (for “Favorite Male Artist”), a Soul Train Music Award, two MTV Europe Music Awards, two MTV Music Awards Japan, a BT Digital Music Award, an ECHO Award, and multiple 2011 Billboard Awards including “Top Male Hot 100 Artist of the Year.”

As if that weren’t enough, Mars received a truly stunning assortment of 2011 and 2012 honors from ASCAP, including the ASCAP Pop Award for “Song of the Year” (for “Just The Way You Are”). In 2011, he was named to the prestigious Time 100, confirming the superstar as one of the most influential people in the world.

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Circus Flora soars to the moon this summer In its 27th big top production, St. Louis’ own Circus Flora goes where no circus has gone before: to the moon. Powered by Ameren and inspired by Georges Méliès’ groundbreaking 1902 film, A Trip to the Moon, Circus Flora's creative team captures the film’s imaginative spirit under the big top, May 30 through

June 23, next to Powell Hall.

Circus Flora’s A Trip to the Moon borrows this iconic piece of cinematic history and Méliès’ artistic instruments to construct the visual styling, costuming and narrative elements for its 2013 production.

An illusionist and magician by training, Méliès is revered as the father of narrative cinema and a pioneer of special effects like stop-motion photography, dissolves, multiple exposures, and hand-painted color. He was also in part the inspiration for the 2011 Academy Award-nominated film, Hugo.

“I see a kindred spirit in Méliès,” said David Balding, Circus Flora's artistic director and producer. “He knew how to transport his audience and suspend their belief of what was possible. And yet over time, our world has become so dominated by what we see on screens that our immediate response is disbelief. I like to think that we are channeling Méliès’ aesthetic to show our audience what is possible in very real acts of physical daring.”

A Trip to the Moon incorporates a world-class roster of performers and musicians into its reimagination of the film, including the beloved Johnny Peers & the Muttville Comix, star equestrian Lisa Dufresne, Carlos Svenson and his Magical Flying Goats, Yo-Yo the Narrator, the St. Louis Arches, and the Circus Flora band led by Janine Del’Arte. Also taking center stage are “International Man of Mirth” Rob Torres, Mad Scientist (and juggler) Kellin Quinn, and Andrew Adams and Helena Reynolds in an aerial performance that could only happen outside the bounds of Earth’s gravity.

Also appearing are favorites The Flying Wallendas and The Flying Pages. This year, the Pages take to the sky in an allfemale flying ensemble never before seen in St. Louis. “I find it fascinating and moving that Méliès’ film came from a time that could barely imagine commercial aviation, let alone space travel,” Balding said. “To this day, the moon remains a symbol of the limitless possibilities of humanity – much like the sight of a woman on the flying trapeze or a man walking on the wire.”

Tickets start at $10 and go on sale March 1; group tickets are available now. A Trip to the Moon opens May 30 with a peanutfree preview and runs through June 23.

Show times are Tuesday through Thursday at 7 p.m.; Friday and Saturday at 1 and 7 p.m.; Sunday at 1 and 5:30 p.m.; and “Little Top Wednesday” at 10 a.m., a special one-hour show for smaller kids or the “kids at heart.”

Call 314-289-4040 or visit www.circusflora.org for tickets and more information. Tickets are also available at the Circus Flora Box Office in the Centene Center for the Arts & Education, 3547 Olive St. Group discounts are now available for groups of 20 or more. Visit www.circusflora.org for more information.

Founded in St. Louis in 1987, Circus Flora is a nonprofit performing arts organization dedicated to sharing the magic of classic, one-ring circus with audiences of all ages. Circus Flora raises its big top every summer in the arts district at Grand Center. In addition to its main season production, Circus Flora collaborates with a variety of organizations and businesses throughout the year, appearing at festivals, events, and community and school programs. Its year-round Clowns on Call program brings laughter and magic to thousands of patients and their families every year at two St. Louis-area children’s hospitals. Visit www.circusflora.org to learn more.

Kemper to feature Contemporary German art In Beijing (2010), German photographer Andreas Gursky depicts China’s famous “Bird’s Nest” stadium, a spectacular structure designed for the 2008 Olympics by Swiss architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron, with Chinese artist and activist Ai Weiwei. Yet to create the image, Gursky digitally combined multiple viewpoints, emphasizing the building’s complex beam structure but also distorting the viewer ’s perspective and freeing the final work from its reference to the actual building.

In May, the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum will feature Beijing in Contemporary German Art: Selections from the Permanent Collection, an exhibition that highlights 16 largescale works, all completed within the last 12 years by artists living and working in Germany. The exhibition complements the opening of a major expansion to the Saint Louis Art Museum, which will showcase its own holdings of postwar German art.

The exhibit will run through Sept. 7.

Though all of these artists work within the context of a reunified democratic Germany, none overtly dwell on German history or national identity—nor do they demonstrate a shared visual style or singular medium, as did the so-called German neo-Expressionists in the 1980s. Rather, these artists strongly underscore their own artistic voices and individual concerns.

Their artworks, similarities notwithstanding, are principally borne out of difference.

Some, such as Ackermann and the late Majerus, expand the medium of painting into the realm of installation art, endowing it with a monumental presence and stability that reflects but also stands in counterpoint to the global digital revolution. Others, such as Wasmuht, revise the postmodernist strategy of appropriation to create entirely new image worlds— worlds that emphasize slowness in both their conception and

perception.

Just as the medium of painting is turned upside down and inside out, so too is the practice of photography. Tillmans, for example, creates large-scale photographs without the use of a camera, while Demand’s practice of documenting temporary sculptures results in photographs that lack a real-world referent. Bayrle—a major figure within postwar German art, who nevertheless remains overlooked internationally—bridges photography, printmaking and sculpture. In Sun Yat-sen, he silkscreens an iconic portrait of the Chinese revolutionary onto a three-dimensional relief of wood and cardboard that suggests both highway structures and collectivist networks.

Other artists explore the incorporation of the everyday into the realm of art. While Pernice challenges the ready-made as impromptu memorial, Genzken’s use of bits and pieces of the materials of daily life bestows otherwise anonymous sculptures with individuality. Von Bonin and Jensen both create objects made out of commonplace textiles, though their approaches differ: Jensen reworks the legacy of collage and found object artists such as Kurt Schwitters, while von Bonin provocatively employs stitching, dark humor and hermetic meaning to further complicate boundaries between popular culture and so-called high art.

Contemporary German Art is curated by Sabine Eckmann, William T. Kemper Director and chief curator. It will be on view from May 3 to Sept. 7, 2013.

Contemporary German Art: Selections from the Permanent Collection will open with a public reception from 7 to 9 p.m.

Friday, May 3, and will remain on view through Sept. 7, 2013.

Both the reception and the exhibition are free and open to the public. The Kemper Art Museum is located on Washington University’s Danforth Campus, immediately adjacent to Steinberg Hall, near the intersection of Skinker and Forsyth boulevards. Regular hours are 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Thursdays; 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Fridays; and 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. The Museum is closed Tuesdays.

For more information, call (314) 935-4523./

Zoo offers eco-friendly works of art Visitors to the Saint Louis Zoo can purchase a range of environmentally friendly products hand-crafted by artisans in developing nations across the globe.

Purchase of these products not only supports the Zoo’s conservation efforts, but it also helps eradicate poverty in developing countries.

“These eco-friendly products help eliminate wastes by repurposing recycled materials, and they help empower artists in developing nations, who can now provide for their families thanks to our visitors’ purchases,” says Tommy Brown, Zoo Gift Shop Manager/Buyer. He also serves as Vice President of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums Buyers Group, representing over 350 zoo and aquarium buyers worldwide.

Conservation commerce sections of the Zoo’s Tree Top Shop in The Living World, and Safari Gift Shop at the South Entrance, offer a range of interesting items for the home, personal accessories, collectibles, art, jewelry and much more.

• Metal sculptures in the shape of animals are made from wire recycled from snares once used to kill animals.

• Kenyan carvings are produced from sustainable, recycled materials that are harvested legally and in an ecologically friendly way.

• Elegant glass sun-catchers and figurines designed to capture nature’s marvels come from small studios in Ecuador.

These and other glass pieces are made in part with recycled glass gathered in landfills to help protect children from broken glass as they hunt through these wastelands for aluminum and food scraps.

• Animal sculptures of rhinos, ostriches and giraffes are made by Indonesian and Kenyan artists using discarded plastic and soda cans.

• Auto parts are the core component in hand-crafted Kenyan animal sculptures, with spark plugs and pieces of chain transformed into dragon flies, tarantulas and spiders.

• Intricate puzzle boxes are decorated with carved owls, elephants and penguins—all made from furniture scraps.

• Carved marble turtles come from enterprising artisans in Ecuador.

• Many handwoven baskets are from The Blessing Basket Project, dedicated to helping artisans around the world become more financially independent.

• Repurposed plastic bottles have been transformed into a zippered child’s purse, while other handbags are created from computer key boards and pop tops.

• And for something truly unique, the Zoo’s shops carry kinetic gear pendants made in the USA from renewable bamboo.Candy at the Zoo is almost entirely free of palm oil, which is causing the decline of animal and plant species in rainforests since massive trees and foliage are being cleared to make way for palm tree plantations. Finally, water conservation is encouraged with the sale of refillable water bottles. The Zoo even sells Elephant Poo Paper made from elephant poop, which children and adults use for crafts, while helping preserve the endangered Asian Elephant.

The Zoo is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily with free admission.

For more information, visit www.stlzoo.org.

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Music Music calendar Thursday, May 9 From Distant Shores w/Steven Roth, Max Lane, Plush St. Louis, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

Generationals w/Brass Bed, Old Rock House, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

Snarky Puppy, The Demo, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

Camper Van Beethoven w/ Healing Power, The Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 8:00 p.m.

Mid Life Vices, Wildey Theatre, Edwardsville, 7:00 p.m.

Acoustics Anonymous w/Carrie Nation and the Speakeasy, The Gramophone, St. Louis, Doors 8:00 p.m.

Brad Paisley w/Chris Young and Lee Brice, Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, St. Louis, 7:00 p.m.

St. Louis Symphony Orchestral Program: Beethoven 9, Powell Symphony Hall, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m.

Lionel Loueke, Jazz at the Bistro, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.

Friday, May 10 A.T.M. Muzic presents Let The Lou Stand Up, Plush St. Louis, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

King Britt w/DJ Alexis, Mo E Allstars, The Demo, St. Louis, Doors 9:00 p.m.

Ben Rector w/Alpha Rev, The Demo, St. Louis, Doors 7:30 p.m.

Natural Child w/Bird Cloud, The Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 8:00 p.m.

The Devil Makes Three w/Johnny Fritz, Blueberry Hill, St. Louis, Doors 8:00 p.m.

Roseanne Cash, Sheldon Concert Hall, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m.

The Bellamy Brothers, Wildey Theatre, Edwardsville, 8:00 p.m.

Chris Thomas King, The Gramophone, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

The Manhattan Project, The Gramophone, St. Louis, Doors 10:00 p.m.

Hurt w/Brookroyal, Smile Empty Soul, Killer Me Killer You, Pop's, Sauget, 6:00 p.m.

St. Louis Symphony Orchestral Program: Beethoven 9, Powell Symphony Hall, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m.

Lionel Loueke, Jazz at the Bistro, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.

Saturday, May 11 Dillinger Escape Plan w/The Faceless, Royal Thunder, The Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

Remember The Legends, Blueberry Hill, St. Louis, Doors 8:00 p.m.

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

Dogs of Society: A Tribute to Elton John, Wildey Theatre, Edwardsville, 8:00 p.m.

Fresh Heir Comeback Show w/Lola and the Kickbacks, The Gramophone, St. Louis, Doors 8:00 p.m.

St. Louis Symphony Orchestral Program: Beethoven 9, Powell Symphony Hall, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m.

Lionel Loueke, Jazz at the Bistro, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.

Sunday, May 12 Ultimate Mother's Day Concert, Scottrade Center, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m.

105.7 The Point presents Pointfest, Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre, St. Louis, 12:00 p.m.

LBJ presents Open Mic Night, Plush St. Louis, St. Louis, Doors 3:00 p.m.

Boris w/Pallbearer, The Firebird,

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

Denise Thimes & Friends, Sheldon Concert Hall, St. Louis, 5:30 p.m.

Quality Control DJ's, The Gramophone, St. Louis, 10:00 p.m.

St. Louis Symphony Orchestral Program: Beethoven 9, Powell Symphony Hall, St. Louis, 3:00 p.m.

Monday, May 13 The Shed Open Mic, The Gramophone, St. Louis, Doors 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday, May 14 Living With Lions w/ Home and Away, Bike Path, Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

An Evening w/ Molly Ringwald, Jazz at the Bistro, St. Louis, 7:30 and 9:30 p.m.

Chamber Music Society of St. Louis feat. Sheldon Concert Hall, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m.

Dixon's Violin w/Emily Wallace, The Gramophone, St. Louis, Doors 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday, May 15 Black Moth Super Rainbow w/ The Hood Internet, Oscillator Bug, Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 7:30 p.m.

Fortunate Youth w/ Inna Vision, Josh Heinrich, Old Rock House, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

Chuck Berry, Blueberry Hill, St. Louis, Doors 8:00 p.m.

An Evening w/ Molly Ringwald, Jazz at the Bistro, St. Louis, 7:30 and

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Jakes Leg Acoustic Sessions, The Gramophone, St. Louis, Doors 8:00 p.m.

Thursday, May 16 Motionless in White w/ Whitechapel, Tear Out The Heart, Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 6:00 p.m.

Sons of Bill, Old Rock House, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

Kids Rock Cancer Benefit feat.

Flaming Pie, Blueberry Hill, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

Tre'von "TreG" Griffith, Sheldon Concert Hall, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m.

Spark Thugs, Plush St. Louis, St. Louis, Doors 9:00 p.m.

Opeth w/ Katatonia, Pop's, Sauget, 7:00 p.m.

Flaming Pie, Blueberry Hill, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

Acoustics Anonymous w/ The Giving Tree Band, The Gramophone, St. Louis, Doors 8:00 p.m.

Friday, May 17 Homeschool, Old Rock House, St. Louis, Doors 8:00 p.m.

My 2 Planets w/Blindworld Industry, Blueberry Hill, St. Louis, Doors 8:00 p.m.

Marina & The Diamonds w/ Charli XCX, The Pageant, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

Hot Club of Cowtown, The Wildey Theatre, Edwardsville, 8:00 p.m.

Tidewater w/Mandolyn Mae, The Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

Unifyah w/Kamikaze Kush, Tasi,

Agent O, The Gramophone, St. Louis, Doors 8:00 p.m.

Great Guitars 2013 feat. Tom Byrne, Shaun Robinson, and Eric Slaughter w/Montez Coleman, Jamal Nichols, Jazz at the Bistro, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m.

Music of Whitney Houston, Powell Symphony Hall, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m.

Saturday, May 18 Royal Southern Brotherhood feat.

Cyril Neville, Devon Allman, Mike Zito, Charlie Wooton, Yonrico Scott, Old Rock House, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

Anton Bruckner's Mass in F Minor-St. Louis Archdiocesan Choir w/St. Louis Symphony Orchestra, Cathedral Basilica, St. Louis, Doors 7:30 p.m.

The Lettermen, The Wildey Theatre, Edwardsville, 5:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m.

Green Room Rockers w/Aaron Kamm and The One Drops, The Gramophone, St. Louis, Doors 8:00 p.m.

Hung Like A Martyr w/Outcome of Betrayal, Animated Dead, Wild Tiger Fighters, Pop's, Sauget, 7:00 p.m.

Great Guitars 2013 feat. Tom Byrne, Shaun Robinson, and Eric Slaughter w/Montez Coleman, Jamal Nichols, Jazz at the Bistro, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m.

Youth Orchestra Concert #3, Powell Symphony Hall, St. Louis,

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Allegro Spring Concert, COCA, St. Louis, 4:00 p.m.

Rock 'n' Roll Express: REO Speedwagon w/Styx, Ted Nugent, Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre, 6:00 p.m.

Sunday, May 19 The Steve Strayhorn Celebration to Benefit the American Cancer Society, Plush St. Louis, St. Louis, Doors 1:00 p.m.

Steve Forbert, Old Rock House, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

Taiwanese Heritage Celebration Violin Concert, Sheldon Concert Hall, St. Louis, 3:30 p.m.

Johnny Madness w/Post Primal, Burning Down Oceans, The Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

A Tribute to Richard Hayman, Powell Symphony Hall, St. Louis, 3:00 p.m.

Monday, May 20 The Shed Open Mic, The Gramophone, St. Louis, Doors 7:30 p.m.

Nine Left Dead w/Ghost in the Machine, Seven Year Nightmare, OATM, Burning Down Oceans, Pop's, Sauget, 6:30 p.m.

Tuesday, May 21 Elsie Parker and the Poor People of Paris w/Bob Kramer's Marionnettes, Sheldon Concert Hall, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m.

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Music Tuning in Straight No Chaser to appear at the Fox Atlantic Records recording group Straight No Chaser has announced details of their upcoming “Under The Influence North American Tour” which includes a one night only performance at the Fabulous Fox Theatre on Sunday, December 15th at 7 p.m. Tickets are on sale now and prices are $46.50, $40.50, $30.50. Tickets are available at the Fox Box Office, online at www. metrotix.com or by calling (314) 534-1111.

The tour celebrates the upcoming release of the acclaimed a cappella g ro u p ’ s e a g e r l y a w a i t e d n e w album, “Under the Influence,” set to arrive in stores and at all DSPs on May 7th. The album sees the acclaimed a cappella group reimagining a selection of their all time favorite songs alongside many of the superstar artists and undisputed music icons that made them famous. Produced by Mark Kibble – a founding member of the legendary a cappella group Take 6 and one of Straight No Chaser ’s primary influences – the album includes unprecedented collaborations with some of popular music’s best and brightest – including Phil Collins, Stevie Wonder, Elton John, Dolly Parton, Rob Thomas, Seal, and Jason Mraz – as Straight No Chaser put their distinctive and inimitable spin on songs known and loved the world over.

Straight No Chaser is scheduled for a special appearance on Bravo’s “Watch What Happens Live” on the eve of their album release, Monday, May 6. The following weekend, they will perform on the Mother ’s Day installment of “Today: Weekend Edition” on Sunday, May 12. To celebrate the album’s arrival on release day, Straight No Chaser will perform an exclusive set for fans and contest winners at the Southwest Airlines Porch at Bryant Park on Tuesday, May 7. To conclude the release week, the group has scheduled a series of special release week concerts, kicking off May 9th at the State Theatre in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Complete details and ticket information for all SNC live events can be found at www. sncmusic.com/tour.

“Under the Influence” is heralded by the new single, “I Want You Back” featuring Sara Bareilles. A companion video for the inventive take on the Jackson 5 classic – as well audio clips for an array of additional album tracks – are streaming now at the official S t r a i g h t N o C h a s e r Yo u Tu b e channel, located at www.youtube. com/sncmusic.

Fans can pre-order “Under the Influence” now in a variety of bundles featuring such exclusive extras as an SNC Tour Journal, a refrigerator magnet, and a limited edition 18”x24” screenprinted poster. As if that weren’t enough, the album is also being offered as a special Fan Edition, featuring six bonus tracks, an expanded booklet and deluxe packaging not available with the standard CD. All preorders will receive a full album stream one week before release as well as an instant MP3 download of “I Want You Back” (feat. Sara Bareilles). For more, please visit store.sncmusic.com.

The upcoming dates mark a milestone for Straight No Chaser as they feature the return of founding member Steve Morgan, who rejoins

the group after the departure late last year of Ryan Ahlwardt.

Fans can meet the newest/oldest member of SNC at Straight No Chaser’s official YouTube channel, www.youtube.com/sncmusic.

For more, please visit www. sncmusic.com, www.facebook. com/StraightNoChaser, twitter. c o m / S N C m u s i c , a n d w w w. myspace.com/sncmusic.

theatrical production with video and additional musicians, including Ian's band: bassist David Goodier, keyboardist John O'Hara, drummer Scott Hammond, and wunderkind guitarist Florian Opahle-- all of whom have performed with Ian on his solo dates over the years as well as having performed at various times as members of Jethro Tull.

British singer Ryan O'Donnell, who has been active in the UK theatrical

scene will also be singing. Ian added the young performer as he wants to perform vocals and instrument parts as they appeared on the original "Thick as a Brick."

Ian's new album, "Thick as a Brick 2" (TAAB2) also features David, John, Scott, and Florian. It was produced by Ian Anderson and mixed by Porcupine Tree's Steven Wilson (who also re-mixed Jethro Tull's "Aqualung-Special Edition,"

released this past fall.)

TAAB2 answers the question 40 years later, whatever happened to Gerald Bostock (the person credited with writing the lyrics for "Thick as a Brick", which hit number one on the US Billboard P o p A l b u m s c h a r t . Wi t h t h e first "Thick as a Brick", Jethro Tull broadened rock beyond the limitations of the short song format).

Fresh Beat Band to appear at the Fox The Fresh Beat Band, Nickelodeon’s preschool music group and stars of the hit TV series of the same name, are giving fans one more chance to see them live as they hit the road again for 60 performances on their nationwide concert tour. The live concert comes to St. Louis on Saturday, January 25 at 5:30 p.m. The wildly popular The Fresh Beat Band Live in Concert Tour will resume on Nov. 12, 2013 in San Antonio, TX. The band will travel to theaters in new markets and revisit places including New York City’s Theater at Madison Square Garden and Los Angeles’ Nokia Theater L.A. Live. In 2012, more than 400,000 fans saw the concert making it one of the year’s most successful music tours.

Tickets went on Saturday, April 20 and prices are $36.50, $31.50, & $26.50. Tickets are available at the Fox Box Office, online at www. metrotix.com or by calling (314) 5341111.

Pre-sale tickets along with Fresh Beat Band VIP packages with meet and greets will be available at www. freshbeatbandlive.com beginning April 16. Citi® card members through Citi’s Private Pass Program at www.CitiPrivatePass.com will also have access to pre-sale tickets beginning April 16. The general public on-sale will take place on April 20.

“The Fresh Beat Band is back by popular demand,” said Doug Cohn, SVP, Music, Nickelodeon.

“The Fresh Beat Band Live in Concert Tour has been so successful because it provides 90 minutes of family bonding time where kids and parents can laugh, sing and dance along with the fantastic Fresh Beats.”

The Fresh Beat Band’s first-ever primetime concert special will premiere on Sunday, April 21, at 7 p.m. (ET/PT) on Nick Jr. The 30minute special gives viewers an allaccess pass to The Fresh Beat Band concert with behind-the-scenes footage and more. Fans can watch an exclusive sneak peek of the concert special at www.nickjr.com.

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Anderson to bring the sounds of Tull to the Peabody Ian Anderson will be performing both his composition "Thick as a Brick" in its entirety for the first time since 1972, and his new album, "Thick as a Brick 2" for a world tour, which began April, 2012, in the UK. Tickets for the July 14th St. Louis show at Peabody Opera House are on sale at the Ford Box Office at Scottrade Center, all Ticketmaster outlets, online at www.ticketmaster.com or call 800-745-3000. Tickets purchased through phone, outlets and internet are subject to additional service charges. Prices are $92, $47, $42, and $32.

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Music Tuning in Lineup set for Chesterfield Jazz Festival The Chesterfield Jazz Festival announces a dynamic collection internationally and locally renowned jazz artists showcasing the best in contemporary, straight-ahead, and fusion music on Saturday, June 15, 2013 from 2 - 10 p.m. at the Chesterfield Ampitheater in West County.

"We don't have an outdoor jazz festival bringing in international talent," said co-founder and coartistic director Michael Silverman when asked about the impetus for this festival. "I don't think there's anything better than hearing great jazz outdoors. You just can't beat that."

It was brother Rob Silverman, cofounder and co-artistic director who sought out the location, "When I visited the Chesterfield Ampitheater I thought this is an inspirational and beautiful venue emblematic of a great jazz festival!" A nine (9) foot Steinway grand piano -- in addition to key musicians -- are yet two more hallmarks that the organizers cite for a jazz festival with serious quality.

This year's festival features two (2) internationally known jazz icons from outside St. Louis, and several musicians who are a part of the Autumn Hill Jazz label. The roster includes the bands listed below: • St. Louis Jazz All-Stars - 2 pm: Internationally renowned Ptah Williams and Maurice Carnes lead this John Coltrane Tribute • Jeanne Trevor - 3:30 pm: St. Louis' first lady of jazz and commercial Grammy award winner • Bach to the Future featuring the Silverman Brothers - 5 pm: Classic melodies of Bach, Beethoven and Mozart arranged with jazz and world rhythms • Paul Taylor - 6:30 pm: A true contemporary jazz saxophone force of nature and #1 Billboard Charter • David Benoit - 8 pm: Five time Grammy Award Nominee, and top Contemporary Jazz Charting artist * NOTE: Schedule Subject to Change "We wanted to bring in some name performers who are our heroes and mix that with some of the best musicians on our Autumn Hill Jazz recording label. These festivals are how we hope to promote our label and St. Louis' best jazz musicians," said Mike Silverman. The Silverman's are also responsible for the recent Autumn Hill Jazz Festival on March 29 at the Sheldon Concert Hall and September's University City Jazz Festival in Heman Park.

For more information about the Chesterfield Jazz Festival, visit www.ChesterfieldJazzFestival.com.

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number of VIP packages are also available.

"I'm so excited to celebrate 40 years since our first show at The Bowery," says Alabama frontman, Randy Owen. "We still love one another, have played music together all these years, and are blessed to still be around. Most importantly, we are ever grateful for the fans, many having been with us since we used to play for tips, so to be able to go back out and play for them will make this a very special year." albums, 43 number one singles and more than 73 million records in sales. They have received over 150 industry awards, including eight honors for Entertainer of the Year, two Grammy wins and two People's Choice Awards, as well as their very own "star" on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The band received the Academy of Country Music's Pioneer Award in 2003, was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2005, and most recently won the American Country Awards' "Greatest Hits" Award in 2011. For more information, visit www.thealabamaband.com.

Krall to appear at The Fox On April 2nd in Miami, Diana Krall kicked off the American leg of her current ‘Glad Rag Doll’ World Tour. "Glad Rag Doll" (Verve), released October 2, 2012, marks Krall's fifth consecutive Top 10 debut on the Billboard 200.

Happy to be back on U.S. soil following rave reviews across Europe and Canada, Diana is now pleased to be adding still more

U.S. dates, including a stop at the Fabulous Fox Theatre on Friday, September 27 at 8 p.m. Tickets go on sale this Saturday, April 13 at 10 a.m. Prices are $67.50, $57.50, $47.50 & $37.50 with a limited number of Gold Circle seats also available.

Tickets are available at the Fox Box Office, online at www.metrotix.com or by calling (314) 534-1111.

Krall will be accompanied on stage by Aram Bajakian (guitar), Dennis Crouch (bass), Stuart Duncan (fiddle/guitars), Karriem Riggins (drums) and Patrick Warren (keyboards). To learn more about Diana Krall and her ‘Glad Rag Doll’ World Tour, please visit www. vervemusicgroup.com/dianakrall.

Lineup announced for Whitaker Music Festival The Whitaker Music Festival returns to the Missouri Botanical Garden for the 20th 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, June 5 through August 7 at 7:30 p.m and are sponsored by the Whitaker Foundation. Free admission begins at 5 p.m. and last entry is at 9 p.m. For more information and a complete concertWhitaker Music Festival lineup, visit www.mobot. org/events/whitaker.

This year’s artists include: June 5: The Funky Butt Brass

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July 3: Beth Bombara, one of the most prolific and talented singer/ songwriters in St. Louis, Bombara's music pleases fans and critics alike.

Effortlessly combining indie rock, folk and Americana, she describes her style as, "If Lucinda Williams and Neil Young took a road trip."

July 10: Victor & Penny, a Kansas City and Chicago born duo, singing music they call “antique pop” on ukulele and a lovely old guitar.

With characteristic charm and good humor, they bring a fresh twist to music of the early 20th century, unique arrangements of modern tunes as well as clever original songs.

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.

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.

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June 12: Terence Blanchard is one of the most recognized and influential jazz musicians working today. A trumpeter, band leader, arranger and film score composer, he was integral in the jazz resurgence of the 1980s. Blanchard is a fivetime Grammy award winner, and is famously known for composing scores for several Spike Lee films.

June 19: Kim Massie is one of the most recognizable vocalists in the Midwest. Her ability to sing not only blues and gospel but rock, pop, country and R&B have earned her two Best Female Vocalist of the Year Awards from the Riverfront Times and a starring role in a Black Repertory Theater production of “Ain’t Nothin But The Blues.”

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Don't take them for granted Lewis & Clark State Historic Site in Hartford worth a visit

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n May 14, 1804, a group of hardy men and one dog set off from their winter camp near the River Dubois and began their voyage west along the Missouri River on what would become one of the most famous expeditions in history.

Growing up in the River Bend it is almost impossible to go a day without hearing the words Lewis and Clark. From colleges to elementary schools to streets and bike trails, these two explorers are everywhere.

In fact, Lewis and Clark are so overexposed in these parts it’s easy to take them and what they accomplished for granted.

They almost deserve their own nickname ala Brangelina, Bennifer and Tomkat (Lewark?).

For this reason my family and I decided to take a mini-vacation and pay a visit to the Lewis & Clark State Historic Site at Hartford one rainy Saturday afternoon.

What a fantastic place this is! We arrived soon after lunch and were warmly welcomed by the kind volunteer at the information desk.

He kindly told us that if we hurried, we just might catch the tour group who were heading outside to the reconstructed winter camp. We thanked him and rushed outside where we caught up with the group.

There we spent a very enjoyable (if a little wet) 20 minutes learning all about Camp River Dubois. Our guide took us inside the impressive fort.

He informed us that it took Clark’s men

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Two views of the Lewis & Clark State Historic Site in Hartford, including the replica of the keel boat they used, below. around two weeks to build the collection of log buildings, which included a guard room, barracks for the men and even a little cabin for the group’s washer woman.

The reconstructed buildings are furnished with period items that we know Lewis and Clark actually used based on their journals and inventory lists. Look above and you’ll see crates in the rafters loaded with supplies.

The captains’ quarters are filled with little things that help bring the exhibit to life like bottles of medicines that Lewis dosed the men with.

This is a great place for kids. They are free to wander from building to building and gaze in wonder at the makeshift bunk beds where 12 men slept and other odd items from the past.

There were several kids in our tour group and all seemed to be enjoying themselves despite the dreary weather. Our guide told us that once the weather warms up, they will have people in period clothing inside the buildings for visitors to meet and talk to.

Next we headed inside to warm up and find out more about the Corps of Discovery at the Visitor Center.

First we watched the excellent documentary film, which gives viewers the background to the expedition and a little about what life was like for the men who lived at Camp River Dubois. I would recommend visitors start with this film and then either make their way around the different galleries or head outside to the camp. We did things a bit backward during our visit but still enjoyed ourselves nonetheless.

The highlight of the exhibit is the 55foot full-scale keel boat replica used by Lewis and Clark during the expedition.

This is a truly impressive sight to see and really gives you a feel for what it must have been like to be a member of the expedition.

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Running down the sides of the boat are smaller exhibits that provide bits of information like what types of clothing the crew brought with them, how much food they needed and other tools and instruments.

Everything is kid-friendly and many exhibits invite visitors to touch as well as look. Our 4-year-old loved this part of the exhibition and couldn’t get enough of the little barrels to open, windows to slide and panels to lift.

We finished our visit with a trip to the Store of Discovery. This gift shop is run by the Lewis and Clark Society of America and all profits are donated to the Lewis and Clark State Historic Site.

Here you’ll find books of every kind about Lewis and Clark, the time period and the places they visited. There is also a children’s section with plenty of books aimed at young readers. Other interesting gifts include jewelry, mementos and stuffed animals.

Our family went home with a bright red Cardinal, who now takes pride of place on our 4-year-old’s bed. Considering the entire site is free, we felt the $8 price was well worth such an enjoyable and informative afternoon.

Unfortunately, the bad weather meant we didn’t go up in the tower on this visit.

Luckily, we live so close that a return visit won’t be too far in the future.

We’re already planning to come back, possibly with a picnic, and spend some more time getting to know Lewis and Clark and their Corps of Discovery a bit better.

Sometimes, all you have to do to get away is stay home.

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Family Focus

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Without proper skin protection, too much time at the pool can be hazardous to your health.

Don't ignore the warnings of Melanoma Awareness Month

By KRISTA WILKINSON-MIDGLEY Of The Edge

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ay is Melanoma Awareness Month, making right now the perfect time to remind yourself about the dangers of too much sun exposure and ways you can ensure you and your family stay safe in the sun this summer.

I’ve always considered myself to be pretty informed when it comes to skin cancer. I come from fair-skinned English and Scottish stock with blue eyes and dark blonde hair.

As a child, my mother always made sure to cover my pale skin with sunscreen before going swimming or out to play. Like many people, I figured as long as I never got a “really bad” sunburn I would be fine.

During my teenage years I tried in vain to get a golden tan like my olive-skinned best friend but with no luck.

Every Saturday during the summer I would faithfully “lay out” in our backyard sweating and miserable for the best part of the day. If I was lucky, my skin might turn a light pink color for a day or two before it faded back to its usually pale hue.

I tried tanning beds a few times in college. I usually went before a big event and never for more than a week or two. Before my wedding I tanned a couple of times a week for about a month. I never burned and was thrilled with my skin’s medium golden color. So far, so good, right? Wrong.

Ten years later I find myself in the place you never want to be – in the doctor ’s office having a biopsy. I’d noticed the little discolored patches on my back a couple of years earlier.

They didn’t hurt or itch so I didn’t worry too much about them. Then a mole I’ve had all my life started to look a bit bigger than usual. Was it my imagination or were the edges no longer symmetrical? Did the color seem different than before? Suddenly my body seemed like a

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minefield full of little bombs waiting to go off.

The final straw was when both of my parents were diagnosed with Squamous Cell Carcinoma (SCC) the same week. Both had to have surgery to remove cancerous growths on their forearms.

The doctor had to go so deep on my mom’s arm that it now looks like it has a dent in it. Luckily, SCC is fairly easily treated and neither of my parents had to have any further treatment.

Melanoma, on the other hand, is the most dangerous form of skin cancer. Information from the Skin Cancer Foundation states that “these cancerous growths develop when unrepaired DNA damage to skin cells (most often caused by ultraviolet radiation from sunshine or tanning beds) triggers mutations (genetic defects) that lead the skin cells to multiply rapidly and form malignant tumors.

These tumors originate in the pigment-producing melanocytes in the basal layer of the epidermis.”

The scary thing about melanomas is that they often look like moles and can develop from moles. Most are black or brown, but some can also be skin-colored, pink, red, purple, blue or white. They are caused by “intense, occasional UV exposure frequently leading to sunburn.” Those people who are genetically predisposed are especially at risk. Melanoma kills an estimated 8,790 people in the US annually, according to the Skin Cancer Foundation.

The good news is that if caught and treated early, melanoma is almost always curable. The bad news is that this type of skin cancer can metastasize to other parts of the body, including the lymph nodes.

When this happens, it becomes hard to treat and can be fatal. The thing to remember about melanoma is that while it isn’t as common as other types of skin cancer, it does cause the most deaths. According to American Cancer Society estimates, about 120,000 new cases of melanoma in the U.S. are diagnosed in a year. In 2010, about 68,130 of these were invasive melanomas, with about 38,870 in males and 29,260 in women.

As for me, I spent a nerve-wracking two weeks waiting

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for my results and jumping every time the phone rang.

When the doctor ’s office finally called with my results, I was relieved to be told my discolored patches were benign. During those two weeks I had a lot of time to think about my past sun exposure.

I also looked at my two beautiful blonde-haired, fairskinned children and vowed I would be even more vigilant about protecting their skin as well as mine in the future.

From now on, I will only stick to tans that come from a bottle or, better yet, my own naturally pale color. I had a close call and learned the hard way that getting a tan, at least for someone fair like me, is always a risk.

To protect yourself from melanoma and other types of skin cancer, the Skin Cancer Foundation recommends the following practices when in the sun: • Seek the shade, especially between 10 AM and 4 PM. • Do not burn.

• Avoid tanning and UV tanning booths.

• Cover up with clothing, including a broad-brimmed hat and UV-blocking sunglasses.

• Use a broad spectrum (UVA/UVB) sunscreen with an SPF of 15 or higher every day. For extended outdoor activity, use a water-resistant, broad spectrum (UVA/ UVB) sunscreen with an SPF of 30 or higher.

• Apply 1 ounce (2 tablespoons) of sunscreen to your entire body 30 minutes before going outside.

• Reapply every two hours or immediately after swimming or excessive sweating.

• Keep newborns out of the sun. Sunscreens should be used on babies over the age of six months.

• Examine your skin head-to-toe every month.

• See your physician every year for a professional skin exam.

And if you ever see anything on your skin that doesn’t seem normal, has changed or just doesn’t look right, see your doctor right away. Early diagnoses and treatment could save your life.

For more information about melanoma or other types of skin cancer, visit www.skincancer.org.

Dining Delights Recipes to get you in the mood for summer

By KRISTA WILKINSON-MIDGLEY Of The Edge

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arm weather and sunshine are finally here and along with them comes the juicy sweetness of summer fruits.

Bright red strawberries and raspberries, succulent blueberries and deep purple blackberries all make ideal ingredients for fresh summer desserts.

Whether you pick your own or just pick up a container at the grocery store, fresh berries are like the jewels in summer ’s crown.

They add pops of color and richness to whatever dish they are added to. Of course, pies are the traditional favorites this time of year but you can also keep things simple and just top a bowl of fresh fruit and berries with a dollop of whipped cream.

For an extra special treat, give one of these recipes from Reddi-wip a try. They use fresh fruit that is available almost everywhere.

Summer is the perfect times to serve up the best picks of the season whether you’re having a backyard barbecue, laid back summer wedding or just enjoying a refreshing afterdinner treat.

These recipes can help turn the ordinary into the indulgent.

Strawberry Chocolate Shortcake Makes: 1 serving Total Time: 10 minutes Calories: 82 1 chocolate-flavored graham cracker, crushed 1 tablespoon crushed pretzels Reddi-wip Original Dairy Whipped Topping 1/4 cup chopped fresh strawberries Combine crushed graham cracker and pretzels in serving dish. Top with one serving (2 tablespoons) Reddi-wip, strawberries and another serving Reddi-wip. Serve immediately.

Fruit Fun-do Makes: 1 serving Total Time: 10 minutes Calories: 90 2 teaspoons chocolate syrup Reddi-wip Original Dairy Whipped Topping 1/3 cup bite-size pieces fresh strawberries 1/4 medium banana, peeled and sliced Combine chocolate syrup and one serving (2 tablespoons) Reddi-wip in small bowl to make ‘fondue’ dipping sauce; set aside.

Arrange fruit on serving plate. Serve sauce in small dish alongside fruit and enjoy.

Pineapple Cornucopia Makes: 5 servings Total Time: 10 minutes Calories: 72 5 teaspoons seedless strawberry jam 1 can (20 oz each) pineapple slices in juice, drained (1 can = 10 slices) Reddi-wip Fat Free Dairy

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Pictured are, clockwise from upper left: pineapple cornucopia, strawberry chocolate shortcake, upside down fruit nacho and fruit fun-do.

Whipped Topping 1 can (11 oz each) mandarin oranges, drained Spread 1 teaspoon strawberry jam in bottom of five 4ounce custard cups. Cut each pineapple slice into 5 sections.

Place five pineapple sections around the bottom of each cup.

Top with a second layer of five pineapple sections. Add a serving of Reddi-wip in the center.

Tuck five mandarin oranges in a pinwheel around edge of Reddi-wip. Serve immediately.

Fresh pineapple may be substituted for canned. The

produce section has fresh pineapple already cut for slicing or in chunks.

You will need about 20 ounces.

Or, purchase one medium pineapple. Remove skin, core it and cut into 10 slices. Proceed as directed in recipe.

You will need 25 mandarin orange segments for this recipe.

This is about half of an 11-ounce can.

Upside-Down Fruit Nacho Makes: 1 servings Total Time: 25 minutes Calories: 99 1 flour tortilla (8 inch), cut into short thin strips

1 teaspoon honey 1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon Cooking spray 1/3 cup chopped fresh strawberries 2 tablespoons fresh blueberries, washed and patted dry Reddi-wip Original Dairy Whipped Topping Preheat oven to 350°F. Place tortilla strips in medium bowl.

Drizzle with honey and sprinkle with cinnamon; gently toss to coat.

Place strips in single layer on parchment-lined baking sheet;

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lightly spray with cooking spray.

Bake 8 minutes, or until strips are lightly browned. Cool completely.

Place strawberries and blueberries in serving dish; top with two servings (1/4 cup) Reddi-wip.

Garnish with one fourth of the baked tortilla strips (reserve remaining for another use).

Serve immediately.

For even more tips, easy recipes, and nutritionals, visit www.ReddiWip.com.

Recipes and photos courtesy of Reddi-wip.

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Dining Delights Dulce le leche – go ahead, give it a try

By J.M. HIRSCH AP Food Editor My relationship with my pressure cooker has been a rocky one. I blame the way we met.

Back more than a decade ago, I followed a macrobiotic diet, a way of eating that is mostly vegan and focused very much on the purported energies in foods and how those energies benefit — or not — our bodies. There's a whole lot of brown rice and beans going on there, which is why the pressure cooker is a popular tool for those following the diet.

By trapping the steam produced during cooking, pressure cookers allow you to cook beyond the boiling point of 212 F, usually closer to 250 F. This means that foods that typically need long, slow simmers can be cooked quickly and with often surprisingly good results.

But I broke up with my pressure cooker after the bass incident. And I wish I could say this story was related to music. Some unusual dish I was supposed to prepare to ensure my good health involved pressure cooking an entire bass. Head. Fins.

Scales. Guts. You name it. Into the pot it went, for at least several hours.

The result was a thick, porridgelike brown goo. That's right — pressure cooked brown fish goo. It smelled as good as you imagine.

Which is why I set my pressure cooker aside for many years. But recently these simple pots have curried favor with all manner of chefs who appreciate them for their speed and ability to render tough cuts of meat deliciously tender. And my experiments — mostly with stews and briskets, but also some vegetable purees — have mostly been wonderful successes.

But the recipe that pushed me to fall back in love with the pressure cooked was dulce de leche. This South American treat is basically caramelized sweetened milk. It's become a popular flavor in baked goods, ice creams and other sweets.

But it's rather laborious to make.

A shortcut method that's been around for years involves slowly simmering an unopened can of sweetened condensed milk in a large pot of water. This several-hour approach slowly caramelizes and thickens the contents of the can, resulting in outrageously rich dulce de leche with the consistency of peanut butter.

There also is the possibility — albeit a remote one — that the can could explode (if the pan ran dry). Still, enough people have used this method over the years (to the legal angst of the canned condensed milk companies) that most cans of condensed milk now carry warnings urging you not to do that.

But with the pressure cooker, you can more safely and more quickly get the same results. I've described m y m e t h o d b e l o w, w h i c h i s ridiculously simple.

So what do you do with the dulce de leche once you've made it? Assuming you get beyond just eating it by the spoon, try it over ice cream, spread in a peanut butter sandwich (instead of jam), spread over cream cheese on a bagel, dip pretzels in it, spread it over a cooked plain pizza crust, then sprinkle with dried fruit and coconut... And so on.

PRESSURE COOKER DULCE DE LECHE For a dulce de leche with a more intense caramel flavor, you can double the cooking time in the pressure cooker to 40 minutes. The

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rest of the recipe remains the same.

Start to finish: 30 minutes, plus cooling Makes a 14-ounce can 14-ounce can sweetened condensed milk Set a metal steamer basket in the bottom of a large pressure cooker.

Fill the pressure cooker with water up to its max fill line.

Remove the label from the can of sweetened condensed milk. Set the can on its side in the water on top of the steamer basket.

The can must be completely submerged and not be in contact with the sides or bottom of the cooker (the steamer basket should prevent this).

Clamp on the pressure cooker's

lid according to manufacturer's directions. Bring up to pressure over medium-high heat. Once the cooker has reached pressure, reduce heat to just maintain pressure. Most pressure cookers will hiss lightly at this stage, but refer to your model's directions.

Cook for 20 minutes.

Transfer the entire pressure cooker to the sink and turn on cold water to run over it and cool the cooker. After 5 minutes, the pressure should be released and the cooker should be cool enough to open. If the cooker resists opening, this means the pressure is still too high inside to open. Continue running cold water over it.

Use tongs to remove the can from

another 5 to 10 minutes. Either way, the unopened can should be stored at room temperature as you would any canned good. Once opened, refrigerate for up to a week.

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977-2195. $390 per month. 618-409-0414 3BD 3BA spacious, very nice Bedroom APARTMENT, Glen Carbon home. Atch 2 car 2 gar., all applncs. Landscaped Edwardsville, minutes from lrg fenced yard $1350mth. SIUE: 1.5 bath, W/D hookup.

Avail. May 15th 618-580-3021. $650/month 618-407-5333 605 Hill Road 2 Bedroom 1 bath, newly remodeled, near downtown Edw., I-270 & SIUE. $875/mth rent or for sale at $84,900. 618-920-2599.

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C.K.S. METAL CORP. (618) 656-5306 M-F 8:00-5:00 SAT 8-12 EDWARDSVILLE, IL #1 Copper $2.95/lb.

College Student outdoor work, #2 Copper $2.75/lb.

30-40 hours/week, $8.25/hour Yellow Brass $1.95/lb. with raises, flexible hours.

Stainless $.56/lb.

618/560-1712 Painted Siding $.60/lb. $.52-.73/lb Cook with sanitation certificate, Scrap Alum $.56/lb. experienced in theraputic diets, Alum Cans quantity food prep required. Clean Alum Wheels $.73/lb. $.31/lb.

Part-Time, must be able to work Electric Motors $.20 weekends. Stop by Eden Vil- Seal Units $.30 lage Retirement Center, 400 Batteries Boards-$2.50 South Station Rd, Glen Carbon, Computer Low Grade Boards $.17 IL 62034 to fill out application or visit: www.edenvillage.org EOE Insulated Wire#1-$1.20 #2-1.00 Scrap Iron - $200.-$230./Ton CHECK ALL OUR PRICES AT Hairdresser wanted - commisCKSMETALCORP.COM sion or rental. Full time and part CALL FOR TODAY’S PRICES!! time rates, please call or email for more information. Reality FREE 14ft trampoline with safeSalon & Spa 618-656-1545 or ty net. Good condition. 4 years old. Take it away and it’s yours. crvp33@gmail.com 618-307-5577.

HELP WANTED: Seasonal CDL truck driver. Hazmat a plus, but Nordic Track 5.3 treadmill, folds not necessary. Come by Ship- for easier storage. Purchased man Elevator at 168 IL Route 01/2011, paid—$1,000 Asking140, Pocahontas Or fax resume $350(will consider other offers). to (618)488-6503 or call (618) Located in Edwardsville 618616-0470.

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Clerical - General Office Duties - must be computer friendly.

Reply: BB#259 % The Intelligencer, 117 N. 2nd Street, Edwardsville, IL 62025

Immediate openings for bike mechanics and sales personnel in a multi-sports store in Edwardsville, Illinois. This is an opportunity to get in on the ground floor of a new store.

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614 E. Lower Marine Road Unique, luxurious, custom built home in Troy, IL! +/- 4.5 total acres, private, wooded lot. 6,480 sq. ft., 2-story, 4 bedroom, 4 bath home.

3 fireplaces, great room w/fireplace, theatre with bar, work-out room, billiard, tanning room, and pool. $1,100,000 MLS 4113807

Granite City

8917 Wendell Creek Drive Hardwood floors, granite countertops in gourmet kitchen, master bath w/ separate shower & tub, dual sinks & vanities w/large walk-in master closet.

Full W/O on LL w/wet bar, family room, rec room, 4th BR & full BA. $335,000 MLS 4114373

2537 Roney Drive Completely rehabbed, beautiful full brick home. Open floor plan, nice fenced in yard with shed. Eat-in kitchen and all new appliances are ready for you. $109,500 MLS 4205102

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1920 SEXTANT, WORDEN LAKE LIVING IN HOLIDAY SHORES! 2BR/2BA plus 2 bonus rooms with closets. Nice yard with mature trees & 12x16 deck. Move-in ready! $129,900

OPEN HOUSE SUNDAY, MAY 5, 1-3 PM 5243 STATE ROUTE 159, EDWARDSVILLE COUNTRY LIVING close to downtown Edwardsville. 3 bedrooms, pool, and party pavilion.

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1609 MAPLEWOOD COURT, EDWARDSVILLE BEAUTIFUL 4BR/4BA HOME! Featuring vaulted ceilings and a main floor master suite.

Aluminum fencing. Agent owned. $284,500

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Go To 5243SR159.com or NancyMilton.com for details.

EDWARDSVILLE - 100 ACRES +/- WITH FRONTAGE, timber, & 3 acre lake. Seller will divide up to 4 lots. Edwardsville schools.

EDWARDSVILLE - LUXURY 4 BEDROOM/4 BATH RANCH. Featuring 2 kitchens, stainless steel appliances, bamboo wood flooring, and your own outdoor oasis. $599,900

420 PLUM, EDWARDSVILLE CUTE AS A BUTTON! 2 bedroom with many updates. Fenced yard with deck & brick patio. Edwardsville Schools. $113,000

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Excellent 3BR, 1200 sq.ft. TH: Collinsville, near 157/70; 12 min. to SIUE, FP, DW, W/D hookup, ceiling fans, cable, free WiFi, sound walls, off-st. prkng.

Sm pets OK, yr. lse. $790/mo.

618/345-9610 lv AM/PM phone HAMEL 2 Bedroom Duplex, remodeled Washer/Dryer Hookup Garage, No Steps 618-791-9062

Mobile Homes For Rent

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Office Space For Rent

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Small 2 Bdrm $400/mo; also 2 Office space for lease at IL 157 bdrm $450; both have w/d and Center Grove Road, up to hookups; W/T/S incld in rent, 3200sf, $2300/mth. 656-1824 no pets: 1st + last months and meyerproperties.com security deposit. 618-780-3937.

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1 & 2 bdr apts, W/S/T Paid 50 Devon Ct., Edw. 618-791-9062

Office Space For Rent

Large one bedroom apt $575.

Also SPACIOUS one bedroom cottage, $700. Both no pets, non-smoking.

References required. 618-692-4144.

HWY 159-Maryville, 1200 SQ., 5 offices, rec area. $900/mth (618)346-7878 www.osbornproperties.com

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FSBO 417 Grandview, Brick Ranch, 4 bd, 3 ba, LR, DR, Fam rm. Full finished bsmt. Sun room, patio, deck, fenced back yard $198,900. 618-604-0383.

FSBO 8500 Goshen 3+Bd/2Ba Brick Ranch, 2.5acres $194,900 Open floor plan, many updates 618.980.2017. See pics @8500 goshenroad.wordpress.com

Commercial Space For Rent 720 Barber shop, retail or office space, close to downtown on St. Louis Street. 314-574-3858.

Homes For Sale

Homes For Sale

Yard Sales

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Madison: 1004 Reynolds St. 1BR/1BA Single Family 1092 sf.

4 Bdrm 3.5 bths, 3 car garage, Fixer Upper, Lease Option or finished basement in Edw. Cash Discount $1000 DN, w/private backyard. Move in $386/mo. 803-978-1542. ready, Lincoln Knolls Subd. Villa FSBO: 3 Bdrm/ 3 Bath, $284,900 618-917-9132.

Approx 1800 sq ft, 2 car garage, For Sale/Rent 3 Bedroom 2 fully finished basement, low story brick home, garage, base- maintenance yard, concrete ment, approximately 1596sf. patio, & family friendly neighborConsider contract for deed hood in Highland 781-0050

Office space for lease at IL 157 and Center Grove Road, up to $87,000 Rent $1,000; 656-1811.

3200sf, $2300/mth. 656-1824 FSBO 4BR, 2BA, 1600’ home meyerproperties.com on stocked lake, 10 miles N. in Midway. Relaxe & entertain on huge deck. Many improve, bsmt, dog yard. Big closets, Two bedroom townhouse, patio Edw. schools. 830-2218. unit. 1 1/2 baths, w/d hookup.

Available now. $665 per monthNO PETS-1 yr lease 692-7147.

Move in Special 1st Month 1/2 off 2 BR, 1 Bath Glen Carbon w/d hook-ups, $655 (618)346-7878 www.osbornproperties.com

Lots For Sale

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SUN RIDGE ESTATES Just past Fruit Rd, Edwardsville 2+ Acre Lots Call for special prices 618/792-9050 or 618/781-5934

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LAKEVIEW GARDEN CLUB PLANT/BAKE SALE SATURDAY MAY 11th 8:00AM-NOON 12 LAKEVIEW LANE (Lakeview Acres) COLLINSVILLE 62234 Perennials And Annuals very reasonable prices MOTHERS DAY GIFTS PRAIRIETOWN YARD SALES SATURDAY, 5/11, 8A,.M.-2P.M. RAIN OR SHINE 20 Families 159 N. toward Bunker Hill, Right on Renken Something for Everyone!

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CUSTOM BUILT home built on 1 acre w/tree lined backyard. 3 bedroom, 5 bath, 3 car garage.

COME HOME to a 5 bedroom, 4 bath Gerber Woods beauty!

Walkout oversized lot.

GREAT TROY LOCATION! 2 story, 3BR/4BA, enormous kitchen. Finished basement, private backyard.

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3 BEDROOM WONDER! Fenced yard, open floor plan, master suite has private bathroom!

$949,900 Edwardsville PR101108 MICHELLE HEINLEIN (618) 781-2322

$695,000 Edwardsville PR101107 JEANNE HORNBERGER (618) 444-8899

$400,000 Edwardsville PR101112 CAROLYN KOESTER (618) 791-6712

$335,900 Edwardsville PR101113 IRMA AUGUST (618) 558-8422

$186,500 Troy PR101111 TAMI DITTAMORE (618) 531-4652

$129,900 Edwardsville PR101105 BETSY BUTLER (618) 972-2225

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ALL BRICK HOME great for first time homebuyer or investor. $88,000 Edwardsville PR101103 ANGELA CARPENTER (618) 954-8330

CUSTOM LOG HOME on 15 +/- acres. Chef’s kitchen, finished walkout LL. Fenced pasture for horses. $410,000 Edwardsville PR100713

SPACIOUS & INVITING 2 story with finished LL. 4 bedrooms, 4 baths, fireplace, cul-de-sac. $369,900 Edwardsville PR100995

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618-655-4100 CONGRATULATIONS SANDIE LAMANTIA (618) 978-2384 A COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE has made this Associate a leader in the real estate market.

IMPRESSIVE ALL BRICK HOME 2 story great room with hardwood floors & gas fireplace. Chef pleasing kitchen w/SS. $369,500 Edwardsville PR100750

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VAULTED CEILINGS wooded cul-de-sac lot. LL family room with fireplace, wood floors, 3 bedrooms, 3 baths. $179,900 Glen Carbon PR101014

READY FOR MY CLOSEUP! 3BR/2BA bungalow. Fabulous finishes & updates. Corner lot. $153,900 Edwardsville PR100722

DYNAMIC DUO! Duplex with all new siding.

2 bedroom, 1.5 bath. Carports! $140,900 Troy PR101028

COZY & INVITING 3BR/2BA home, large fenced yard.

Walking distance to downtown Edw. $129,900 Edwardsville PR100742

NICE move-in ready 2 bedroom, 1 bath home.

Features privacy fence & new deck. $70,000 Troy PR100621

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STUNNING EXECUTIVE HOME on quiet cul-de-sac. Open floor plan with luxury features. $579,000 Edwardsville PR100763

LOCATED IN EBBETS FIELD 1.5 story, 5 bedroom, 4 bath, screened porch & finished LL. $469,900 Edwardsville PR100744

PRIVATE 11 +/- ACRES with well built renovated home. Chef’s kitchen & great rom w/fireplace. $449,900 Edwardsville PR100611

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

ROOM FOR EVERYONE! 2 fireplaces, 2 kitchens, new carpet, & fresh paint on main level. $235,000 Edwardsville PR101008

OUTSTANDING 3 bedroom, 3 bath, full brick ranch on 1 acre, 5 minutes from Edwardsville. $186,000 Edwardsville PR100993

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HOLIDAY SHORES! Remodeled “A” frame with loads of updates.

Call for appointment. $179,500 Worden PR10123

VAVAVOOM VILLA! 3 bedroom, 3 full baths, open floor plan, stainless appliances. $179,000 Edwardsville PR100350

WAITNG FOR YOU! 3 bedroom ranch in Holiday Shores with lake privileges. $158,000 Worden PR100741

SPACIOUS L-shaped kit/dining opens to living room, 2 car oversized heated garage, corner lot. $130,000 Staunton PR100599

DELIGHTFUL updated 3 bedroom on 3 lots.

Has wood flooring & beautifully decorated. $127,500 Worden PR100626

CENTRALLY LOCATED in Edwardsville, 2BR/2BA duplex with fireplace, fenced yard, attached garage. $109,000 Edwardsville PR101036

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BROWN REALTORS

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Thursday, May 9, 2013

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NEW LISTINGS

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

108 Timbermill Lane, Edwardsville Gorgeous brick ranch with LL, 3 car garage, & acreage. $389,000

201 Aspen Point, Glen Carbon Spacious 3BR/2BA ranch.

Beautiful corner lot. $189,900

238 Meyer Avenue, Hamel Newer. Finished basement.

Fenced yard. $199,900

441 Carroll, Granite City Great neighborhood home with interstate access! $185,000

202 E. Schwarz Street., Edw. COMMERCIAL: Great location & visibility. 4 offices. $145,000

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3244 Willow, Granite City 3BR/2BA. Like new construction! $132,500

2208 Orville, Granite City Like-new 3BR/1BA home with a large yard. $74,900

5 Foxmoor, Maryville Over 5000 finished sqft in this 5BR home. $379,900

9 Lakeview, Brighton Stunning Lakefront Home! $369,900

8140 State Route 159, Moro 2 Acres. 5BR/2BA. Geo-thermal.

Stone fireplace. $329,900

8932 Wheat Drive, Troy Private back yard!

4BR/4BA. 3 car garage. $299,900

1028 St. Louis Street, Edw. Fabulous 3BR/3BA home on historic St. Louis Street. $269,000

1329 Gerber Woods Drive, Edw. Spacious 4BR/4BA large main floor master suite. $259,900

300 Willow Creek Drive, Edw. 3BR/3BA Ranch Private Park Setting! $259,900

6900 Quail Walk, Edwardsville Family Home. Move-in ready.

A Must See! $247,000

439 Country Club View, Edw. Spacious move in ready condo.

Great location. $249,900

6758 Manchester Drive, Maryville Upgrades galore in this ranch with open floor plan. $239,900

1704 Meadow Lane, Edwardsville Fantastic 2 story with sunroom & finished lower level. $229,900

1501 McCoy Drive, Edwardsville Nice 3 bedroom home on large lot. $214,000

29 Dogwood Terrace, Maryville Gorgeous 3BR/3BA. Wooded lot.

Move in ready. $190,000

127 Colonial Drive, Hamel Great 3BR/3BA. Finished basement. $184,900

225 E. Pearl, Staunton Updated Victorian 3BR/2BA, open staircase, large yard! $159,900

3 West Beacon Hill, Fairview Hgts.

Ranch home on a lake! $144,900

512 Oak Street, East Alton Absolutely charming! Above ground pool! Fenced yard! $128,900

41 Steelecrest Lane, Granite City Updated home with large privacy fenced yard. $109,900

128 Mounds, Collinsville Adorable Updated Bungalow with huge yard! $99,900

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

400 Rich, Caseyville Doll house. Updated throughout.

Large lot. 2 car garage. $98,500

243 Mill Street, Collinsville 3BR/1.5BA, 1 owner bi-level home. $95,000

417 Oak Street, East Alton Spacious 3BR brick home with full basement $94,900

125 N. Lincoln, Worden 3BR/1BA. Farm house.

2 car garage. Fenced yard. $89,900

2529 Reveres Route, Granite City 3BR/1BA all updated.

Move in ready! $80,000

2574 Parkview Drive, Granite City Overlooking Worthern Park.

2BR/2BA. Condo. $79,000

353 Johnson Road, Shiloh 28 acre lake, 2SF homes, wooded private! $500,000

504 Mobile Street, Brighton 3BR/1BA. Large corner lot. $78,900

20 Wilson Park, Granite City Great Potential!

3BR/1BA. $31,900

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3 Edgewood Lane, Caseyville 3000 SF cinder block building used as warehouse iwth 10’ overhead door & 10’ ceiling height. $78,000

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

xxx S. St. Rt. 157, Glen Carbon Great development property!

19.10 acres $1,250,000 xxx Fairmont Ave., Collinsville 23.25 acres +/close to major highways. $1,100,000 xxx Outback Trails Subdv., Marine 20 lots, minimum of 2 acres each.

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104 Savannah Ct., Glen Carbon This is a great walk out lot on the cul-de-sac. $69,900 305 Blue Sky Lane, Glen Carbon This lot is perfect for a walkout. $59,000 6831 Middlegate Ln., Glen Carbon This is a nice flat lot in a quiet setting. $49,900

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2701 Route 66 Business Park, Edw. Prime commercial lot off I-270.

2.10 acres. $500,000

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3966/3972 Audubon Way, Edw. 2 lots zoned B-2 commercial. .82 acre. $100,000

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102 Suzanne Court, Edwardsville 3+ Bedroom, 4 Baths. $399,900

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611 Edwardsville Road, Troy Fully equipped restaurant.

Great turnkey operation.

Equipment list attached. $720,000

5420 Springfield Dr., Edwardsville Charming country home on 20 private acres. $499,000

xxx Zenk Road, Troy 6.46 acres, subdivided into 2 acre tracts with block building & pole building. $290,700