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Tour de Coal

Cycling event returns to Benld

4 .38 Special

Rockers to appear in Pontoon Beach.

5 The Polar Express Train rides return to Union Station.

9 Al Gore is back

"An Invonvenient Sequel" released.

10 Honky Tonk

JAC to host national music series.

15 COCA Presents

New season schedule announced.

18 At the Brewhouse New chef spices up menu.

Friday August 11_________ St. Louis Cardinals vs Atlanta Braves, Busch Stadium, St. Louis Sinquefield Cup, World Chess Hall of Fame, St. Louis, Hal Sparks, Helium Comedy Club, St. Louis, Blues At The Arch, Gateway Arch Riverfront, St. Louis, 6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Jungle Boogie, Saint Louis Zoo, St. Louis, 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Howlin' Friday Concert: Leigh Spanos, National Blues Museum, St. Louis, 5:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m.

Letters From The Fire, Final Drive, The Faded Truth, Verba Stellae, The Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 6:00 p.m.

Michelle Bonacquisti, The Bad Haircuts, Steven Lyle, Blueberry Hill, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

Concert For Kids: A Night Benefiting Southside Early Childhood Center, Cssey Bazzell, A Bientot, After11, The Sneaker Bombs, The Ready Room, St. Louis, Doors 7:30 p.m.

The Muny: Newsies, Forest Park, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m., Runs until August 13, 2017 Stages St. Louis: 9 to 5 The Musical, Robert G. Reim Theatre, St. Louis, Runs until August 20, 2017 Reigning Men: Fashion in Menswear, 1715-2015, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs until September 17, 2017

Adventures with Clifford The Big Red Dog, The Magic House, St. Louis Children's Museum, St. Louis, Runs until September 4, 2017 The Discovery of King Tut, Saint Louis Science Center, St. Louis, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Runs until January 7, 2018 G a rd e n o f G l a s s , M i s s o u r i Botanical Garden, St. Louis, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs until August 13, 2017 The Hats of Stephen Jones, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Runs until September 3, 2017 #1 in Civil Rights: the African American Freedom Struggle in St. Louis, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m to 5:00 p.m., Runs until March 14, 2018

Saturday August 12_________ St. Louis Cardinals vs Atlanta Braves, Busch Stadium, St. Louis Sinquefield Cup, World Chess Hall of Fame, St. Louis, Hal Sparks, Helium Comedy Club, St. Louis, Wax Fang, Only Sound, Slow Down Scarlett, May Dawn, The Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 6:30 p.m.

Empire Groove, Blueberry Hill, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

Melvins, w/Spotlights, The Ready Room, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

The Muny: Newsies, Forest Park, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.,

Runs until August 13, 2017 Stages St. Louis: 9 to 5 The Musical, Robert G. Reim Theatre, St. Louis, Runs until August 20, 2017 Reigning Men: Fashion in Menswear, 1715-2015, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs until September 17, 2017 Adventures with Clifford The Big Red Dog, The Magic House, St. Louis Children's Museum, St. Louis, Runs until September 4, 2017 The Discovery of King Tut, Saint Louis Science Center, St. Louis, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Runs Until January 7, 2018 G a rd e n o f G l a s s , M i s s o u r i Botanical Garden, St. Louis, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs until August 13, 2017 The Hats of Stephen Jones, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Runs until September 3, 2017 #1 in Civil Rights: the African American Freedom Struggle in St. Louis, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m to 5:00 p.m., Runs until March 14, 2018

Saturday August 12_________ Saint Louis FC Game, World Wide Technology Soccer Park, St. Louis, 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

St. Louis Cardinals vs Atlanta Braves, Busch Stadium, St. Louis

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Travel August will heat up in Brown County For The Edge From a craft beer fest to Visit Indiana's 2016 Best Music Festival (Bean Blossom Blues), August is going to be a fun one in Brown County! Check out our full list of unique events in store for August and come experience the fun for yourself!

Event: August Events at the Nature Center Date: August 1, 3-8, 10-15, 17-22, 24-29, 31 Time: Varies, see schedule online Place: Brown County State Park (Nature Center & other locations) Phone/Website: 812.988.6406 / www. interpretiveservices.IN.gov About: Come to the Nature Center in the Brown County State Park for leisure walks, workshops, and more!

Event: Featured Artists at the Brown County Art Guild – Lynn Dunbar & Joel Knapp Date: August 1-31 Time: Monday-Saturday 11 a.m.- 5 p.m.; Sunday 12 p.m. - 4 p.m.

Place: Brown County Art Guild (48 S. Van Buren Street, Nashville, IN) Phone/Website: 812.988.6185 / www. browncountyartguild.org/ Admission: Free About: Lynn Dunbar (Louisville, KY) & Joel Knapp (Gallatin, TN) are the featured artists for the month of August at the Brown County Art Guild. The Guild is also excited to present An Evening with Curtis Cantwell Jackson & Janiece Jaffe during the Second Saturday Village Art Walk on Saturday, August 12 from 6-7:30 p.m.

Event: Knit Night at the Clay Purl Date: August 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 Time: 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.

Place: Clay Purl (58 E Main St #3, Nashville, IN) Phone/Website: 812.988.0336 / www. claypurl.com Admission: Free About: Every Tuesday evening at 6:30 p.m. all are welcome to gather at the Clay Purl shop for time to knit, talk and have some fun.

Sometimes there is a snack, but it's always a great time. Every month there is an “optional” knitting theme. If you participate you will receive a charm.

Event: Tex-Mex Tuesday Date: August 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 Time: 5 p.m. - 7 p.m.

Place: The Seasons Lodge - Saloon (560 St. Rd. 46 E., Nashville, IN) Phone/Website: 800.365.7327 / www. seasonslodge.com Admission: $8 per person About: Head to The Seasons Lodge for a Tex-Mex Buffet in the Bar every Tuesday!

Enjoy tacos, taco salad, nachos, an additional varied entree, an array of toppings, refried beans, Spanish rice, and more! There will also be beer and drink specials Event: “Wine-Down Wednesday” at the Hobnob Date: August 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 Time: 6 p.m. - 8 p.m.

Place: Hobnob Corner Restaurant (17 W Main St - Nashville, IN) Phone/Website: 812.988.4114 / www. stringdancer.com/home/locations/hobnobcorner-restaurant/ About: Since mid-2013, guitarist Jeff Foster has been holding court on Wednesday evenings from 6-8 p.m. at one of Brown County’s oldest and best-loved dining establishments, the Hobnob Corner Restaurant.

Event: Feelin’ Hot, Hot, Hot…at eXplore Brown County Date: August 2-7, 9-14, 16-21, 23-28, 30, 31 Time: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. (groups please call and arrange event hours) Place: eXplore Brown County (2620 Valley Branch Rd., Nashville, IN) Phone/Website: 812.988.7750 / http:// explorebrowncounty.com Admission: See website About: Back to school, but the fun does not need to end! eXplore Brown County is proud to say that it's a true tree top to tree top canopy adventure. No need to go to Costa Rica, the dense hardwood forest of Brown County and the Hoosier National Forest provides the same canopy experience. Escape

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Live music takes center stage in August in Brown County, Ind. the heat of the city and head for the tree tops to learn about the ecosystem of the woods.

There is much to learn as you soar with the birds. Animals of the woods move freely and you may encounter lizards, chipmunks, raccoons, snakes, and perhaps a beautiful white tailed deer.

Event: 19th Hole Sports Bar – Live Music & Trivia Date: August 4, 5, 7, 11, 12, 14, 18, 19, 21, 25, 26, 28 Time: Varies; see schedule (www. browncounty.com/calendar/event/19th-holesports-bar---live-music--trivia) Place: 19th Hole Sports Bar (Lower level at Salt Creek Golf Retreat) Phone/Website: 812.988.7888 / www. saltcreekgolf.com Admission: Free About: Head to the 19th Hole, the place to go for your late night entertainment!

Enjoy great drink and food specials, a fun atmosphere, and best of all...live music! There is also trivia every Monday night!

Event: Bean Blossom Farmers’ Market Date: August 4, 11, 18, 25 Time: 4 p.m. - 7 p.m.

Place: St. David's Episcopal Church (SR 135 and SR 45, Bean Blossom) Phone/Website: 812.988.1038 / http:// beanblossomfarmersmarket.com Admission: Free About: Head to the Bean Blossom Farmers' Market every Friday for wonderful food, local artisan crafts, live music, a hot food booth, a community outreach booth, children's activities, and more! Plus there will be special events twice monthly!

Event: Live Entertainment in “The Saloon” Date: August 4, 5, 11, 12, 18, 19, 25, 26 Time: 9 p.m.- Midnight Place: The Seasons Lodge - Saloon (560 St. Rd. 46 E., Nashville, IN) Phone/Website: 800.365.7327 / www. seasonslodge.com Admission: No Cover Charge About: Head to The Seasons Lodge for some live entertainment in The Saloon! Every Friday and Saturday night!

Event: Live Music in the CornCrib Lounge – Brown County Inn Date: August 4, 5, 11, 12, 18, 19, 25, 26 Place: Brown County Inn (51 State Road 46 East, Nashville, IN) Phone/Website: 812.988.2291 / www. browncountyinn.com Admission: No Cover Charge About: Enjoy great food and live music in the CornCrib Lounge every Friday and Saturday night. Outdoor and under 21 seating available Event: Prime Rib Buffet at The Seasons Lodge Date: August 4, 11, 18, 25

Time: 5 p.m. - 9 p.m.

Place: The Seasons Lodge (560 St. Rd. 46 E., Nashville, IN) Phone/Website: 800.365.7327 / www. seasonslodge.com Admission: $23.95 per person About: Dig in to a delicious Prime Rib Buffet every Friday evening at The Seasons Lodge! All you can eat carved Prime Rib, along with another entree, potato, vegetable, and of course fried biscuits and apple butter!

Event: Art with a Purpose – Brown County Baskets Date: August 5 – September 4 Time: Monday - Saturday (10 a.m. - 5 p.m.); Sunday (12 p.m. - 5 p.m.)

Place: Brown County Art Gallery (1 Artist Drive, Nashville, IN) Phone/Website: 812.988.4609 / www. browncountyartgallery.org Admission: Free About: Please join the gallery for this fascinating presentation on another part of Brown County's artistic history which features baskets, early photographs, and artifacts.

Exhibit is open daily at the Brown County Art Gallery from August 5 - September 4.

Event: Farm-to-Fifth Tours at Bear Wallow Distillery Date: August 5, 6, 12, 13, 19, 20, 26, 27 Time: Tours start at the top of each hour (Saturday from 11 a.m. – 6 p.m. & Sunday from 12 p.m. – 5 p.m.)

Place: Bear Wallow Distillery Phone/Website: 812.657.4923 / www. bearwallowdistillery.com Admission: $6 per person; children under 12 are free About: Head to Bear Wallow Distillery for a Farm-to-Fifth Tour! Tours are offered daily at the top of each hour. See the process used to handcraft Bear Wallow whiskey from local grains.

Cooking, fermentation and distillation, as well as oak barrel storage and finally bottling! The tour includes a sample flight of whiskeys too!

Event: Quaff N’ Brew Beer School Date: August 5, 12, 19, 26 Time: 10 a.m.

Place: Big Woods Village Phone/Website: 812.988.6000 / http://quaffon. com Admission: $5; $10 to add a pint glass About: Do you love beer? Ever wonder how beer is made? Want to learn the difference between porter and stout or lager and ale? Big Woods is offering an exciting class designed to teach you all about the world of beer.

Event: Nashville Farmer’s Market Date: August 6, 13, 20, 27 Time: 12 p.m. - 3 p.m.

Place: Brown County Inn (51 State Road 46 East, Nashville, IN) Phone/Website: 812.988.2291 / www. browncountyinn.com

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Admission: Free About: Locally grown vegetables, herbs, flowers, and more! Sundays 12 p.m. - 3 p.m., Now through October at the Brown County Inn parking lot!

Event: Trivia Night with Badfoot Trivia Date: August 7, 14, 21, 28 Time: 7 p.m. - 9 p.m.

Place: 19th Hole Sports Bar (Lower level at Salt Creek Golf Retreat) Phone/Website: 812.988.4323 / www. saltcreekgolf.com Admission: Free About: The 19th Hole welcomes Badfoot Trivia's Trivia Night every Monday from 7 p.m.

- 9 p.m. Head to the 19th Hole for a fun evening of seeing how smart you really are! The entry is free and we will give away a gift certificate to the winner each week. Check out Brown County's ONLY trivia night!

Event: B3 Gallery Features Brown County Photographers Date: August 8 – September 5 Time: Regular Business Hours Place: B3 Gallery (61 W. Main St., Nashville, IN - Second Floor) Phone/Website: 812.988.6675 Admission: Free About: B3 Gallery is featuring the work of several local photographers who are members of the Brown County Photography Club. The show will run from August 8-September 5, with a special reception on Saturday, August 12 from 4-8 p.m. Stop in to see local and worldwide images by this talented group, and to learn more about the club. and greet patrons and talk with them about his/her specific art! Light refreshments are served. August’s featured artist is Kendall Reeves, photography.

Event: Hands On History Program Date: August 17 Time: 1 p.m. - 4 p.m.

Place: Brown County History Center (90 E. Gould Street, Nashville, IN) Phone/Website: 812.988.2899 / www. browncountyhistorycenter.org Admission: $5 About: Brown County Historical Society's Children's 2017 Hands On History program will offer sessions on June 15, July 20, August 17, September 14, and October 19. This program is geared for children ages 8-12 and will run from 1- 4 p.m. Topics to be covered include: pioneer gardening, nature study, pioneer housekeeping, nature study, Native Americans of Brown County, early transportation, one room school days, and harvest. Registration is required and there is a $5 fee per child per program. Sign up online!

Event: “M” Spells Murder – Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre Date: August 17, 19 Time: Doors open at 6 p.m.; show starts at 6:30 p.m.

Place: Artists Colony Inn (105 South Van Buren Street, Nashville, IN) Phone/Website: 812.988.0600 / http:// artistscolonyinn.com Admission: $50 About: At the 1975 Spelling Bee, the high school principal was murdered but no one was ever charged with the crime. Now, 42 years later, a detective is opening Cold Case #100424541541252 and bringing all the classmates back to the scene of the crime.

Come be a part of the infamous spelling bee re-enactment and find out who did it. THIS class reunion is sure to be a killer!

Event: Nunsense the Musical Date: August 18, 19, 25, 26 Time: 7:30 p.m.

Place: Brown County Playhouse Phone/Website: 812.988.6555 / www. browncountyplayhouse.org Admission: $18.50 / $17.50 About: This hit musical, performed by Playhouse Community Theater, begins when Little Sisters of Hoboken discover that their cook, Sister Julia, has accidentally poisoned 52 sisters and they are in dire need of funds for the burials. The sisters decide that the best way to raise the money is to put on a variety show, so they take over the school auditorium.

All ages show. Beer and wine will be sold in the auditorium.

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People Annual Tour de Coal returns to Benld For The Edge Join the Coal Country Chamber of Commerce on its twelfth annual Tour de Coal bicycle ride on Saturday, Sept. 23, 2017, at the Benld City Hall-Civic Center, 201 E. Central Ave. in downtown Benld, IL 62009.

The Tour de Coal is for riders of all ages and abilities who have an interest in cycling. The ride will be held in conjunction with the 18th Annual Fall Festival held at the Benld City Park, where the bike ride ends.

In the Tour de Coal Bike Ride, cyclists choose from a 13.6-mile family ride, a mid-length 35-mile ride or a metric century (64.8 miles). The terrain is flat to rolling with some hills.

Registration is from 6:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. at the Benld City Hall-Civic Center on the day of the event. You can save money by registering in advance either by mail (get the link to the form on the first page of the CCCC website: www.coalcountrychamber.com) or online through Active.com (www.active.com/benld-il/ cycling/12th-annual-tour-de-coal-2017).

Advance registration is $20 per person and $45 for a family of three or more people living in the same household. On the day of the ride, the cost is $25 per person and $50 for family of three or more people living in the same household.

Riders can also find paper copies of the registration form at The Cyclery in Edwardsville, IL. Bananas, bottled water and oatme3al cookies will be available at the registration desk the day of the ride.

Prergistration by Sept. 15 guarantees a t-shirt.

Late registration will be honored with T-shirts while supplies last.

At registration, riders are also given a redeemable ticket for a choice of sandwich and soft drink at the Coal Country Chamber of Commerce food booth at the Fall Festival in the Benld City Park.

Proceeds from Tour de Coal will be used by the Coal Country Chamber of Commerce to improve the communities of Benld, Dorchester, Eagarville, East Gillespie, Gillespie, Mount Clare, Sawyerville and Wilsonville. The Chamber sponsors events such as a free Summer Concert Series, the Fall Festival, and Breakfast

with Santa.

The Benld/Gillespie area has a rich heritage because of its ties to the coal industry. The Region has sizable numbers of people of German, Irish, Italian, Slavic, Scotch and Russian descent drawn to the region by mining.

The region is dotted with more than 27 old coal mines; and the Tour de Coal routes pass several of them. Some of these mines have been highlighted on the Tour de Coal Face book page which can be found on the internet.

Benld is also home to The Holy Dormition of the Theotokos Russian Orthodox Church, originally built in 1895, the only church in Illinois under the jurisdiction of the Patriarchate of Moscow. Both Benld and Gillespie are on the original alignment (1926-1930) of Route 66 through Illinois, which is now part of the Blue Carpet Corridor of Route 66.

The 64-mile route uses alignments of Route 66 in the Staunton-Mount Olive area and passes by the grave site of Mary "Mother Jones" Harris, a prominent labor activist in the late 1800's and early 1900's.

The 64-mile route also goes through the community of Bunker Hill, home to one of the ride's rest stops. There are 5 other rest stops throughout the ride.

The 12th Tour de Coal is provided by the Coal Country Chamber of Commerce and the Tour de Coal Committee. 2016 sponsors are: Apex Physical Therapy Network of Gillespie; Carlinville Area Hospital; COUNTRY® Financial of Gillespie - Tina Olroyd, Financial Representative; Dairy Queen of Gillespie; FNB - Benld Banking Center; Goodman Agency, Inc. of Benld; Hicks Maytag Home Appliance Center of Gillespie; Madison Communications; Michelle’s Pharmacy of Gillespie and Bunker Hill; Quality Flooring of Gillespie; State Farm of Benld/Gillespie - Jessica Ely Agent; Sullivan Drugs, Inc.; and United Community Bank of Gillespie.

For more information about the Tour de Coal, contact Coal Country Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Mickey Robinson at (217) 710-5218 or mrer@ madisontelco.com. Please also follow the Tour de Coal page on Facebook.

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.38 Special to perform in Pontoon Beach

For The Edge Preparations are nearly complete for the 6th Annual “Party at the Beach” that will be held on Friday August 11 and Saturday August 12 in Pontoon Beach, Illinois. This year’s featured headliner act is “38 Special”, a classics arena rock band with platinum hits like “Hold on Loosely” and “Second Chance”.

Village of Pontoon Beach Mayor Mike Pagano conceived of “Party at the Beach” back in 2012 and since then the popularity of the late summer event has exploded.

According to the Mayor, last year’s event, which featured national rock band “Night Ranger” drew over 10,000 people into the small metro east community of Pontoon Beach.

With a target draw of bringing in nationally known acts, the Mayor says that prior “parties” have featured bands like “The Charlie Daniels Band” and “The Little River Band”. The free event also features locally known acts, such as the “Mike Matthews Project”, “Dirty Muggs” and “Vote for Pedro”.

The headliner band .38 Special performs on Saturday August 12 at 9:00 PM. The band’s first two albums had a strong southern rock influence. By the early 1980s, .38 Special shifted to a more accessible arena rock style without abandoning its southern rock roots. This shift helped to usher in a string of successful albums and singles.

“Survivor” co-founder Jim Peterik has been a frequent songwriting collaborator of the band since 1980.

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Don Barnes, the voice of .38 Special.

Their first hit was "Hold On Loosely” (1981) and then "Caught Up in You” (1982) and "If I'd Been the One" (1984) both hit No. 1

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on Billboard magazine’s Album Rock Tracks chart. "Back Where You Belong" (1984) continued their annual sequence of radio favorites.

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In 1985, they had another hit with "Teacher, Teacher” written by Jim Vallance and Bryan Adams.

That song climbed to #4 on the B i l l b o a r d To p Tr a c k s C h a r t , spending 10 weeks on the chart from the soundtrack of the 1984 film Teachers. In 1989, "Second Chance” was a No. 1 hit on Billboard's adult contemporary chart in 1989, followed by "The Sound of Your Voice" in 1991 ( B i l l b o a rd H o t 1 0 0 # 3 3 ) a n d "Fade to Blue" from the album Resolution which made it to #33 on the Mainstream Rock chart in 1997. The band continues to tour the Country and many of their hits have been remade by such Country music stars as Trace Adkins and others.

Mayor Pagano, who is also a musician, said the purpose of the event is to do something for Village residents and the surrounding communities. The idea was to design a festival which was family focused, where moms and dads could bring their kids out to have a great time.

In addition to featuring these national acts, free of charge to those who participate, the event also features a “Balloon Glow” at 8:00-9:30 pm on Friday. A crafters and vendor fair will be open from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM on Saturday, with carnival rides and games of chance open throughout the event.

What is a party without food?

According to the Mayor “There is also plenty to eat and drink during the party with vendors like the

Granite City High School marching band, providing kabobs and chicken and crowd favorite T’Mo’s Tacos and more. Barney Q’s and Pickerell’s will be on hand for BBQ and Freddy’s Food Truck will be on site providing a full array of authentic Mexican cuisine. Local Pontoon Beach distillery, “Mastermind Vodka” will be providing a full array of their products and the Long Lake Fire Department will be serving adult beverages, along with Sloan’s Pub House.

A variety of local businesses and organizations come together to help sponsor the event. And according to the Mayor, the Village Board and Administration provide most of the logistical support for the event with local police and EMS departments supporting it as well. All six hotels located within the Village also participate by supporting the event through special offers for future hotel stays.

The Pontoon Beach Party at the Beach will be held on Friday and Saturday August 11-12 with the main stage located at the Randall D Dalton Veterans Park located at 5111 Highway Rt 111 just behind the McDonalds.

The Village of Pontoon Beach is located just east of Granite City, Illinois and is at the crossroads of southwestern Illinois and the St. Louis metro. Within view of the Gateway Arch, the Village offers residents, businesses and visitors direct access to the entire metro region in just minutes and is home to over 5000 people.

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ickets to The Polar Express Train Ride and Magical Dinners at St. Louis Union Station go on sale Aug. 1 at www.

STLPolarExpressRide.com.

The beloved holiday event returns to St. Louis for the 2017 holiday season as trains begin running from St. Louis Union Station to the "North Pole" on November 24, 2017, the day after Thanksgiving, and continue through December 30, 2017.

Tickets in combination with charming, decorated hotel rooms at the St. Louis Union Station Hotel, a Curio Collection by Hilton, have been available for advance purchase for one week.

The magical story of a boy's search for the real meaning of Christmas comes to life when real railroad trains depart St. Louis Union Station for a round-trip journey to the "North Pole."

Set to the sounds of classic motion picture soundtrack, passengers will relive the magic of the story as they are whisked away on The Polar Express Once onboard, hot chocolate and cookies are served as passengers read along with the classic children's book, The Polar Express, by Chris Van Allsburg.

Santa and his helpers greet passengers at the North Pole and then board the train, where each child is given the first gift of Christmas - a silver sleigh bell. Chefs aboard each car lead passengers in singing Christmas carols on the ride back to St. Louis Union Station.

The journey begins November 24, 2017 with trains running every day except Christmas though December 30. Trains

depart St. Louis Union Station at 4:30, 6. 7:15 and 8:30 p.m.

Riders may choose from two classes of service on The Polar Express -- Coach and FirstClass. Coach tickets start at $39; First-Class at $65. First-class ticketholders will receive a Polar Express mug and will be seated on train cars with four-top tables.

More information about dates, fares and excursion times are available by calling 314942-6942, or by visiting www.

STLPolarExpressRide.com.

Families are encouraged to wear their pajamas for the ride.

In addition to the train ride, St. Louis Union Station will present a holiday fire and light show set to Christmas music on the lake underneath the Union Station train shed.

St. Louis Union Station also will host a series of Magical Dinners in the beautiful Grand Hall of the historic train station during the Polar Express season.

Featuring 3-D light shows projected on the ceiling and interactive visits with Santa's elves and holiday characters, the dinner sessions are available on selected days when the Polar Express Train Ride is in operation.

Dinners are served buffet style with separate adult and children's selections priced between $18 and $25. Children ages two and under are complimentary.

An elaborate holiday dessert

buffet accompanies the dinners.

Reservations may be purchased online along with train tickets at www.STLPolarExpressRide.com.

St. Louis Union Station is located at 1820 Market Street in downtown St. Louis. Built in 1894, the National Historic Landmark train station is one of St. Louis' architectural wonders.

Parking is available in the Union Station lot at 18th and Clark streets for just $5 for all Polar Express ticket holders.

Above, Santa Claus greets passengers aboard the Polar Express. At left, the dinner buffet in the Grand Hall at Union Station. Photos for The Edge.

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People People planner Airport plans Art of Travel gala

St. Louis Lambert International Airport (STL) has partnered with Third Degree Glass Factory artists in commissioning a custom collection of glass works that will be offered for sale at the Airport’s 7th annual Art of Travel gala on October 5, 2017. Art lovers, philanthropists, community leaders and supporters of STL will attend this year's gala with a nod to candy and glass, Your Ticket to Candyville; a sweet escape to a colorful world of whimsy!

The commissioned Art of Travel glass collection is being created at the Third Degree Glass Factory by four St. Louis area artists: Dan Alexander, William Haynes, Jeremy Lampe and Michael Moran. Each of these talented artists will be creating unique and new works. Shaping soft, fluid, hot glass to harden into beautiful, translucent shapes is very similar to pulling crystalline sugar and taffy into whimsical and delicious candies.

The Art of Travel glass collection will feature more than 100 creations including sculptures, vases, bowls, pitchers, barware, ornamental candies and holiday ornaments. The items will sell between $40 and $400 each.

The annual fundraiser benefits the Lambert Art & Culture Program, which supports the Airport’s growing temporary exhibitions program of local and regional artists as well as future permanent art works throughout the terminals and concourses. The Art of Travel on Oct 5 will be held in Terminal 1’s Concourse B from 6-9 p.m. For event and ticket information, visit www. artoftravelstl.com.

Last year ’s event supported more than a dozen exhibitions at the Airport in the past year by local artists and organizations including Tom Sleet, Amy Reidel, Robert Ketchens, Michael Hoffman, Ken Konchel, Jenna Bauer, Gallery 210, Wildwood Press, Work/Play, Artists First, Craft Alliance, Schmidt Art Center, Missouri History Museum and the Sam Fox School of Art & Design for its installation of Spectroplexus.

In addition to the custom glass, the 7th annual Art of Travel will feature a savory and sweet-inspired menu by the Airport’s master food and beverage concessionaire, HMSHost. Chefs will fly in to STL to prepare the menu for more than 400 guests. Each guest will be able to sample Art of Travel signature cocktails, as well. This year, we will welcome the sounds of Sweetie & The Toothaches, a premier jump blues and boogie woogie group.

The very popular silent auction featuring travel, art and sportsthemed packages will also return this year. Tickets are $75 in advance and $100 at the door. Corporate sponsorships are also available and include group tickets.

The Chairs of the event are Jill and Dan McGuire and Doug Auer.

Jill McGuire is the former Director of the Regional Arts Commission.

Doug Auer is the co-founder of Third Degree Glass Factory.

A sample of each of the glass artist’s work will be part of an exhibition, Sneak Peak: Your Ticket to Candyville- The Glass of Third Degree Glass Factory at the Art of Travel in the Terminal 1 Ticketing Lounge between August 17 and

October 29.

The Lambert Art and Culture Program is led by the seven-member Airport Art Advisory Committee.

Current members are Lisa Cakmak, Associate Curator of Ancient Art at Saint Louis Art Museum; Ellen Gale, Executive Director Clayton Chamber of Commerce; Shelley H a g a n , We l l s F a rg o C u r a t o r Corporate Art; Leslie Markle, Curator of Public Art, Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum; Kiku Obata, Founding Principal of Kiku Obata & Co.; Roseann Weiss, Director of Community and Public Arts for the St. Louis Regional Arts Commission; and Carlos Zamora, Creative Director at Express Scripts.

Corn maze to feature Cubs' theme

It didn't take long for the Richardson family to decide on the theme for this year's corn maze. They knew what it would be the minute the Chicago Cubs won the World Series back in November.

That gave the family all winter to finalize an intricate design featuring Harry Caray yelling "Holy Cow!"; the Cubs logo; a Cubs pitcher and

a batter; the Chicago Skyline; the Wrigley Field marquee; and the iconic ivy-covered outfield walls.

Located just an hour's drive northwest of Chicago, Richardson Adventure Farm has been in the family since 1840, and they planted their first corn maze in 2001. Over the years, it has become an annual destination for family fun, with a new 28-acre maze every year, plus more than 30 activities, including wagon rides, pig races, a vintage carousel and a "park train" that runs on real tracks. Most of the activities are included in the admission fee.

Only a few, such as the zip line and orb rides, cost extra. Private picnic sites with campfires are available by reservation, and there's plenty of free parking.

The last two mazes -- the 50th anniversary of "Star Trek" in 2016 and th e Chicago Blackh awks Stanley Cup win in 2015 -- set new attendance records of more than

80,000 people each year. "We're gearing up for even more people this year," said Robert Richardson, one of the five family members who own and operate what's become known as the "world's largest and most intricate corn maze".

What's new this year? We've upgraded the zip line," said Wendy Richardson, "It's not longer, just better and more exciting. And we added a trike trail in the special fenced-in area for little kids." Back by popular demand is a "Dairy Depot" with ice cream treats, which was added late in the season last year.

Admission is the same as last year: $16 for ages 13 and up, $13 for ages 4-12, free for ages three and under.

Richardson Adventure Farm is open Sept. 2 - Oct. 29, Wednesdays through Sundays, plus Labor Day and Columbus Day. For more info, log on to www.

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The St. Louis World’s Fare Heritage Festival will return for its 4th year to Forest Park at the World’s Fair Pavilion. In 2016 the World’s Fare attracted over 25,000 people to experience a wide range of entertainment and food with a historic twist.

This year the World’s Fare Festival will be featuring: • Restaurant Row – A large selection of local Restaurants and Food Trucks that will be on hand to offer plenty of great local favorites.

• Main Stage – Local and National Jazz, Rock, Blues, Bluegrass, Rap, Gospel and more will be featured throughout the weekend. Confirmed artists include. Brian Owens and the Deacons of Soul, Steve Ewing, Marquise Knox, Earphorik, Cree Rider Family, Surco, Guerilla Theory, Looprat, Tree One Four, Nite Owl, Zeus Rebel Waters, Daughters of Zion, Corn Robinson, Race and Conner and more to come.

• Kids Island – A family friendly zone in the festival full of activities, and live dance, and music.

• Art Village – An outdoor Art Gallery in the middle of Forest Park featuring dozens of local artists showcasing various styles of art.

• 1904 World’s Fair Historic Exhibit – Learn interesting and obscure facts from 1904 historians, find out how much your 1904 memorabilia is worth, and view pictures and collectible items from the 1904 Fair.

• Backyard Games – Forest Park is a perfect place to break out all the backyard games and there will be plenty of games for all to play at the World’s Fare.

• Wo r l d B u s i n e s s E x p o – An exposition of businesses highlighting the spirit of idea, innovation, and invention.

• Ferris Wheel – Just like in 1904, grab a bird’s eye view of the festival, and the park, can be had when you take a ride on the Ferris Wheel.

• Mixology Challenge and Demos – The area’s finest bartenders demonstrate their skillset throughout the weekend and then square off to compete and be crowned the Champion of the Cocktail.

• Bike & Skate Ramp – A tradition at the Fare, the ramp is full of spinning, and turning, and wipe outs galore for all to witness.

Festival Hours: Friday, August 18, 2017 5:00pm - 10:00pm Saturday, August 19, 2017 11:00am - 10:00pm Sunday, August 20, 2017 11:00am - 10:00pm Please contact 314-3971692 for any comments, questions, pre-coverage, or live coverage of the event. For more information on the FREE admission festival visit www. stlworldsfare.com. www.facebook. com/stlworldsfare

Tickets are $45.50, $35.50, $30.50, $25.50, $20.20 and may be purchased online at metrotix.com, by calling 314-534-1111, or in person at the Fabulous Fox Box Office.

Based on America’s #1 toy brand, Youtube sensation and international toy phenomenon created in Australia by Moose Toys, Shopkins Live! will feature The Shoppies and Shopkins characters taking the stage with an all new storyline, original pop music and video highlights as ‘Jessicake’, ‘Bubbleisha’, ‘PeppaMint’ and friends prepare for Shopville’s annual “Funtastic Food and Fashion Fair”.

“Shopkins is literally on every child’s wish list,” commented Paquin, who also serves as Executive Producer of Shopkins Live! “Koba Entertainment’s partnership with an innovative and leading toy manufacturer like Moose Toys allows us to bring one of the most successful toy brands in history to life on stage.”

“We are thrilled to have Koba Entertainment presenting our first-ever live theatrical show for Shopkins,” added Hardiman. “This will be a fantastic event featuring the Shopkins and Shoppies in an amazing adventure that our North American fans can experience.”

Since its launch in 2014, the Shopkins brand continues to be a hot ticket item for children worldwide.

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"Lady Macbeth"

"Unsex me here" was Lady Macbeth's plea to the spirits for manly ferocity in Shakespeare's tragedy, but the protagonist of "Lady Macbeth" has no such designs on shedding or subduing her already perfectly potent femininity in William Oldroyd's austere but thick-blooded drama about a young, 19th century woman's unrepentant rebellion.

Having been sold in marriage for some land to a wretched and arid family in rural northern England, Katherine (the extraordinary newcomer Florence Pugh) finds herself effectively imprisoned in a drab and creaky house surrounded by foggy, desolate plains. Stay indoors, she's urged more than once.

Katherine pays these suggestions and others no heed. Out in the fields she scans the landscape like a desperate explorer looking for any sign of life at all.

Among her new family, she might as well be an extraterrestrial. Smooth-skinned, youthful (Pugh was 19 at the time of filming) and fresh, she's the direct inverse of her craggy and cranky husband Alexander (Paul Hilton) and her even craggier and crankier father-in-law Boris (Christopher Fairbank).

The latter presides miserly over the estate, ordering Katherine to see to her wifely duties with "more vigor." At one point he admonishes her: "You have no idea of the damage you can cause."

Oh, really?

Katherine, it turns out, is far more aware of her considerable power for destruction than he.

While they are away, she encounters a charismatic and rowdy farmhand named Sebastian (Cosmo Jarvis). They promptly commence an affair that begins audaciously and quickly grows ever-more brazen. She makes no effort to hide their very audible lovemaking from the staff — most notably the housemaid Anna (Naomi Ackie) — nor, upon their returns, from the men who would be her keepers.

Vigor? She's got plenty.

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

RUNNING TIME: 98 minutes.

ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: Three stars out of four.

"City of Ghosts"

So-called heroes sling into action just about every weekend of the summer movie season, but if you want to see the genuine article, you'll have to make your way to "City of Ghosts," Matthew Heineman's documentary about the Syrian citizen journalist collective of Raqqa.

Raqqa, the provincial Eastern Syrian city on the banks of the Euphrates, has for the last three years been the de facto capital of the Islamic State. The city first drew militants in the uprising against Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, but in the revolution's wake, IS set up camp. Black flags overran the city, as did beheadings, crucifixions and torture.

It has been one of the most impossible places on Earth to practice daily life, let alone journalism. And yet it was here that one of the more inspiring tales of citizen reporting was born with Raqqa is Being Slaughtered Silently, or RBSS. They're a small group of mostly anonymous Raqqa residents who became activists, risking and sometimes losing their lives while reporting from the heart of IS darkness Heineman, the director of the Oscar-nominated "Cartel Land," has the good sense to let RBSS leaders tell their own story, making for a bracingly intimate, heartbreaking and ultimately stirring window into the tragedy of modern Syria.

They are mostly young, previously unpolitical men who found the courage to resist when the Islamic State, or ISIS, began terrorizing their home city.

Rated: PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for "disturbing violent content, and for some language."

RUNNINT TIME: Running time: 92 minutes.

ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: Three stars out of four.

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"Landline"

There's an eye-popping scene in the new film "Landline" when our heroine is walking around New York City and decides to check her phone messages.

So get this: She walks over to some weird curb-side contraption, puts in a quarter and lifts a black plastic receiver to her ear. It gets weirder: She has to listen to each message on some sort of home-based bizarre recording machine.

For audiences of a certain age, that scene in this sweetly bittersweet drama perfectly captures the pre-cellphone, preFacebook era of the mid-1990s. We actually had to find pay phones and wait hours for our calls to get answered. What we did in the meantime told you something about us.

Technology back then may have been slow and adorably primitive but "Landline " proves personal relationships were just as messy and complicated. The film might be set in 1995 but the issues it raises are always current — how hard it is to keep families together, holding onto love, forgiveness and sisterhood. It's a rom-com but everywhere love seems to be crumbling.

"Landline" reunites much of the team behind 2014's strong pregnancy comedy "Obvious Child" — actress Jenny Slate, director and co-writer Gillian Robespierre and co-writer Elisabeth Holm. It's tart, sad, honest, funny, unsentimental and yet very sentimental. Hey, what can we say? The 1990s were weird. (Remember "The Macarena"?)

At the core of this film is three women at different stages of life confronting fidelity, with Slate playing a suddenly hesitant fiancee, her mother (Edie Falco, superb) simmering in what seems a broken marriage, and a rebellious younger daughter (played beautifully by Abby Quinn) unsure how to make lasting ties to people.

RATED: R by the Motion Picture Association of America for "crude sexual content, brief nudity and language throughout."

RUNNING TIME: 96 minutes.

ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: Three stars out of four.

"Girls Trip"

Get ready to know the name Tiffany Haddish. If there were such a thing as Comedy Oscars, she would win for "Girls Trip."

Like Melissa McCarthy in "Bridesmaids," Haddish steals this film from her big-name co-stars: Queen Latifah, Regina Hall and Jada Pinkett Smith. All four actresses have shining moments of comedy and heart in director Malcolm D. Lee's ode to female friendships, thanks to the winning script by Kenya Barris ("black-ish") and Tracy Oliver ("Barbershop: The Next Cut"), but Haddish emerges as the most memorable. She has a scene with a grapefruit that will go down in the annals of hilarious movie moments.

The "Girls Trip" here is to the Essence Festival in New Orleans. A group of friends who called themselves the Flossy Posse back in college in the '90s travel there for a long-awaited reunion after one of their members, self-help guru Ryan (Hall), is invited to give the festival's keynote speech. She's joined by her longtime besties: Journalist Sasha (Latifah), who runs a celebrity-gossip website; Lisa (Pinkett Smith), an uptight, divorced nurse with two young children, and brash, outspoken Dina (Haddish), who hasn't stopped partying since graduation.

Ryan and her retired football star husband Stewart (Mike Coulter) have billed themselves as the couple that has it all, and they have a lot riding on her Essence appearance: They're poised to sign a major corporate contract at the festival that would bring them Oprah-level success. Their agent (Kate Walsh), who insists on awkwardly using street slang, warns Ryan against getting too "turned" over her girls' weekend, lest she jeopardize the deal.

RATED: R by the Motion Picture Association of America for "for crude and sexual content throughout, pervasive language, brief graphic nudity, and drug material."

RUNNING TIME: 122 minutes.

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

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"Atomic Blonde"

People don't usually move very fast in Cold War thrillers.

Mostly, the only time anyone runs is right before they get shot in the back. Most of the "action" happens in a film cabinet, down a back alley or with a silencer. The classic Cold War tale — which is to say a John le Carre one — is characterized by a deathly stillness: grave faces meeting under gray clouds.

This is not quite so in "Atomic Blonde," a post-war thriller set in the final moments of the Cold War (1989 Berlin) starring Charlize Theron as the MI6 spy Lorraine Broughton. She's not your traditional European operator. Let's just say that if Theron's Broughton turned up in "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy," the old boys would've soiled their trench coats.

Broughton is black and blue at the opening of David Leitch's "Atomic Blonde," and the first thought is that Theron must be licking her wounds from playing Furiosa in "Mad Max: Fury Road." If that film didn't prove that Theron is today's most badass action star, "Atomic Blonde" — while not anywhere near the kinetic explosion of "Fury Road" — will certainly make it official.

The bruises turn out to be from the story she soon relates.

Broughton spends the movie in a testy interrogation with her MI6 boss (Toby Jones) and a CIA chief (John Goodman). The mission she recounts is her dispatching to West Berlin to assist the station chief there, David Percival (a zany James McAvoy), in recovering a missing list with the names of every British asset — something the Russians are rather keen to obtain.

RATED: R by the Motion Picture Association of America for "sequences of strong violence, language throughout and some sexuality/nudity."

RUNNING TIME: 114 minutes.

ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: Two stars out of four.

"An Inconvenient Sequel"

Ten years ago, "An Inconvenient Truth," the groundbreaking, Oscar-winning film about Al Gore and his passionate climate change activism, ended with a simple challenge: "Are you ready to change the way you live? The climate crisis can be solved."

A decade later, the former vice president and Nobel Peace Prize winner is the first to concede that not enough of the world has met that challenge — and that what IS being done, isn't being done fast enough. "Wow, we could lose this struggle," he recalls thinking at one point.

But that moment of doubt, recounted in "An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power," was apparently just that: a moment.

The overriding sentiment in this sequel is one of optimism.

Now, that may come as a surprise to many, especially given what we journalists would call one heck of a news peg: The decision by President Donald Trump, in June, to withdraw the United States from the 2015 Paris climate accord — a landmark pact that Gore worked tirelessly to help achieve. (Indeed, directors Bonni Cohen and Jon Shenk went back to the editing room to update their movie with this momentous news.)

But, as this sequel makes clear, Gore's not looking to the White House — or the presidential Twitter feed — to fuel his optimism.

He's looking instead to countries like Chile, rapidly increasing its use of renewable energy. In the U.S., he's looking to individual governors, business leaders, mayors — like Dale Ross of Georgetown, Texas, who with one small scene pretty much becomes the breakout star of this film. The jovial Ross is a conservative Republican, and mayor of, in his words, "the reddest city in the reddest county in Texas." But he tells Gore that his city went green because it made economic sense for his constituents.

RATED: PG by the Motion Picture Association of America "for thematic elements and some troubling images."

RUNNING TIME: 98 minutes.

ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: Three stars out of four.

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Gore returns with "An Inconvenient Sequel"

By JOCELYN NOVECK Associated Press Ten years ago, "An Inconvenient Truth," the groundbreaking, Oscar-winning film about Al Gore and his passionate climate change activism, ended with a simple challenge: "Are you ready to change the way you live? The climate crisis can be solved."

A decade later, the former vice president and Nobel Peace Prize winner is the first to concede that not enough of the world has met that challenge — and that what IS being done, isn't being done fast enough. "Wow, we could lose this struggle," he recalls thinking at one point.

But that moment of doubt, recounted in "An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power," was

apparently just that: a moment. The overriding sentiment in this sequel is one of optimism.

Now, that may come as a surprise to many, especially given what we journalists would call one heck of a news peg: The decision by President Donald Trump, in June, to withdraw the United States from the 2015 Paris climate accord — a landmark pact that Gore worked tirelessly to help achieve. (Indeed, directors Bonni Cohen and Jon Shenk went back to the editing room to update their movie with this momentous news.)

But, as this sequel makes clear, Gore's not looking to the White House — or the presidential Twitter feed — to fuel his optimism.

He's looking instead to countries like Chile, rapidly increasing its use of renewable energy.

In the U.S., he's looking to individual governors, business leaders, mayors — like Dale Ross of Georgetown, Texas, who with one small scene pretty much becomes the breakout star of this film. The jovial Ross is a conservative Republican, and mayor of, in his words, "the reddest city in the reddest county in Texas." But he tells Gore that his city went green because it made economic sense for his constituents.

Plus, he adds, it's only common sense: "The less stuff you put in the air, the better it is."

Gore replies happily: "Can I use that line?"

Yes, humor has its place, even in a film that's intended as a warning about, um, the potential death of the planet and all its life forms. Gore's a lot grayer, and still dead serious about his work, but he's also the guy who likes to introduce himself as "Al Gore — I used to be

the next president of the United States." People laugh, and then he says he doesn't think it's very funny, and they laugh again. And then he teaches, cajoles, explains — part pastor, part science teacher, part tour guide.

The film begins with a sampling of naysayers — and to be sure, Trump isn't the only one. At a 2007 hearing, Oklahoma Republican Sen. Jim Inhofe asks Gore: "How come you guys never seem to notice when it gets cold?"

The filmmakers track Gore across the globe, to climate leadership training sessions from Tennessee to Asia, or to the glaciers of Greenland, where he treads on melting ice.

We watch him negotiate with officials in India, who listen, but also note that the United States should live up to its own commitments before making demands of developing nations.

Theron shines brightest in "Atomic Blonde"

By ROBERT GRUBAUGH For The Edge Shortly after Daniel Craig took the James Bond franchise to its highest level with “Skyfall”, the always buzzing Internet community started calling for the next James Bond to be someone m o re d i ff e re n t s t i l l t h a n t h e buff and blonde bloke currently anch ori n g t h e p ro m i n e n t s p y series.

Most auspiciously, Idris Elba (star of this weekend’s “The Dark Tower”) has been floated as the manly star to give an AfricanAmerican – but still British – take on the character. Now, another noisy segment is calling for a woman to take the reins and that woman would most excitedly be Charlize Theron, piggy-backing off of the fantastic turn she took in the

Mad Max movie “Fury Road”.

No star has been named for the next Bond, due in late 2019, but if Theron’s work in the current film “Atomic Blonde” is her audition tape, then I would say she could be a fun frontrunner to follow.

I’m all for diversity; would such a move help or harm the popularity of Sony’s most enduring brand?

I’ll speculate on movie matters with you all day when the chance arises, but I need to use my opening to segue into a critical review of “Atomic Blonde”, a graphic novel adaptation about Cold War era spies in East Berlin hours before the wall comes down.

Theron’s Lorraine Broughton is next in line to head across into Soviet controlled Germany when a former partner is killed and a stolen reel of microfilm needs to be recovered. She strolls in

stylishly in fishnet tights and knee-high boots, looking more like a fashion model (imagine that!) than someone at play in the world of espionage in one of the most dangerous powder kegs in recent history. She’s matched up with Mi6’s station agent, David Percival (James McAvoy), who’s more at work as a club kid trading Jordache jeans and Jack Daniel’s for state secrets and a leg up in the seedy underworld run by the city’s disgruntled youth. Together, they hunt for the assassin who has the microfilm which would reveal to the highest bidder all of the names of the undercover Allied agents working in Europe.

T h i s m a c g u ff i n i s m y f i r s t concern with the plot, which is thin and hinges solely on the performances by its talented starts. Why in the world is any

intelligence agency putting this information out there on any medium for someone to see? Spies are stupid sometimes.

Lorraine is lethal in several scenes where the leads she follows take her to danger and love, most notably in the form of French agent Delphine Lasalle (Sofia Boutella, of the most recent “Star Trek” film).

There are a few sketchy fisticuffs where Lorraine proves her mettle with gun, knife, spiked heel, and garden hose. I was most charmed by the part where she pours herself into an ice bath that shows the full patchwork of bruises she sustains in service to the Crown.

Theron is the best part of this movie.

She is cool and sexy and always in control. Her wardrobe is amazing. She even makes smoking

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look glamorous for half a minute.

But the movie is kind of a disappointment when it strays too far from her swilling icy vodka and tries to justify the work of her agency (including James Faulkner and Toby Jones) and the participation of the Americans (John Goodman reps the CIA).

My advice would be to go for the blue-washed images of ‘the coldest city’, the garter belts, and the thumping ‘80s music (including Depeche Mode, David Bowie, and A Flock of Seagulls) and skip the boring double-agent theatrics and pestering arguments about which world power has the right dogma.

"Atomic Blonde" runs 115 minutes and is rated R for strong violence, language throughout, and some sexuality/nudity. I give this film two stars out of four.

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Music National music series coming to Jacoby Arts Center For The Edge The Jacoby Arts Center has been selected as an official venue for the Last Honky Tonk Music Series, a nationwide roots music series hosting shows in more than 60 venues across America. The first official show will be on Friday, August 11 at 7:30 p.m. and will feature national touring artists Daryl Wayne Dasher, Jill Kinsey and Craig Gerdes.

“We are absolutely thrilled to have Daryl Wayne Dasher back to perform at Jacoby and so look forward to hearing the additional artists on the bill,” said Penelope Schmidt of the Jacoby Arts Center. “We’re honored to be selected as a venue for the Last Honky Tonk Music Series, as we align with the Series’ value of celebrating live music, regional heritage and the practice and appreciation of the arts in our community.”

The Jacoby venue was recommended by Nashville songwriter Dasher, who performed at the Center while on tour late last year.

“When I arrived at the Jacoby Arts Center my reaction was immediate,” said Dasher. “I felt the energy of the building and it struck me so hard, I was ready to play the minute I walked through the door. And the people, the sense of the community, was so amazing, I knew I had to recommend it for the Last Honky Tonk Music Series.”

Jacoby patrons will hear the incredible songs and stories of high caliber artists Daryl Wayne Dasher, Jill Kinsey of Nashville and Illinois native Craig Gerdes.

“I was born into music,” said Gerdes, who grew up in Benson, Ill. He started playing in his dad’s country band when he was 10 and writing his own songs a year later. Now, he splits his time between Nashville and Pattonsburg, Ill., where his wife and children live.

“Most of my songs are factual. They’re about sharing real life stuff I’ve gone through,” said Gerdes. His debut album on Sol Records, “Smokin’, Drinkin’ and Gamblin’”, is due out this fall.

He’s spent 10 years as a songwriter in Nashville and tours throughout the Midwest and South, performing more than 200 shows a year. Several years ago, he met fellow artists Brigitte London and Jill Kinsey in Florida. The Last Honky Tonk Music Series was still in the conceptual phase but Gerdes was invited to join.

“I didn’t know what the Last Honky Tonk Series was but I said, sure. We all connected.

It’s been like falling into a river and letting the current take me,” he said of his career path.

“Craig blew my mind,” said Kinsey. “His vocals are traditional country, just velvet. He’s a good family man.”

Kinsey grew up in Athens, Texas and was a dancer until she was 15. That’s when life set her on a different path. One day, while in the car going to dance lessons, Kinsey was singing along with Reba McIntyre.

My dad said, ‘Did you know you could sing?’ I didn’t see that in myself. So I started songwriting,” Kinsey said.

F o u r y e a r s l a t e r, s h e m e t s o m e band managers who gave her a lot of encouragement. In 2001, she moved to Nashville and started honing her writing skills while waiting tables.

“My music comes straight from God,” she said. “It’s absolutely a gift.”

Her first full-length album, “Just Jill,” is a compilation of the country, blues, gospel and rock songs she’s played around the country.

An instrumental piece in the middle separates a country first half and a rock-and-roll second half.

“We recorded it live and you can feel the

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Daryl Wayne Dasher, above, and Jill Kinsey, below, will perform at the Jacoby Arts Center as part of the Last Honky Tonk Music Series.

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life in it, feel and hear the emotion,” she said.

“When I write, I allow myself to write the good, the bad and the ugly so sometimes that comes out in other genres.”

She said it’s a big treat to be on stage with Gerdes and Dasher.

“I’ve known Daryl Wayne Dasher since 2001. He’s a living jukebox. His original music is so wholesome and beautiful it will stick in your head.”

Dasher said he always wanted to be a rocker. When he was 20, he moved to Nashville where he played in a rock band for 15 years.

“But when I wrote music and played it, it came out classic country stuff, stylistically and content-wise. I realized it’s who I have to be, who I am.”

Dasher has hiked several portions of the Appalachian Trail, the first 50 when he was just 11 and much of his music reflects his love for the outdoors. He considers “Mountains of Montana to be the centerpiece of his second album, “Great Big Sky.” The Last Honky Tonk Music Series launched on March 23, 2014. Venues are selected by the heart and soul of the owners and their contributions to live music. They range in size from small mom-and-pop places in small towns, to large clubs and outdoor amphitheaters.

The Series motto is SAVC: Sustain the Artists, Sustain the Venues, Sustain the Communities. It exists to bring original and

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roots music to the people, especially in places that wouldn’t ordinarily have the opportunity to experience it.

The shows draw from a roster of 50 artists in the roots country, blues, Americana, folk and roots rock genres. It is a volunteer network run by Brigitte London, a singer/ songwriter from Morgan City, La. London started the Series by enlisting multiple artists who were friends of the late Wayne Mills, an outlaw country star from Nashville. When Mills suffered a tragic passing in 2013, London decided to bring artists together in an effort to encourage live music and camaraderie, a cause that had been very important to Mills.

The Series was named to honor Mills, whose last album was called The Last Honky Tonk.

Tickets are $10 and can be purchased at the door or online at http://www. jacobyartscenter.org/tickets. Seating is on a first-come, first-seated basis. Doors open 30 minutes in advance and a cash bar is available.

The mission of the Jacoby Arts Center is to nurture and promote the practice and appreciation of the arts through education, exhibits, cultural programs and community outreach initiatives.

Jacoby Arts Center is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. The Jacoby Arts Center is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency.

The Jacoby Arts Center is located at 627 E. Broadway in Alton. Phone 618-462-5222 or visit jacobyartscenter@gmail.com

Music Tuning in Ben Vereen to appear at the Sheldon

The Friends of The Sheldon present Steppin’ Out With Ben Vereen in a concert benefitting Sheldon Educational Programs, which serve over 25,000 St. Louis area students each year.

F ew en t e rt a i n e rs t o da y a re a s a c c o m p l i s h e d a s B e n Ve re e n .

A Broadway legend, he won a To n y Aw a rd f o r P i p p i n a n d starred in such phenomenal musicals as Jesus Christ Superstar, Fosse, Chicago and Wi c k e d , t o n a m e a f e w. H e i s remembered for films like “Sweet Charity” and “All That Jazz,” and he became a household name with the groundbreaking television series “Roots” and now the popular Amazon series “Sneaky Pete.” Steppin’ Out With Ben Vereen is an evening of song and dance mixed with stories of his life, seasoned with insight and humor, as he performs signature numbers s u c h a s : “ D e f y i n g G r a v i t y, ” “ M r. B o j a n g l e s , ” “ M a g i c To Do,” and “Life Is Just A Bowl of Cherries.”

This concert was previously scheduled at The Sheldon in 2016, but cancelled when Vereen w a s c a s t a s D r. S c o t t i n t h e made for television movie “The Rocky Horror Picture Show” by Twentieth Century Fox. T h e c o n c e r t i s S u n d a y, September 17, 2017 at 7:30 p.m.

Patron tickets are $150 and include a meet & greet w i t h B e n Ve re e n , p re - c o n c e r t c o c k t a i l s a n d h o r s d ’ o e u v re s , complimentary parking and preferred concert seating.

Call The Sheldon at 314-5339900.

Concert-only tickets go on sale August 12 at 10 a.m. $50 orch / $45 balc 1 / $40 balc 2 Call MetroTix at 314-534-1111 or visit TheSheldon.org.

Tickets for Sheldon events go on sale

Single tickets for The Sheldon’s 2017-2018 season will go on sale Saturday, August 12 at 10 a.m. through MetroTix at 314-534-1111, through The Sheldon’s website at TheSheldon.org, or in person at The Fox Theatre Box Office, 534 N. Grand Blvd. Concertonly tickets for John Pizzarelli will go on sale September 23 and Arlo Guthrie on February 2, patron tickets for both shows are available now through The Sheldon.

Featuring the best in jazz, folk, c l a s s i c a l , c o ff e e a n d m a t i n e e concerts, the upcoming season includes artists such as Ben Vereen, Delfeayo Marsalis, Cécile McLorin Salvant, Béla Fleck & A b i g a i l Wa s h b u r n , t h e 4 4 2 s , Ricky Skaggs, Amy Helm, Black Vi o l i n , H o n e y H o n e y, M a r t y Stuart, Abdullah Ibrahim & Hugh Masekela, Spanish Harlem Orch est ra , D a v i d H a l e n , K i r k Hanser, members of the St. Louis Symphony and many more.

For a VIP concert experience, The Sheldon continues to offer t h e “ A l l - A c c e s s Ti c k e t , ” a premium package that includes preferred concert seating, complimentary parking, a cocktail and hors d’oeuvres reception before the concert

and during intermission, and more. Seating is limited. Call The Sheldon’s Development Department at 314-533-9900 to reserve All-Access tickets.

Prices vary by performance.

For more information or a full season listing, call The Sheldon at 314-533-9900 or visit TheSheldon. org.

the park, near Laclede’s Landing) with the Arch and Eads Bridge as beautiful backdrops. Concerts will also take place on August 11, 18 and 25. All events will take place from 6:00 pm – 8:30 pm.

This is the first concert series to take place in this section o f t h e n e w l y re n o v a t e d A rc h Grounds, part of the $380 million CityArchRiver project to renovate the national park and surrounding area in downtown St. Louis as a connected, inviting and exciting urban destination.

“Last year ’s inaugural Blues at the Arch was a huge success,” said Dion Brown, executive director of the National Blues Museum. “We are excited to work with CityArchRiver Foundation again to bring this concert series back which joins two things that St. Louis is known for: blues music and the Gateway Arch.”

The exciting lineup for Blues at the Arch includes well-known,

Blues at the Arch Concert Series set for August

The CityArchRiver Foundation and National Blues Museum are teaming up again to bring a free concert series to a newly renovated section of the Gateway Arch park grounds. Blues at the Arch is a four week series that takes place Fridays in August. It kicks-off Friday, August 4, in the North Gateway (the north end of

Museum,” said Ryan McClure, director of communications for CityArchRiver Foundation.

“This year, the concert series will be in the North Gateway, which is a perfect setting for this type of event with its natural amphitheater. We believe people are going to fall in love with watching concerts in this venue just like they have in other parts of the Arch park area.”

For more information about Blues at the Arch, visit www. bluesatthearch.com.

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Clerics offering religious edicts in Cairo stir debate CAIRO (AP) — Reda el-Sebaay was taking the subway while on a short business trip to Cairo from a Nile Delta city when he stumbled upon clerics offering religious advice or fatwas — answers to any question a Muslim follower might have.

The 45-year-old civil servant had been pre-occupied for weeks about how he and his sisters would settle their inheritance.

He wanted it to be fair and act according to Muslim teachings but he didn't want to have to call a religious hotline and wait endlessly for an answer.

Now he lined up behind a handful of people standing in front of a booth set up at one of the main Cairo subway stations — and 10 minutes later he got his answer.

Fatwas are religious edicts or pronouncements, often on major issues related to Islamic teachings. But they also provide guidance on matters of everyday life, including starting up a grocery store or any other private business, who to marry and whether it is permissible under Islam to accept banks' interest rates.

The booth in Cairo's al-Shohada subway station was set up earlier this month by Egypt's Al-Azhar, the Sunni Muslim world's foremost religious institution, with the idea to offer Muslim worshippers a way to plug in fast to Islamic teachings — even while commuting to work. More booths are planned for later, at other subway stops.

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broader push to correct misconceptions and misinterpretations of religious texts seen as fostering Islamic militancy in the country.

The move came after militants killed at least 28 security personnel in two separate attacks in early July in the restive Sinai Peninsula and near some of Egypt's most famous pyramids outside of Cairo. More than 100 Copts have been killed in four separate attacks — including church suicide bombings — by Egypt's Islamic State affiliate since December.

"It's surely a good idea. It saves a lot of time and effort for people," el-Sebaay told The Associated Press just before stepping into the booth, where three Al-Azhar clerics in white turbans were waiting to hear his question.

But the institute's decision to set up the booths has sparked a wide controversy, both on social media and offline. Critics argue that rooting out extremist ideology will not happen in metro stations. Many have slammed Al-Azhar for setting up the booth in a public place, used by all sectors of the Egyptian society, to spread the teachings of Islam.

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COCA Presents season announced For The Edge COCA is pleased to announce its 20172018 COCA Presents season, which will run from October 20 – July 28, 2018. Productions include the multiple Tony Award-winning musical The Wiz, guest directed by the Black Rep’s Ron Himes and COCA alumnus Will Bonfiglio in a one-man performance of the imaginative physical comedy Balloonacy.

COCA will host the American Ballet Theatre’s Studio Company, showcasing the talent of the next generation, in its St. Louis premiere and The Story Pirates will bring the country’s best improvisers and musicians, recruited from the likes of Upright Citizens Brigade, Second City, and the Groundlings, to turn original stories from our own St. Louis students into wildly original sketch comedy musicals.

Nationally acclaimed guest choreographers, including Ron K. Brown, Artistic Director, and Arcell Cabuag, Associate Artistic Director, of Evidence, a Dance Company, and independent choreographers Darrell Grand Moultrie and Norbert de la Cruz III, will set work on COCA’s advanced student companies, Ballet Eclectica, COCAdance, and the COCA Hip-Hop Crew for the high-energy Momentum and the end of year repertory concert TRIumphant An audience favorite, The Little Dancer, returns in a newly imagined production, featuring Ballet Eclectica and directed by COCA’s own Co-Artistic Directors of Dance Antonio and Kirven Douthit-Boyd.

Exhibitions in COCA’s Millstone Gallery include established and emerging local artists, rare and historic comic book art, architectural photography inspired by COCA’s iconic midcentury building, and COCA in BLOOM, a unique partnership with local students and garden clubs. COCA’s vocal companies are featured in a two-concert series, fall and spring. The season concludes with the American musical classic West Side Story, one of the most memorable and powerful musical dramas of our time.

American Ballet Theatre’s visit to St. Louis also includes a residency program and community outreach with Project Plie, ABT’s initiative to increase racial and ethnic representation in ballet and diversity American’s ballet companies.

COCA will also welcome celebrated dance companies from across the country during the 2018 season, as the host for the Regional Summer Intensive Auditions, January 12-14, 2018. Over the course of the weekend, RSIA brings over a dozen dance programs together to present a collaborative audition for participation in summer programs, attracting hundreds of students from throughout the region.

“We could not be more excited about this season. It is a joy and privilege to work with such talented artists and present opportunities for people young and old to directly engage with the magic of live theatre and dance performances and visual art exhibitions,” said Kelly Pollock, COCA Executive Director.

This season also marks the last in COCA’s Founder’s Theatre. After 30 years of theatre and dance performances held in the renovated sanctuary of the former B’nai Amoona Synagogue, following the Momentum cast’s final bow in January 2018, the next chapter of COCA Presents will start as construction begins on the facility renovation and expansion. Create Our Future: A Campaign for COCA, a $40 million effort announced in January 2017, includes a new Performance Lab in the space that is now used as the Founder’s Theatre and a new state-of-the-art theatre as part of the expansion.

Subscriptions to the 2018 COCA Presents season are available for purchase now. Pick 4 subscription tickets start at $56. Single tickets will be available starting August 30, 2017, with prices starting at $7 a ticket.

ABOUT COCA: COCA-Center of Creative Arts is the 4th largest non-profit community arts center in the country and one of only 16 accredited by ACPAS. 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; COCAbiz; COCAedu; COCA Presents; and exhibitions of contemporary art in the Millstone Gallery.

COCA PRESENTS SEASON SPONSORS: The 2017- 2018 COCA Presents Season is made possible by Wells Fargo Advisors; Show Sponsors: Mary Strauss and PNC Arts Alive; SchoolTime Sponsor: Aetna; Hotel Sponsor: The Cheshire St. Louis; Media Sponsor: St. Louis Public Radio; Series Sponsors: Emerson, Mary Ranken Jordan and Ettie A. Jordan Charitable Foundation, The Harold and Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust, and Missouri Arts Council; COCA Core Supporters: Regional Arts Commission, Boeing, Arts & Education Council, DeWitt & Caroline Van Evera Foundation, and Moneta Group; COCA PreProfessional Division Supporters: Glassberg Family Foundation, Monsanto Fund, The Strive Fund, Twinkle Toes Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, Bank of America, and E. Reuben and Gladys Flora Grant Charitable Trust.

WHAT: COCA Presents 2017-2018, made possible by Wells Fargo Advisors WHERE: COCA, 524 Trinity Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63130, and various locations as noted.

WHEN: October 2017 – July 2018 PRICES: Subscription packages (Take 8, Pick 6 or 4) range from $56 - $134, and are currently on sale. Subscribe in person at COCA during box office hours, by phone at 314.561.4877 or online at http://bit.ly/2v11qio. Single tickets for all shows go on sale on August 30, 2017.

All Millstone Gallery exhibitions are free and open to the public.

COCA PRESENTS PERFORMANCES: The Wiz COCA Theatre Company with Director Ron Himes OCT 20-22 | 2017 COCA Founders’ Theatre This beloved seven-time Tony Award winning musical features a dazzling mix of rock, gospel and soul music to create a refreshing update to a timeless classic. Artistic Director of The Black Rep, Ron Himes, joins COCA to direct Dorothy and her crew as they adventure through the Land of Oz in an upbeat, family-friendly, retelling of L. Frank Baum’s “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.” (2 hrs, with intermission) AGES 5+ Balloonacy!

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Winning COCA Alum Will Bonfiglio NOV 4-5 | 2017 COCA Founders’ Theatre A grownup discovers the fun, imagination and companionship of childhood with the help of a red balloon. This sensory friendly production packed with physical comedy, intended for young audiences, is a great introduction to live theatre. Written by Barry Kornhauser. (45 mins) AGES 3+ Joyful Concert Allegro & Adagio NOV 30 | 2017 COCA Founders’ Theatre Join us in celebrating the premiere of the original composition “Joyful” written for COCA’s vocal ensemble by Colin Healey as part of a festive repertoire of musical theatre, pop, traditional and winter favorites from COCA’s vocal companies (ages 11 to 18). (90 mins, with intermission) AGES 3+ The Little Dancer: La Muse Ballet Eclectica DEC 15-17 | 2017 COCA Founders’ Theatre After receiving a beautiful replica of French artist Edgar Degas’ famous sculpture, The Little Dancer of 14 Years, for her birthday, our heroine Mary is transported back to the moment when the original was unveiled.

Much to her surprise, it is ridiculed, prompting Degas to lock the sculpture in a closet never to be seen again! Mary rescues The Little Dancer, who comes to life, and together, they explore the streets and venues of Paris in this fanciful, newly imagined production. Presented by Mary Strauss. (60 mins.) AGES 5+ Momentum COCAdance & The COCA Hip-Hop Crew JAN 26-28 | 2018 COCA Founders’ Theatre Featuring work by nationally acclaimed guest choreographers including Ron K. Brown, Artistic Director of Evidence, a Dance Company. A mix of cutting-edge hip-hop and contemporary dance across a broad range of styles brings members of COCAdance and the COCA Hip-Hop Crew together for a dynamic, can’t-miss performance. (90 mins.) AGES 5+ The Story Pirates National Touring Presentation FEB 17-18 | 2018 Washington University’s 560 Building Story Pirates celebrates the words and ideas of young people, turning their original stories into wild sketch comedy musicals. Some of the best improvisers and musicians in the country, recruited from the Upright Citizens Brigade, Second City, the Groundlings, and more, bring to life the unfiltered world of kids’ imaginations. When the curtain rises, cats can fly, hot dogs save the world, and characters are named things like Captain Waffles and Snufflepants. Story Pirates has reached more than 500,000 kids and performed in more than 350 venues, including two presidential

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Inaugurations! AGES 4+ American Ballet Theatre Studio Company St. Louis Premiere – Limited Engagement MAR 15-17 | 2018 Washington University’s Edison Theatre The American Ballet Theatre Studio Company (formerly ABT ll) showcases the talent of the next generation of ballet's professionals. Principal dancers such as Misty Copeland and David Hallberg are among the over 60 of the current American Ballet Theatre ensemble who began their careers in the Studio Company. ABT’s visit to St. Louis includes a residency program and community outreach with Project Plié, ABT’s initiative to increase racial and ethnic representation in ballet and diversify America’s ballet companies. Presented by PNC Arts Alive. (60 mins.) AGES 5+ Harmonious Allegro & Adagio MAY 3 | 2018 Westminster Christian Academy Join us in celebrating the premiere of the original composition “Joyful” written for COCA’s vocal ensemble by Colin Healey as part of a festive repertoire of musical theatre, pop, traditional and winter favorites from COCA’s vocal companies (ages 11 to 18). (90 mins, with intermission) AGES 5+ TRIumphant Ballet Eclectica, COCAdance & The COCA Hip-Hop Crew MAY 11-13 | 2018 Washington University’s Edison Theatre Featuring powerful, playful and poignant choreography from internationally acclaimed artists, COCA’s student dance companies conclude their seasons with this annual performance. (105 mins, with intermission) AGES 5+ West Side Story COCA Summer Musical JUL 27-28 | 2018 Washington University’s E d i s o n T h e a t re We s t S i d e S t o r y s e t s Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet in 1950s New York City as the two star-crossed young lovers find themselves caught between warring street gangs. From the first notes to the final breath, their struggle to survive in a world of violence and prejudice remains one of the most memorable and powerful musical dramas of our time. Book by Arthur Laurents. Music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. Entire original production directed and choreographed by Jerome Robbins. (2 hrs, with intermission) AGES 8+ MILLSTONE GALLERY EXHIBITIONS: Artists Choose Artists AUG 25–OCT 8 | 2017 Showcasing emerging St. Louis visual artists, this exhibition asks established St. Louis artists to invite and exhibit alongside local emerging artists. The exhibition is guest curated by Nancy Newman Rice, a St. Louis painter who has exhibited her work internationally. Rice recently retired from Maryville University, where she taught painting for 34 years and was the director of Studio Art ALL AGES COCA in Bloom OCT 18–21 | 2017 Inspired by works of art created by students from St. Louis’ Hamilton Elementary School, members of the St. Louis and Ladue Garden Clubs design floral arrangements. The result: An inventive and inspiring cross-generational display of art and flowers. AGES 8+ Architecture in Focus DEC 1, 2017–MAR 18 | 2018 COCA’s historic mid-century, modernist building, designed by iconic architect Eric Mendelsohn, gets a closer look through architectural photography in COCA’s Juried Student Show and Invitational. ALL AGES Beyond Words: Comic Book Art APR 6–MAY 27 | 2018 Celebrating a long tradition of wordand image-making, the exhibition includes woodcuts, engravings, comic strips and novels to consider the roles of image and narrative in our cultures. The works in Beyond Words are from the Rare Book Collection and the Comic Art Collection in the Division of Special Collections, Archives, and Rare Books at the University of Missouri Libraries. ALL AGES

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The Muny: Newsies, Forest Park, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m., Runs until Aug. 13, 2017 Stages St. Louis: 9 to 5 The Musical, Robert G. Reim Theatre, St. Louis, Runs until Aug. 20, 2017 Reigning Men: Fashion in Menswear, 1715-2015, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs until September 17, 2017 Adventures with Clifford The Big Red Dog, The Magic House, St. Louis Children's Museum, St. Louis, Runs until September 4, 2017 The Discovery of King Tut, Saint Louis Science Center, St. Louis, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Runs Until January 7, 2018 G a rd e n o f G l a s s , M i s s o u r i Botanical Garden, St. Louis, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs until Aug. 13, 2017 The Hats of Stephen Jones, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Runs until September 3, 2017 #1 in Civil Rights: the African American Freedom Struggle in St. Louis, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m to 5:00 p.m., Runs until March 14, 2018

8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Runs until September 3, 2017 #1 in Civil Rights: the African American Freedom Struggle in St. Louis, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m to 5:00 p.m., Runs until March 14, 2018

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The Muny: Newsies, Forest Park, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m., Runs until Aug. 13, 2017 Stages St. Louis: 9 to 5 The Musical, Robert G. Reim Theatre, St. Louis, Runs until Aug. 20, 2017 Reigning Men: Fashion in Menswear, 1715-2015, Saint Louis

Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs until September 17, 2017 Adventures with Clifford The Big Red Dog, The Magic House, St. Louis Children's Museum, St. Louis, Runs until September 4, 2017 The Discovery of King Tut, Saint Louis Science Center, St. Louis, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Runs Until January 7, 2018 G a rd e n o f G l a s s , M i s s o u r i Botanical Garden, St. Louis, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs until Aug. 13, 2017 The Hats of Stephen Jones, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Runs until September 3, 2017

#1 in Civil Rights: the African American Freedom Struggle in St. Louis, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m to 5:00 p.m., Runs until March 14, 2018

Sunday, Aug. 13

The Muny: Newsies, Forest Park, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.

Stages St. Louis: 9 to 5 The Musical, Robert G. Reim Theatre, St. Louis, Runs until Aug. 20, 2017 Reigning Men: Fashion in Menswear, 1715-2015, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs until September 17, 2017 Adventures with Clifford The

Big Red Dog, The Magic House, St. Louis Children's Museum, St. Louis, Runs until September 4, 2017 The Discovery of King Tut, Saint Louis Science Center, St. Louis, 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Runs Until January 7, 2018 G a rd e n o f G l a s s , M i s s o u r i Botanical Garden, St. Louis, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

The Hats of Stephen Jones, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Runs until September 3, 2017 #1 in Civil Rights: the African American Freedom Struggle in St. Louis, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m to 5:00 p.m., Runs until March 14, 2018

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Wri t t en by S i m o n S t e p h e n s , based on the novel by Mark Haddon and directed by Marcia Milgrom Dodge, this immersive and thrilling play follows the journey of 15-year-old Christopher as he investigates the murder of his neighbor ’s dog. As one of the very first regional productions of The Curious Incident, The R e p ’ s p ro d u c t i o n w i l l h a v e a unique flavor from prior runs in New York City and London.

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For The Edge Brewhouse Historical Sports Bar, located downtown at Hyatt Regency St. Louis at The Arch, recently announced Joseph Bidwell as its new executive chef, and is now introducing a new menu under his direction. The new menu will feature a variety of selections from unique starters to mouthwatering, housemade barbecue.

“As executive chef, I am excited to help launch Brewhouse Historical Sports Bar ’s delicious new menu to the public, which includes a wide range of tasty pub-style food,” said Chef Joseph Bidwell, executive chef of Hyatt Regency St. Louis at The Arch.

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Located at Hyatt Regency St. Louis at The Arch and near Busch Stadium, Brewhouse Historical Sports Bar celebrates St. Louis’ local professional sports. The restaurant features more than 70 local beers, an in-house smoker to cook its barbeque selections, and numerous oversized high-definition televisions with stateof-the-art sound systems to watch all the games.

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Submit resume to: info@ edwardsvilleoralsurgery. com Keller Construction, Inc. is looking for a full time Diesel Mechanic to repair and maintain various types of equipment including trucks & heavy equipment. Must furnish standard tools. Clean driving record required.

Experience necessary.

Must have CDL. Drug and alcohol test required.

618-781-1234

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Amazon is an Equal Opportunity-Affirmative Action Employer – Minority / Female / Disability / Veteran / Gender Identity / Sexual Orientation

Legal Secretary/Paralegal experience pref’d.

30-35 hrs/wk.

Established Edwardsville office. (618) 692-4800

Help Wanted Medical

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Endodontic office in Edwardsville looking for chairside dental assistant 3-4 days per week.

Experience preferred.

Please email resumes to endojob7@gmail.com

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Cute 3BR 1B, LR, DR, wood floors, W/D hook ups.

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