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4 Fall Festival

Annual event planned in Benld.

11 "No Escape" Taut but troubled.

13 Bikefest planned

Revving it up at the Lake of the Ozarks.

18 What's up at Wash. U. Exhibits, performances planned.

19 World War I

A look at art of the era.

24 You Gotta Eat

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• 22nd Annual Saint Louis Art Fair, Downtown Clayton, 5:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.

• Art Outside Alternative Art Fair, Schlafly Bottleworks, St. Louis, 5:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.

• Shaw Wildflower Market, Shaw Nature Reserve, St. Louis, 4:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

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

• GWAR: 30 Years of Total World Domination w/Butcher Babies, Battlecross, ThorHammer, Pop’s, Sauget, Doors 7:00 p.m.

• Shaman’s Harvest w/Nervous Pudding, Blueberry Hill, St. Louis, Doors 8:00 p.m.

• O.A.R. w/Allen Stone, Brynn Elliott, The Pageant, St. Louis, Doors 6:00 p.m.

• Justin Hayward, Sheldon Concert Hall, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m.

• Arianna String Quartet, Touhill Performing Arts Center, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m.

• The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses, Powell Symphony Hall, St. Louis, 7:00 p.m.

• The Magic House’s Grooving in the Garden Concert Series: Just In Time, The Magic House, St. Louis, 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

• Inner Outlines (CD Release), E q u a l S q u e e z e , T h e Wi n k s , Forgetting January, The Cinema Story, Cicero’s, University City, 8:00 p.m.

• Bicker, Stout & Cheesecakes (Bar Stage), Cicero’s, University City, 8:00

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• Mass Appeal: Native Tongues Tribute, The Demo, St. Louis, 9:00 p.m.

• Material Revival, Edwardsville Arts Center, Edwardsville, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Runs through October 16.

• The Rep presents All The Way, Loretto-Hilton Center Browning Mainstage, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m., Runs through October 4.

• Stages presents The Full Monty, Robert G. Reim Theatre, Kirkwood, 8:00 p.m., Runs through October 4.

• Relationships and Representation: Perspectives on Social Justice Work, Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through January 4, 2016.

• Fall Exhibitions Opening, Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

• Inspired by Nature: A Collection of Wildlife Art by Robert Bateman, Saint Louis Zoo, 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., Runs through October 31.

• Thomas Cole’s Voyage of Life Exhibit, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through September 20.

Saturday Sept. 12___________ • BBQ Jam 2015, Chesterfield Amphitheatre, Chesterfield, 5:00 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.

• 22nd Annual Saint Louis Art Fair, Downtown Clayton, 11:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.

• Art Outside Alternative Art Fair,

Schlafly Bottleworks, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.

• Jon Lovitz, Lumiere Live, St. Louis, 7:00 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.

• Loufest, Forest Park, St. Louis, Noon to 10:00 p.m.

• Money For Guns w/Lida Una, Cave of Swords, Blueberry Hill, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

• T h u n d e rh e a d : T h e R u s h Experience, The Pageant, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

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

• Old Saints w/Brother Lee and the Leather Jackals, The Wilderness, The Demo, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

• The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses, Powell Symphony Hall, St. Louis, 7:00 p.m.

• Powder Mill and The Hillside Barons, Cicero’s, University City, 8:00 p.m.

• Mayday w/Kap Kallous, U n o J o v e n , Ty L a n , L o o p r a t , Rapmosphere, Pop’s, Sauget, Doors 7:00 p.m.

• Material Revival, Edwardsville Arts Center, Edwardsville, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Runs through October 16.

• The Rep presents All The Way, Loretto-Hilton Center Browning Mainstage, St. Louis, 4:00 p.m., Runs through October 4.

• Stages presents The Full Monty, Robert G. Reim Theatre, Kirkwood, 4:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m., Runs through October 4.

• Wyatt Kahn: Object Paintings, Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through December 27.

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People Hett Center announces 2015-16 schedule For The Edge The Hettenhausen Center for the Arts at McKendree University celebrates 10 years of “McKendree Presents” in its 2015-2016 season.

Tickets will be available to the public starting on Sept. 8 at noon, online at theHett.com, the box office, or by calling 618-537-6863 (1-800-BEARCAT, ext. 6863). All events are open to the public and held at the 488-seat performing arts center on campus. Prices range from $5 for children to $26 for adults, with discounts for seniors and students. Many programs are free, including the speaker series, films and several concerts. Preview the season online at theHett.com.

Performing in 2015-2016 will be: Oct. 1 & 2, 7:30 p.m.: The Count Basie Orchestra, carrying on William “Count” Basie’s musical legacy, has won numerous jazz awards and 18 Grammys.

Oct. 15, 7:30 p.m.: Classic Albums Live: Dark Side of the Moon recreates the 1973 Pink Floyd album track for track, note for note.

Oct. 19, 7:30 p.m.: The St. Louis Brass Band with virtuoso tuba player Patrick Sheridan, a former member of “The President’s Own Marine Band.”

Oct. 22, 7:30 p.m.: Folk songstress Aysenur Kolivar explores the music and traditions of her Turkish heritage, presented by Arts Midwest World Fest.

Oct. 26, 7:30 p.m.: Aquila Theatre: The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes features British and American stage actors in a witty, fast paced production about the legendary London sleuth.

Nov. 22, 3 p.m.: The angelic voices of the Vienna Boys’ Choir open the holiday season at the Hett.

Dec. 8 and 9, 7:30 p.m.: U.S. Air Force Band of Mid-America presents its popular holiday concert.

Dec. 20, 3 p.m.: COCA Presents The Little Dancer, the tale of Degas’ famous statuette who comes to life and dances through various works of art, performed by Ballet Eclectica.

Jan. 23, 2016, 7:30 p.m.: Tomáš Kubínek, “Certified Lunatic and Master of the Impossible,” an exuberant one-man show combining comedy, vaudeville, theatre and music hall.

Jan. 28, 7:30 p.m.: Chamber Project Saint Louis makes its Hett debut, joined by soprano Stella Markou, featuring selections by Massenet, Ravel and more.

Feb. 8, 7:30 p.m.: Vocalosity by “Pitch Perfect” music director and arranger Deke Sharon features a cappella singers exploring styles from classic to current hits.

Feb. 17, 7:30 p.m.: Celtic Nights takes the audience on a musical journey of Irish history, folklore, pride and passion through song, dance and storytelling.

March 10, 7:30 p.m.: Eisenhower Dance: The Light Show cleverly pairs choreography with unique lighting design for a visually striking evening of dance.

April 7, 7:30 p.m.: Cameron C a r p e n t e r, f e a t u r i n g t h e International Touring Organ in a diverse repertoire of Bach, film scores, original works, jazz and pop.

April 29, 7:30 p.m.: Baladino, a world music ensemble, blends centuries-old folk melodies brought to Israel from Spain, Eastern Europe, Turkey and Arabic countries.

Presented by Arts Midwest World Fest.

Ad mi ssi on i s fre e fo r t h e Distinguished Speaker Series: Sept. 22, 2015, 7:30 p.m.:

Neuroscientist David Eagleman, author of the bestseller “Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain” and director of the Laboratory for Perception and Action at the Baylor College of Medicine.

Oct. 21, 7:30 p.m.: Kathleen

Kennedy Townsend, former Lt. Governor of Maryland, author, philanthropist, and daughter of Robert F. Kennedy, speaks and writes passionately about faith and politics.

Dec. 2, 7:30 p.m.: Dr. James

Kakalios, a University of Minnesota professor, offers an entertaining exploration of “The Physics of Superheroes.”

Feb. 4, 2016, 7:30 p.m.: Dr. Diandra Leslie-Pelecky, author of “The Physics of NASCAR” and a

frequent guest on “Speedway” on SiriusXM Radio’s NASCAR Channel.

March 31, 7:30 p.m.: Aasif Mandvi, “The Daily Show” on-location correspondent and award-winning playwright (“Sakina’s Restaurant”).

The Hett’s free Film Art Series explores the theme of inquiry with “A Beautiful Mind,” Sept. 24; “The Third Man,” Nov. 9; “The Devil’s Backbone,” Jan. 27, 2016; “We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks,” March 23. All begin at 7 p.m.

The McKendree University Series showcases student talent (some dates may be subject to change): • Oct. 8, 7:30 p.m.: Potpourri Concert • Nov. 5 to 7, 7:30 p.m.; Nov 8, 2:30 p.m.: Theatre Department Fall Play • Nov.10, 7:30 p.m.: Concert Band • Nov. 12, 7:30 p.m.: Wind Ensemble • Nov. 18, 7:30 p.m.: Dance Recital • Nov. 20, 7:30 p.m.: Marching Bearcat Band • Dec. 4, 7:30 p.m.: Showstoppers Show Choir • Dec. 6, 3 p.m.: Choral Concert • Dec. 11, 7:30 p.m.: Concert Band Christmas Concert; special guest Christine Brewer • March 3 to 5, 7:30 p.m.; March 6, 2:30 p.m.: Theatre Department Spring Play • April 21, 7:30 p.m.: Chamber Ensembles • April 22, 7:30 p.m.: Choral Concert • April 23-24, 7:30 p.m.: Showstoppers Show Choir • April 28, 7:30 p.m.: Dance Recital • May 2, 7:30 p.m.: Jazz Ensembles • May 6, 7:30 p.m.: Concert Band

Above, the Count Basie Orchestra. At left, Tomas Kubinek. Photos for The Edge.

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For The Edge Free entertainment, fall crafts and merchandise, food vendors, a free petting zoo, children’s games, and Chamber member participation will be highlights of the Coal Country Chamber of Commerce 17th annual Fall Festival from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, September 26, at the Benld City Park. The Tenth Anniversary Tour de Coal bike ride will also be held in conjunction with the festival starting with a 6:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. registration at the Benld City Hall/Civic Center.

While the festival officially opens at 10 a.m. the free entertainment starts at 7:00 with Joe Powell serenading the many crafters, food vendors, and local business people who are setting up their booths.

Powell’s performance is available to anyone who wants to sit in the entertainment pavilion and enjoy the peaceful early morning. Mr. Powell sings ballads and country songs and has a great whistling program. At this early morning time he can be heard throughout the park.

At 10:00 until 11:30 a.m., the Festival is happy and proud to be able to present, “live from Nashville,” a young lady who grew up in Gillespie and comes from a family of six generations of musicians: Amy Hailstone. Amy is a “singer, songwriter, producer, guitarist, and multiinstrumentalist.

Blessed with a big vocal range, this powerhouse rock singer is also clearly influenced by pop, soul, and blues. Amy’s music is a culmination of a lifelong love affair with rock and pop music,

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guitars, and a driving backbeat.” (from amyhailstone.com) She can be followed on Twitter, @ AmyHailstone, on Facebook, iTunes, and on her website amyhailstone. com.

Hailstone, will host her soughtafter workshop, “Six Easy Principles for Excellent Singing” on September 26th from 3:30 pm–6:00 pm. The workshop will take place at 113 West Spruce Street in Gillespie and is limited to seven participants.

The cost is $60, but those who register prior to September 1st will receive the discounted rate of $50.

This workshop will serve as an introduction to six of the most basic, yet profound, elements in singing.

Although these principles are easy in theory, some or all can take many years to master. Students of all levels are welcome, and should be prepared to perform 1-2 songs to tracks from a CD of their choice.

Participants will provide and receive encouragement, as well as personalized instruction and oneon-one guidance from Amy. For more information, email ahailstone@comcast.net Dixie Dudes and Dance, a favorite of area audiences, will play from 11:30 until 1 p.m. The Dixie Dudes evolved from the Dixie Dudes Dixieland Band which formed at Lewis and Clark Community College in 1985. Today their repertoire includes not only Dixieland, but also rock n roll and dance tunes. According to band leader Chuck Herzog, “The music will lift the spirit, lighten the heart, and start the foot tapping.”

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Steve Davis in “Memories of Elvis” with his friends Anna Blair as Patsy Cline and Thomas Hickey as Buddy Holly will be the afternoon’s entertainment from 1 to 4 p.m. These three artists bring us the sounds of the 50’s and the 60’s when these classic entertainers brought rock and roll to millions.

Davis, who is well known to the audiences in the CCCC area, does a performance that is the result of exhaustive research to give the Elvis fan an authentic experience. Anna Blair brings enthusiasm to her role as Patsy Cline, and Thomas Hickey brings the songs and sound of the beloved Buddy Holly to our stage.

Steve Davis can now be followed on Facebook and on his web site www. memoriesofelvis.com.

Dancing is encouraged at all times at the pavilion where the stage is! “That is 8 hours of first class entertainment that is free for all who choose to take part,” said Mickey Robinson, CCCC Executive Director.

“We are trying to fulfill the Chamber goal of bringing people from outside the local Community District 7 area to our event that is family oriented and designed to be inexpensive fun for all ages.” Robinson said visitors who attend the Fall Festival should bring lawn chairs with them in order to sit and enjoy the live, free music.

The Fall Festival and Tour de Coal are sponsored by the Coal Country Chamber of Commerce. Specific businesses that have donated generous amounts of financial support and/or volunteer help throughout the year leading up to this events are: 1st BancFinancial, Greg Craine, Agent; Carlinville Area Hospital; Country Financial, Tina Olroyd, Agent; Drew Ford, Inc.; FNB, Benld Banking Center; Furniture Rescue of Gillespie; Gina Guicciardo, CPA; Hampton Inn of Litchfield; Hebenstreit Apartments of Benld; JoDanni’s Amore; Macoupin County Journal; Madison Communications; Michelle’s Pharmacy; Quality Flooring; Reid’s Electric Service and Heating & Air Conditioning; Roma’s Pizza; State Farm Insurance, Jessica Ely, Agent; Sullivan Drug; UCB, Gillespie Banking Center; WSMI and WAOX Radio.

If anyone still wants to have vendor or exhibitor space or to ride in the Tour de Coal, they should visit the chamber web site at www. coalcountrychamber.com or email mrer@madisontelco.com or call 217710-5218.

Fall Festival scheduled performers include Amy Hailstone, above, and Steve Davis as Elvis at left. Photos for The Edge.

People People planner Peanuts train coming to St. Louis

Peanuts The Great Pumpkin Patch Express Train Ride arrives at St. Louis Union Station this fall. Meet Snoopy and Lucy in the St. Louis Union Station pumpkin patch and join the Peanuts crew as they travel around St. Louis on a real train ride.

Tickets for the real train rides are on sale at www.STLPumpkinExpress. com or by dialing 314-690-1105.

The fun-filled trains will depart St. Louis Union Station on Saturdays and Sundays, October 10-11, 17-18, 24-25 and October 31 and November 1 at 12:30 p.m., 2 p.m., 3:30 p.m., and 5 p.m. Special Friday evening trains will run on October 23 and 30 at 4:30 p.m., 6 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.

The excursions, which are themed after Charles M. Schulz’s classic story, “It’s The Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown,” will leave from historic Union Station’s train tracks. Guests will experience great views of St. Louis including Busch Stadium, the Gateway Arch and the Mississippi River. Riders will listen to themed music and hear the narration of Schulz’s story by one of the crew members as the train travels along the rails.

Prior to the train adventure, passengers will be greeted by Peanuts characters and have a photo opportunity with Lucy and Snoopy at the Great Pumpkin Patch. Kids can pick, decorate and bring home the perfect pumpkin, enjoy cider and sugar cookies, write a letter to the Great Pumpkin, and take part in festive, family-oriented activities. Kids (and their parents) are encouraged to wear their Halloween costumes to the event.

Three classes of train tickets are available for the Great Pumpkin Patch Express. Coach tickets are $25 for children 12 and under and $35 for adults. First-class seating is $35 for children and $45 for adults in the train’s scenic dome car. Peanuts characters ride along on the VIP class train cars, priced at $59 each, sold in sets of four tickets only.

Discounted hotel rooms are available for Great Pumpkin Patch Express Train Ride ticket holders at the St. Louis Union Station Hotel, a DoubleTree by Hilton. For hotel information, click on www.

STLPumpkinExpress.com or dial 314690-1105.

might catch a glimpse of long model trains consisting of a hundred coal cars, model trains with working horns and lights, and model steam locomotives with whistles and steam. Kids will have the chance to get up close and personal with a large “Garden Railroad” featuring multiple trains running on the gymnasium floor. Operating model train layouts include: Large operating layout made entirely of LEGOs. Thomas the Tank Engine© model train. Five-time first place award-winning layout. Dozens of meticulously detailed scenes including a lock and dam and automobile plant. The latest in digital remote model train control and authentic train sounds and more.

Cost:$7 for adults, free for kids and students with ID. The Kirkwood Community Center is at West Argonne Drive and South Geyer Road, just 2 minutes from the historic Kirkwood Train Station.

Road signs are placed throughout the neighborhood to make it easy to find. There is always plenty of free parking. This annual event is sponsored by The Mississippi Valley N Scalers, the area’s oldest exclusive N scale model train club.

World War I art exhibit open

War looks different, before you’re in it.

In 1914, as Europe lumbered optimistically to battle, a proxy fight was joined in the pages of popular media. Combatant nations, seeking cultural as well as military dominance, deployed visual propaganda to rally support and attack enemies. Yet as the death toll mounted, a generation of artists, many of whom served in uniform, sought new artistic languages to convey the grief and horror they had witnessed.

This fall, the Mildred Lane

Kemper Art Museum at Washington University in St. Louis will present “World War I: War of Images, Images of War.” Drawn primarily from the Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles, where it debuted in fall 2014, the exhibition features more than 150 objects that together chart a chronological path from exuberant outbreak through years of grinding combat and into the long, unsettled aftermath.

The exhibit will be on display through Jan. 4.

Included are paintings, prints, drawings, photographs, illustrated journals, correspondence from the front and other materials by artists such as Max Beckmann, Umberto Boccioni, Georges Braque, Otto Dix, Natalia Goncharova, George Grosz, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Käthe Kollwitz, Fernand Léger and Kazimir Malevich.

War of Images The exhibition opens with “War of Images,” which explores how different nations sought to elevate their own cultural symbols while denigrating the supposed national traits — German barbarism, British imperialism, French decadence, Russian cowardice — of opponents.

French artist Jean Cocteau, whose health prevented enlistment but who later drove a Red Cross ambulance, co-founded the journal Le Mot (“The Word”) with designer Paul Iribe. The cover of their second issue depicts Kaiser Wilhelm II as the German hero Lohengrin, but wittily replaces the knight’s legendary swan boat with a red, grasping crayfish.

Conversely, the German magazine Simplicissimus, a longtime government critic, now voiced patriotic support. A striking cover from October 1914 — by Thomas Theodor Heine, who’d once been jailed for caricaturing the Kaiser — shows a colonial Englishman, pith helmet ajar, clutching precariously at a blood-soaked globe.

Other works play on visual

codes such as the Russian bear and the French Marianne. A series of rarely seen images by avant-garde artist Kazimir Malevich and poet Vladimir Mayakovsky, modeled on popular Russian prints known as lubki, depict idealized peasants in traditional costume fearlessly routing enemy troops.

Images of War But for witnesses on the ground, arguments about cultural superiority quickly paled. “Images of War,” the exhibition’s second section, collects artworks, letters, diaries and other first-person accounts that demonstrate the yawning gap between rhetoric and the reality of battle.

Symbolist Henry de Groux, who fled Belgium just ahead of German invasion, captures the air of menace with his dark and swirling “Grenade Thrower,” from the series “Le visage de la victoire” (1914-16). In “The Trench” (1915-16), Swiss-born artist Félix Vallotton depicts a line of French soldiers, only helmets and bayonets visible, as the earth explodes behind them.

A never-before-exhibited war diary by futurist Umberto Boccioni, who died in 1916, details a tumultuous period on the Italian front. The expressionist Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, who was deeply scarred by his time in the German Army — and whom, decades later, the Nazi’s would brand a “degenerate artist” — drew the Apocalypse on the backs of cigarette boxes.

Also included are rare examples of handmade “trench art,” with which soldiers memorialized their units and the battles they fought. These range from painted helmets and an engraved canteen to small objects made from shell casings.

Aftermath The final section, “Aftermath,”

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Model train show planned

The 25th annual Greater St. Louis Metro Area Model Train Show will be held at the Kirkwood Community Center on October 11 and 12 beginning both days at 10 a.m.. St. Louis’ best “home grown” model train show organized by one of the area’s oldest model train clubs.

This is a family event and all children attend free. The show features an entire gymnasium full of operating model train layouts and a second gymnasium with model trains for sale. National award-winning layouts will be operating throughout the weekend and alll major scales of model trains will be represented. In addition to seeing large train layouts, the show offers the opportunity to purchase hard-to-find model trains from dealers from across the country; including everything from wooden Thomas trains to large indoor/ outdoor G scale trains and railroad memorabilia. Door prizes will be awarded every hour. Attendees

opens with celebrations of armistice and photographs of jubilant French crowds. Yet even for Allies, victory was pyrrhic. Fernand Léger, who barely survived mustard gas, fills his illustrations for Blaise Cendrars’ “J’ai tué” (“I Have Killed”) (1918) with rifles, helmets and fractured war matériel.

The Germans Max Beckmann, Otto Dix and George Grosz spent years coming to terms with their experiences, with Dix in particular returning obsessively to the subject.

In addition to several prints, the exhibition features recordings, made in 1963, in which Dix discusses his time as a machine-gunner on the Western front.

“World War I: War of Images, Images of War” is organized by the Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles. Works are drawn primarily from the Getty archives, with loans from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Washington University’s Modern Graphic History Library; and private collections.

The St. Louis iteration features additional works from the Saint Louis Art Museum, the Kemper Art Museum and local private collections. It is curated by Karen K. Butler, associate curator of the Kemper Art Museum.

An opening reception will take place at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 11. The exhibition will remain on view through Jan. 4, 2016.

The Kemper Art Museum is located on Washington University’s Danforth Campus, near the intersection of Skinker and Forsyth boulevards. Regular hours are 11 a.m.-5 p.m. daily except Tuesdays and 11 a.m.-8 p.m. the first Friday of the month. The museum is closed Tuesdays.

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People People planner Miles Davis sculpture unveiling planned

The Miles Davis Memorial Committee is planning a One-ofa-Kind Jazz Event in celebration of the unveiling of the sculpture of world-renowned jazz musician, Miles Davis. The event will take place, rain or shine, on Saturday, September 12th, beginning at 5 p.m.

West Third Street in downtown Alton will be closed from Piasa St. to Belle St. and live jazz music featuring the Kasimu Taylor Quartet will be setting the mood for the evening.

The Unveiling Ceremony at 5:30 p.m. will include remarks from sculptor Preston Jackson and various dignitaries will offer their perspective on this momentous addition to downtown Alton.

Interesting historical facts and stories will be shared.

Food and drink specials will be offered throughout the evening at local establishments along with the following entertainment line-up.

Entertainment Schedule: * Outside Stage - Kasimu Taylor Quartet 5 - 7 PM * Bossanova - Jim Manley Trio 7 - 10 PM * Catdaddy’s - Dan Smith Duo 7 - 9 PM * Elijah P’s - Montez Coleman Quintet with special guest Bobby Shew 7:30 - 11:30 PM. * Chez Marilyn’s - Live Music (TBA) 9 - midnight Thanks to the support and generous donations from the community, Alton will soon have the only publicly displayed sculpture of Miles Davis in this c o u n t r y. T h i s e v e n t m a r k s a successful fundraising campaign that made it possible to add this work of art to Alton’s historic downtown entertainment district.

Everyone from around the world is invited to this free event. Bring your cameras and enjoy the “Cool”.

For further information, please call the Alton Regional Convention and Visitors Bureau at (618) 4656676.

Edison’s to host Classic Car Cruise series

Edison’s Entertainment Complex has teamed up with the Piston Pushers Car Club for a series of classic car cruises this summer. The first cruise is Saturday, May 23, and cruises will be held in Edison’s parking lot from 6-9pm on the fourth Saturday of every month from May to October.

All cruises are free and open to the public, and a live DJ will be spinning tunes all night.

Classic car owners are invited to show up, show off their vehicles, and join the cruise each month. Edison’s full-service bar and restaurant will be open, and light refreshments will be available for purchase in the parking lot.

Members of the public are encouraged to check out the cars and then enjoy Edison’s bowling, laser tag, and arcade attractions.

“We’re always looking for new ways to build excitement through special events that appeal to all ages,” said Edison’s CEO and managing partner Matt McSparin. “There are truly some impressive classic vehicles that will be here and we hope the community enjoys the opportunity to be a part of these events,” continued McSparin.

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car cruises at Edison’s: • September 26 • October 24 Edison’s Entertainment Complex is located at 2477 S. State Route 157 in Edwardsville.

To learn more about the event, visit www.edisonsfun.com, e-mail info@ edisonsfun.com, or call (618) 307-9020.

Flea market returns to Grafton

Mark your calendars now for the official start of the shopping season at The Riverside Flea Market in Grafton, IL. On Saturday, March 28, the popular flea market will open for its 2015 season, boasting more than 75 vendors with a wide selection of antiques, crafts and the usual flea market fare.

The flea market will be held in its long time location at the Historic Boatworks, nestled alongside The Loading Dock, located at 400 Front St. in Grafton. The market will be open Saturday, March 28 and Sunday, March 29 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The flea market will be open monthly on the fourth weekend of the month through October.

The Grafton Riverside Flea Market is the largest flea market in the Alton region. The 2015 flea market schedule includes the following dates: April 25 & 26, May 23 & 24, June 27 & 28, July 25 & 26, August 22 & 23, September 26 & 27 and October 24 & 25.

After shopping for your wares, head over to The Loading Dock restaurant to enjoy a meal, drinks and a great view of the Mississippi River. For more information or to be a vendor, please contact Trudi Allen

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Missouri History Museum to exhibit Nazi Propaganda The Nazi Party developed a sophisticated propaganda machine that deftly spread lies about its political opponents, Jews, and the need to justify war. But Nazi p ro p a g a n d a w a s m u c h m o re complex than that. For the Nazis to achieve power and pursue their racial policies and expansionist war efforts, a much more nuanced picture had to be painted—one that would appeal to broad swaths of the population, not just a fanatical extreme.

Featuring rarely seen artifacts, State of Deception: The Power of Nazi Propaganda draws visitors into a rich multimedia environment vividly illustrating the insidious allure of much of Nazi propaganda.

The exhibition opens at the Missouri History Museum in Forest Park on April 11, 2015 and will be on display through September 7, 2015.

“Adolf Hitler was an avid student of propaganda and borrowed techniques from the Allies in World War I, his Socialist and Communist rivals, the Italian Fascist Party, as well as modern advertising,” says exhibition curator Steven Luckert.

“Drawing upon these models, he successfully marketed the Nazi Party, its ideology, and himself to the German people.”

The exhibition reveals how shortly after World War I, the Nazi Party began to transform itself from an obscure, extremist group

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Admission to State of Deception is free.

The Missouri History Museum has been active in the St. Louis community since 1866. Founding members established the organization “for the purpose of saving from oblivion the early history of the city and state.” Today, the Missouri History Museum seeks to deepen the understanding of past choices, present circumstances, and future possibilities; strengthen the bonds of the community; and facilitate solutions to common problems. Due to its innovative approach to public service, the Missouri History Museum was the first recipient of the Institute of Museum and Library Services N a t i o n a l Aw a rd f o r M u s e u m Services in 1994. The Missouri History Museum offers programs and outreach services, including traveling exhibitions; tours; theatrical and musical presentations; programs for school classes and youth groups; family festivals; special events; workshops; and lectures.

into the largest political party in democratic Germany. Hitler early on recognized how propaganda, combined with the use of terror, could help his radical party gain mass support and votes. He personally adapted the ancient symbol of the swastika and the emotive colors of red, black, and white to create the movement’s flag. In doing so, Hitler established a potent visual identity that has branded the Nazi Party ever since.

After seizing power, the Nazi Party took over all communications in Germany. It marshaled the state’s resources to consolidate power and relentlessly promote its vision of a “racially pure,” utopian Germany that needed to defend itself from those who would destroy it. Jews were cast as the primary enemies, but others, including Roma, homosexuals, Jehovah’s Witnesses, and mentally and physically d i s a b l e d p e r s o n s , w e re a l s o portrayed as threats to the “national community.”

As Germany pushed the world i n t o w a r, N a z i p r o p a g a n d a rationalized Germany’s territorial expansion as self-defense. Jews were depicted as agents of disease and corruption. The Nazis’ actions

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The Alton Regional Convention & Visitors Bureau has announced the following events.

Great Godfrey Maze Every Friday – Sunday through October Robert E. Glazebrook Community Park 1401 Stamper Lane Godfrey, IL 62035 Take an a-maze-ing adventure through the Great Godfrey Maze that is cut into seven acres of corn.

Opening Labor Day weekend, the maze captivates thousands of visitors annually. Navigating through the maze during the day is challenging, but navigating through after dark with a f l a s h l i g h t i s a n e v e n g re a t e r adventure! For the thrill seekers, try navigating the maze around Halloween (Oct. 2, 9, 16 & 23) when there is a haunted maze!

For more information, call (618) 466-1483.

Admission 12+: $6 6 - 11: $4 5 and younger: Free Calhoun County Fair Thursday, September 10, 2015 12:00am to 12:00am Calhoun County Fairgrounds Main Street Hardin, IL 62047 Calhoun County hosts a l a t e s u m m e r f a i r, c o m p l e t e with carnival rides, live animal shows, 4H competitions, musical entertainment, truck pulls, demolition derby and lots of food. Check out the scheduled events before you go.

A LT: F o r b i d d e n B r o a d w a y (Musical) Sept. 10 – 13 & Sept. 17 - 20 Starts at 7:30pm (Sunday matinee at 2 p.m.)

Alton Little Theater 2450 N. Henry Street Alton, IL 62002 In this Off-Broadway hit musical revue, Broadway's greatest musical legends meet Broadway's greatest satirist in this hilarious, loving, and endlessly entertaining tribute to some of theater's greatest stars and songwriters. Hailed a "Hilarious and brilliantly wicked" by The New York Times, you do not have to be a Broadway musical fan to enjoy this immensely entertaining show. This fall-down funny roast of Broadway features outrageous costumes and hilarious rewrites of the songs you know and love.

Admission $22/Adults $10/Under 18 Bike MS: Express Scripts Gateway Getaway Ride Saturday, September 12, 2015 Lewis & Clark Community College 5800 Godfrey Road Godfrey, IL 62035 The routes include fully-stocked rest stops every 10-15 miles, a great lunch stop each day and s a f e t y p ro v i d e d b y v o l u n t e e r EMTs, HAM radio operators, and bicycle repair from our partner bike shops. The route loops back to Lewis and Clark Community College on Saturday and Sunday, where you will be treated to a delicious meal, massage, and live music. Your participation will help support programs, services, and research that make a huge difference to the people who must fight MS every day of their lives.

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Registration Fee: $35-70 Fundraising Minimum: $250 Route Options: 25, 50, 75 & 100 mile Age Minimum: 12 years old Twisted Catfish Classic Saturday, September 12, 2015 Starts at 7:00am Grafton Harbor 215 W. Water St. Grafton, IL 62037 Try to catch the largest catfish in Grafton. For more information, call (618) 786-7000.

Super Hero Shuffle 5K/10K Run & Walk and Family Festival Saturday, September 12, 2015 Gates open at 9:00am | 9:00am to 1:00pm Lewis & Clark Confluence Tower 435 Confluence Tower Drive Hartford, IL 62048 Meet your favorite Super Hero during the Super Hero Shuffle 5K/10K Run & Walk and Family Festival at the Confluence Tower Saturday, Sept. 12. This event is sponsored by and benefits Isaac's Rays of Hope, a non-profit organization supporting children with cancer and their families.

Register for the race online at: www.runsignup.com Registration fees are $30 per person prior to Aug. 15 and $35 up to and including race day. Groups of four can register for $100 prior to Aug. 15 or $120 after Aug. 15.

Any entries after Aug. 15 are not guaranteed a race shirt. Children are also encouraged to take part in the race. Fees are $15 per child age

5 to 12. Children 0 to 4 are free but must register to receive a Super Hero cape. After the race, enjoy the free Super Hero Family Festival on the Tower grounds. There will be Super Hero appearances

by Captain America, Spider Man, Elsa, Darth Vader, Storm Troopers, First Responders and more. There will also be Super Hero photo ops, a bounce house, silent auction, raffle, music, games, concessions and a butterfly release. Wear your Super Hero costume and compete to win Best Adult costume, Best Child or Best Family. Enjoy a tour of the Tower during the festival with tour admissions half price.

For sponsorship opportunities or more information, call Lisa at 618-946-4145 or by email at: lisa@ isaacsraysofhope.org.

Grafton's Art in the Park Sept. 12 - 13 10:00am to 6:00pm The Grove Memorial Park Market Street Grafton, IL 62037 Beautiful art will be on display at the 9th Annual Grafton Art in the Park. Enjoy live music, food vendors, art activities, demonstrations and artists presenting their handmade art, fine art, paintings, photography, glass, jewelry and much more.

Girls on Grapes, Boys on Brew Saturday, September 12, 2015 12:00pm to 4:00pm The Loading Dock 400 Front St. Grafton, IL 62037 Sample wine, food, and brew from over 30 area restaurants and wineries during the annual Girls on Grapes, Boys on Brews event to benefit Alton Memorial Hospital's

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Grafton, IL 62037 Warm apple pie, fresh handdipped caramel apples, apple crafts and handmade jewelry are just a few of the offerings at the Apple Festival at Pere Marquette. The festivities will also include historic Lodge tours, wine tasting, kids activities and restaurant favorites. An apple pie walk (similar to a cake walk) will be held where visitors will purchase tickets and take a walk for a chance to take home a fresh baked apple pie. Proceeds for the apple pie walk will be donated to the Friends of Pere Marquette Foundation. The Lodge will also host the second Pumpkin Roll at the Apple Festival. Participants can bring their own pumpkin or purchase one at the festival to decorate for a competitive roll down the hill in front of the Lodge. Second a n d t h i rd p l a c e p a r t i c i p a n t s will win gift certificates for the Lodge Restaurant and the fastest pumpkin will win the grand prize of a free night stay at the historic Lodge.

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"American Ultra"

The likably awkward chemistry of Kristen Stewart and Jesse Eisenberg remains intact in "American Ultra," a violent stoner action-comedy that's half "Pineapple Express," half "The Bourne Identity," and not as good as either.

Stewart and Eisenberg, who starred together in the splendidly low-key summer comedy "Adventureland," again come together as an appealing, mutually mop-headed tandem that matches Eisenberg's stuttering unease with Stewart's deadpan cool.

They play a flannel-wearing West Virginia couple, Mike and Phoebe, happy together despite Mike's weed habit, perpetual apologizing and panic attacks from just about anything that upsets his seemingly innate inertia. Looking at a car that's crashed into a tree, he wonders to Phoebe, placating and devoted, if he's the tree and she's the car.

The small-town, low-stakes drama of "American Ultra" is convincing in the beginning, thanks to the two stars. But it's a setup.

Unbeknownst to Mike, a convenience store clerk, he's an elite killing machine trained by the CIA, a decommissioned government experiment. Few in the movies would be a more unlikely secret agent than Eisenberg. Did the program include Michael Cera? Was Woody Allen in charge?

Switching to Langley, the film, directed by Nima Nourizadeh ("Project X") and written by Max Landis ("Chronicle"), fills in the backstory. A petulant young agent (Topher Grace) has risen in the ranks and now wants to eliminate evidence of the experiment that gave Mike his secret talents, overseen by Connie Britton's more sympathetic Victoria Lasseter.

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

RUNNING TIME: 96 minutes.

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

"Hitman: Agent 47"

The idea of the high-tech, emotionless super-soldier is so popular in movies, it's practically a convention. The "Terminator" and "Bourne" franchises, and even last year's animated "Big Hero 6," imagine characters programmed to kill and the would-be world destroyers who want to control them.

The same formula is at work in "Hitman: Agent 47," a stylized shoot-em-up based on a video game, of which no previous knowledge is required. Rupert Friend plays the titular character: an elite assassin genetically engineered to be smarter, faster, more fearless and less remorseful than ordinary human sociopaths. Named for the bar code branded on the back of his head, Agent 47 is stoic, expressionless and amazingly efficient at wielding multiple firearms and using everyday objects as murder weapons.

Unfortunately, "Hitman: Agent 47" leans on another familiar Hollywood convention, this one painfully outdated: the damsel in distress. It's always disheartening to see this tired trope employed, but especially here, where the female protagonist is clearly as capable as any of her male counterparts. Why must she appear constantly on the verge of tears? Why does a brilliant woman like this need saving?

Some moviegoers may not mind the use of this lazy device — which serves as a catalyst for the action and ostensibly why we should care — but for those who do, it's as frustrating as having a piece of popcorn stuck between your teeth.

Dogged by fractured memories from her childhood, Katia (Hannah Ware) is searching for answers. She's turned the biggest wall in her one-room apartment into "A Beautiful Mind"-style mess of maps and photos and newspaper clippings dotted with push-pins and pieces of string. So singularly focused is she on her search that she sleeps on a mattress without sheets.

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Two men are after her: Agent 47 and the mysterious John Smith (Zachary Quinto). Because Katia can sense danger before it happens, she escapes through her apartment window and heads straight to a shady, underground guy to secure a fake passport.

"Be careful, little girl," he tells her. "The world is a dangerous place."

Never mind that she is a full-grown adult woman who already knows where to buy a fake passport.

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

RUNNING TIME: 96 minutes.

ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: Two stars out of four.

"No Escape"

Not since Saigon in the 1970s has an American operation in Southeast Asia been as ill-conceived as "No Escape," a taut, well-made and entirely dubious thriller.

Where does "No Escape" take place? It's about a Texas family that arrives in an unnamed Asian country only to immediately be swept up in a horribly violent coup that sends them scampering for survival through foreign, unfamiliar streets strewn with bodies and blood.

The film, co-written and directed by John Erick Dowdle ("As Above, So Below"), was shot in Thailand two years ago, after which a real-life coup by the Thai army overthrew the government. Perhaps to avoid too direct a connection to that coup, "No Escape" (initially titled "The Coup") makes no specific mention of any government. Who needs politics in a political thriller?

Beside the murderous chants of a mob or the bland courtesies of a hotel clerk, the natives have no dialogue.

Instead, they are merely the vague backdrop to the harrowing plight of a white American family: Jack Dwyer (Owen Wilson), his wife Annie (Lake Bell) and their two daughters (Sterling Jerins and Claire Geare). He, an engineer, has taken a job with a dominant corporation whose ownership of the city's public works has helped inspire the unrest.

Having just deplaned and plopped their bags down in a hotel hours before street warfare erupts, a haze of confusion envelopes the Dwyers, just as it does us. Can a thriller about a coup contain next to zero context about the politics and people involved? Is it enough to drop "Taken," kids in tow, into a faceless Asian nightmare?

RATED: R by the Motion Picture Association of America for "strong violence throughout and for language."

RUNNING TIME: 102 minutes.

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

"We Are Your Friends"

Part electronic dance music tutorial and part love letter to Los Angeles' San Fernando Valley, "We Are Your Friends" is a surprisingly accessible and sweet story of a group of friends standing on the cusp of adulthood with big ambition and little direction.

Regardless of your taste for pulsing electronic music or actor Zac Efron, both are undeniably appealing in this feature debut from director and co-writer Max Joseph. Though the plot may be predictable, Joseph energizes his coming-of-age musical romance with creative animation, explosive dance scenes and a vibrant soundtrack that's like an entree to the EDM genre. And Efron brings such heart to the main character, he's easy to root for.

For Cole (Efron) and his buddies, the glittery promise of Hollywood is so close, they can practically see it from their hometown 10 miles away in the Valley's suburban sprawl.

Cole is an aspiring DJ, and his three childhood friends are his associates and entourage. There's his best friend and would-

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be manager, Mason (Jonny Weston), drug dealer and acting hopeful Ollie (Shiloh Fernandez), and the requisite quiet, sensitive guy, Squirrel (Alex Shaffer). All of them dream of escaping the Valley and finding success "over the hill."

When Cole isn't out jogging or partying with his pals, he's in front of his computer, mixing sounds and beats into what he hopes will become the signature song that launches his career.

"If you're a DJ," he says in voiceover, "all you need is a laptop, some talent and one track."

Cole's luck starts to change when he meets older, established DJ James Reed (Wes Bentley), who immediately and inexplicably takes Cole under his wing and becomes his mentor. Cole covets Reed's life, from his worldwide fame and hilltop home to his gorgeous girlfriend/assistant, Sophie (Emily Ratajkowski). Reed, though, doesn't seem so thrilled. Bentley is perfectly disaffected as the seen-it-all club veteran who parties away his days and nights, a personified cautionary tale.

Meanwhile, Cole and his friends look for more reliable income by taking day jobs at a mortgage company run by a man with obvious wealth but dubious ethics. Here they get a glimpse into the unrewarding alternative to achieving their dreams. Thus, the career challenges for today's 20-somethings look much like those of anyone coming of age in middle-class America since the 1960s.

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

"A Walk in the Woods"

The lure of the wild has recently attracted an interesting batch of solitude seekers: Reese Witherspoon ("Wild"), Mia Wasikowska ("Tracks") and Robert Redford, twice.

Two years after "All Is Lost," Redford has swapped the sea for the woods, and wordless isolation for Nick Nolte. It's not a bad trade.

"A Walk in the Woods" is a broad and congenial comedy about two aged old friends trying to hike all 2,000-plus miles of the Appalachian Trail, from Georgia to Maine. It's light on its feet, even though its geriatric woodsmen are plodding and grunting.

The story, taken from Bill Bryson's 1998 book, might seem like the kind of hokey comedy trotted out every now and then for older moviegoers. It is that, to be sure. But Redford and Nolte are a class, or two, above the standard stars of such fare.

While "A Walk in the Woods" is tame stuff, indeed, a simple, comic stroll with pleasant company is a decent way to end a movie summer where the usual pace is a Tom Cruise sprint.

Redford has been trying to adapt Bryson's book for 10 years, and he's now older than the author was when he made his trip, along with his pal Stephen Katz (Nolte). It makes their endeavor, particularly on the part of the wheezing Nolte, a little incredulous.

Nolte's Katz, a former alcoholic and proud philanderer, was never an ideal hiking companion; he's the only one Bryson could get to go with him. But Nolte, 74 and so croaky he can be hard to understand, is now more convincing as a grizzly bear than a camper. This, thankfully, is not a movie where the actors are weighing down their backpacks for the sake of realism.

The germ for the trip begins when Bryson returns to his New Hampshire home after a humbling book tour where he's met with questions of retirement — likely the same kind Redford has become accustom to fielding but happily (for our sake) ignoring. Authors, Bryson responds, don't retire. They either drink themselves away or blow their brains out.

RATED: R by the Motion Picture Association of America for "language and some sexual references."

RUNNING TIME: 104 minutes.

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

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In this image released by The Weinstein Company, Owen Wilson, left, and Lake Bell appear in a scene from, "No Escape."

"No Escape" taut but troubled

By JAKE COYLE Associated Press Not since Saigon in the 1970s has an American operation in Southeast Asia been as ill-conceived as "No Escape," a taut, well-made and entirely dubious thriller.

Where does "No Escape" take place?

It's about a Texas family that arrives in an unnamed Asian country only to immediately be swept up in a horribly violent coup that sends them scampering for survival through foreign, unfamiliar streets strewn with bodies and blood.

The film, co-written and directed by John Erick Dowdle ("As Above, So Below"), was shot in Thailand two years ago, after which

a real-life coup by the Thai army overthrew the government. Perhaps to avoid too direct a connection to that coup, "No Escape" (initially titled "The Coup") makes no specific mention of any government.

Who needs politics in a political thriller?

Beside the murderous chants of a mob or the bland courtesies of a hotel clerk, the natives have no dialogue.

Ins te ad, the y are me re ly the v ague backdrop to the harrowing plight of a white American family: Jack Dwyer (Owen Wilson), his wife Annie (Lake Bell) and their two daughters (Sterling Jerins and Claire Geare). He, an engineer, has taken a job with a dominant corporation whose ownership of the city's public works has

helped inspire the unrest.

Having just deplaned and plopped their bags down in a hotel hours before street warfare erupts, a haze of confusion envelopes the Dwyers, just as it does us.

Can a thriller about a coup contain next to zero context about the politics and people involved? Is it enough to drop "Taken," kids in tow, into a faceless Asian nightmare?

Of course it's not. Granted, "No Escape" may have once existed in a different form and, for one reason or another, cut any local details. But the absence of literally any engagement with the conflict at hand or its native tragedies, "No Escape" sacrifices its legitimacy.

It's a shame, too, because the filmmaking is often impressive. The movie, shot by the cinematographer Leo Hinstin, opens with a gracefully orchestrated scene depicting the assassination of the prime minister, a shot begun trailing drink glasses and ended with blood.

The action, too, is breathless, as Jack leads his family (sometimes with the help of Pierce Brosnan's CIA agent) from one close scrap to another, never pausing for a deeper understanding of the turmoil, always elevated by the easy suspense of children in peril.

Around them fall countless victims. But their stories aren't part of "No Escape."

They're just exotic scenery.

"A Walk in the Woods" tends to get lost

By ROBERT GRUBAUGH Of The Edge I j u s t h e a rd o n t h e r a d i o driving home to write this review that director Ken Kwapis, a Belleville native and prolific feature and television director, lost his father over the weekend just before his new film is set to debut. That's sad news, but shows that art never stands still in the face of real life. Kwapis directed several of your favorite episodes of NBC's version of "The Office" and was a key figure in my development as he h e l m e d " F o l l o w T h a t B i rd " , a 1985 Sesame Street film that I'm sure I saw more than fifty times as a small child. His current effort is "A Walk in the Woods", a cheeky, cheery treat for the senior crowd, but one that

doesn't quite live up to a early comparison I unfairly thrust toward it. Isn't it funny how we try to make puzzle pieces fit when clearly the jigsaw is thinking differently? Oh, well.

At least the movie is getting an early jump on the sure-to-bedisappointing Labor Day holiday weekend. September is where good movies go to die. " A Wa l k i n t h e Wo o d s " i s an adaptation of Bill Bryson's 1998 memoir (subtitled "Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail") about two friends that attempt to hike t h e A p p a l a c h i a n Tr a i l f r o m G e o rg i a t o M a i n e , o n l y t o b e thwarted by Mother Nature, their own ineptitude, and just about every concept of Odd Couple shenanigans that you could imagine. Though the

film was originally optioned more than a decade ago, it has finally just now come together with Robert Redford starring as Bryson and Nick Nolte as his erstwhile traveling companion, Stephen Katz. The two play their advanced age for frequent jokes about two old coots stuck in the forest, but Nolte is really the only playing it for real. The duo may be a generation older t h a n t h e re a l - l i f e B r y s o n a n d Katz when they did their trek, but Redford still maintains that manly look and charisma of a leading man.

He could hike under me, over me, through me, and still be the matinee idol of his youth. Nolte could be mistaken for any of a variety of wildlife that meet along the way. Emma Thompson plays Bryson's wife, while the

ageless Mary Steenburgen and King of the Rugged Man image, Nick Offerman, also have small parts. " A Wa l k i n t h e Wo o d s " h a s elements that, to me, led to an easy association with another recent movie about finding yourself out for a long, long walk. That movie was my personal favorite from 2014, "Wild". You may remember it for a bunch of reasons. Great performances by Laura Dern and Reese Witherspoon anchored it over the holiday season toward the top of the charts. Cheryl Strayed's own memoir might have been a cherished read for you. Regardless of why I l o v e d t h a t m o v i e , " A Wa l k i n the Woods" is just not quite the same. It's not a comedy version of a very sentimental movie.

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It's not the dude version of a story about easing grief through isolation. What both pictures do have in common is that they idealize outdoor therapy when its needed most - be it through Appalachia or up the Pacific Crest Trail of California, Oregon, and Washington. Strayed was dealing with her addiction and mothers' death. Bryson - at least in the movie version - is finding out how to keep him and old friends alive long enough to enjoy further adventures. We d o n ' t l i v e f o re v e r. H a v e f u n with the ones you love while there's still time.

"A Walk in the Woods" runs 104 minutes and is rated R for language and some sexual references. I give this film one and a half stars out of four.

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Religion Religion briefs The Texas senator is one of several candidates seeking support from evangelical Christians, who comprise a large proportion of voters in early primary states.

Cruz enlists pastors to defund Planned Parenthood

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Ted Cruz is urging the nation's pastors to mobilize their congregations in a push to defund Planned Parenthood.

In an email sent to 100,000 evangelical pastors over the weekend, Cruz cites what he calls "Planned Parenthood's barbaric practices of harvesting the body parts of innocent babies and selling them to the highest bidder."

Planned Parenthood says many women donate their aborted fetuses and that the money it collects from biomedical researchers only covers costs.

In his email and an online video, Cruz asks the pastors to join a Tuesday afternoon conference call about a defunding fight he plans to lead in the coming weeks. He says pastors will be asked to preach a sermon on abortion this coming Sunday and lead their congregations in a "day of prayer and fasting" on Sept. 9.

Trump touts his religious bona fides

DUBUQUE, Iowa (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is touting his religious background.

In a question and answer session in Iowa, Trump said, "I love the Bible. I'm a Protestant. I'm a Presbyterian. I went to Sunday school."

Trump said his Sunday school lessons were at a Presbyterian church in Queens.

Later, he attended New York's Marble Collegiate Church, where his pastor was the Rev. Norman Vincent Peale, author of "The Power of Positive Thinking." Trump says Peale's sermons were so good that "you hated to leave church."

In his presidential campaign, Trump declared that he's winning support from evangelical Christians. Trump said they're "incredible people who are really smart, and they want

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ROME (AP) — The U.S. ambassador to the Vatican says he expects Pope Francis will call on the U.S. to rediscover its fundamental values, including its long history of welcoming foreigners, when he visits next month and becomes the first pope to address Congress.

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Travel Lake of the Ozarks Bikefest planned For The Edge The typically tranquil hills and valleys around the Lake of the Ozarks will come alive with the rumblings of thousands of motorcycles as they roll in for the biggest bike rally in the Midwest, Lake of the Ozarks Bikefest, September 17-20.

Bikes of all shapes and sizes, makes and models will be at Bikefest.

This four-day event draws over 35,000 motorcyclists and spectators alike to the Lake area for scenic rides, live music, vendor villages, two bike giveaways, entertaining contests and activities, custom bikes, delicious food and drink specials and a great festival atmosphere.

"With all our beautiful scenery and rolling hills, plus over 200 restaurants and bars, the Lake is a favorite destination for bikers throughout the year," says Tim Jacobsen, executive director of the Lake of the Ozarks Convention and Visitor Bureau. "But when you add in over 50 concerts, vendor

means it's prime time for riding.

The Bikefest website features printable maps of three different routes that offer their own unique vantage points winding throughout Missouri's Ozark hills. An 84-mile

for audiences at Shawnee Bluff Vineyards on Saturday evening as well. For a complete list of concerts and venues, visit the events page on the Bikefest website.

Other Bikefest activities

jerky making competition and the "Rise N Shine" benefit 5k and halfmarathon race, just to name a few.

Additional festivities going on at the Lake during Bikefest include dinner theater productions at the Camden County Historical Society and Museum, the Laurie Hillbilly Days carnival at the Laurie Fairgrounds, a dance at the Linn Creek City Park and more.

And, attendees will have two chances to win two brand new motorcycles at this year's event.

Participants that complete the 2015 Passport Program will be entered in a drawing for a 2014 Harley Davidson FXSB Softail Breakout.

The program requires a visit to each of the 24 passport locations to get a stamp.

And, one lucky Bikefest winner will have their choice between a n e w Ya m a h a S t r y k e r o r a custom Harley Davidson Fat Boy,

complements of Lake radio stations Mix 92.7 and Cool 102.7, Surdyke Yamaha and Custom Motorcycle Creations. For a list of the Passport stops and rules, and for more information on the "Free Ride Bike Giveaway, visit LakeBikefest.com/ events.asp.

For complete details on the 2015 Lake of the Ozarks Bikefest, including a schedule of events, Passport stops, Lake area riding routes and more, visit www.

LakeBikefest.com.

Bikefest is just one of many entertaining events that take place at the "Best Recreational Lake in the Nation." To find out more about all the fun events and attractions, as well as dining and accommodations at the Lake, call the Lake of the Ozarks Convention & Visitor Bureau (CVB) at 800-FUN-LAKE, or visit the CVB's award-winning website www.FunLake.com.

The Lake of the Ozarks provides scenic – and unique – backdrops for Bikefest. Photos courtesy of the Beenders-Walker Group. villages and other activities in one long weekend, Bikefest becomes a can't-miss event for bikers across the Midwest."

Bikfest will have four large vendor villages that feature a plethora of moto-focused products and services, like custom bikes, boots, leathers, riding apparel and much more. The vendor villages will be held at The Dam Freedom of Road Riders (FORR) Campground, Dog Days Bar & Grill, Lake of the Ozarks Harley Davidson and the Toad Cove Compound at Camden on the Lake Resort.

Along with the vendor villages, Bagnell Dam Boulevard in Lake Ozark is always a favorite Bikefest hot spot. The center lane of the historic "Bagnell Dam Strip" will be blocked off for ample parking for bikes, allowing both riders and the general public to walk around to check out all the chromed-out mean machines and visit the different bars, restaurants and shops that dot the area.

"Everyone really enjoys getting to look at all the custom bikes along 'The Strip' and at all the different vendor villages," Jacobsen adds.

"But, for the bikers themselves, I think it's really all about the rides."

The late summer/early autumn weather at the Lake typically

ride showcases the beauty of Bennett Spring and Ha Ha Tonka state parks and takes less than two hours. Roads that are part of the classic Route 66 are included in the three-hour, 115-mile ride that includes a stop at the historic community of Devil's Elbow near the Big Piney River. A 96-mile ride around the Lake of the Ozarks takes a bit over two hours and shows riders a number of beautiful vistas around the Lake.

And, it really wouldn't be a bike rally without a bunch of live music.

Concerts will take place throughout the weekend across the entire Lake area featuring local favorites, tribute bands and a couple legendary acts. Some of the notable Bikefest performers are: The American Hitmen, who will be playing at the Dam FORR Campground on Friday and Saturday nights; Almost Kiss, a Kiss tribute band, and Night Train, a Guns N Roses tribute band, will play at H. Toad's at Camden on the Lake on Friday night; southern rock royalty 38 Special will perform at Picklehead's Roadhouse on Friday night; Hells/Bells, an AC/ DC tribute band, will play at H. Toad's on Saturday night; Shaman's Harvest will play at Picklehead's on Saturday; and the legendary Oak Ridge Boys will perform

include burn out pits, riding skills competitions, sport bike stunt riders, a bike wash, a large bike auction held at Surdyke Yamaha, a

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Music Tuning in McDonald to appear at The Fox

Michael McDonald will bring his This Christmas, An Evening of Holiday & Hits Tour to the Fabulous Fox Theatre Saturday, November 28 at 8:00 p.m. The night will include some of his hits as well as holiday favorites that will surely put you in the spirit.

Tickets are $125, $95, $80, $65, $55, $45, $35 and are available online at metrotix.com, by calling 314-534-1111, or in person at the Fabulous Fox Box Office.

Two notes. That’s all it takes to recognize the voice of Michael McDonald. Distinctive and soulful, it is one of the most yearningly emotive instruments of our times. To this add formidable songwriting and keyboard skills, and you have an artist who has been a singular musical presence for four decades. From ‘70s-era Doobie Brothers classics such as “What A Fool Believes” and solo hits like “I Keep Forgettin’” through two highly-acclaimed Motown albums, genre-busting guest spots and innovative concept shows, the five-time Grammy Award winning McDonald is both timeless and ever-evolving.

Beyond his music, McDonald has long been an active humanitarian. He has lent his talents and energies to many causes and benefits, including MusiCares, the National Council of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse, the 7UP Grammy Signature Schools Program and was part of a star-studded lineup at Kokua For Japan, a concert that raised $1.6 million for tsunami relief.

After moving from his hometown of St. Louis to Los Angeles in the early ‘70s, McDonald honed his talent as a session musician and singer before being invited to join Steely Dan. Over the course of four classic albums, from Katy Lied to Gaucho, McDonald became an integral part of the group’s sound, singing background vocals on FM staples like “Black Friday” and “Peg.” In the mid-‘70s, McDonald joined The Doobie Brothers, helping the band redefine their funky R & B sound as a singer, keyboardist and songwriter on such Top 40 singles as “Takin’ It To The Streets,” “It Keeps You Runnin’,” “Minute By Minute” and “What A Fool Believes.”

His distinct vocal style also made him one of the world’s most sought-after session singers. Beyond his hits with The Doobies, McDonald has lent his voice to records by an A-Z of artists, including Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, Elton John, Joni Mitchell, Vince Gill and Grizzly Bear. During the ‘80s and ‘90s, his solo career zoomed from success to success on the wings of evergreen hits like “Sweet Freedom,” “On My Own” (a duet with Patti LaBelle) and the Grammy-winning duet with James Ingram “Yah Mo B There.”

Continuing to explore new vistas, McDonald released his Grammy-nominated, platinum-selling pair of Motown albums in 2003.

Then in 2005, he partnered with Hallmark for a special Christmas album, Through The Many Winters, which sold

500,000 copies in its first two weeks.

In 2008 McDonald released the acclaimed crossover album Soul Speak (which hit three different charts simultaneously), and in 2011 received an honorary doctorate from Berklee School of Music. Recently he and co- horts Donald Fagen and Boz Scaggs an 11-piece soul supergroup who tour as The Dukes Of September, released their first live DVD. McDonald continues to tour extensively as a solo artist, with symphonies, altruistic events and plans to tour this summer with Toto.

With a career that encompasses five Grammys, numerous chart successes, personal and professional accolades, as well as collaborations with some of the world’s most prominent artists, Michael McDonald remains an enduring force in popular music.

Johnny Mathis to appear at The Fox

On Saturday, Se p te mb e r 19, Mathis c o mes to th e Fabulous Fox Theatre to perform some of his greatest hits and personal favorites he concert is Saturday, September 19 at 8:00 p.m.

Tickets are $125, $100, $90, $80, $70, $60, $50 and are available online at metrotix.com, by calling 314-534-1111, or in person at the Fabulous Fox Box Office.

C e l e b r a t i n g h i s 5 9 t h y e a r i n t h e m u s i c i n d u s t r y, Johnny Mathis is Columbia Records longest-running artist. A sublime vocalist whose approach to pop music eclipses passing fads and trends, Mathis has performed songs in an incredible variety of styles and categories -- from music composed for stage and film to golden era jazz standards, contemporary pop hits, and holiday music, all of which has assured his reputation as one of the most enduring vocalists in music history.

B e s t - k n o w n f o r h i s s u p re m e l y p o p u l a r h i t s l i k e “Chances Are," "It's Not For Me To Say," and "Misty”, Mathis has recorded more than 80 albums, 6 Christmas albums, and has sold millions of records worldwide.

During his extensive career he has had 3 songs inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame, achieved 50 Hits on Billboard’s Adult Contemporary Chart, and ranks as the all-time #6 album artist in the history of Billboard’s pop album charts. He has received 5 Grammy Nominations, and in 2003 he was given the Lifetime Achievement Aw a rd f ro m t h e A c a d e m y o f R e c o rd i n g A r t s a n d Sciences.

The Fox to host The Festival of Praise Tour

The Festival of Praise Tour 2015 is bigger than ever!

The fantastic tour features Multiple Grammy, Stellar, BET Award Winning Artists Fred Hammond, Donnie McClurkin, Kim Burrell, plus Israel Houghton.

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The event is scheduled Sunday, November 29 at 7:00 p.m.

Ti c k e t s a r e $ 9 8 , $ 6 8 , $ 5 8 , $ 4 8 a n d a r e a v a i l a b l e online at metrotix.com, by calling 314-534-1111, or in person at the Fabulous Fox Box Office.

T h i s s p e c t a c u l a r, c re a t i v e l y - t h e m e d p re s e n t a t i o n also includes as ultra-talented, all-star VIP supporting vocal chorus featuring Isaac Carree, Jessica Reedy and Zacardi Cortez. Marcus Wiley of the "Yolanda Adams Morning Show" will be this year's festival host.

Festival of Praise Tour 2015 will be held at Fabulous Fox Theatre. The family style tour, a phrase coined

by Hammond and McClurkin, is a platform to uplift, motivate, encourage, inspire and entertain.

The tour will feature some of Gospel's biggest and brightest on the same stage with ensemble performances and music by each artist highlighting the classic hits and most memorable anthems.

T h e F e s t i v a l o f P r a i s e To u r 2 0 1 4 w a s overwhelmingly successful, and it’s back bigger and better. It will be an awesome evening of inspiration filled with a message of hope and restoration.

Sheldon to welcome Iris DeMent

The Sheldon is pleased to announce the return of I r i s D e M e n t , S u n d a y, N o v e m b e r 2 2 a t 7 : 3 0 p . m . in the perfect acoustics of the Sheldon Concert Hall. Singer/songwriter Iris DeMent returns to The Sheldon, performing music from her new release, The Trackless Woods, an album that sets Russian poet Anna Akhmatova’s words to music.

Born in Arkansas and raised in Southern California, Iris DeMent grew up immersed in gospel and traditional country music. A late bloomer as an artist - she wrote h e r f i r s t s o n g a t t h e a g e o f 2 5 - h e r f i r s t re l e a s e , Infamous Angel, immediately established her as a promising and talented artist. Her follow-up recordings, My Life and The Way I Should, were each nominated for a Grammy.

Several of DeMent’s songs have become cultural touchstones including “Let The Mystery Be,” sung as a duet by David Byrne and Natalie Merchant on MTV Unplugged, and “Our Town,” which was played over the farewell scene in the series finale of Northern Exposure.

She has recorded and performed with artists such as Ralph Stanley, Steve Earle, Emmylou Harris and Merle Haggard, and sang four duets with John Prine on In Spite of Ourselves. In 2004, she recorded an album of gospel songs, Lifeline, which included her rendition of “Leaning on the Everlasting Arms,” which the Coen Brothers chose for the closing credits for their 2012 remake of the classic western True Grit.

Tickets are $35 orchestra/$30 balcony. Call MetroTix at 314-534-1111 or visit TheSheldon.org.

Music Music calendar Thursday, Sept. 10

Northern Faces, Modern Chemistry w/Superslag, The Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 6:00 p.m.

Fishbone w/Downtown Brown, Typewriter Tim, Blueberry Hill, St. Louis, Doors 8:00 p.m.

Patton Oswalt, The Pageant, St. Louis, Doors 6:30 p.m.

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

Bold, The Ready Room, St. Louis, Doors 7:30 p.m.

Ape Machine w/Van Buren, Barewire, The Demo, St. Louis, Doors 7:30 p.m.

The Music of Al Green feat.

Brian Owens, Sheldon Concert Hall, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m.

Feast in the Park, Faust Park, Chesterfield, 5:00 p.m.

J o n Wr i t e r w / M a d i e A l i , Xcedera Twins, Zay The King, B-Skan, Cicero’s, University City, 8:30 p.m.

Friday, Sept. 11

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

GWAR: 30 Years of Total World Domination w/Butcher Babies, Battlecross, ThorHammer, Pop’s, Sauget, Doors 7:00 p.m.

Shaman’s Harvest w/Nervous Pudding, Blueberry Hill, St. Louis, Doors 8:00 p.m.

O.A.R. w/Allen Stone, Brynn Elliott, The Pageant, St. Louis, Doors 6:00 p.m.

Justin Hayward, Sheldon Concert Hall, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m.

Arianna String Quartet, Touhill Performing Arts Center, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m.

The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses, Powell Symphony Hall, St. Louis, 7:00 p.m.

The Magic House’s Grooving in the Garden Concert Series: Just In Time, The Magic House, St. Louis, 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

Inner Outlines (CD Release), E q u a l S q u e e z e , T h e Wi n k s , Forgetting January, The Cinema Story, Cicero’s, University City, 8:00 p.m.

Bicker, Stout & Cheesecakes (Bar Stage), Cicero’s, University City, 8:00

p.m.

Mass Appeal: Native Tongues Tribute, The Demo, St. Louis, 9:00 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 12

Money For Guns w/Lida Una, Cave of Swords, Blueberry Hill, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

Thunderhead: The Rush Experience, The Pageant, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

Jahmal Nichols, Jazz at the Bistro, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.

Old Saints w/Brother Lee and the Leather Jackals, The Wilderness, The Demo, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses, Powell Symphony Hall, St. Louis, 7:00 p.m.

Powder Mill and The Hillside Barons, Cicero’s, University City, 8:00 p.m.

Mayday w/Kap Kallous, U n o J o v e n , Ty L a n , L o o p r a t , Rapmosphere, Pop’s, Sauget, Doors 7:00 p.m.

Sunday, Sept. 13

Dave Dickey Big Band, Jazz at the Bistro, St. Louis, 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Hollis Brown, The Demo, St. Louis, Doors 7:30 p.m.

The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses, Powell Symphony Hall, St. Louis, 2:00 p.m.

Monday, Sept. 14

The Lighthouse and the Whaler, The Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 8:00 p.m.

Never Let This Go, Torontario, The Last Stanza, Welcome Home, Silent Hollow, Cicero’s, University City, 7:00 p.m.

Blis, The Demo, St. Louis, Doors 6:00 p.m.

Tuesday, Sept. 15

Full Devil Jacket w/Bridge to Grace, The Stasis Project, VIA, The Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 6:30 p.m.

STL Symphony Live at Forest Park, Art Hill, St. Louis, 7:00 p.m.

T h e G o rd o n s & I v a s J o h n , Sheldon Concert Hall, St. Louis, 7:00 p.m.

The Jackson 5 Tribute, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Wednesday, Sept. 16

Count It! Punk Rock Themed Party, Cicero’s, University City, 8:30 p.m.

Ace Frehley w/Divine Sorrow, Pop’s, Sauget, Doors 7:00 p.m.

Tw o Ti m e s Tr u e w / L a r r y Johnson, Jazz at the Bistro, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.

The Dear Hunter w/Chon, Gates, The Ready Room, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

Dead Soft w/Better in Theory, The

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

Thursday, Sept. 17

Fresh w/DJ Smitty, Cicero’s, University City, 9:00 p.m.

Tw o Ti m e s Tr u e w / L a r r y Johnson, Jazz at the Bistro, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.

Not Half Bad w/The Kuhlies, Babe Lords, Qu3stion, The Demo, St. Louis, Doors 7:30 p.m.

Friday, Sept. 18

Hell Night, Traindodge w/ Zebulon Pike, DayBringer, The Firebird, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

Ross Christopher (Bar Stage), Cicero’s, University City, 8:30 p.m.

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The Arts Kemper Museum to host contemporary artworks For The Edge From the first Gulf War and the Los Angeles riots to the fall of communism and the rise of digital technology, the 1990s were marked by a series of radical transformations.

“Rotation 2: Contemporary Art from the Peter Norton Gift,”

on view this fall at the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum at Washington University in St. Louis, presents a selection of artworks — predominantly created during the 1990s — that engage many of the era’s most pressing social, political and technological issues.

Drawn from a major donation of contemporary art by philanthropist

and software entrepreneur Peter Norton, “Rotations 2” features v i d e o , p h o t o g r a p h y, c o l l a g e , sculpture and installation by Willie Doherty, Jeanne Dunning, Carsten Höller, Mike Kelley, Sarah Lucas, Nadine Robinson, Valeska Soares, Georgina Starr and Pae White, among others.

Taken together, these artworks re p re s e n t s o m e o f t h e m o s t interesting and challenging artistic positions to emerge during the period.

For example, feminist works

by Dunning, Lucas and Starr interrogate normative assumptions about class, ethnicity and gender.

Soares’ “Entanglements” (1995) and Robinson’s “Tower Hollers” (2001) — the latter created during a residency in the World Trade Center Studios — explore the potentials of multisensory aesthetic experiences.

Höller ’s “Ballonsüssi” (1994) and White’s “Showroom for the ShowYou-Rights” (1995) break down barriers between fine art, fashion, design and popular culture.

“Poetics Country” (1997), by Kelley and Tony Oursler, consists o f a p e d e s t r i a n c ro s s i n g s i g n riddled with bullet holes and graffiti — a gesture that speaks to the artists’ anti-authoritarian aesthetic while slyly referencing their shared history as members of the Los Angeles punk band The Poetics. The threat of violence also informs Doherty’s “Boarder Road” (1991), which captures both the physical roadblocks and the air of quiet menace that pervaded Northern Ireland during the long years of “The Troubles”.

“Rotation 2” opens with a reception at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept.

11. Also opening that evening will be “World War I: War of Images,

Images of War,” which examines the art and visual culture of the First World War, and “Relationships and Representation: Perspectives on Social Justice Work,” which explores questions relating to both social justice work and visual art practice.

“Rotation 2” remains on view through Oct. 19. “World War I” and “Relationships and Representation” remain on view through Jan. 4, 2016.

The Kemper Art Museum is

located on Washington University’s Danforth Campus, near the intersection of Skinker and Forsyth boulevards. Regular hours are 11 a.m.-5 p.m. daily except Tuesdays and 11 a.m.-8 p.m. the first Friday of the month. The museum is closed Tuesdays.

For more information, call 314935-4523; visit kemperartmuseum. wustl.edu; or follow the museum on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

Left, Jeanne Dunning, study for “The Extra Nipple,” 1994. Cibachrome, 21 x 15 1/4 x 1 1/2” (framed). Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Washington University in St. Louis. Gift of Peter Norton, 2015. Right, Mike Kelley, “Untitled #1,” 1994. Enamel paint on aluminum, 66 5/8 x 47”. Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, Washington University in St. Louis. Gift of Peter Norton, 2015.

Black Rep announces schedule for 2015-16 season For The Edge In 1976, as a student at Washington University in St. Louis, Ron Himes began staging upstart theatrical productions across the Danforth Campus. Thirty-nine years later, The St. Louis Black Rep has grown to become one of the nation’s largest and most respected professional African-American companies.

On Sept. 2, Himes and The Black Rep will launch their 2015-16 season with “Tell Me Somethin’ Good” in Washington University’s Edison Theatre. The decades-spanning musical revue, which runs through Sept. 20, is the first of three shows The Black Rep will present in Edison this year. “Washington University is where it all began,” said Himes, The Black Rep’s producing director as well as the Henry Hampton Artist-in-Residence in the Performing Arts Department in Arts & Sciences.

“We’ve been staging shows in Edison for several years now, but this is the first time we’ve had the resources to present three in a single season,” Himes said. “The Edison Series, as we’re calling it, represents a great new opportunity for us, and a whole new level of commitment on the part of the university. We’re very grateful for that support.” Following “Tell Me Somethin’ Good,” The Edison Series will continue Jan. 13-31 with Dominique Morisseau’s family drama “Sunset Baby.” The series will conclude with “The Family Reunion: In My Father ’s House,” a company-developed

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The Black Rep will bring “Tell Me Somethin’ Good,” its popular musical revue, back to Edison Theatre this September. Pictured from left, in a 2004 production, are Sara Stephens, Lisa Rachel Harris and Tameka Bradford. work-in-progress, April 20-May 1. “The Black Rep is a St. Louis — and indeed a national — institution,” said Mark Rollins, chair of the Performing Arts Department. “Theater is creative laboratory that helps shape the

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ways we see ourselves and the communities in which we live. We are extremely proud of the work Ron has done as a student, as an alumnus and as a teacher, and we’re thrilled to welcome The Black Rep back to campus

for the coming season.” “This season has something for everybody,” Himes said.

“Music and drama; the personal and the political; new works and old favorites — they’re all part of the theater, and they’re all part of human experience.”

The Black Rep 2015-16 ‘Edison Series’ Sept. 2-20 “Tell Me Somethin’ Good” Conceived by Ron Himes, this critically acclaimed revue — one of the most popular shows ever produced by The Black Rep — is a stroll down musical memory lanes, from the street-corner doo-wop of the 1950s through ’60s soul, ’70s funk and the birth of hip-hop.

Jan. 13-31, 2016 “Sunset Baby” Written by Dominique Morisseau, “Sunset Baby” tells the story of Kenyatta Shakur, a onetime Black Revolutionary and political prisoner. After the death of his wife, Kenyatta desperately tries to reconnect with his estranged daughter, Nina, but finds that reconciling with his past means conquering the most challenging revolution of all: fatherhood.

April 20-May 1, 2016 “The Family Reunion: In My Father ’s House” This company-developed work-inprogress celebrates the trials, tribulations and triumphs of the African-American family through poetry, music, dance and dramatic literature.

The Arts Kemper plans historical exhibit "World War I: War of Images, Images of War" on display through Jan. 4 For The Edge

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ar looks different, before you’re in it.

In 1914, as Europe lumbered optimistically to battle, a proxy fight was joined in the pages of popular media. Combatant nations, seeking cultural as well as military dominance, deployed visual propaganda to rally support and attack enemies. Yet as the death toll mounted, a generation of artists, many of whom served in uniform, sought new artistic languages to convey the grief and horror they had witnessed.

This fall, the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum at Washington University in St. Louis will present “World War I: War of Images, Images of War.” Drawn primarily from the Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles, where it debuted in fall 2014, the exhibition features more than 150 objects that together chart a chronological path from exuberant outbreak through years of grinding combat and into the long, unsettled aftermath.

The exhibit will be on display through Jan. 4.

Included are paintings, prints, drawings, photographs, illustrated journals, correspondence from the front and other materials by artists such as Max Beckmann, Umberto Boccioni, Georges Braque, Otto Dix, Natalia Goncharova, George Grosz, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Käthe Kollwitz, Fernand Léger and Kazimir Malevich.

War of Images The exhibition opens with “War of Images,” which explores how different nations sought to elevate their own cultural symbols while denigrating the supposed national traits — German barbarism, British imperialism, French decadence, Russian cowardice — of opponents.

French artist Jean Cocteau, whose health prevented enlistment but who later drove a Red Cross ambulance, co-founded the journal Le Mot (“The Word”) with designer Paul Iribe. The cover of their second issue depicts Kaiser Wilhelm II as the German hero Lohengrin, but wittily replaces the knight’s legendary swan boat with a red, grasping crayfish.

Conversely, the German magazine Simplicissimus, a longtime government critic, now voiced patriotic support.

A striking cover from October 1914 — by Thomas Theodor Heine, who’d once been jailed for caricaturing the Kaiser — shows a colonial Englishman, pith helmet ajar, clutching precariously at a blood-soaked globe.

Other works play on visual codes such as the Russian bear and the French Marianne. A series of rarely seen images by avant-garde artist Kazimir Malevich and poet Vladimir

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Harry R. Hopps, Destroy this Mad Brute—Enlist, 1917. Color lithograph, 41 x 28”. The Louis and Jodi Atkin Family Collection, Washington University Libraries.

Mayakovsky, modeled on popular Russian prints known as lubki, depict idealized peasants in traditional costume fearlessly routing enemy troops.

Images of War But for witnesses on the ground, arguments about cultural superiority quickly paled. “Images of War,” the exhibition’s second section, collects artworks, letters, diaries and other first-person accounts that demonstrate the yawning gap between rhetoric and the reality of battle.

Symbolist Henry de Groux, who fled Belgium just ahead of German invasion, captures the air of menace with his dark and swirling “Grenade Thrower,” from the series “Le visage de la victoire” (1914-16). In “The Trench” (1915-16), Swiss-born artist Félix Vallotton depicts a line of French soldiers, only helmets and bayonets visible, as the earth explodes behind them.

A never-before-exhibited war diary by futurist Umberto Boccioni, who died in 1916,

details a tumultuous period on the Italian front. The expressionist Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, who was deeply scarred by his time in the German Army — and whom, decades later, the Nazi’s would brand a “degenerate artist” — drew the Apocalypse on the backs of cigarette boxes.

Also included are rare examples of handmade “trench art,” with which soldiers memorialized their units and the battles they fought. These range from painted helmets and

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an engraved canteen to small objects made from shell casings.

Aftermath The final section, “Aftermath,” opens with celebrations of armistice and photographs of jubilant French crowds. Yet even for Allies, victory was pyrrhic.

Fernand Léger, who barely survived mustard gas, fills his illustrations for Blaise Cendrars’ “J’ai tué” (“I Have Killed”) (1918) with rifles, helmets and fractured war matériel.

The Germans Max Beckmann, Otto Dix and George Grosz spent years coming to terms with their experiences, with Dix in particular returning obsessively to the subject. In addition to several prints, the exhibition features recordings, made in 1963, in which Dix discusses his time as a machinegunner on the Western front.

But the costs of combat are not paid by soldiers alone.

Käthe Kollwitz’s son, Peter, was a student in Berlin when fighting began. He quickly enlisted and died in Flanders — the first of his regiment to fall. A decade later, the grieving mother completed “Seven Woodcuts about the War” (1924), a searing testament to the anguish of those left behind.

As Kollwitz would write to one of Peter ’s comrades, himself later killed at Verdun: “There is in our lives a wound which will never heal. Nor should it.”

“World War I: War of Images, Images of War” is organized by the Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles. Works are drawn primarily from the Getty archives, with loans from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; the Museum of Modern Art, New York; Washington University’s Modern Graphic History Library; and private collections.

The St. Louis iteration features additional works from the Saint Louis Art Museum, the Kemper Art Museum and local private collections. It is curated

by Karen K. Butler, associate curator of the Kemper Art Museum.

An opening reception will take place at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept.

11. The exhibition will remain on view through Jan. 4, 2016.

The Kemper Art Museum is located on Washington University’s Danforth Campus, near the intersection of Skinker and Forsyth boulevards.

Regular hours are 11 a.m.-5 p.m. daily except Tuesdays and 11 a.m.-8 p.m. the first Friday of the month. The museum is closed Tuesdays.

Support for the exhibition is provided by the William T. Kemper Foundation, the Hortense Lewin Art Fund, the Yeatman Fund, and members of the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum.

For more information, call 314-935-4523, visit kemperartmuseum.wustl.edu or follow the museum on Facebook and Twitter.

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The Arts Arts calendar Thursday, Sept. 10

The Rep presents All The Way, Loretto-Hilton Center Browning Mainstage, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m., Runs through October 4.

Thomas Cole’s Voyage of Life Exhibit, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through Sept. 20.

New Media Series – Alex Prager: Face in the Crowd, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through November 1.

A Walk in 1875 St. Louis Exhibit, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., Runs through February 14, 2016.

Senufo: Art and Identity in West Africa Exhibit, Saint Louis Art Music, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through Sept. 27.

The Dream is a Manifesto Exhibit, International Photography Hall of Fame and Museum, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through October 25.

Courageous and Faithful: The Cavalry, Jefferson Barracks Museums, St. Louis, Noon to 4:00 p.m., Runs through December 28.

Fred Sandback 64 ThreePart Pieces, The Pulitzer Arts Foundation, St. Louis, 10:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Solomon Thurman: An Artistic Practice, Sheldon Art Galleries, St. Louis, 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through Sept. 19.

Our People, Our Land, Our Images, Sheldon Art Galleries, St. Louis, 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through November 21.

The Art of Maurice Sendak, St. Louis Public Library, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 8:30 p.m., Runs through October 18.

Friday, Sept. 11

Material Revival, Edwardsville Arts Center, Edwardsville, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Runs through October 16.

The Rep presents All The Way, Loretto-Hilton Center Browning Mainstage, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m., Runs through October 4.

Stages presents The Full Monty, Robert G. Reim Theatre, Kirkwood, 8:00 p.m., Runs through October 4.

Relationships and Representation: Perspectives on Social Justice Work, Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through January 4, 2016.

Fall Exhibitions Opening, Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Inspired by Nature: A Collection of Wildlife Art by Robert Bateman, Saint Louis Zoo, 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., Runs through October 31.

Thomas Cole’s Voyage of Life Exhibit, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through Sept. 20.

A Walk in 1875 St. Louis Exhibit, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through February 14, 2016.

Senufo: Art and Identity in West Africa Exhibit, Saint Louis Art Music, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through Sept. 27.

The Dream is a Manifesto Exhibit, International Photography Hall of Fame and Museum, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through October 25.

New Media Series – Alex Prager: Face in the Crowd, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through November 1.

Courageous and Faithful: The Cavalry, Jefferson Barracks Museums, St. Louis, Noon to 4:00 p.m., Runs through December 28.

Fred Sandback 64 ThreePart Pieces, The Pulitzer Arts Foundation, St. Louis, 10:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Solomon Thurman: An Artistic Practice, Sheldon Art Galleries, St. Louis, 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through Sept. 19.

Our People, Our Land, Our Images, Sheldon Art Galleries, St. Louis, 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through November 21.

The Art of Maurice Sendak, St. Louis Public Library, St. Louis, 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Runs through October 18.

Loretto-Hilton Center Browning Mainstage, St. Louis, 4:00 p.m., Runs through October 4.

Stages presents The Full Monty, Robert G. Reim Theatre, Kirkwood, 4:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m., Runs through October 4.

Wyatt Kahn: Object Paintings, Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through December 27.

Relationships and Representation: Perspectives on Social Justice Work, Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through January 4, 2016.

Inspired by Nature: A Collection of Wildlife Art by Robert Bateman, Saint Louis Zoo, 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., Runs through October 31.

Thomas Cole’s Voyage of Life Exhibit, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through Sept. 20.

A Walk in 1875 St. Louis Exhibit, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through February 14, 2016.

Senufo: Art and Identity in West Africa Exhibit, Saint Louis Art Music, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through Sept. 27.

New Media Series – Alex Prager: Face in the Crowd, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through November 1.

Courageous and Faithful: The Cavalry, Jefferson Barracks Museums, St. Louis, Noon to 4:00 p.m., Runs through December 28.

Fred Sandback 64 Three-Part Pieces, The Pulitzer Arts Foundation, St. Louis, 10:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Solomon Thurman: An Artistic Practice, Sheldon Art Galleries, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., Runs through Sept. 19.

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Material Revival, Edwardsville Arts Center, Edwardsville, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., Runs through October 16.

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The Art of Maurice Sendak, St. Louis Public Library, St. Louis, 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Runs through October 18.

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Material Revival, Edwardsville Arts Center, Edwardsville, 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., Runs through October 16.

The Rep presents All The Way, Loretto-Hilton Center Browning Mainstage, St. Louis, 2:00 p.m. a n d 7 : 0 0 p . m . , R u n s t h ro u g h October 4.

Stages presents The Full Monty, Robert G. Reim Theatre, Kirkwood, 2:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m., Runs through October 4.

Wyatt Kahn: Object Paintings, Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through December 27.

Relationships and Representation: Perspectives on Social Justice Work, Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through January 4, 2016.

Senufo: Art and Identity in West Africa Exhibit, Saint Louis Art Music, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through Sept. 27.

Inspired by Nature: A Collection of Wildlife Art by Robert Bateman, Saint Louis Zoo, 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., Runs through October 31.

Thomas Cole’s Voyage of Life

Exhibit, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through Sept. 20.

A Walk in 1875 St. Louis Exhibit, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through February 14, 2016.

The Dream is a Manifesto Exhibit, International Photography Hall of Fame and Museum, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through October 25.

New Media Series – Alex Prager: Face in the Crowd, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through November 1.

Courageous and Faithful: The Cavalry, Jefferson Barracks Museums, St. Louis, Noon to 4:00 p.m., Runs through December 28.

Monday, Sept. 14

A Walk in 1875 St. Louis Exhibit, Missouri History Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through February 14, 2016.

The Art of Maurice Sendak, St. Louis Public Library, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 8:30 p.m., Runs through October 18.

Relationships and Representation: Perspectives on Social Justice Work, Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through January 4, 2016.

Tuesday, Sept. 15

The Rep presents All The Way, Loretto-Hilton Center Browning Mainstage, St. Louis, 7:00 p.m., Runs through October 4.

Thomas Cole’s Voyage of Life Exhibit, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through Sept. 20.

The Arts Artistic adventures Fox to host "The Great Russian Nutcracker"

Tickets are on sale now in St Louis for Moscow Ballet’s celebrated Great Russian Nutcracker at Fox Theatre on Monday November 30, 7:00 p.m. It’s the ultimate holiday tradition from the youngest to the seniors in the family. See Moscow Ballet’s Great Russian Nutcracker and create memories for a lifetime. Moscow Ballet’s company of almost 40 dancers is the only internationally touring ballet group to perform to critical acclaim in over 75 North American cities annually. The renowned, award-winning principal dancers and corps de ballet thrill audiences with their expertise, dramatic expression and stunning leaps, turns and drops. The production is known for its dedication to world peace: naming Act II the “Land of Peace and Harmony;” featuring a rose shooting cannon and a stunning “Dove of Peace” with a 20’ wingspan. All ages feel the spirit of the season at the Great Russian Nutcracker through the romantic costumes and shimmering backdrops splashed with highlights of Russian history. Additional fanciful effects include life-sized Matrushka Dolls; 3-headed Rat King and authentic Troika Sleigh escorted by Father Christmas and Snow Maiden through the magic Snow Forest.

Tickets start at $31. Special two and four pack offers will also be available. Groups of ten or more, and Girl Scout troops, receive discounts by calling 800-320-1733. Seniors 65+, Military and AAA discounts are available at the theater box office with appropriate identification. For Gold Circle Gift Package and single tickets call Fox Theatre BO 314-534-1111 or go to www. metrotix.com.

"Real beauty,” New York Times; “Dazzling” Calgary Herald; “Powerful,” D.C. Metro Theater and Arts; “Breathtaking;” Cleveland Plain Dealer and “Spectacular” Denver Post ~ from 2014 tour Moscow Ballet - In addition to the Great Russian Nutcracker, Moscow Ballet repertory includes classic ballets Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, Romeo and Juliet, Cinderella and more. For more than 20 years the company has featured award-winning and rising star dancers, from Lilia Sabitova in 1994 to Alisa Voronova in 2014. The company performs 100 engagements annually across North America and in 15 of the top twenty demographic market areas. Moscow Ballet receives critical acclaim and is regularly invited to present at National Press Club events. In addition to public performances, the company’s mission and national platform enables it to share the Russian Vaganova ballet training with over 5000 American dance students annually in Dance with Us. Intensive cultural immersion project “New Horizons – A Children’s Program for Life” benefits thousands of school children and programs Musical Wunderkind and Summer Intensives also touch the lives of many children and young adults. For over 20 years Moscow Ballet’s partnership with corporations and not-forprofit organizations such as the President’s Challenge Program and Children’s Hospitals has raised revenue for significant causes. www.moscowballet.com.

Talmi Entertainment is the exclusive North American representation for Moscow Ballet which performs annually in about eighty cities from NYC to LA and Miami to Calgary.

Under Talmi Entertainment management Moscow Ballet delivers unparalleled Russian artistry in the classic ballets Romeo and Juliet, Great Russian Nutcracker, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Swan Lake and more. With the fall of the Iron

Curtain, Talmi Entertainment presented the “International Glasnost Tours” in the US out of which grew the annual Great Russian Nutcracker tours. “Glasnost” featured highlights from the great ballets and the newest contemporary dance from Russia performed by Vadim Bondar, Svetlana Smirnova and Tatiana Chernobrovkina from Stanislavsky Ballet; Alexei Malykin Bolshoi Ballet; Vladimir Kim and Margarita Kullick Kirov (now Mariinsky) Ballet; Stanislav Fecho and Prima Ballerina Jana Kurova of the National Ballet of Czechoslovakia; Maria Ivanova and Andrei Glazsheider of the Stanislavski and Demirovich Theatres. Talmi Entertainment was founded by award-winning Juilliard School alumnus, composer, conductor and producer, Akiva Talmi.

Tickets for "Wicked" on sale now

After breaking box office records in the four previous engagements, "Wicked", Broadway’s biggest blockbuster, will return to the Fabulous Fox Theatre this holiday season from December 9 – January 3. Tickets are available online at MetroTix.com, by phone at 314-534-1111 and in person at the Fox Theatre Box Office.

With music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz (Pippin, Godspell, Academy Award®-winner for Pocahontas and The Prince of Egypt) and book by Winnie Holzman (“My So Called Life,” “Once And Again” and “thirtysomething”), "Wicked", the untold story of the witches of Oz, is directed by two-time Tony® Award winner Joe Mantello (Take Me Out, Love! Valour! Compassion!, The Vagina Monologues) and features musical staging by Tony® Award winner Wayne Cilento (Aida, The Who’s Tommy, How To Succeed…).

Based on the best-selling 1995 novel by Gregory Maguire, "Wicked", winner of over 100 international awards, including a Grammy® and three Tony® Awards, is the untold story of the witches of Oz. It is produced by Marc Platt, Universal Pictures, The Araca Group, Jon B. Platt and David Stone.

“We are thrilled to welcome back "Wicked" to the Fabulous Fox this holiday season,” said Fox Theatre producer Kristin Caskey. “With its powerful story and dynamic score, "Wicked" has captivated St. Louis audiences for the past ten years. It truly is a spellbinding experience you can share with the entire family.”

Long before Dorothy drops in, two other girls meet in the Land of Oz. One – born with emerald-green skin – is smart, fiery and misunderstood. The other is beautiful, ambitious and very popular. "Wicked" tells the story of their remarkable odyssey, and how these two unlikely friends grow to become the "Wicked" Witch of the West and Glinda the Good.

"Wicked" has been declared “A Cultural Phenomenon”

by Variety and “The Best Musical of the Decade” by Entertainment Weekly. Since its New York premiere over a decade ago, "Wicked" has been performed in over 100 cities in 13 countries around the world (U.S., Canada, United Kingdom, Ireland, Japan, Germany, Holland, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, South Korea, The Philippines, and Mexico) and has thus far been translated into five languages: Japanese, German, Dutch, Spanish, and Korean. The musical has grossed over $4 billion worldwide and has been seen by over 50 million people across the globe. "Wicked" currently has four productions around the world, in New York, London, a U.K. Tour, and a North American National Tour.

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Fox to host "So You Think You Can Dance"

"So You Think You Can Dance" is bringing all of its excitement to the Fox Theatre for one show at 7:30 p.m. on Dec. 2.

Tickets are $59.50, $49.50, $39.50 and are available online at metrotix.com, by calling 314-534-1111, or in person at the Fabulous Fox Box Office.

"So You Think You Can Dance", the 13-time Primetime Emmy Award-winning show that sparked America’s fascination with dance, is set to captivate audiences again this fall – live on tour. Celebrating its momentous 12th season and its exciting new Stage v. Street format, "So You Think You Can Dance"’s Top 10 finalists will make their way across North America performing in 70 cities as part of the "So You Think You Can Dance" Season 12 Tour. The Season 12 tour lineup includes the following Top 10 finalists: Team Stage’s Gaby Diaz, Edson Juarez, Jim Nowakowski, Hailee Payne and Derek Piquette; and Team Street’s Megan “Megz” Alfonso, Eddie “Neptune” Eskridge, Virgil Gadson, Jessica “JJ” Rabone and Jana “Jaja” Vankova. "So You Think You Can Dance" airs Mondays (8:00-10:00 PM ET live/PT tape-delayed) on FOX. The tour kicks off on Tuesday, Oct. 13, at the Verizon Theatre in Grand Prairie, TX and crosses the United States and Canada with 70 sensational stops. The first leg of the tour will wrap on Tuesday, Dec. 29 at the Taco Bell Arena in Boise, ID. The dancers will then return for the second leg of the tour in Canada in January 2016 – additional cities to be announced.

Fall’s hottest ticket will feature this season’s most popular routines from Team Stage and Team Street, as well as original pieces created specifically for the nationwide tour.

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"So You Think You Can Dance" recently received eight 2015 Primetime Emmy® Award nominations, including Outstanding Reality-Competition Program and Outstanding Host In A Reality or Reality-Competition Program (Cat Deeley), in addition to nominations for Outstanding Choreography, Outstanding Hairstyling For A Multi-Camera Series Or Special, Outstanding Lighting Design/Lighting Direction For A Variety Series, and Outstanding Makeup For A Multi-Camera Series Or Special (Non-Prosthetic).

SYTYCD’s exceptional costume team of Marina Toybina and Grainne O'Sullivan also won an Emmy® Award for Outstanding Costumes for a Variety Program.

“I am thrilled with this season’s new Stage vs. Street format and the brilliant, fresh talent we have discovered.

These dancers have inspired the choreographers to create remarkable dance numbers each week, truly showcasing individual talent. I am excited for your favorite dancers to bring their inspiration and routines to even more cities on this year ’s nationwide tour,” stated Nigel Lythgoe, judge, executive producer and co-creator of the hit FOX series.

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September 17 Free Stroller Tour

Laumeier Sculpture Park offers free stroller tours on the third Thursday of each month, May through October. Enjoy adult conversation while strolling the paved paths at Laumeier. Participants are advised to wear comfortable shoes and dress appropriately for the season. Please note, strollers are not provided. Tour meets Thursday, September 17, at 10:00 a.m. at Tony Tasset’s Eye, 2007,

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Above, Canadian bacon and black olive pizza from Shakespeare's Pizza. Below, the outside of the restaurant at 3304 Broadway Business Park Ct. in Columbia, Mo.

Shakespeare's Pizza in Columbia, Mo.

By BILL ROSEBERRY Of The Edge To eat or not to eat, that is the question.

Well, that's never a question for me and it certainly wasn't when I visited one of the three Shakespeare's Pizza locations in Columbia, Mo. recently with my dad.

After a fun weekend trip to Kansas City we were embarking on our trip back to Illinois along I-70 when we decided to take a detour and check out a staple in Columbia. We decided to check out the Shakespeare's on the westside of town at 3304 Broadway Business Park Ct. College towns are always great places to find food treasures and with the University of Missouri located in Columbia, it's a perfect place to discover some good eats.

Shakespeare's is one of them.

It's a pretty simple concept, Shakespeare's focuses on one thing — pizza — and they do it up right.

Founded in 1973 near the Mizzou campus, the location we visited opened its doors in 2004 as their second establishment.

Shakespeare's offers white and wheat crusts for their pizza, using sugar, water, yeast, flour and vegetable oil and makes plenty daily in house. They also make fresh sauce daily from tomatoes, not concentrate and attempt to use the freshest of toppings whenever possible.

Since I was visiting with my dad we went with a build-your-own pizza and went with our favorite, Canadian bacon and black olives.

When our pizza arrived I was amazed with amount of fixings heaping on our pie. It was a 12-inch pan pizza, which is the medium at Shakespeare's. They also offer

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I love black olives so Shakespeare's earned plenty of brownie points by smothering their product in the delectable little dark treats. There was a black olive and a piece of Canadian bacon in every bite. Did I mention I love black olives?

The dough had a great fresh taste, as did the delightful tomato sauce. I think what I liked best about Shakespeare's is its simplicity. There

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I enjoyed the service there, too. All of the workers seemed to be having fun. You could watch them build your pizza from your seat and they had fun on the microphone when announcing your order was ready.

A few video games could be found in the corner and there were plenty of televisions in the open

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dining area for entertainment. There were a lot of families there on our visit and it was evident it's a good place to take the kids.

As for the rest of the menu, it's not too complicated like their website, www.shakespeares.com says, “It's the pizza stupid!” Outside of pizza there is garlic cheese bread and salads available.

Shakespeare's does have a slew of specialty pizzas to choose from. For one there is the Masterpiece, which

Good Morning America called “the best college eats in the nation” in their “Best Bites College Edition.”

The Masterpiece includes: red onions, pepperoni, Canadian bacon, fresh mushrooms, black olives, green peppers, Italian sausage, and lean ground beef. It is said to weigh approximately five pounds after it has been cooked.

The Darwin, named for former Columbia mayor Darwin Hindman, sounds interesting. It has red onions, green peppers, artichoke hearts, turkey, and tomatoes.

In the salad selections the Ollie's Salad stands out. It is comprised of spinach, red onions, glazed walnuts, cranberries, mandarin oranges and Gorgonzola cheese, with a balsamic vinaigrette dressing. It's named after the owner's dog. They have fun at Shakespeare's and who said food can't be fun?

They offer some good beer choices too, which always fires me up. I had a chance to try a local brew I'd never had in the Organic Honey Wheat by Broadway Brewery in Columbia. It was a very good pale wheat ale.

Shakespeare's isn't too bad pricewise either. The pizza was around $13 on our visit.

The original location in downtown Columbia was demolished in June, but a new stateof-the-art location is replacing it there and is set to open sometime in 2016. There is still a temporary location downtown and the other two spots around town. There is buzz that a St. Louis expansion could be a possibility, but if that happens it won't be until after the new downtown locale is finished.

Until then you can visit Shakespeare's website and order frozen pizzas to be delivered to your house if you get a hankering for one of their pies. That's not a bad idea when you gotta eat.

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Apts/Duplexes For Rent

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Apts/Duplexes For Rent

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2 story country home: 6rms, 2ba. St. Jacob, c/a. No pets/smoking $1000/mo. 651-1400

1BR apt, w/d hkup Non-smoking, no pets. $595/mo + dep 6569204 or cell: 444-1004

2BR, 1.5BA Twnhouse in Glen Carbon. No pets. 1yr lease. $645$695/mo. 288-9882.

2br, 2ba house for rent/lease to own, on lake. Holiday Shores. $1,400. 618-781-6868

1br apt., nice & Lg. in Edwardsville. $625. no pets, non-smoking.

618-692-4144.

3br TH 1200sq. ft.

Collinsville, $790/mo.

345-9610. Specials!! skyviewtownhouses.com

1BR loft apt & 1BR duplex $585/mo. + No Pets. Credit Check $585dep. 656-8953

Collinsville, Very Cute 1BR, carport, nice area, w/s/t incl.

On site w/d. 8mi. from SIUE. $495 + dep. 618-781-7692.

Apts/Duplexes/Homes www.glsrent.com (618)656-2230

2BR 1BA Duplex near SIU: 97 Devon Ct., Edw.; w/d hkup. no dogs. $795. 444-4658.

Edw-2br 1ba, No pets.

2 car gar. Near SIUE. $875 + dep. Cr. ck.

MUST SEE! 656-3989.

Apts/Duplexes For Rent

2BR Loft, newly remod new kit, ba, wndws/drs d/w, w/d hkups. $725 incl. w/s/t. 593-0173

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ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS for Gateway Apartments, two separate locations in the cities of Madison and Venice, IL. Gated communities with many amenities seen in luxury type apartment complexes.

1, 2, 3 and 4 bedroom units available. All appliances furnished including washer and dryer. Affordable rents from $292 to $700 a month, plus security deposit. Income restrictions apply.

This is a waiting list program and some short waits may apply.

Water, sewer and trash paid by Owner.

Call us for an application 618-345-5147.

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

ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS 1, 2, & 3 Bedroom Meachum Crossing Apartments in Venice.

Beautiful gated community with many amenities. All appliances furnished including washer and dryer. Rents range from $290 to $690 a month. Some income restrictions apply.

Water, sewer and trash included. This is a waiting list program and some short waits may apply.

Applications available at Meachum Crossing Apartments office, 928 Bob Collins St., Venice, IL 62090 or call 618-876-7731 for information.

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

1BR from $625.

2BR from $750.

Carports available.

618-624-4610 -----------------------------VILLAGE CT. APTS 2BR, All Electric Units, Stove, Fridge, w/d hkups. NO PETS. FROM $700.

618-624-4610

find a job here! the classifieds

Thursday, September 17, 2015, from 1–5 p.m.

Lg. 2200 sq ft 4br, 2ba house w/ att. 2 car gar, Highland. $1200/mo Call 618-910-7639.

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

WST included. Must See! $695. Call for our move-in specials!

(618)931-3333.

Nice 2br duplex, Glen Carbon, w/d hkup, fenced yard, $690/mo.

Agnt owned. 977-7657

Office Space For Rent

725

Office/whse. space for lease, 2250/4500sq.ft.

3 Schwarz St. Plz. Edw. 618-692-4144.

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Classified Yard Sales Homes For Sale

1099

Yard Sales

Estate Sale 1018 Wolf Creek Ct, Staunton, Ill 62088.

Friday, Sept. 11 & Saturday, Sept. 12 9:00am to 4:00pm both days Items offered for sale include but not limited to: Sofa, End tables, Lamps, Area rugs, Dining room furniture, Bedroom furniture, Art work, Accessories, Office furniture, Kitchen items, Garage and basement items.

805

FSBO 1980 Beautiful setting, lake view.

2700AB, 900BG. 4BD/3/5BA. Upgrades throughout. Move-In Ready. Meridian Hills. $259,900 288-9477 FSBO: 3br, 3ba ranch style home in Hunters Crossing. Move-in ready. Close to everything. $249,900.

Call 618-604-2152

1099

Yard Sales

Garage Sale 2707 Hunters Crossing Drive (behind Home Depot) Edwardsville Friday, 09/11, 8a-12p & 3p-7p Sat. 09/12, 8a-1p Sheets, pillowcases, handmade afigans, handmade quilts, bath & hand towels, figurines, lots of jewelry especially clip earings, pins, necklaces, holiday things, walker, wheel chair-like new, framed pictures & more

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Maryville Village Wide Yard Sale FRIDAY, 9/11 7AM-3PM SATURDAY 9/12 7AM-3PM For more information visit: www.vil.maryville.il.us MOVING SALE 6800 Quail Walk, Edwardsville, Fri. 09/11, 7a-noon Sat. 09/12, 7a-noon.

Furniture, pictures, patio furniture, NASCAR items & MORE!

Troy City Wide Garage Sale Saturday, Sept. 12th, from 7 a.m.- 2 p.m. at Tri-Township Park and throughout Troy.

Over 150 participants.

Spaces open at park for $20. Visit troymaryvillecoc.com for more info.

Home for sale: 3457 Vicksburg Dr, E’ville. 618-410-2370 for more information.

RENTALS RENTALS RENTALS RENTALS

Tw o L o c a t i o n s S e r v i n g t h e M e t ro E a s t A re a Edwardsville

O’Fallon/Shiloh

1012 Plummer Drive

1941 Frank Scott Parkway

618-655-4100

618-628-2400

Locally Owned and Operated

CONGRATULATIONS

NEW LISTING

NEW LISTING

NEW LISTING

NEW LISTING

CONGRATULATIONS CATHLEEN KEASEY (618) 660-2615

BARB YUST (618) 407-3238 A COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE has made this Associate a leader in the real estate market.

CONGRATULATIONS

Impressive and timeless 4BR/5BA home with extraordinary craftsmanship, rich finishes and custom built-ins. Close to bike trails, downtown, schools & shopping. $569,000 EDW PR102506 Diana Massey Team 618-791-5024 or 618-791-9298

3.15 Acres zoned B-2 commercial business.

Excellent location high traffic count. $400,000 EDW PR102504 George & Sandy Key 618-581-4323 or 618-581-4324

Need handicap accessible bedroom? Come see this brick 3BR charmer w/ full unfinished basement today. $160,000 EDW PR102499 Carolyn Koester 618-791-6712

OPEN HOUSE

NEW LISTING / OPEN HOUSE

OPEN HOUSE

A COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE has made this Associate a leader in the real estate market.

Beautiful scenic building lot in the exclusive Fountains of Sunset subdivision. Excellent location! Easy access to Interstate 157 and 1 mile from Interstate 270. $59,900 EDW PR102503 Diana Massey Team 618-791-5024 or 618-791-9298

OPEN HOUSE

CONGRATULATIONS TODD LINNEMEYER (618) 520-5516

SHEILA COX (618) 593-7355 A COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE has made this Associate a leader in the real estate market.

A COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE has made this Associate a leader in the real estate market.

1934 Applegate EDWARDSVILLE SUN 1-3 $186,900 George & Sandy Key 618-581-4323 or 618-581-4324

3309 Hershiser EDWARDSVILLE SUN 1-3 $629,500 Diane Massey Team 618-791-5024 or 618-791-9298

112 Knights Bridge EDWARDSVILLE SUN 1-3 $598,500 Sandie LaMantia 618-978-2384

1511 Beveridge Court EDWARDSVILLE SUN 1-3 $595,000 Vicki Lowry 618-741-7178

OPEN HOUSE

NEW PRICE

NEW PRICE

NEW PRICE

NEW PRICE

NEW PRICE

216 W. Union Street EDWARDSVILLE SUN 1-3 $158,000 Brenda Holshouser 618-789-2742

Inground pool, 4 bedroom, 4 bath, hardwood floors, bar/rec room. $349,900 GLEN CARBON PR102233

Outstanding 5BR/4BA home with walkout LL, beautiful private wooded fenced backyard, deck & patio perfect for entertaining. $339,500 GLEN CARBON PR102461

Beautiful landscaping, 3bed, 3 bath home with very open floor plan. Maple cabinets w/cherry finish in kitchen. Move in ready. $227,900 TROY PR102381

This move in ready home centrally located in Esic with updates galore & 3BR/3Baths. $194,000 EDWARDSVILLE PR102490

Beautifully updated interior, open floor plan, large wooded lot. Close to bike trail. $99,900 EDWARDSVILLE PR102462

S e a rc h N E W L I S T I N G S , O P E N H O U S E S a n d H O M E S F O R S A L E i n yo u r a re a a t

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SERVICE DIRECTORY

Insured Call Bob Rose 978-8697

BIG DADDY’S TREE SERVICE 30 Years Experience

75 Ft. Bucket Truck Stump Grinding Trimming • Removal

I NEED WORK BAD! Discount for any Reason.

Will go Anywhere Anytime.

LET ME FIX IT! 618-210-3654 HANDYMAN SERVICE • Remodeling • Painting • Carpentry • Drywall • Lighting & Ceiling Fans • Electric Service Upgrade Most Home Repairs Insured 20 Years Experience

Call Lee: (618) 581-5154

HEATING & COOLING

$59 Flat, No Service Call Charge A/C Clean & Check

$200 OFF New Air Conditioner & Coil Install”

Worden, Hamel all areas North, No Problem, I Live There!

Free Estimates & Warranty

COMPETITIVE RATES

Landscape Mulching

• Expert Climbers • Expert Operators • Bucket Truck Service • Free Estimates • Tree Removal/Trimming • Stump Removal • Over Growth Maintenance • Full Line of Excavators • Fully Insured References Upon Request

Call or Text: 618-979-2006

Tree & Shrub Trimming & Removal Residential & Commercial

618-459-3330 618-410-0241 Fully Insured

Free Estimates (618) 410-8245

Free Estimates www.dexstreeservice.com

HOME REMODELING

C OMMERCIAL & R ESIDENTIAL • • • • •

Fall Clean-Up Mowing Landscape Installation Irrigation Landscape Lighting

Insured

656-7725 GatewayLawn.com

CLIFF’S AFFORDABLE HOME REMODELING

Carpenter 39 Years Experience

Call Joe 618-973-8458

Framing, Drywall/Tape/Paint

HOME REMODELING

Siding/Soffit/Facia/Gutters Doors/Windows Powerwashing -Decks/Stairs Fire & Flood Restoration

ALL JOBS WELCOME

618-335-3330

KB

Kelley Brothers Construction FAMILY OWNED and OPERATED!

Roofs Windows Decks Carpet Plumbing Vinyl Electrical Tile Siding Drywall Doors Man Caves And Much More!

Call: (618)654-0000 or cell phone: (618)444-0293

Licensed & Insured PAINTING Interior/Exterior

HAUL ALMOST ANYTHING/ EVERYTHING Remove Unwanted Debris From Basement Garage, Attic; Wherever!

VERY REASONABLE Retired Deputy Sheriff

692-0182

Stain/Paint Powerwashing •No job too small •Insured •Local •Will beat all competitors Written bids

DAN GRAY 656-8806 910-7874

618-623-2592 • Fall Clean-ups • Landscape Design / Install • Retaining Walls • Patios • Grading/Drainage • Rock / Mulch • Mowing / Lawn Maintenance

Aerate & Overseed specials this month!

FRIENDLY LAWN CARE • Grass Cutting • Landscape • Power Washing • Grass Seeding • Clean-Ups • Bush Trimming • Mulching We have more services..

Just give us a call.....

GARAGES

Servi c e Cal l $10. OFF

CLEANING

PRISTINE CLEANING Caring Beyond Cleaning

• Licensed, Bonded, Insured • RESIDENTIAL & COMMERCIAL • CARPET, UPHOLSTREY, TILE & GROUT • HARDWATER REMOVAL/ SHOWER DOORS • BIOHAZARD CERTIFIED Call us today for a free quote on weekly, biweekly, monthly, one time, move in move out, repossession and foreclosure cleaning

(618) 920-0233 www.pristine-cleaning.biz

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Visit our showroom 5407 Godfrey Road, Godfrey, IL

PLUMBING

(Next door to Round Table Restaurant)

EDWARDSVILLE GLEN CARBON

(618)656-0050

Owner: Todd Edwards

Flooring Kitchen Cabinets/Countertops

• Wallpaper • Specialty Painting • Inside or Outside Work • Power Washing • Deck Refinishing

OUTDOOR SERVICES

• Precision Tree & Shrub Trimming & Removal • Licensed & Insured

LOWEST PRICES GUARANTEED!

Over 20 Years Experience!

HAULING

DECKS/FENCES

(618) 345-9131

Licensed & Insured PROMPT & RELIABLE Free Estimates

• Lawn Care • Clean Gutters • Painting: Interior & Exterior • Powerwashing

JIM BRAVE PAINTING

BOB’S

Call Bob

618-977-5037

AVERAGE JOE’S

25 YEARS EXPERIENCE

A+

PAINTING

618-514-8058

•Fully Insured •Tree Trimming •Tree Removal •Topping Experts •Stump Removal •Storm Clean-up •Bush Trimming •Spotless Clean-up Every Time •Crane Service

CARDINAL STUMP ELECTRICAL GRINDING LLC

(618) 407-3093

Lawn Cutting/Trimming

SERVICE

618-409-4355

No Job Too Small

25 Years of Service Experience in Edwardsville

TREE

EPA Certified • Ranken Graduate

Service Upgrades, New & Old Home Wiring Service Calls & Trouble Shooting

TREE SERVICE

Foster & Sons Lawn Service

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FREE ESTIMATES

Quality Electrical

TIM’S

LAWN & LAWN & HOME CARE HOME CARE

• Landscape Work • Shrub Trimming & Removal • Drainage & Erosion Problems • Mulching • Power Washing • Deck & Fence Refinishing • Quality Work • Insured

Need an Air Conditioner?

Hellrung & Sons

TREE SERVICE

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BOB’S HANDYMAN SERVICE Remodeling & Repair Drywall Finished Carpentry Painting Ceramic Tile Build & Repair Decks Exterior House And Deck Washing Landscaping Blinds & Draperies Light Fixture & Ceiling Fans No Job Too Small

TREE SERVICE

www.landscapeedwardsville.com

HANDYMAN

Darrell’s Carpentry Plus Ceramic Tile Decks & Fences DOORS: Entrances Interior & Trim Patio Drywall Repairs Paint & Texture REMODELING: Basements Bathrooms Kitchens Replacement Windows Room Additions Rental Rehabs Service Upgrades Storm Damage

Insured & Bonded 656-6743

618-781-7162 ALL YOUR REPAIR NEEDS

Need something done around the house?

CAN BE FOUND IN THE INTELLIGENCER’S SERVICE DIRECTORY.

Discounts for Seniors & Military!

Call one of these advertisers today!

To place your ad here call Lisa 656-4700 x 46

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618-225-3082

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