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Brothers on display Exhibit at the Saint Louis Art Museum

4 Art at the Airport

John Foster's work on display at Lambert.

9 "Son of Saul" Haunting and provoking.

10 For the birds

Programs planned at Lake of the Ozarks.

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What’s Happening Friday Jan. 1_____________ HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Saturday Jan. 2_____________ • Nite Owl, Cicero's, University City, 8:00 p.m.

• Rick Derringer, Wildey Theatre, Edwardsville, 8:00 p.m.

• Disney/Pixar Ratatouille in Concert (STL Symphony Live), Powell Symphony Hall, St. Louis, 7:00 p.m.

• Jazz St. Louis All-Stars Alumni Quintet feat. Carlos Brown Jr., Brady Lewis, Everette Benton, Eliot Courtois, Nathan Pence, Jazz at the Bistro, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.

• Wicked, Fox Theatre, St. Louis, 1:00 p.m., Runs through January 3, 2016.

• The Perceptive Mechanism, The Kranzberg Arts Center, St. Louis, 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., Runs through January 30, 2016.

• Kota: Digital Excavations in African Art, Pulitzer Arts Foundation, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., Runs through March 19, 2016.

• Julie Malone: Luminous, Sheldon Art Galleries, St. Louis, 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through January 23, 2016.

• Silver Seas: An Odyssey by Ernest H. Brooks II, International Photography Hall of Fame, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through December 30.

• 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.

• 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.

• Raqs Media Collective: Art In The Age Of Collective Intelligence, Laumiere Sculpture Park, St. Louis, 8:00 a.m. to Half Hour Past Sunset, Runs Through February 14, 2016.

• Leica: 100 Years of Excellence Exhibit, International Photography Hall of Fame and Museum, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through April 24, 2016.

• St. Louis Modern, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through January 31, 2016.

Sunday Jan.3_____________ • Wicked, Fox Theatre, St. Louis, 1:00 p.m.

• The Perceptive Mechanism, The Kranzberg Arts Center, St. Louis, 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., Runs through January 30, 2016.

• Kota: Digital Excavations in African Art, Pulitzer Arts

Foundation, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., Runs through March 19, 2016.

• Julie Malone: Luminous, Sheldon Art Galleries, St. Louis, 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through January 23, 2016.

• Silver Seas: An Odyssey by Ernest H. Brooks II, International Photography Hall of Fame, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through December 30.

• 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.

• 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.

• Raqs Media Collective: Art In The Age Of Collective Intelligence, Laumiere Sculpture Park, St. Louis, 8:00 a.m. to Half Hour Past Sunset, Runs Through February 14, 2016.

• Leica: 100 Years of Excellence Exhibit, International Photography Hall of Fame and Museum, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through April 24, 2016.

• St. Louis Modern, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through January 31, 2016.

• Disney/Pixar Ratatouille in Concert (STL Symphony Live), Powell Symphony Hall, St. Louis, 2:00 p.m.

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The Arts

Brothers on display Currents 111: Steven and William Ladd on display at Saint Louis Art Museum For The Edge The Saint Louis Art Museum next month will present Currents 111: Steven and William Ladd, an exhibition of new works referencing shared memories of the artists’ childhood in St. Louis.

The free exhibition runs through Feb. 14..

Brothers Steven and William Ladd grew up in St. Louis, and their complex, richly crafted work references events and experiences from their childhood home, grade school, and high school. Bearing the subtitle Scouts or Sports?, this exhibition will present a group of ambitious, new works that recall two of the artists’ childhood extracurricular activities— Cub Scouts and sports—while addressing the emotional and psychological significance of these activities on the brothers’ home life.

T h e b ro t h e r s b r i n g o u t t h e inherent quality of materials like handmade paper and blown glass, which are featured throughout C u r re n t s 111 . T h e e x h i b i t i o n will include a series of paper landscapes colored with pigment and decorated with beads, pins and trinkets. Six of these landscapes explore the Ladds’ re l a t i o n s h i p t o g r a d e s c h o o l sports and six focus on scouting experiences.

T h e b r i g h t re d o f C a rd i n a l Nation is, of course, a reference to the baseball team that the

brothers idolized. In another new sculpture, Dad-n-Lad, box lids with grids of miniature paper camping tents can be lifted to reveal landscapes made of layers of paper pulp and glass beads punctuated with chasms that reference Missouri’s cavernous topography, which the brothers explored on Scout outings.

As an educational and community engagement initiative relating to the exhibition, the Ladds will conduct what they call a “Scrollathon.” Local students will learn how the artists work as creative collaborators and will be invited to make fabric scrolls, which the Ladds originated as a way to recycle materials in their studio. The students’ scrolls will be combined to create an artwork.

Steven and William Ladd have been featured in solo exhibitions at the Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill, NY (2014–15) and the Mingei International Museum, San Diego (2014). They have also participated in group exhibitions at the Museum of Arts and Design, New York (2014) and the Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, NY (2012–13).

The exhibition opened on Oct. 23 in Gallery 250 with interventions in the Alexandria and Charleston period rooms.

Currents 111 runs through Feb. 14, 2016 and is curated by Simon Kelly, curator of modern and contemporary art, with Molly Moog, research assistant.

At top, Injury 1, 2015; paper, fiber, ink, paint, pencil, and metal trinkets, 18 x 24 x 1/8 inches; Photo courtesy of the artists.© Steven and William Ladd, All rights Reserved, 2015. Above, William and Steven Ladd. Portrait. Photo credit Nick Lee, 2015.

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The Arts

For The Edge

Pictured are works by John Foster, whose "Accidental Mysteries" exhibit is on display the Lambert Gallery.

Art at the airport John Foster's "Accidental Mysteries" on display at Lambert For The Edge A renowned St. Louis artist and collector has curated the latest exhibition at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport that puts a spin on the definition of art. John Foster ’s Accidental Mysteries, on display in the Terminal 1 Lambert Gallery, is a showcase of natural and handmade objects that may or may not have been intended to be art. But through Foster’s artist/ designer/collector lens, you get a whole new artistic and curious exhibition that rises above the ordinary.

“The pieces in this show range from objects created from the result of an individual’s artistic efforts, and includes found objects that have been transformed by time, or the elements,” said Foster. “The intent is to look at the very meaning of art, and challenge preconceived ideas.

Think of this exhibition as a ‘cabinet of curiosities.’”

What will the audience see? A painted suitcase. A pair of transformed baby shoes. A set of found, decayed alarm clocks. Art carved birds. A melted phone, and wood carvings that go beyond the ordinary.

John Foster, a 1976 graduate of Washington University with h i s M FA d e g re e , h a s b e e n a longtime collector of self-taught art, vernacular photography and extraordinary found objects. His collection of anonymous, found

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snapshots has toured the country for nearly 10 years and has been featured in Harper ’s Magazine, Newsweek Online and many others. John is currently a featured writer for the international online magazine, Design Observer. In 2005,

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Art & Antiques magazine named John one of the “Top 100 Collectors” in the United States. John currently serves on the Board of Trustees f o r S PA C E S ( h t t p : / / w w w. spacesarchives.org), an organization dedicated to saving and preserving

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arts and cultural environments and is on the St. Louis Advisory Board of “Alarm Will Sound,” a 20-member chamber orchestra that focuses on recordings and performances of contemporary music. John was a co-founder of ENVISION Folk Art

of Missouri and for 10 years edited their publication. He is also a writer and has been a guest speaker at the American Folk Art Museum in NYC, The Peabody-Essex Museum, art conferences and universities throughout the country.

Accidental Mysteries runs through April 17, 2016. The Lambert Gallery, a major component of the Lambert Art & Culture Program, features local and regional arts organizations and is supported by the St. Louis Regional Arts Council.

Previous exhibitors include the The Sheldon Galleries, Missouri Fiber Artists, Photography Hall of Fame & Museum, Missouri State Museum, Foundry Art Centre, Craft Alliance and the Griot Museum of Black History.

A seven-member Airport Art Advisory Committee led the selection effort for the latest series of exhibitions at the Lambert Gallery. Current members are Shelley Hagan, Wells Fargo Curator Corporate Art; Laura Helling, Director of Development for Wings of Hope; Marilu Knode, Director of Laumeier Sculpture Park; Leslie Markle, Curator of Public Art, Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum; Kiku Obata, Founding Principal of Kiku Obata & Co.; Roseann Weiss, Director of Community and Public Arts for the St. Louis Regional Arts Commission; and Freida L. Wheaton, Salon 53 and Founder of Alliance of Black Art Galleries.

The Arts Arts calendar Thursday, Dec. 31

Rock-N-Roll New Year's Eve, Lemp's Grand Hall, St. Louis, Wicked, Fox Theatre, St. Louis, 1:00 p.m., Runs through Jan. 3, 2016.

The Perceptive Mechanism, The Kranzberg Arts Center, St. Louis, 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., Runs through Jan. 30, 2016.

Kota: Digital Excavations in African Art, Pulitzer Arts Foundation, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., Runs through March 19, 2016.

Julie Malone: Luminous, Sheldon Art Galleries, St. Louis, 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through Jan. 23, 2016.

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.

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

Raqs Media Collective: Art In The Age Of Collective Intelligence, L a u m i e re S c u l p t u re P a r k , S t .

Louis, 8:00 a.m. to Half Hour Past Sunset, Runs Through February 14, 2016.

Leica: 100 Years of Excellence Exhibit, International Photography Hall of Fame and Museum, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through April 24, 2016.

St. Louis Modern, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through Jan. 31, 2016.

Friday, Jan. 1

Wicked, Fox Theatre, St. Louis, 1:00 p.m., Runs through Jan. 3, 2016.

The Perceptive Mechanism, The

Kranzberg Arts Center, St. Louis, 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., Runs through Jan. 30, 2016.

Kota: Digital Excavations in African Art, Pulitzer Arts Foundation, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., Runs through March 19, 2016.

Julie Malone: Luminous, Sheldon Art Galleries, St. Louis, 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through Jan. 23, 2016.

Silver Seas: An Odyssey by Ernest H. Brooks II, International Photography Hall of Fame, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through December 30.

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.

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

Raqs Media Collective: Art In The Age Of Collective Intelligence, Laumiere Sculpture Park, St. Louis, 8:00 a.m. to Half Hour Past Sunset, Runs Through February 14, 2016.

Leica: 100 Years of Excellence Exhibit, International Photography Hall of Fame and Museum, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through April 24, 2016.

St. Louis Modern, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through Jan. 31, 2016.

Saturday, Jan. 2

Wicked, Fox Theatre, St. Louis, 1:00 p.m., Runs through Jan. 3, 2016.

The Perceptive Mechanism, The Kranzberg Arts Center, St. Louis, 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., Runs through Jan. 30, 2016.

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Kota: Digital Excavations in African Art, Pulitzer Arts Foundation, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., Runs through March 19, 2016.

Julie Malone: Luminous, Sheldon Art Galleries, St. Louis, 12:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through Jan. 23, 2016.

Silver Seas: An Odyssey by Ernest H. Brooks II, International Photography Hall of Fame, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through December 30.

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.

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

Raqs Media Collective: Art In The Age Of Collective Intelligence, Laumiere Sculpture Park, St. Louis,

8:00 a.m. to Half Hour Past Sunset, Runs Through February 14, 2016.

Leica: 100 Years of Excellence Exhibit, International Photography Hall of Fame and Museum, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through April 24, 2016.

St. Louis Modern, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through Jan. 31, 2016.

Sunday, Jan. 3

Wicked, Fox Theatre, St. Louis, 1:00 p.m.

The Perceptive Mechanism, The Kranzberg Arts Center, St. Louis, 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., Runs through Jan. 30, 2016.

Kota: Digital Excavations in African Art, Pulitzer Arts Foundation, St. Louis, 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., Runs through March 19, 2016.

Julie Malone: Luminous, Sheldon Art Galleries, St. Louis, 12:00 p.m.

to 5:00 p.m., Runs through Jan. 23, 2016.

Silver Seas: An Odyssey by Ernest H. Brooks II, International Photography Hall of Fame, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through December 30.

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.

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

Raqs Media Collective: Art In The Age Of Collective Intelligence, Laumiere Sculpture Park, St. Louis, 8:00 a.m. to Half Hour Past Sunset, Runs Through February 14, 2016.

Leica: 100 Years of Excellence Exhibit, International Photography Hall of Fame and Museum, St. Louis, 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Runs through April 24, 2016.

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The Arts Artistic adventures Laumeier Sculpture Park announces schedule

Laumeier Sculpture Park, located 12580 Rott Road in St. Louis, has announced is summer schedule.

For more information call (314) 615-5278.

September 2015–February 2016 Fall + Winter Art Classes + Workshops Laumeier Sculpture Park offers age-appropriate courses as multi-day classes and oneday workshops. Art Classes and Workshops provide participants with a focused experience within a particular medium, process or concept. Art Classes and Workshops are taught by local, experienced Artist-Instructors and are designed to encourage artistic development and self- expression. Small class sizes provide participants with individual attention; projects are designed to allow participants the freedom to explore their own potential and creativity. Art Classes and Workshops meet at Laumeier Sculpture Park, 12580 Rott Road, Saint Louis, Missouri. Call 314.615.5278 or visit www.laumeier. org for more information. Supported

by PNC Arts Alive, UMB Bank and The Employees Community Fund of Boeing St. Louis.

September 2015–April 2016 Laumeier Teen Program Laumeier Sculpture Park’s new Teen Program for ages 13 to 19 builds on the successful growth of Laumeier ’s summer Art Camps for ages 4 to 15. Designed to encourage creative expression in young adults, the program offers workshops and mentoring to assist teens seeking a future in the arts in preparing well-rounded portfolios, vital for admission to college arts programs. The program features artist visits, studio workshops and portfolio review sessions. The Teen Program meets on the first and third Fridays of each month during the school year at Laumeier Sculpture Park, 12580 Rott Road, Saint Louis, Missouri. Call 314.615.5278 or visit www.laumeier.org for more information.

October 16, 2015–February 14, 2016 Raqs Media Collective: Art in the Age of Collective Intelligence If the World is a Fair Place Then...

L a u m e i e r S c u l p t u re P a r k ’ s inaugural exhibition in the Whitaker Foundation Gallery of the new Adam Aronson Fine Arts Center is a textual installation by Jeebesh Bagchi, Monica Narula and Shuddhabrata Sengupta of the Raqs Media Collective, a New Delhibased collaborative with a politically charged artistic and theoretical practice. Art in the Age of Collective Intelligence consists of a large series of photographs and a constructed library of books expanding on the Collective’s ongoing preoccupation with change from the inside. The exhibition also includes an outdoor commission, If the World is a Fair Place Then..., inspired by the more than 500 responses to the prompt gathered by Laumeier in 2014. Forty stainless steel bands etched with various thoughts, feelings and ideas

from the responses encircle tree trunks along Laumeier’s Art Hike Trail, exploring Raqs’ interest in the history of World’s Fairs—especially the 1904 World’s Fair in St. Louis— and the polyphony of the crowd. The exhibition runs Friday, October 16– Sunday, February 14, at Laumeier Sculpture Park, 12580 Rott Road, Saint Louis, Missouri. Free. Call 314.615.5278 or visit www.laumeier. org for more information.

October 16, 2015–February 14, 2016 Zlatko Ćosić + Ashley McQueen: Harmony in 3 2015 Kranzberg Exhibition Series For Laumeier Sculpture Park’s 2015 Kranzberg Exhibition Series, video artist Zlatko Ćosić and choreographer Ashley McQueen honor the labor that goes into the manicured landscape of the Park. Through a series of dance performances held in 2014, culminating in a short film, Ćosić and McQueen explore Laumeier ’s unique partnership with St. Louis

County Parks, highlighting the passion and hard work that goes into the care and maintenance of the grounds. The exhibition runs Friday, October 16–Sunday, February 14, at the Adam Aronson Fine Arts Center at Laumeier Sculpture Park, 12580 Rott Road, Saint Louis, Missouri.

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

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

February 21 Free Family Day Laumeier Sculpture Park’s Free Family Days provide families with a chance to bond while encouraging observation, imagination, curiosity and creativity. Free Family Days provide participants of all ages with structured activities for creating art using a variety of materials. Families have fun exploring new media and concepts while finding inspiration within Laumeier ’s natural environment, temporary exhibitions and the Permanent Collection.

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The Arts Artistic adventures Saint Louis Art Museum hosts St. Louis Modern

The Saint Louis Art Museum this fall presents St. Louis Modern, a major exhibition exploring the St. Louis region’s significant contributions to midcentury modern design through more than 150 objects drawn from the permanent collection and more than 30 museums and private lenders around the country.

The ticketed exhibition will be on view from Nov. 8 through Jan. 31, 2016.

Organized chronologically and thematically, the exhibition traces the emergence of modern design and its embrace in St. Louis during a 30-year period bookended by the 1935 start of planning for a major national monument on the St. Louis riverfront to the 1965 completion of Eero Saarinen’s modernist masterpiece, the Gateway Arch.

St. Louis Modern features a wide variety of modern design objects and artworks that were designed or made by St. Louis-based architects, artists and designers; or purchased and used locally. In addition,

galleries will highlight significant architectural commissions, public sculpture, murals and stained glass; and feature both rare and re n o w n e d e xamp le s o f mas s produced design.

“Planned to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the completion of the Eero Saarinen’s magnificent Gateway Arch, St. Louis Modern highlights St. Louis artists, architects, and designers whose work helped shape the midcentury modern aesthetic in America and raised our city’s profile as a center of design locally, nationally and internationally,” said Brent R. Benjamin, director of the Saint Louis Art Museum. “The civic theme is echoed by the generosity of our many local lenders whose passionate collecting of this material underscores the enduring popularity of this movement.”

St. Louis Modern explores several themes, including machine-age; aerodynamic design; mass-market design; the influence of architects and tastemakers; embellishments; and Scandinavian design. Design objects and artworks will include furniture, glass, silver and other metalwork, textiles and industrial design objects as well as paintings, drawings, photographs, models for

sculpture, and stained glass. Many have never been exhibited before and their makers have been rediscovered through new research conducted for the exhibition.

All tickets to St. Louis Modern are timed and dated. Admission is free for Members. For the general public, tickets are $14 for adults, $12 for seniors and students, $6 for children ages 6 to 12, and free for children age 5 and under. Tickets are available in person or through MetroTix. Tickets purchased through MetroTix incur a service charge.

The Fox to present "Newsies"

Casting has been announced for the St. Louis engagement of Disney’s "Newsies".

The Tony Award-winning production will begin performances at the Fabulous Fox Theatre on Tuesday, January 19 for a limited engagement through

Sunday, January 31.

The production features Joey Barreiro as “Jack Kelly”, Steve Blanchard as “Joseph Pulitzer”, Morgan Keene as “Katherine”, Aisha de Haas as “Medda Larkin”, Stephen Michael Langton as “Davey”, Zachary Sayle as “Crutchie”, and John Michael Pitera and Ethan Steiner alternating the role of “Les.” Rounding out the cast are Mark Aldrich, Josh Assor, Bill Bateman, Josh Burrage, Kevin Carolan, Benjamin Cook, DeMarius Copes, Nico DeJesus, JP Ferreri, Sky Flaherty, Kaitlyn Frank, Michael Gorman, Melissa Steadman Hart, Stephen Hernandez, Meredith Inglesby, James Judy, Eric Jon Mahlum, Nicholas Masson, Alex Prakken, Michael Ryan, Jordan Samuels, Andrew Wilson, Chaz Wolcott, Iain Young and Anthony Michael Zas. In St. Louis, "Newsies" will

play Tuesdays through Fridays at 7:30 p.m., Saturdays at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. and Sundays at 1 p.m.

There will also be a 1 p.m. matinee on Thursday, January 28 and a 6:30 p.m. evening performance on Sunday, January 24. Tickets are available at the Fabulous Fox Box Office, by calling MetroTix at 314-534-1111, or via the Internet at MetroTix.com. Orders for groups of fifteen (15) or more may be placed by calling 314-535-2900.

Ticket buyers are reminded that MetroTix is the only official ticket seller for all performances at the Fabulous Fox Theatre. Ticket buyers who purchase tickets from a ticket broker or any third party should be aware that the Fabulous Fox Theatre is unable to reprint or replace lost or stolen tickets and is unable to contact patrons with information regarding time changes or other pertinent updates regarding the performance.

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"Macbeth"

William Shakespeare's Scottish play gets a highly stylized, moody and occasionally mystifying update, courtesy of Justin Kurzel, the Australian director responsible for the haunting "Snowtown."

For the poor souls who haven't cracked "Macbeth" since high school (or those current students looking for an easy study guide), Kurzel's adaptation isn't going to do you any favors — the whispered line readings make the Bard's verses all but incomprehensible and, at times, numbingly dull. But for Shakespeare devotees who delight in debating the merits and flaws of previous big screen attempts from the likes of Orson Welles and Roman Polanski, Kurzel's entry is an interesting one.

This version begins with an unsettling sight: Macbeth (Michael Fassbender) and his wife, Lady Macbeth (Marion Cotillard) witnessing the burial of their dead child atop a gusty, gray hill in the desolate Scottish Highlands. The mourning transitions into a stunningly violent and mystical battle sequence, clouded by fog and mist and slowed in parts with an almost video game-like vulgarity, where Macbeth hears the witches' prophecy that he will be King.

It is in this war-weary and grief-stricken state that Lady Macbeth convinces her husband to murder King Duncan (David Thewlis). Ambition and greed fill their voids, and Macbeth becomes the executor of their future.

Malcolm (Jack Reynor), King Duncan's heir, witnesses the murder and flees, adding an immediate tension to everything that happens after. More violence follows.

Once Macbeth assumes the throne, he begins his slow descent into madness. Fassbender, who has mastered the tricky rhythms of Quentin Tarantino in "Inglorious Basterds" and Aaron Sorkin in "Steve Jobs," delivers Shakespeare as confidently and effectively (if too quietly) — coming alive as he loses his mind. No one plays agony quite like Fassbender. The banquet scene where Macbeth sees the ghost of Banquo (Paddy Considine) is a particular highlight, though less terrifying than Polanski's rendering.

Macbeth's ever heightening paranoia provides a much needed engine for the film, which, despite the visual interest, comparatively brisk pacing and mesmeric battles, is weakened by those largely whispered and mumbled lines.

Kurzel's "Macbeth" is also stripped of unnecessary adornments in the script, story, and set design. You feel like a settler on an uninhabited, unforgiving land. He's even compared it to a Western. The set design is spare, purposeful and authentic. The settings are cold and small in contrast to the spectacularly harsh landscapes.

The austereness allows for bold choices, like the shock of blue eyeshadow that is streaked across Lady Macbeth's eyes. It also makes her dreamily bright sleepwalking scene that much more haunting.

RATED: has not been rated by the Motion Picture Association of America, but contains realistic depictions of violent warfare and disturbing imagery.

RUNNING TIME:113 minutes.

ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: Three stars out of four.

"In the Heart of the Sea"

Ron Howard's "In the Heart of the Sea" is a curious beast.

The ambitions are as big as a whale; the results are an earnest wreck. It could possibly work if you think of the movie as a metaphor for the story it's trying to tell, but that's a little too meta for something that should be fairly straightforward.

It's ostensibly about the real expedition that inspired Herman Melville's "Moby-Dick" that Nathaniel Philbrick wrote about in his nonfiction book. But despite a promising start, something is lost in the spectacle and the framing device, which ultimately undermines its own story.

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Howard uses Melville as a character (played by Ben Whishaw) and his curiosity about the mysterious circumstances of how the whaleship Essex sank as the audience's entry into the story. He's looking for big answers about the unknown. So, he finds Tom Nickerson (Brendan Gleeson), the ship's only remaining survivor, who's drinking his life away. At his wife's pleading, and Melville's promise of generous payment for one night's conversation, Tom starts to spill about the events of 30 years ago, when he was 14 (played

by Tom Holland). It's best not to do the math.

This is the story of two men, he says: A Captain, George Pollard (Benjamin Walker), and his first mate, Owen Chase (Chris Hemsworth). Pollard is the son of the expedition's proprietor. He's wealthy, arrogant, entitled and inexperienced.

Chase is the real seaman — a working-class Adonis with a classist chip on his broad shoulders. He's also arrogant, but has the skills to back it up.

RATED: PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America "for intense sequences of action and peril, brief startling violence, and thematic material."

RUNNING TIME: 121 minutes.

ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: Two stars out of four.

"The Big Short"

In Adam McKay's comic and clear-eyed adaption of Michael Lewis' "The Big Short," a handful of finance speculators __ outsiders and oddballs __ predict a downturn in the housing market only to realize, to their horror and immense profit, that they've effectively bet against America, and won.

It's a rollicking, outrage-fueled odyssey through the financial collapse of 2008, from the carefree offices on Wall Street to the vacant subdivisions in Florida, that gradually reveals not just a market bubble but a colossally bankrupt system and a nation that blissfully teetered into absurdity.

As one of the pre-eminent comedy directors, McKay has shifted into a more realistic, dramatic world only to find a farce too ridiculous for satire. And as anyone who has been paying attention to McKay's comedies can attest, his humor has always come laced with biting political subtext: the TV news of "Anchorman," George W. Bush-era America in "Talladega Nights," white collar crime in "The Other Guys."

He has kept his loose and antic style, leaving his starry cast __ including Steve Carell, Christian Bale, Ryan Gosling and Brad Pitt __ ample room for improvising. They are part of the enticements of "The Big Short," which strains hard to make the complex finance of its subject digestible and entertaining, including occasional instructional interludes from the likes of Margot Robbie (in a bubble bath), Anthony Bourdain and Selena Gomez — eye candies for brief explanations of collateralized-debt obligations and other instruments of financial minutia.

McKay's enjoyable, frightful, passionate rant of a movie is a plea: There's more to life than this, you know.

RATED: R by the Motion Picture Association of America for "pervasive language and some sexuality/nudity."

RUNNING TIME: 130 minutes.

ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: Three stars out of four.

"Son of Saul"

"Son of Saul" doesn't just get under your skin — it goes straight to the bloodstream. There, it churns and festers as you try to make sense out of the senseless horror of the Holocaust and the plight of the Sonderkommando — Jewish prisoners forced to assist the Nazis with the genocide.

This isn't a movie that's interested in the big picture, redemption or reflection, though. Understanding is not in its vocabulary. This is inhuman cinema of desperation.

It is disturbing. It is immediate. It is haunting. And it's something that few will ever want to see more than once.

Hungarian filmmaker László Nemes has created what feels like a new cinematic language to tell this hyper-focused story

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of a Sonderkommando, Saul (Géza Röhrig) across two days at the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp in October 1944.

We rarely leave Saul's point of view. In this way, the film feels like one long tracking shot. The camera watches him from the front and follows him from behind — we grow accustomed to recognizing him from the blood red X messily painted on his back. Things go in and out of focus regularly — possibly as Saul comprehends them. He helps usher the prisoners into the gas chambers. We hear their screams, but we see his face, not theirs. He scrubs the bloody floors clean when it's over.

Everything is loud, harried and chaotic, but somehow methodical, too. The guards scream "work!" ''work!" and the Sonderkommando oblige, whether it's stripping off the prisoners' clothes, offering false reassurances on the way to their deaths, or shoveling their ashes into a lake.

RATED: R by the Motion Picture Association of America for "disturbing violent content, and some graphic nudity."

RUNNING TIME: 107 minutes.

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

"Star Wars: The Force Awakens"

J.J. Abrams may not elevate the language of "Star Wars," but he sure is fluent in it. "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" is no more and no less than the movie that made us love it in the first place. In fact, it's basically the same thing. Isn't that what we all wanted anyway?

It's hard to talk rationally about "Star Wars." It is a deeply silly thing, with a genuine, undeniable hold on our culture.

Chalk it up to nostalgia, collective arrested development or the ineffable. But for many, the magic of "Star Wars" is inseparable from the magic of the movies and, hey, that's no small thing.

These movies make us lose ourselves in the spectacle.

They make us forget our best instincts. They make us love the advertising as much as the art. They make us kids again.

In this way, "The Force Awakens," the seventh movie in this improbable yet inevitable series, delivers.

It's a movie made by someone who loves "Star Wars" deeply. Someone who can see more clearly than even its creator what made it so special to so many people. Abrams has taken everything that we adore about that first film, delicately mixed up a few elements, and churned out a reverent homage that's a heck of a lot of fun to watch.

From the opening scroll to the sequel-setup ending, he manages to hit each beat of its 38-year-old predecessor.

Abrams has essentially passed the torch on to its new cast by making them amalgamations of the originals. You'll know it when you see it. Who cares if it's "Star Wars" MadLibs?

There's the resistance-affiliated droid, who ends up stranded on a desert planet carrying a secret message (BB8). There's the nobody with the dead-end job and a Jedi obsession (Daisy Ridley's Rey), who has a life-changing encounter with said droid. There's the reckless kid uncertain of his allegiances (John Boyega's Finn). There's the cocky pilot (Oscar Isaac's Poe Dameron). There's the powerful, masked villain, too (Adam Driver's Kylo Ren).

The plot is as unwieldy and MacGuffin-filled as one might expect. It almost serves no purpose to go into the specifics at this point beyond the fact that the galaxy is in disarray, an evil army is growing (as is a resistance), and a series of coincidences help Rey collect a "Wizard of Oz"-worthy posse to help get BB-8 back to its rightful owners.

This time, it's all because of Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill). He's vanished. Those are the first words on the screen and the last we'll say about the big mystery.

RATED: PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America for "sci-fi action violence."

RUNNING TIME: 135 minutes.

ASSOCIATED PRESS RANKING: Three stars out of four.

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This image released by Sony Pictures Classics shows Christian Harting, left, and Geza Rohrig in a scene from "Son of Saul."

"The Son of Saul" haunts, provokes

By LINDSEY COYLE Associated Press "Son of Saul" doesn't just get under your skin — it goes straight to the bloodstream.

There, it churns and festers as you try to make sense out of the senseless horror of the Holocaust and the plight of the Sonderkommando — Jewish prisoners forced to assist the Nazis with the genocide.

This isn't a movie that's interested in the big picture, redemption or reflection, though.

Understanding is not in its vocabulary. This is inhuman cinema of desperation.

It is disturbing. It is immediate. It is haunting. And it's something that few will ever want to see more than once.

Hungarian filmmaker László Nemes has

created what feels like a new cinematic language to tell this hyper-focused story of a Sonderkommando, Saul (Géza Röhrig) across two days at the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp in October 1944.

We rarely leave Saul's point of view. In this way, the film feels like one long tracking shot. The camera watches him from the front and follows him from behind — we grow accustomed to recognizing him from the blood red X messily painted on his back.

Things go in and out of focus regularly — possibly as Saul comprehends them. He helps usher the prisoners into the gas chambers.

We hear their screams, but we see his face, not theirs. He scrubs the bloody floors clean when it's over.

Everything is loud, harried and chaotic,

but somehow methodical, too. The guards scream "work!" ''work!" and the Sonderkommando oblige, whether it's stripping off the prisoners' clothes, offering false reassurances on the way to their deaths, or shoveling their ashes into a lake.

The Sonderkommando are planning a rebellion of some sorts — doing what they can to document the atrocities, which the Nazis take care to obfuscate as best they can, and coordinating with a contact at a women's work camp. There's a rumor spreading that there's a list being made of Sonderkommando to exterminate, too.

B u t t h e s e a re j u s t t h e b a c k g ro u n d conditions to Saul's story.

Early on, Saul spots a boy dying on a slab surrounded by Nazi doctors. After

he breathes his final breath, they order an autopsy. This dead boy — who he believes to be his son — becomes Saul's obsession as he commits himself to finding a Rabbi to say the Kaddish and arrange a proper burial.

Saul is a shell of a man, and the selfassigned objective gives him purpose outside of the barbaric tasks he's forced to commit. But whether his quest to give this boy some final respect is one of sincerity, a selfish, desperate attempt to regain some humanity or a manifestation of his madness is a question that only the viewer can answer. One fellow prisoner accuses him of favoring the dead at the expense of the living. It's hard to argue with that.

Saul is both selfish and selfless and maybe, ultimately, he's neither.

Yes, it is worth the wait

By ROBERT GRUBAUGH For The Edge The new "Star Wars" sequel, "Episode VII - The Force Awakens", is a big movie. Everything about it is big. There are big names attached (J.J. Abrams, Harrison Ford), big set pieces (including an awesome reproduction of the Millennium Falcon), and big box office ($247.9 million record opening weekend ticket sales and counting). As a brand, "Star Wars" is just about bulletproof. A great movie was made in 1977 and it spawned two fantastic sequels within six years. And then it disappeared for a decade and a half before relighting its fuse with a trio of less-than-well received pictures that were also pop culture behemoths. I defy you to show me one person who likes Ewoks, pod racing, or Jar-Jar Binks, but they still talk about them on a nearly daily

basis because we are slaves to our obsessions. So a few years ago, when Disney bought the rights to all Lucasfilm product for $4 billion, nerds rejoiced. We were going to be treated to big things for many years.

So in this review, I'm going to give you my small impressions of the awakening force and I aim to do it spoiler free.

Is this a satisfying movie? You betcha. I found that "The Force Awakens", even to my casual interest, excelled for many of the same reasons that "A New Hope" reset movie-going expectations for the generation before my own. It takes the simple concept of rebels (The Resistance) fighting a unified evil (The First Order) with as much help as the floundering ruling body of the time (The Republic) can afford to muster. The major figures in this resistance are General Leia Organa (Carrie Fischer) and her top

pilot Poe Dameron (Oscar Isaac), a cocky fellow with real skill. They're nearing the end of their fight to return stability to the galaxy when Poe's mission - with cute rolling droid BB-8 - to rescue a star map to the location of missing hero Luke Skywalker (Mark Hamill) is put in danger by the emergence of Kylo Ren (Adam Driver), a masked mercenary working for the First Order much like his hero, Darth Vader, did many years earlier for the Galactic Empire.

It's at this point that the franchise introduces the rest of its new characters: Daisy Ridley as Rey, a junkyard kid that has special sensitivity to the Force (sound familiar?), and John Boyega as Finn, a reformed Stormtrooper who couldn't stand being on the wrong side of a battle chock full of moral consequence. These two are alright, especially Ridley with her Keira Knightley cheekbones. They're

quick, quick-witted, and having a style that I find very appealing. It's nearly for naught as the real star of this picture is the returning rogue, Han Solo (Ford). He looks great and still has that charming grin about him that makes the actor and the character so hard to resist. In a mentorship role, Solo goes on to develop the new kids in town and they all attack some base of the First Order called the Starkiller. Save or save not the galaxy, there is no try, but this is a franchise; there is rarely finality.

The plot isn't revolutionary, but the way they reboot this franchise by having its favorite sons and daughters nurture in the new class is stunning. My criticism is this: there are way too many characters in this movie. It already clocks a decent running time, but the sheer volume of names, faces, cool costumes, and cooler weapons that

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we have to learn is on the steep side.

This mostly comes from the side of the villains where the maniacally well-coiffed Kylo Ren is really the focal point of the black hats.

General Hux (Domnhall Gleeson), Captain Phasma (Gwendoline Christie), and Supreme Leader Snoke (Andy Serkis) all exist, sure, but they really got in my way of enjoying this movie even more.

The one superfluous new role that I liked best was Maz Kanata (Lupita Nyong'o), as wise old innkeeper who knows more about the MacGuffin disappearance of Luke Skywalker than anyone else.

I'm going to advise you go see this movie again because my bet is that you've already seen it twice.

Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens" runs 135 minutes and is rated PG-13 for sci-fi action violence. I give this film three stars out of four.

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Travel Lake of the Ozarks: It's for the birds Programs lined up for the winter For The Edge

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he act of viewing a bald eagle in flight is a memorable moment that brings excitement and joy to adults and children alike.

One of the best times of year to spot these majestic birds is during the winter season as they migrate from Alaska and Canada to warmer climates. Visitors to the Lake of the Ozarks will have the opportunity to view these awesome feathered creatures and learn more about them and other birds of prey at the Lake of the Ozarks Eagle Days, January 9-10.

According to the Missouri Department of Conservation, more than 2,000 bald eagles are reported around the state's large rivers and reservoirs in the wintertime, making Missouri one of the leaders in bald eagle viewing in the lower 48 states.

The bluffs and large wooded areas surrounding the Lake of the Ozarks make this area a popular stop during their annual exodus from the frigid temperatures of the north.

Central Missouri's Lake of the Ozarks Eagle Days activities allow attendees to see the birds

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in a natural setting, perched in the trees or in flight, as well as offering opportunities for up-close viewing at programs offered by the World Bird Sanctuary from St. Louis. Events on Saturday, Jan. 9, begin at 9 a.m. and continue until 5:30 p.m. On Sunday, Jan. 10, events begin at 10 a.m. and end at 4:30 p.m. All Eagle Days activities are free and open to the public and take place in Lake Ozark, all within a short drive of one another.

When Sue Westenhaver, chairman of the board of the Lake of the Ozarks Tri-County Lodging Association, owner and operator of Inn at Harbour Ridge Bed and Breakfast and one of the original organizers of the Eagle Days event at the Lake, first moved to Missouri from northern Illinois, she had no idea bald eagles inhabited the Lake area, much less that they were so plentiful. After attending her first eagle viewing event in Warsaw, Mo. at the Truman Dam in 1983, she wanted to establish a similar event at the Lake of the Ozarks. Westenhaver recruited some good friends and together they orchestrated the first program at the Lake, which was initially a one-day event held at the School of the Osage Heritage Elementary School and the Bagnell Dam Access. Over the last 30 years, this celebration of America's national bird has continued to grow in scale and popularity from a couple hundred spectators that first year to nearly 4,000 expected over the course of the weekend for the 2016 event.

"My favorite part about Eagle Days is watching the beautiful birds flying, swooping, dipping and dancing right above everyone's head," Westenhaver says. "That, and seeing the children's eyes light up when they get to see a bald eagle up close during the naturalist programs.

The little kids get so excited and

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just start to squeal in delight. It's just wonderful."

Wild eagle-viewing activities are hosted by the Camden County Astronomy Club and will take place at Willmore Lodge, 1 Willmore Lane, and the Bagnell Dam Access, located off of Highway 54 on Osage River Bridge Road. Eagle-watchers are encouraged to dress for the weather and bring cameras and binoculars. Interactive exhibits and crafts will be on display at Willmore Lodge each day, and eagle nest-building and ropemaking exhibitions will be held at the Bagnell Dam Access. Free hot chocolate will also be available at the Bagnell Dam Access to help birders of all sizes stay warm and enjoy their time outdoors.

At Osage National Golf Resort, 400 Osage Hills Road, live eagle programs presented by the World Bird Sanctuary begin on the hour at 9 a.m. with the last of the day starting at 3 p.m. on Saturday.

And, on Sunday, the first program begins at 10 a.m. and the last begins at 2 p.m. Naturalists from the World Bird Sanctuary will be on hand to interact with attendees as they show off live birds, explain about what makes these birds unique and answer questions from the audience.

School of the Osage Heritage Elementary, 1571 Bagnell Dam Boulevard, will feature two programs by Springfield's Dickerson Park Zoo. The "Day Shift, Night Shift and Garbage Gal" program provides information about hawks ("day shift"), owls ("night shift") and turkey vultures ("garbage gals").

The second program, "Live Owls of Missouri," features information about the species of owls indigenous to Missouri. These shows will be held every hour on the half-hour beginning at 9:30 a.m. and the last program of the day beginning at 4:30 p.m. on

Saturday. On Sunday, programs begin at 10:30 a.m. with the last occurring at 3:30 p.m. There will also be photo contests, coloring contests and other activities for kids, as well as nature-related exhibitors including the Missouri Department of Natural Resources and the Missouri Department of Conservation.

Lake of the Ozark Eagle Days is made possible by the Lake of the Ozarks Convention & Visitor Bureau, Lake Area Chamber of Commerce, Osage National Golf Resort, FaceLift Marketing, School of the Osage, Camden County Astronomy Club, Missouri Master Naturalist - Lake of the Ozarks Chapter and Boy Scouts of America.

More details on Eagle Days, including a complete schedule of events, listing of 2016 vendors as well as photos from past events, can be found at www.

LakeoftheOzarksEagleDays.com.

Many visitors build a winter weekend getaway around Eagle Days to take advantage of the offseason lodging rates and smaller crowds at the various yeararound attractions and activities at the Lake. For other fun events, or for more information on all attractions and lodging and dining options at the "Best Recreational Lake" in the Nation, visit the the Lake of the Ozarks Convention and Visitor Bureau's award-winning website, www.

FunLake.com, or call 1-800-FUNLAKE (386-5253).

A number of opportunities are planned to view birds up close this winter at Lake of the Ozarks. Photos courtesy of the Beenders-Walker Group.

Travel For The Edge Brown County, Indiana is a year round vacation destination, where artists and adventurers alike are drawn to the rustic beauty and quiet charm.

Brown County Events Calendar – January 2016 Event: B3 Gallery Presents “Thirteen Weeks” Date: January 1-31 Time: Regular business hours Place: B3 Gallery (Second Floor of Artist Colony Shops) Phone/Website: 812.988.6675 Admission: Free About: Imagine what you could see if every 13 weeks you packed up your household and moved to a new location. For the last 3 years that's exactly what local photographers Jessica and Sharon Bussert have been doing.

Jessica Bussert is an emergency room nurse, working in the travel nursing industry. With each contract job lasting an average of 13 weeks, Jessica, Sharon, and their pets have moved dozens of times, and visited much of the western United States, with regular visits home to Brown County. "Thirteen Weeks" presents a photographic sampling of work from the places they have been.

Event: New Year’s Day Brunch at Story Inn Date: January 1 Time: 9:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.

Place: Story Inn Phone/Website: 812.988.2273 / www. storyinn.com About: Ring in the new year at the Story Inn! Enjoy a wonderfully prepared New Year's Day brunch prepared by Story's Executive Chef Eric Swanson.

Event: Annual Senior & Patron Show Date: January 8-10, 15-17, 22-24, 29, 30 Time: 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Place: Brown County Art Guild Phone/Website: 812.988.9185 / www. browncountyartguild.org Admission: Free About: The Brown County Art Guild is pleased to present its Annual Senior & Patron Exhibit! This gives non-member artists a chance to exhibit their work in the gallery.

The judge for both shows will be Guild Artist Member Mark Burkett. A total of ten awards will be given for both shows (Senior and Patron) during a reception, which will be held from 2-4 p.m. on Saturday, January 30.

Event: Big Woods Big Busted Bash Date: January 8 Time: 6:00 p.m. - 12:00 a.m.

Place: Big Busted Bar (Upstairs at Big Woods Village) Phone/Website: 812.988.6000 / http:// quaffon.com/ Admission: $5 About: The Big Busted Bar would like to announce its first annual Big Busted Bash!!!

January 8th starting at 6 p.m. there will be live musical performances by Lexi Len & The Strangers, Brown County's own White Lightning Boys at 7 p.m., followed by Chicago Farmer! $5 cover lets you enjoy hours of great music by these fine artists. Quaff On! Event: Intro to Adventure Racing & Navigation Clinic Date: January 8 Time: 4 p.m. - 7 p.m.

Place: eXplore Brown County at Valley Branch Retreat P h o n e / We b s i t e : 5 1 3 . 3 7 5 . 2 7 1 8 / http://361adventures.com/frigid Admission: Free About: Don't miss out on this free Navigation Clinic! This is a great opportunity for new(er) racers interested in orienteering to learn the basics of navigation and the map and compass. There also will be a free Adventure Racing Clinic! Directly following the Navigation Clinic, stick around to learn what adventure racing is all about, including its gear, race strategies, distances, adapting your navigation to the bike and boat, and a lot more. Be sure you’re ready for Brown County’s fun and exciting FRIGID Race on January 9!

Event: FRIGID Race Date: January 9 Time: Day Race: 9 am - 3 pm; Evening Race:

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Brown County, Ind., has plenty of adventures line up for January.

5 pm - 9 pm Place: eXplore Brown County at Valley Branch Retreat P h o n e / We b s i t e : 5 1 3 . 3 7 5 . 2 7 1 8 / http://361adventures.com/frigid Admission: $40 for one race; $60 for both races; clinics on Friday are free About: Navigate the hills of Brown County during this unique orienteering race! Perfect for beginners, there's also going to be a bonus point format and added night event to keep veteran racers out punching checkpoints until their toes go numb. Don't forget about the INTRO to Adventure Racing Clinic directly following the Navigation Clinic on Friday night before the race. Registration is $60 for both races or $40 for either the night or day race individually. Clinics on Friday night are free!

Event: January Thaw Date: January 13 Time: 1 p.m. - 3 p.m.

Place: Brown County Public Library Phone/ Website: 812.988.2850 Admission: Free WINTER IN THE WOODS - January 15 - 17, 2016 Winter doesn't mean you have to stay inside. Shake off that cabin fever and enjoy the beauty and fun of winter in Brown County during Winter in the Woods! Don’t miss the first big event of the year. Brown County’s annual Winter in the Woods holiday weekend is your chance to unwind from the holidays and get ready for a happy and prosperous New Year!

Event: Warm Up From Within Date: January 15-17 Time: Varies (classes offered all weekend) Place: Abe Martin Lodge, Brown County State Park Phone/Website: 812.988.9642 / www. riverlightyoga.com Admission: $70 About: Head to Brown County for Winter in the Woods where you can "Warm Up From Within" with some yoga at the Abe Martin Lodge! Use the energies rising at this time of year, the quiet after the frantic swirl of the holidays to explore ways of enhancing your life during this unique retreat. Warm Up From Within is hosted by River Light Yoga. The entire event costs one fee and you can attend any or all events as you please!

Event: Winter Hike Date: January 16 Time: 9 a.m.

Place: Brown County State Park Phone/Website: 812.988.7303 / www. browncountywinterhike.com Admission: $1 plus park admission About: Join in the Winter in the Woods festivities and participate in the Winter Hike!

Hike on one of two self-guided trails at the Brown County State Park. Along both routes, DNR interpreters will greet hikers with winter wildlife facts and Local Boy Scout Troop 190

will prepare s’mores for a welcomed hiker snack. Warm drinks will also be available at the Abe Martin Lodge. Donations accepted.

Enjoy Breakfast with the Naturalists and the Hiker's Lunch Buffet both before and after the hike at the Little Gem Restaurant at Abe Martin Lodge!

Event: Frosty Trails 5 Mile Date: January 16 Time: Race starts at 10:30 a.m.

Place: Brown County State Park Phone/Website: 317.340.7506 / www. intimeco.com/frostytrails Admission: $25 About: Join Indiana Running Company and Quaff ON! Brewing Company in Brown County State Park for some fun and a winter trail run on January 16 as part of Winter in the Woods! The Frosty Trails 5 Mile is a challenging 5.2 mile trail run (or walk if you like) on the scenic trails of Brown County State Park.

Event: Tea-zer Hike Date: January 16 Time: 1 p.m.

Place: Brown County Visitors Center & the Salt Creek Trail Phone/Website: 812.988.7303 / www. browncountywinterhike.com Admission: Free About: Get rid of that cabin fever and get some fresh air instead during the Tea-zer Hike! Part of Brown County's Winter in the Woods celebration, take a brisk walk along the Salt Creek Trail just outside of town. Meet at the Visitors Center at 1 p.m. and enjoy a short trek along the Trail (approximately 40 minutes) before ending at Sweetea's Tea Shop just in time for Tea 201, where you'll learn how drinking tea can make for a healthier you in 2016!

Event: Winter in the Woods Tea 201 Date: January 16 Time: 2 p.m.

Place: Sweetea's Tea Shop Phone/Website: 812.988.6515 / http:// sweeteasteashop.com Admission: $4.95, or free with $20 tea purchase About: Make your way to Sweetea's for some hot tea, relaxing by the fire and a class about tea during Winter in the Woods! You will have the opportunity to taste/sample at least 5 teas and learn about the health benefits associated with different types of tea. The educational class will not be a basics class on how to make tea, etc...instead the focus is on drinking tea for a healthier you in 2016! Prior to Tea 201 be sure to join in on the Tea-zer hike along the Salt Creek Trail (starts at 1pm at the Visitors Center and ends at Sweetea's)!

Event: The Bourbon Experience Date: January 16 Time: 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Place: Bear Wallow Distillery Phone/Website: 812.657.4923 / www.

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bearwallowdistillery.com Admission: $35 per person About: Warm up during Winter in the Woods...with some bourbon! Learn the history of bourbon, see how it’s made and sample different styles including Bear Wallow’s Gnaw Bone Bourbon and Liar ’s Bench Rye Whiskey. Help with sample testing barrels and hand wax dip your very own bottle of Gnaw Bone Bourbon (for an additional fee). Cost is $35 per person and includes: extended distillery tour, our famous Bourbon Lunch, a Bear Wallow cocktail, as well as all samples. Space is limited; be sure to reserve your spot!

Event: Quaff N’ Brew Beer School Date: January 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 Time: 11 a.m.

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

Event: Farm-to-Fifth Tours at Bear Wallow Distillery Date: January 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 Time: 11 a.m. - 5 p.m. (at the top of each hour)  Place: Bear Wallow Distillery Phone/Website: 812.657.4923 / www. bearwallowdistillery.com Admission: $5 About: Head to Bear Wallow Distillery for some whiskey education! Learn about the role whiskey played in the formation of America during the Revolutionary War. Find out what brought whiskey making to Indiana and learn about moonshining in Brown County before, during, and after prohibition. See the complete process used to make whiskey at Bear Wallow, starting with grains from local farmers, and enjoy the best part of the tour...tasting it!

Event: Sweetea's Alternative Options Using Oils for a Healthier You! Date: January 16 Time: 4 p.m.

Place: Sweetea's Tea Shop Phone/Website: 812.988.6515 / http:// sweeteasteashop.com Admission: Free About: Head to Sweetea's for a class on the benefits of using oils for a healthier you in 2016! Explore the basics of oils, what they are, how they are derived, how to use them and options for assisting with becoming a healthier you. Free samples will be provided, as well as an opportunity to purchase some roll on bottles for specific uses.

Event: Sweetea’s – Be a Healthier YOU in 2016 Date: January 21 (2 p.m.); January 30 (10 a.m.)

Place: Sweetea's Tea Shop Phone/Website: 812.988.6515 / http:// sweeteasteashop.com Admission: Free About: Want to be healthier in 2016? Head to Sweetea's for a class that will teach you some alternatives to modern medicine to become healthier in 2016. Explore the use of oils, natural vitamins and tea in your daily routine. You will leave with a general knowledge of how these can help you feel better. During the class you will be able to try some different teas and oils. Some free samples will also be provided! Reservations are suggested but not required.

Event: Senior & Patron Show Closing Reception Date: January 30 Time: 2 p.m. - 4 p.m.

Place: Brown County Art Guild Phone/Website: 812.988.9185 / www. browncountyartguild.org Admission: Free About: Join the Brown County Art Guild on Saturday, January 30 from 2-4 p.m. for the closing reception of its Annual Senior & Patron Shows. Awards will be presented at 3 p.m. A total of ten awards will be given for both shows in the following categories: Best of Show, 1st Place, 2nd Place, 3rd Place & Honorable Mention.

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People People planner Grafton Eagle Festival planned

The Grafton Chamber of Commerce invites the public to experience an exciting opportunity to give one of America’s most iconic creatures an up-close and personal view. Grafton Eagle Festival will occur on and January 23, 2016.

“We appreciate this great bird for many reasons, Grafton Mayor Tom Thompson said. “Not only is it the symbol of our country and great American patriotism, but it is a part of the wildlife right here in our own backyard. We are very grateful to the Illinois Department of Natural Resources and the World Bird Sanctuary for helping us offer everyone the chance to see this magnificent bird.”

Spotting Scopes will be available at the Loading Dock, the 3rd Chute Bar and Grill and the Grafton Visitors’ Center. The Loading Dock also has an ice skating rink.

Children’s craft activities will be available at the 3rd Chute Bar and Grill from 11 a.m. till 2 p.m.

“The eagles are beautiful,” said Kathy Draper, Owner of 3rd Chute Bar and Grill. “You need to see them in person. They just have an amazing effect on people. We’ve decorated an entire room with eagle pictures. It’s called the ‘Eagle’s Nest.’ People can view the items and even eat in there.”

Sponsored by the World Bird Sanctuary, up-close eagle viewing will be available from Noon-3pm at the Grafton Visitors’ Center. Pictures with the Eagle can be taken for a small donation.

The City of Grafton is pleased to sponsor the IDNR presentation: FISH-N-EAGLES: The Wintering Bald Eagle and the Fish They Eat. 11am-1pm at City Hall. Visitors will learn to distinguish between a mature Eagle and a juvenile Eagle and learn about fishing opportunities the area has to offer.

The program also includes a short video and refreshments.

With the curving and bending of the Great Rivers National Scenic Byway, Grafton, Illinois (www. enjoygrafton.com) is making its appeal as the premier draw for visitors seeking to view an eagle in the wild. Grafton also offers a real river town experience, unique shopping, succulent dining, authentic lodging and water recreation.

On the National Scenic Byway, Grafton and its panoramic views are one of the ten best drives in the United States. Grafton representatives are ready to help individuals, couples or families plan the perfect getaway to Grafton.

“We’re the unique getaway that’s only minutes away. Most of us know stories of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn and the great paddlewheel boats, and we have it all here.

Grafton is connected with that lifestyle of how people lived in the early days, but in addition there are activities for the kids like eagle viewing, zip lining, parasailing, boat cruises and Water Park,” Grafton Mayor Tom Thompson concluded.

Titles added to McKendree film series

The Hettenhausen Center for the Arts at McKendree University has added three recent releases to its Film Series in 2016: Feb. 1, 7:30 p.m.: “Straight Outta

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Compton” – A biographical drama about the group N.W.A., which emerged from the mean streets of Compton in Los Angeles in the mid1980s and revolutionized hip hop culture. Co-presented with Campus Activities Board (2015, rated R; 147 min.)

Feb. 21, 2 and 7 p.m.: “Bridge of Spies” - During the Cold War, an American lawyer is recruited to defend an arrested Soviet spy in court, and then help the CIA facilitate an exchange of the spy for a Sovietcaptured American U2 spy plane pilot. Starring Tom Hanks, directed by Steven Spielberg. (2015, rated PG-13; 141 min.)

April 3, 2 and 7 p.m.: “The Revenant” - In the 1820s, frontiersman Hugh Glass survives a bear mauling and a vicious winter as he sets out on a path of vengeance against members of his hunting team who left him for dead. Leonardo DiCaprio stars. (2016, rated R; 156 min.)

“We’ve had much success bringing current movies to the Hett during award season,” said Peter Palermo, director of the Hettenhausen Center.

“This year’s offerings are all early favorites to bring home Oscars and Golden Globes.”

Admission is free for McKendree University students, faculty and staff members and $5 for the general public. There is no charge for the following: January 27, 7 p.m.: “The Devil’s Backbone” – Set during the last week

of the bloody Spanish Civil War, a sensitive boy is sent to an isolated orphanage full of dark secrets, horrors, and the dead. Directed by Guillermo del Toro. (2001, rated R; 106 min.)

Some films contain adult themes or language and may not be appropriate for everyone. The series is sponsored by the Leon and Helen Church Family Foundation. For more information, visit theHett.com, or call 618-537-6863.

Two Rivers prepares for eagle season

Two Rivers National Wildlife R e f u g e i n B ru s s e l s w i l l h o l d several free eagle watching and art events for families this winter.

Eagle Watching with a Ranger will be held from 9-10 a.m. two times per month on the first and third Saturdays from December to March. Dates are as follows: Dec. 5, Dec. 19, Jan. 2, Jan. 16, Feb. 6, Feb 20, March 5 and March 19. Refuge rangers will lead participants to eagle watching hotspots on Two Rivers National Wildlife Refuge. A personal vehicle will be needed. Attendees are reminded to dress for the weather.

Open to all ages. Space is limited, call 618-883-2524 to register in advance and receive additional program details.

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programs will be held on the second Saturday of every month this winter. These free programs will be led by refuge staff and held at the visitor center, where p a r t i ci p a n t s w i l l c re a t e t a k e home art pieces and learn about wildlife and nature. All supplies are provided.

Dec. 12, “Build a Bird Feeder” will be held from 1-2:30 p.m. Participants will build and design a small wooden bird feeder and learn about the birds at the refuge and their winter activity. Ideal for all ages.

Jan. 9, “Duck, Duck, Stamp! ” will be held from 1-2 p.m.

Participants will create submissions for the Junior Duck Stamp Contest and contribute to a duck mural as they learn about waterfowl migration and the Duck Stamp Program. Ideal for children.

Feb. 13, “Crafty Eagles” will coincide with the refuge’s Bald Eagle Open House from 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Participants will make eagle crafts and learn about this bird’s biology and conservation. Ideal for young children.

March 12, “Solar Exposure” will be held from 1-2 p.m. Using natural materials and the winter sun; participants will create sun prints on photosensitive paper and learn about winter at the refuge.

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An Eagle Watching Open House will be held from 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

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National Wildlife Refuge visitor center. Visit the open house to learn about bald eagles and how to watch for them, and then venture out to watch for eagles with a refuge ranger.

Eagle Watching Open House activities include: 10 a.m.-2 p.m. The visitor center will be open to provide information about eagle biology, nesting, diet, and conservation.

Kids’ crafts and activities will be available. A bald eagle photography exhibit will be on display.

11 a.m. Refuge rangers will lead an hour-long eagle watching walking tour through the Gilbert Lake Division to spot eagles and learn about bird watching. Sign up by Feb. 11 by calling the visitor center at 618-883-2524 or emailing TwoRivers@fws.gov.

10 a.m.-2 p.m. The Swan Lake levee will be open for a self-led auto tour. Volunteers will have scopes set up for eagle viewing at the entrance to the levee. This activity is dependent on weather conditions.

The bald eagle photography exhibit will highlight local professional and amateur photographers and will be on display at the refuge visitor center Feb. 10-17.

For more information about these events, call 618-883-2524 or email TwoRivers@fws.gov.

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O n N ov. 2 1 , t he S a i n t L o u i s Science Center opened Mission: Mars, an interactive exhibition designed to immerse visitors in the exploration of Mars in the current day and in the future. Developed by the Saint Louis Science Center in p a r t n e r s h i p w i t h Wa s h i n g t o n University in St. Louis, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and NASA’s Johnson Space Center, this unique exhibition will engage visitors in two separate but connected locations within t h e f a c i l i t y. T h e o p e n i n g w i l l be marked by a ribbon cutting ceremony at the James S. McDonnell Planetarium at 9:30 a.m. “ We a r e l i v i n g i n a n incredible time with the exploration of Mars, and want to give our visitors the chance to experience the technology behind this exploration firsthand through Mission: Mars,” s a i d C h r i s t i a n G r e e r, c h i e f education and programs officer for the Saint Louis Science Center. “Through this immersive exhibit, visitors will be able to engage in the exploration of Mars by actually learning how to program rovers that are modeled like the real ro v e r s t h a t a re o n t h e p l a n e t right now. We hope this one-ofa-kind exhibit ignites curiosity and inspires our younger visitors to continue to support and participate in space exploration.”

Guests have two portions of t h e e x h i b i t t o c h o o s e f ro m t o begin their Mars experience.

In the Saint Louis Science Center ’s main building (located at 5050 Oakland), guests can engage with one area of the exhibit, named Mission: Mars – Control. In this portion of t he exh i b i t , gu es t s e x p e r i e n ce current day exploration operations by assuming the role of an engineer at a NASA Engineering Lab, designing and building a robotic rover to e x p l o re M a r s . T h e y w i l l h a v e the opportunity to program a rover and experience the challenges of driving it in a s i m u l a t e d t i m e d e l a y, w h i l e seeing the planet from the perspective of a rover.

The second portion of the exhibit in the James S. McDonnell Planetarium is called Mission Mars – Base, and i s re s e m b l e s a r e a l i s t i c w o r k environment on Mars in the year 2076.

Ta k i n g o n t h e r o l e o f a n astronaut living on Mars, visitors will be able to perform science operations at key locations on the planet, using Allison’s Hope Foundation, recently presented a $10,000 check to the Anderson Hospital Foundation. a rover much like the one used on Mars now.

Tw o r o v e r s w e r e s p e c i a l l y designed for this exhibit, and were named Intrepid and Adventure, names that were selected by the public through an online poll.

The content with the Mission: Mars exhibition reflects the g o a l s o f N A S A’ s O f f i c e o f Education: to engage citizens in NASA’s missions and share NASA’s current understanding of the planet.

The Mission: Mars exhibit is particularly meaningful within the St. Louis community, given the city’s rich history in space exploration dating back to McDonnell Aircraft Corporation’s involvement in the Mercury and Gemini missions, which sent the first Americans into space.

To d a y, S t . L o u i s i s a k e y h u b f o r N A S A’ s p l a n e t a r y exploration mission through the work of researchers at Wa s h i n g t o n U n i v e r s i t y i n S t .

Louis’ Earth and Planetary Remote Sensing Laboratory ( E P R S L ) . D i r e c t e d b y D r.

Ray Arvidson, EPRSL is involved with the planning a n d p ro g r a m m i n g o f b o t h t h e Curiosity and Opportunity rovers currently exploring M a r s . D r. A r v i d s o n s e r v e d as a scientific advisor for the development of the exhibit. “ Wa s h i n g t o n U n i v e r s i t y in Saint Louis has had a long and deep involvement with NASA in robotic exploration of the solar system through our McDonnell Center for the

Space Sciences. I look forward to sharing, through the new Saint Louis Science Center and its new exhibits, some of the excitement associated with exploring Mars, a planet whose rocks reveal unequivocal evidence for past warm, wet conditions, with rivers and lakes in abundance.”

Mission: Mars is free to all visitors. There will be paid, educational programs offered to groups in both exhibit locations. For more information, please visit slsc. org.

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Religion Religion briefs GOP presidential candidates discuss Virginia man charged in church Pope urges Holy Year amnesty for relations with Muslims in fight attack plot pleads not guilty prisoners in peace message RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A Virginia man accused in a plot VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis is urging governments against terrorism to shoot up or bomb synagogues and black churches has to consider granting a Holy Year amnesty to prisoners, find LAS VEGAS (AP) — GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump has once again defended his proposal to keep Muslims from entering the U.S. He did it last night in Las Vegas at the GOP presidential debate.

Trump insisted his proposal, which was roundly condemned by most of his rivals, isn't an attempt to discriminate. Trump said his proposal "is not about religion" but security.

But speaking earlier in the undercard debate between candidates lagging in the polls, South Carolina Sen. Lindsay Graham apologized to allied Muslim leaders in Jordan, Egypt and elsewhere for Trump's proposal to ban Muslims from entering the U.S. Graham said "Donald Trump has done the one single thing you cannot do, declare war on Islam itself."

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alternatives to incarceration and at the very least abolish the death penalty.

Overall, Francis' message urged policy-makers as well as individuals to overcome what he has called the "globalization of indifference" to the plight of the most vulnerable: the poor, the sick, migrants, prisoners and the elderly.

In the message, Francis called for concrete and "courageous gestures" from governments in this, his Holy Year of Mercy, to find jobs for the unemployed, to review laws so that migrants are welcomed, to relieve the debt of poor countries and to ensure that the sick receive necessary treatment.

Francis has long made prison ministry a mainstay of his vocation.

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Music The Fox to present Star Trek: The Ultimate Voyage Fop The Edge CineConcerts, CBS Consumer Products and Paramount Pictures will launch Star Trek: The Ultimate Voyage, a North American concert tour playing performing arts centers in more than 100 cities. The tour launches in Florida in January 2016 and will travel throughout the U.S. and Canada through the end of April 2016. An exclusive pre-tour engagement will be held at Royal Albert Hall in London on November 1, 2015.

Star Trek: The Ultimate Voyage is produced by CineConcerts, known for its popular live to projection, symphonic concert experiences including The Godfather, Gladiator and soon to be premiered Breakfast at Tiffany’s. Original content productions such as A Christmas Dream also tour internationally.

The live event comes to the Fox Theatre in St. Louis at 7:30 p.m. on March 9.

Tickets are $100, $65, $55, $45, $35, $25 and are on sale at metrotix.com, by calling 314-534-1111, or in person at the Fabulous Fox Box Office.

Justin Freer, Producer and Founder of CineConcerts said, “The Star Trek franchise has for many years been an important and meaningful part of our culture in so many ways. This exciting concert experience featuring the greatest music and visuals spanning five decades will be an extraordinary and memorable event.”

This lavish production includes an impressive live symphony orchestra and international special solo instruments. People of all ages and backgrounds will experience the franchise’s groundbreaking and

wildly popular musical achievements while the most iconic Star Trek film and TV footage is simultaneously beamed in high definition to a 40-foot wide screen. The concert will feature some of the greatest music written for the franchise including music from Star Trek: The Original Series, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, Star Trek: Insurrection, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager and much more. This neverbefore-seen concert event is perfect for music lovers, filmgoers, sciencefiction fans and anyone looking for an exciting and unique concert experience.

CineConcerts Co-Founder and Producer Brady Beaubien said, “When a story has renamed aircraft carriers, NASA space shuttles, and the first names of thousands of children in hundreds of countries, you realize these characters go beyond entertainment, but are more like family. Star Trek breaks every boundary of judgement or expectation. It inspires, challenges, and re-thinks. Star Trek is who we want to be. Inspired, fiercely loyal, sometimes reckless.”

Star Trek: The Ultimate Voyage will be conducted by Justin Freer, who has quickly become one of the most sought-after conductors of film music with a long list of full symphonic live to projection projects under his belt ranging from the The Lord of the Rings Trilogy to The Godfather to Gladiator. He has appeared with some of the world’s leading orchestras including the Chicago Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony and Sydney Symphony.

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CineConcerts is one of the leading producers of live music experiences performed with visual media.

Founded by producer/conductor Justin Freer and producer Brady Beaubien, CineConcerts has engaged millions of people worldwide in concert presentations that redefine the evolution of live experience. From full-length movie screenings with live orchestra to music-interactive sporting event experiences to original 3D-environment holiday programming, CineConcerts is at the forefront of live entertainment.

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Above, a symphony orchestra performs Star Trek: The Ultimate Voyage with a video backdrop. At left, artwork for the production. Photos for The Edge.

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Saturday, Jan. 2

Nite Owl, Cicero's, University City, 8:00 p.m.

Rick Derringer, Wildey Theatre, Edwardsville, 8:00 p.m.

Disney/Pixar Ratatouille in Concert (STL Symphony Live), Powell Symphony Hall, St. Louis, 7:00 p.m.

Jazz St. Louis All-Stars Alumni Quintet feat. Carlos Brown Jr., Brady Lewis, Everette Benton, Eliot Courtois, Nathan Pence, Jazz at the Bistro, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.

Sunday, Jan. 3

Disney/Pixar Ratatouille in Concert (STL Symphony Live), Powell Symphony Hall, St. Louis, 2:00 p.m.

Tuesday, Jan. 5

25 to Life!, feat. New Line All-Stars, presented by New Line Theater, The Sheldon Concert Hall, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m.

Wilderun, w/Stormcaller, The Demo, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

The Black Market Club, FUBAR, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

Wednesday, Jan. 6

25 to Life!, feat. New Line All-Stars, presented by New Line Theater, The Sheldon Concert Hall, St. Louis, 8:00 p.m.

The Bad Plus, Jazz at the Bistro, St. Louis, 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.

Optimus Rex, w/Pirate Signal, Midnight Giant, Steadfast and Foolhardy, The Demo, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

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Kevin Griffin from Better Than Ezra, Blueberry Hill, St. Louis, Doors 7:00 p.m.

Tyler Bradford Wright, w/Deaf By Audio, Noji, Cicero's, University City, 7:00 p.m.

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The chicken spedini with lemon butter sauce and a side of fettucine alfredo from Cugino's Italian Bar and Grill in Florissant on U.S. 67.

Cugino's Italian Bar and Grill in Florissant

By BILL ROSEBERRY Of The Edge Searching for a great place to eat, Kelly and I recently stumbled across a treasure in Florissant — Cugino's Italian Bar and Grill.

This North County staple opened in 2004 at 1595 N U.S. Highway 67 in Florissant and has been serving outstanding Italian fare ever since.

Cugino is the Italian word for cousin, which was perfect for owners and cousins David Beckham and Ben Goldkamp. It's isn't much to look at from the outside and can be missed if you're not looking for it, but boy oh boy, once inside you discover the pure awesomeness that is Cugino's.

They offer 56 craft beers on draft, many from local breweries, which was an added bonus for me, but what really got Kelly and I percolating was the food.

We actually visited twice in a week, because our first experience was so astounding. Anything from steak, to pork chops, to chicken, to pastas, to pizzas, there is plenty to chose from.

Even the salads were fantastic.

We started with side salads with Cugino's mouth-watering house dressing on our initial visit. The house dressing is a combination of a caesar dressing and Italian dressing — a little sweet and a little tart — perfect.

Kelly and I were really intrigued with our order off the appetizer menu though. The stuffed meatballs at Cugino's are a destination food.

With 60 percent Angus beef, 40 percent Italian sausage, stuffed

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with provel cheese, deep fried and topped with a rich and hearty red sauce, they are delicious.

You receive three in your order and maybe the most impressive part is their size. They are seriously the size of baseballs. When you cut into these monsters, provel cheese easily cascades out of them and the sweet red sauce adds the final flavor punch to send these meatballs soaring into the food Hall of Fame stratosphere.

Even with their mammoth size Kelly and I devoured all t h re e w i t h o u t m u c h t ro u b l e .

Surprisingly we shared without an

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argument. With the awesomeness of these treasures, sharing could be a problem with your dinner companion.

Next was the main course. I went with Cugino's specialty, the chicken spedini. They boast it as their award-winning recipe and you won't get any arguments from me. They take two chicken halves and stuff them with provel cheese, tomatoes, onions and spices, roll them, lightly bread them and then bake them. They are served with a lemon butter sauce which was also very good.

Their taste is outstanding. They

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are tender and rich in flavor. I also tacked on a small side of fettucine alfredo, which had a rich and creamy taste. The entire meal, from start to finish, was amazing.

K e l l y s c o ff e d a t h e r e n t re e a little bit. She went with the chicken milano and the sauce was a little bland. It included baked, diced chicken in a cream sauce with fresh mushrooms, broccoli and peas served over mostaccioli noodles. I tasted it and it wasn't bad, it just didn't hold up to the all-star cast from the rest of our meal.

On a side note, on our second

visit we tried the chicken wings at Cugino's and my goodness. We went with the honey hot wings, breaded wings spun in a honey hot sauce. Like the stuffed meatballs, this is a destination order. They are unique and unbelievable — another food Hall of Famer from Cugino's.

The rest of the menu has some awesome choices, too. Kelly and I would like to test out the pizza at some point.

The Big Dave is supposed to be a go-to choice. It's a meat lover's deligh t with Italian sausage, pepperoni, ground chuck, chopped bacon and ham.

To check out the full menu at Cugino's, visit their website at www.dinecuginos.com. It will also include their beer lists. I went with some beers I hadn't tried yet from Ferguson Brewery on our visits and they were pretty good. There are plenty other local breweries with beers on the menu, too.

As far as price, it can get a little steep. The stuffed meatballs and honey hot wings are $9 each, while the chicken spedini is $17. You throw in a couple craft beers and the bill can climb a little, but the food is worth it.

The atmosphere is laid back and fun. There are lots of high tables and a large bar, along with a couple of separate dining areas. Kelly and I sat in the bar area on both our visits and received outstanding service each time.

I think you know what I'm going to say next, Cugino's is a definite destination place when you gotta eat.

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