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Exhibits
Through the Garden Gate: The Little Egypt Arts Association Arts Centre, downtown Marion; gardenrelated scenes in several media; hours, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Monday and Tuesday; through June; 618-559-7379 Joan Skiver-Levy: Exhibition of Mixed Medium Pastiche Collages, Marion Cultural and Civic Center; through June; www.joan skiverlevy.com: 618 997-4030 North Window Artist: Linda Martin, paintings, The Little Egypt Arts Association Arts Centre, downtown Marion; starts July 1; hours, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Monday and Tuesday; through July; 618-559-7379 Mixed Messages USA: Call for Art A Brief Retrospective by What’s Hatching in Union R. Michael Fisher, Carbondale County? Contest by the Anna Public Library; mixed media drawings and paintings; Arts Center, 125 W Davie St, through July 1 Anna; Chicken/Rooster Contemporary Fiber Art & Exhibition Contest to prepare Sculpture: Southern Illinois for the Union County Fair; Art & Artisans Center, 14967 display a piece of work that captures a chicken or rooster Gun Creek Trail, Whittington; contemporary quilts by or chick; enter by July 25; Illinois artisans and narrative 904-625-1109
ceramic sculptures by Robin Power; through July 14; hours, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. daily; 618-629-2220; www.museum.state.il.us Ghost Wall 115: By Chris Radtke, Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, Richview Road, Mount Vernon; the units in the sculpture are based on the artist’s own cubic measurements translated into box-like vessels; located in Beal Grand Corridor Gallery; through July 21; www.cedarhurst.org; 618-242-1236 The L. Brent Kington Memorial Exhibit: University Museum, SIU; honors the late metalsmith and professor of art, L. Brent Kington; now through July 26; www. museum.siu.edu; 618-4535388 Mother and Son: The Art of Lee and Eldon Benz, University Museum, SIU; Lee Benz produced art in several media, most particularly in watercolor; with much of her work
destroyed in a fire, her son, Eldon Benz, is preserving some of his mother’s art through digitized computer technology; now through Aug. 24; www.museum.siu.edu; 618-453-5388 Student Art Exhibition: Southeastern Illinois College Art Gallery, Harrisburg; hours, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday; through August; 618-252-5400, ext. 2245
Receptions The Summer Art for All exhibition: Closing reception, 2 p.m. Saturday, June 29, Atrium, Shawnee Community College, Ullin; work of around 50 young artists displayed; 618-322-9181 Vickie Gingrich: Reception, 2-4 p.m. Sunday, June 30, Harrisburg District Library; acrylic and watercolor on canvas and storytelling dolls; through June 30; 618-2537455
Comedy The Carbondale Comedians: 9 p.m. Mondays, Hangar 9, Carbondale; 10 p.m. Wednesdays, Station 13, Carbondale; see The Carbondale Comedians on Facebook Paul Aldrich: Christian comedian, 6:30 p.m. Saturday, June 29, The Gathering Place Dinner Theatre, 290 S. Burns St., Sparta; observations and musical impressions have been seen on Showtime and The Improv; $35 includes catered dinner; doors open 6 p.m.; www.thegathering placeoffbroadway.com; 618-965-3726
Events Out of the Woods: Legalized Moonshine myths discussed during tasting, 6-7 p.m., Thursday, June 27, Giant City Lodge, Makanda; discussion led by Red Eye Moonshine’s head distiller Karen Binder; free; seating limited; info@grandriverspirits.com; 618-503-9050 Miss Illinois pageant preliminaries: 7 p.m. today, Thursday, June 27, Marion Cultural and Civic Center and finals, 7 p.m. Saturday, June 29, civic center; $23 for the preliminaries and $33 for the final; also Teen, Pre-Teen and Princess pageants will be staged in one event at 6 p.m. Friday, June 28 in the civic center; $28; 618-997-4030; www.missillinois.org Car Craft Magazine Street Machine Nationals: FridaySunday, June 28-30, Du Quoin State Fairgrounds; celebration of horsepower and dream machines includes highperformance street machines, hot rods and street trucks from across the nation; also, Burnout Competition, Dyno Challenge, Miss Street Machine Contest; hours, 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Friday, June 28; 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Saturday, June 29 and 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Sunday, June 30; $10; www.streetmachinenationals.net SEE EVENTS / PAGE 4
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Thursday Night Live: Food, music, artists, 5-8 p.m. Thursdays, Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, Richview Road, Mount Vernon; www. cedarhurst.org; 618-2421236 Whence We Came: Photo exhibit celebrating the African American heritage in Carbondale, starts Monday, July 1, Carbondale Civic Center; photos and artifacts of local citizens, places and events from the late 1800s to 1963; also lectures and presentations on various aspects of Black history and culture; through Sunday, July 7; 540-206-4249; mmacklin@ferrum.edu
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