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No matter how you pro-nounce it, Pagliai’s Pizza & Pasta in Carbondale is an instantly recognizable name on the Southern Illi-nois restaurant radar.

And ever since Pagliai’s moved its operations four years ago, business has boomed.

“The move has expanded the busi-ness beyond my widest dreams,” owner Melissa Parsons told The Southern.

Parsons is the daughter of founders Connie and Larry Anderson.

While the well-known restaurant might have relocated, the quality food and exceptional customer service that have made Pag’s such a success for nearly five decades isn’t budging.

“Our quality and consis-tency is really our strong point and the personal touch we add to everything we do,” Parsons said.

The restaurant’s original brick oven made the move to the new location, and the kitchen is still fully visible from the dining room, which allows guests to witness first-hand the

level of quality and care put into the preparation of every meal.

The 4,000-square-foot facility has allowed the restaurant to offer more seating, better parking, expansive banquet rooms and numerous flat-screen TVs. Improved lighting and larger windows also enhance the Pag’s dining experience.

For lover of pasta, Pag’s serves up cavatelli, fet-tuccini (alfredo or prima-vera), lasagna, manicotti, mostaccioli and, of course, spaghetti. All of Pagliai’s pasta dished are served with garlic bread, and din-ners include a salad. For sandwich fans, Pags’ has ham and cheese, poor boy

or Italian beef with chips. Bread sticks and chicken wings are also on the menu, as is cheesecake to satisfy the sweet tooth.

But it’s the handcrafted, generously topped pizzas that have built the restau-rant’s reputation into what it is today. Pagliai’s offers several options for their handmade pizza crust — baked on a brick, thin or thick, which results in a crispy crust. You can also go soft and chewy by opt-ing for the thin or thick crust baked in a pan.

The crust is just the start of the fun for pizza connoisseurs. Pagliai’s boasts more than 20 top-pings, allowing guests to build their favorite

or choose from popular specialty pizzas like “Joe’s Special” — a thin-crust pie with sausage (which Pag’s grinds in-house), pepperoni, extra cheese, onions Canadian bacon and extra sauce.

An expanded selection of domestic and imported beers is available by the glass or pitcher, and you can enjoy a variety of wines by the glass, half-liter or liter.

Pag’s party rooms can accommodate larger groups for any occasion, from the professional business meeting to pre-game parties for SIU sporting events.

Call 618-457-0321 to reserve a party room today.

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Before He Was Fab: George Harrison’s First American visit, discussion and book signing by author Jim Kirkpatrick, noon-1 p.m. Wednesday, May 28, Harrisburg District Library; light lunch; 618-253-7455

Comedy The Carbondale

Comedians: 9 p.m. Mondays, Hangar 9, Carbondale; 10 p.m. Wednesdays, Station 13, Carbondale; see The Carbondale Comedians on Facebook

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5K Glow Run/Walk: Registration opens 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 16, Sesser Miner’s Memorial Park, 200 S. Park St., Sesser; race begins 8:30 p.m.; registration, $25 or $50 per family; proceeds go to Guatemala youth mission trip; runners receive glow necklaces; devils (youth along the route) will hide and try to tag the runners; if you’re tagged, you must stop for 10 seconds before con-tinuing to run; 618-218-0302; [email protected]; www.sesserchristian.org

strawberry day: Begins with breakfast, 7 a.m., Saturday, May 17, Villa Ridge; flag raising, 8 a.m.; 5K run; pedal tractor pull, 10 a.m.; food; music; strawberries

Crafts ‘N’ Crooners: Starts 9 a.m. Saturday, May 17, Benton Civic Center; free art fair, crafts last until 5 p.m.; concert by

Mandy Heinemann and The Gordons, 6 p.m.; $20/$15; 618-435-5700.

edward Benyas: Discussion on the Southern Illinois Music Festival, 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 21, Dunn-Richmond Center, 150 E. Pleasant Hill Road, Carbondale; SIU Learning in Retirement meeting with the social hour starting at 9:30 a.m.; [email protected]

Gen. John A. logan Centennial Celebration: Starts 9 a.m. Saturday, May 24, Murphysboro; dedication of historical markers; special speakers; parade; wreath laying at the Logan statue in front of the Murphysboro Middle School; www.visitmurphysboro.com

life On The illinois Frontier: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, May 24, Saline Creek Pioneer Village and Museum, 1600 Feazel St., Harrisburg; demonstrations, costumes, rope-making, corn-shelling, wagon rides for the kids, food and entertain-ment; 618-25-7342; 618-841-3362; discoversoutheasternil.com

HerrinFesta italiana Bocce Tournaments: Saturday-Sunday, May 24-25, bocce complex, West Walnut Street, Herrin; information and registration, www.her-rinfesta.com/event/bocce

Grace Race: 7 p.m. Friday, June 6, Grace United Methodist Church, 220 N. Tower Road, Carbondale; 5K run, 5K walk and a 1-mile fun run/walk; www.gumc.net/race.htm; 618-457-2818

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Festival and Cook Off: Friday-Saturday, May 16-17, Golconda; starts 6 p.m. Friday; music, crafts, art, food, beer and wine garden; continues at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 17; heli-copter rides; horse and buggy rides; 618-969-8800 or [email protected]

The lowerTown Arts & Music Festival: Friday-Saturday, May 16-17, Paducah; music, art, theater, food; loca-tion, neighborhood around 7th and Madison Streets; www.lowertownamf.com

st. patrick’s Ruma stawberry Festival: 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sunday, May 18, St. Patrick’s Parish, 1 Pioneer Lane, Ruma; fried-chicken dinners with strawberries and ice cream, quilt-cash bingo, country store, raffle, music, balloonatic, silent auction and magic shows; Mass, 10 a.m.; 618-282-3176 and 800-442-1488

24th HerrinFesta italiana: Celebrates the Italian heritage of Herrin, Monday, May 19-Monday, May 26; golf, bocce ball, carnival, arts and crafts, Italian food,

grape stomp, pasta sauce and pasta eating contests, beard and mustache contest; concerts; grand parade, 11 a.m. Saturday, May 24; downtown Herrin and Herrin Civic Center; 618-942-5055; herrinfesta.com

Riverside Art & Wine Festival: Wineries, fine arts, vendors, food, music, noon-7 p.m. Saturday, May 24, Riverside Park, Murphysboro; Ivas John Band, noon-3 p.m. and Fertile Soil, 4-7 p.m.; 21 or older; $10 in advance, $15 at the gate, $5 for non-drinkers; 618-684-6421; murphysboro-chamber.com

Alto pass springfest: Saturday, May 24, downtown Alto Pass; flea market, games for the kids, silent auction, parade, fire department water fights, treasure hunts, dunking tanks, games, bounce houses, barbecue meal at community center with strawberry shortcake, school reunion roll call, cakewalk, raffle and a veterans salute; trade fair, 8 a.m.-4 p.m.; 618-967-6243; 618-893-2490; 800-248-4373; southernmos-tillinois.com

Christopher Homecoming:

Thursday-Sunday, May 29-June 1, Dennison Memorial Park; carnival, 5K run/walk, car show, bocce ball tournaments, ice cream social, beverage garden, food and entertainment; karaoke contest, 8 p.m. Thursday, May 29; music by Fertile Soil, 7:30 p.m. Friday, May 30; carnival starts 5 p.m.; also Lions Club pancake breakfast, 7-10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 31; music Saturday by Jackson Junction, 7 p.m.; Ice Cream Social, 2-4 p.m. Sunday, June 1; Christian music, 2-4 p.m. Sunday; 618-218-1710; cityof-christopher.org

Films Outdoor movie: Iron Man 3,

dusk, Friday, May 16, Walker’s Bluff Gazebo, 326 Vermont Road, Carterville; doors open, 5:30 p.m.; bring chairs and blankets; no outside food; concessions available; 618-956-9900; www.Walkersbluff.com

History Open house: Noon-3 p.m.

Saturday, May 17, Williamson County Historical Museum, 105 S. Van Buren St., Marion;

historical rooms as well as the historical research library; www.wcihs.org; 618-997-5863

Theater/performance As You like it: Stone Soup

Shakespeare performances, 6 p.m. Thursday, May 15, Blue Sky Winery, 3150 S. Rocky Comfort Road, Makanda; 6 p.m. Friday, May 16, Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, Mount Vernon and 6 p.m. Sunday, May 18, Attucks Park, 400-800 N. Wall St., Carbondale; free; www.stone-soupshakespeare.com

The eisenhauer Band: Bluegrass music, 7:30 p.m., Friday, May 16, The Gathering Place Dinner Theatre, 290 S. Burns St., Sparta; $35; meal included; www.thegather-ingplaceoffbroadway.com; 618-965-3726

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GOLCONDA — The Lusk Creek BBQ Festival and Cook Off will take place Friday and Saturday, May 16 and 17, in down-town Golconda.

The activities start at 6 p.m. Friday and continue until 10 p.m. with music, crafts, art,

food and a beer and wine garden.

Events begin at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 17 and include a full day of music, food, arts and craft exhibitors and a BBQ Cook Off.

The Pope County His-torical Society Museum

will be open for visitors to take a look back at the life and times of Pope County, which will be celebrating 200 years in 2016.

For more information, call 618-969-8800 or email [email protected].

— The Southern

Lusk Creek BBQ Festival features helicopter rides METROPOLIS — The

entertainment lineup for the 36th Superman Cel-ebration in Metropolis has been announced.

The event, which runs Thursday, June 12, to Sun-day, June 15, will feature musical acts and a “man who bends steel,” but does not go by the name of Superman.

The celebration will kick off at 6 p.m. Thursday with Gospel Night. West Frankfort’s Sons of the Father will open the show. The featured group Thurs-day will be The Kingsmen Quartet, which has been performing since 1956.

Two bands from Ken-tucky, Gideon’s Rifle and Newtown, will perform Friday. Gideon’s Rifle recently won the Battle of the Bands WKMS con-test at Maiden Alley in Paducah. Band members are from Louisville and are influenced by traditional American roots music and Kentucky bluegrass. New-town, based out of Lex-ington, features five musi-cians playing a unique style of bluegrass.

Saturday’s entertain-ment will start with Stacie Allen. The Southern Illi-nois native has recorded

five albums and performed at numerous venues across the Midwest.

Jordan Carter will take the stage at 7 p.m. Saturday. Carter and his band, Justice, have opened for Marti Stuart, Jamie O’Neal, Rosanne Cash, Mark Wills and Billie Jo Shaver.

Music won’t be the only form of entertainment at the annual event.

Morgan Strebler, “The Man Who Bends Steel,” performs PsychoKinetic magic and is considered one of the world’s leading experts and performers in this field.

Strebler will take the stage at noon Friday, 3 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. Sunday.

The K-9 Crew Trick Dog Show, a high-energy canine thrills show, will perform three shows Fri-day, one show Saturday and three shows Sunday.

In the Smallville Tent, Jason Lindsey of Hooked on Science will introduce kids to interesting sci-entific experiments with some hands-on activities.

Special Guests at the celebration include Dean Cain, best known for his breakthrough role as Superman/Clark Kent in the 1993 television hit series “Lois & Clark, The New Adventures of Super-man”; Billy Dee Williams, who played DA Harvey Dent in “Batman;” Valerie Perrine, best known for her role of Lex Luthor’s girlfriend, Miss Teschm-acher in “Superman” and “Superman II” (1980); and Aaron Smolinski, who began his career with the role of Baby Clark Kent in 1978’s “Superman.”

For more informa-tion, call the Metropolis Chamber of Commerce at 800-949-5740 or go to metropolistourism.com.

— The Southern

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Local audiences will have the chance to see Shakespeare’s pastoral comedy “As You Like It” for free during Stone Soup Shakespeare’s tour this month.

This year’s production draws influence from USO tours of the 1940s and will utilize music, puppetry and a diverse ensemble of actors to tell the story of what happens when city courtiers must adapt to country living.

“As You Like It” is a pastoral play and as scholar Felix E. Schelling says, “The spirit of Robin Hood rules in this forest.” This merry band of folks exiled must make a life for themselves in the unfamil-iar world of the forest.

Stone Soup Shakespeare co-founder and artistic director Julia Stemper says “We have wanted to take on ‘As You Like It’ since we first started the company. What better way to con-nect with the part of our mission dedicated to doing theater out-of-doors than by doing a play that cel-ebrates country life.”

This year’s director, Eric Mercado, joins Stone Soup Shakespeare from New York City and brings with him a rich back-ground in devising new works, ensemble direction and working with classi-cal material.

Jeffrey Golde, Stone Soup’s executive direc-tor, said, “Mr. Mercado’s skills will be a true asset to Stone Soup’s production this year.”

In addition, Mercado will direct Stone Soup Shakespeare’s first new work, a 10-minute newly-written production to be presented before the start of “As You Like It.”

In keeping with the spirit of the children’s story, “Stone Soup,”

from which the company takes its name, audience members are encouraged to bring non-perishable food items, which will be collected and donated to local food banks in the tour region.

Those attending are also encouraged to bring food to share with their friends and family.

The “As You Like It” tour schedule includes the following area perfor-mances: 6 p.m. Thursday, May 15, Blue Sky Winery, 3150 S. Rocky Comfort Road, Makanda; 6 p.m. Friday, May 16, Cedarhurst Center for the Arts, Mount Vernon and 6 p.m. Sun-day, May 18, Attucks Park, 400-800 N. Wall St., Car-bondale.

Performances are free and are subject to change based on inclem-ent weather.

For the most up-to-date schedule, visit www.stonesoupshakespeare.com.

— The Southern

Soup and Shakespeare go together CARBONDALE —

Professional actress Reiko Aylesworth will lead a workshop on Improvisation for the Actor on Wednesday, May 21, in the Varsity Center for The Arts, 418 S. Illinois Ave.

Aylesworth has many stage and screen cred-its including Michelle Dessler in the television hit “24” and roles in “Revolution”, “Hawaii Five-0,” “Person of Interest”, “Lost,” “Ele-mentary,” “The Good Wife” and “ER.

Also, cast members of the play, “Mother Hicks” and Stage Com-pany community theater members will participate in the private workshop.

“Mother Hicks” will be performed July 11-13 and 18-20.

Aylesworth’s father, Kevin Purcell, is direct-ing “Mother Hicks” and he feels improvisational exercises are a key to increasing the quality of

the group’s performances which will enhance the experience of the-ater goers.

A second workshop, which is open to the public, is set for 8:15 p.m. Wednesday, May 21, in the Varsity.

World-renowned Shakespeare director and teacher Rob Clare will conduct an Acting Shakespeare workshop.

Clare has a doctorate from Oxford University in approaches to acting Shakespeare.

He has also worked with National Theater of Great Britain and at Central School of Speech and Drama in London and he was the acting coach for Chicago’s Step-penwolf Theater first Shakespeare production, “The Tempest.”

During the Stage Com-pany’s May 21 workshop, four non-professional actors will take the stage for approximately 30 minutes each. Each actor will present a scene from Shakespeare.

For more information about the workshops, contact Jeanne Ferraro at [email protected].

— The Southern

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HERRIN — A city’s past greatly influences its pres-ent, as well as its future.

For one week each year, residents of Herrin and visitors to Williamson County celebrate the city’s heritage and legacy with HerrinFesta Italiana, an event-filled festival com-plete with competitions, music and more.

National music acts David Nail, Three Days Grace, Blue Oyster Cult, Thomas Rhett and Tyler Farr will be filling the air-ways with a diverse array of beats and melodies through the weekend, there are plenty of other options for fun throughout the week.

An art gallery will be open each day from Thursday until the end of

the festival. Other planned events include:

Monday, May 197 p.m.; Miss HerrinFesta

Scholarship Pageant; Civic Center

Tuesday, May 206 p.m.; Honorees’

banquet; Elks Club; ticket required

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THE SOUTHERN FILE PHOTO Chandler Short of Marion walks the stage during the 2013 Miss HerrinFesta Italiana Scholarship Pageant at the Herrin Civic Center. The Marion woman was crowned the pageant winner. A new Miss HerrinFesta will be crowned Monday.

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Wednesday, May 216 p.m.; Talent contest;

Civic Center

Friday, May 237 a.m.; Prayer breakfast;

Civic Center11 a.m.; Denzil Walker/

Hal Norment Festa Golf Tournament; Pine Lakes Golf Course

11 a.m.; Robert A. Ferarri Corporate Divi-sion Bocce Tournament; Bocce court

1 p.m.; Photos from the past; Herrin Library

4 p.m.; Kids’ bike and pet parade; McDonald’s

5 p.m.; Sponsors’ VIP party; Sponsors’ tent inside the Piazza

saturday, May 248 a.m.; Tri-Festa

Triathlon; John A. Logan College

8 a.m.; Masonic Lodge breakfast; Masonic Lodge

11 a.m.; Grand Parade; Park Avenue

12:30 p.m.; Adult-child

bocce tournament; Bocce courts

2:30 p.m.; Pasta sauce contest; Civic Center

3 p.m.; Pasta editing contest; Civic Center

3:30 p.m.; Grape stomp; Civic Center north park-ing lot

3:30 p.m.; Southern Illi-nois Beard and Mustache Enthusiasts Competi-tion; Civic Center; tick-ets required

sunday, May 259 a.m.; Car show;

City Park11 a.m.; Special Inten-

tion Mass; Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church

1 p.m.; International Championship Bocce tournament; Bocce courts

Monday, May 268 a.m.; Road races8:30 a.m.: Pvt. Joseph

Ozbourn memorial plaque dedication; City Hall

9 a.m.; Memorial Day service; Doughboy statue on North Park Avenue

4 p.m.; Art exhibit reception and awards

L ifeless piles of meeting notes from months and months of marathon planning sessions

are being converted to precise marching orders for an army of volunteers this week as preparation for Herrinfesta Italiana shifts into high gear.

Three contem-porary country music hit makers, a legendary rock ‘n’ roll band and a long-time fixture on the alternative rock scene comprise the list of feature artists being presented during the five-day musical portion of the annual celebration.

David Nall kicks things off May 22, followed by Three Days Grace on May 23, Blue Oyster Cult on May 24, Thomas Rhett on May 25 and Tylar Farr as the closing performer on Memorial Day.

Fans of the event anxiously await the announcement of the festival lineup each year, reacting with the zeal of a Christmas morning toddler when the roster is officially named in March.

By then, contracts have been signed and the list of headliners is virtually written in stone, but all of the anxiety is not gone from the process. Local musicians nervously await the phone call from a repre-sentative of the entertainment com-mittee with an invitation to perform on the stage of a premier Southern Illinois festival.

“We were pumped when we got the call,” said Keenan Rice of Du Quoin, spokeman and lead singer for We Got It Covered, the opening act for Rhett. “It’s a special thing for us. We’ve got a lot of new songs that folks are really going to like. We are firm believers that the best country music has already been made, and we try to prove it by bringing back a few of the classics from the 1990s.”

Rice said the group is not a bar band and relies heavily on weddings and area family-friendly events for bookings.

“May is a hectic time of the year for us. We were delighted to be invited back to Herrin for the third

straight year,” Rice said.In 2012, Drew Baldridge of Patoka

was a member of We Got It Covered. Last year, he had moved to Nashville and signed a publishing contract with THIS Music/Warner Chap-pell when he made a special guest appearance with the band.

Baldridge is now touring the coun-try with his own band, has a video for his popular “B.Y.O.B” on You-Tube and has just released the single “She’s Taken.” He will perform a full set, prior to Rhett taking the stage.

Local bands will be display-ing their lofty talents throughout the festival as Cache River opens for Farr, the Rich Fabec Band and Southbound shares the stage with Blue Oyster Cult, Anondyne Sky and The Windshield Hours plays with Three Days Grace, and Mr. Swamp Fox works with Nail.

Farr, who attended Missouri State University and is a native of the Show Me State, is signed to Colum-bia Nashville Records. He released his biggest hit, “Redneck Crazy,” last year and followed-up with “Whis-key in My Water.”

He became a country music convert at 16, when his mother mar-ried the lead guitarist for George Jones, and he was exposed to the hard-core, honky-tonk sound on a daily basis.

Rhett is only 24, but he has already accumulated an impressive hit list that includes “Something To Do With My Hands,” “It Goes Like This” and current single “Get Me Some of That.” A talented song-writer, he has penned hits for Jason Aldean, Florida George Line and Lee Brice.

He is the son of country singer Rhett Akins.

A musical powerhouse since 1970, Blue Oyster Cult is best known for classics “Burnin’ for You,” “Godzilla” and signature master-piece “(Don’t Fear) the Reaper.” Eric Bloom and Donald Roeser have been supplying lead vocals for the group for more than four decades.

The band’s name was taken from a poem written by manager Sandy Pearlman. Blue Oyster Cult described a group of aliens assem-bled to secretly guide earth’s history.

Canadian rockers Three Days Grace have released three platinum albums and hits like “Pain,” “Just Like You,” “Animal I Have Become” and “The Good Life.” They were named Rock Artist of the Year in 2007 by Billboard magazine.

The band officially replaced long-time lead vocalist Adam Gontier with Matt Waist on March 28 and released a new single, “Painkiller,” on April 8.

A native of Kennett, Mo., Nail has cracked the elusive Top 10 with singles “Red Light” and “Whatever She’s Got” and reached the No. 1 position in 2011 with “Let It Rain.”

Tickets are $25 for Blue Oyster Cult and $20 for all other shows. Tickets will be available the day of show or can be purchased online at www.hesrrinfest.com.

Gates open for each performance at 5:30 p.m., except on May 26, when the time is moved up to 4:30 p.m.

ViNCe HOFFARd can be reached at 618-658-9095 or [email protected].

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MARION — Exile and Juice Newton will present a blast from the past at a 7 p.m. concert Friday, May 16, in the Marion Cultural and Civic Center.

Exile started its musical journey in 1963 when the group performed in Rich-mond, Ky.

More than 50 years later, Exile is still present-ing concerts with a mix of original and semi-nal members.

Exile is probably best known for the group’s 1978 pop classic, “Kiss You All Over.”

Juice Newton will also perform at the

Friday concert.This Grammy, CMA and

Billboard award-winning artist has multiple plati-num and gold albums, 10 million records sold and has 15 Top 10 hits.

Some of Newton’s songs on her Greatest Hits CD include: “Angel In the Morning,” “Heart of the Night,” “Love’s Been a Little Bit Hard on Me” and “Break It to Me Gently.”

Tickets are $75, $57 and $37, and may be purchased by calling 618-997-4030 or visit www.marionccc.org.

— Brenda Kirkpatrick

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Classic rock mainstay Blue Oyster Cult will perform at HerrinFesta Italiana on Saturday, May 24.

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Matt Basler: 7-10 p.m., Walker’s BluffsATURdAY

Anna Marie: 2-5 p.m., Blue Sky Vineyard

Tim Whiteford: 2-6 p.m., Owl Creek Winery

Riplee Pryor: 3-6 p.m., Walker’s Bluff

larry dillard Blues Therapy: 3:30-6:30 p.m., Von Jakob Winery & Brewery

Jefferson Avenue duo: 4-8 p.m., StarView Vineyards

Bone dry River Band: 7-10 p.m., Walker’s BluffsUNdAY

Bud summer: 2-5 p.m., Blue Sky Vineyard

diamond dog: 2-5 p.m., Walker’s Bluff

Craig Gerdes: 2-6 p.m., Owl Creek Winery

Adam Williams: 2-6 p.m., StarView Vineyards

Heath Holloman: 2:30-5:30 p.m., Bella T Winery

dirtwater Fox: 2:30-5:30 p.m., Von Jakob Winery & BreweryFiNd THeM HeRe

Alto Vineyards: Illinois 127, Alto Pass

Bella T Winery: 755 Parker City Road, Creal Springs

Blue sky Vineyard: 3150 S. Rocky Comfort Road,

MakandaHonker Hill Winery: 4861

Spillway Road, CarbondaleOrlandini Vineyard: 410

Thorn Lane, MakandaOwl Creek Vineyard: 2655

Water Valley Road, Cobdenlincoln Heritage Winery:

772 Kaolin Road, CobdenPheasant Hollow Winery:

14931 Illinois 37, WhittingtonRustle Hill Winery: U.S. 51,

CobdenstarView Vineyards: 5100

Wing Hill Road, CobdenVon Jakob Winery &

Brewery: 230 Illinois 127, Alto Pass

Walker’s Bluff: 326 Vermont Road, Carterville

Concerts southern illinois

libby Wilson and friends: Dulcimer music, 6:30 p.m. Thursday, May 15, CE Brehm Memorial Public Library, 101 S. 7th St., Mount Vernon; 618-242-6322; www.mtvbrehm.lib.il.us

Friday Night Fair music: Swamp Tigers, 6-9 p.m. Friday, May 16, Town Square Pavilion, corner of U.S. 51 North and Illinois 13 West, Carbondale; food; crafts; www.carbondalemainstreet.com; 618-529-8040

exile and Juice Newton: 7 p.m. Friday, May 16, Marion Civic and Cultural Center; $75, $57 and $37; 618-997-4030; www.marionccc.org

Gin House Jazz and Blues: Cash, Kevin Jamieson, Fiddlerick Johnson present

Dancing At Dusk, 7-10 p.m. Saturday, May 17, Town Square Pavilion; free concert and dance; 618-521-6216

southern illinois Opry: 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 17, Herrin Civic Center; perfor-mances by Cassie Andrews & Calico Creek, Blend, Craig Gerdes, Danny Norman, Zola Road; tickets, $15; siopry.com; 618-988-1817

The Quint-essential Winds: 2 p.m. Sunday, May 18, Anna Arts Center, 125 W. Davie St., Anna; wind instru-ments; $5; 904-625-1109 or email [email protected]

After Barbed Wire: 6 p.m. Sunday, May 18, The Old Feed Store, 111 N. Appleknocker Drive, Cobden; doors open, 5 p.m.; tickets, $10; www.brownpapertickets.com; www.theoldfeedstore.com

Marty’s Band: Brown Bag Concert, noon-1 p.m., Wednesday, May 21, Town Square Pavilion, Carbondale; bring a lawn chair; free

HerrinFesta Italiana concerts: Thursday, May 22-Monday, May 26, Herrin; includes David Nail, Thomas Rhett, Tyler Farr, Three Days Grace and Blue Oyster Cult; go to HerrinFesta.com for show times and tickets

Friday Night Fair music: Secondary Modern, 6-9 p.m. Friday, May 23, Town Square Pavilion, Carbondale; food; crafts; www.carbondalemain-street.com; 618-529-8040

Blend: Brown Bag Concert, noon-1 p.m., Wednesday, May 28, Town Square Pavilion, Carbondale; bring a lawn chair; free; www.carbondale-mainstreet.com

Cafés Coulter, Goot and Wall:

7 p.m. Thursday, Grotto Lounge/Newell House, 201

E. Main St., Carbondale; 618-549-6400

Howlin’ At The Moon: Hosted by John Vitt and Ray

Hogan, 8 p.m. Saturday, Yellow Moon Café, 110 N. Front St., Cobden; yellowmooncafe.com; 618-893-2233

Bars & Clubs THURsdAY

Benton: Senior Center, The Swing N’ Country Dance Band, 7-9:30 p.m.

Carbondale: Hangar 9, Little Pizza

PK’s, Cherry Street VolcanoTres Hombres: Storm

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Carbondale: PK’s, After Barbed Wire

Tres Hombres, Eric Lambert and Friends/Tim Whiteford, 6-9 p.m., patio

ina: Community Building, Friday Night Jam Band, 6:30-9:30 p.m.

Marion: Youth Center, Craig’s Country Band, 6-9 p.m.sATURdAY

Carbondale: Hangar 9, Barnacle Billy and the Zebra Mussels

PK’s, The Number 9 Blacktops

Tres Hombres, Mr. swamp Fox

Herrin: N-Kahootz Night Club, Mocking Bird Hill, 9 p.m.-1 a.m.

Marion: Hideout Restaurant, Bob Pina, piano 5:30-9:30 p.m.

American legion, Fertile soil, 7:30 p.m.

Marion: Eagles, The

Cruizers, 7-10 p.m.Thompsonville: Old

Country Store Dance Barn, Lil’ Boot & Classic Country, 7-10 p.m.

Whittington: Corner Dance Hall, As Time Goes By, 7:30-10:30 p.m.sUNdAY

Marion: Eagles, The Cruizers, 6-9 p.m.MONdAY

du Quoin: Derby’s Community Hall, Jerry’s Jammers, 7-9 p.m.

Marion: Youth Center, Craig’s Country Band, 6-9 p.m.TUesdAY

Herrin: Teen Town, Country Ramrods, 7-10 p.m.

Marion: Hideout Restaurant, Bob Pina, piano 5:30-8:30 p.m.FiNd THeM HeRe

Barb’s Place: 206 E. Market St., Christopher

Carbondale eagles: 1206 W. Linden St. 618-529-9345

Corner dance Hall: 200 Franklin St., Whittington

Curbside: 227 W. Main St., Carbondale 618-490-1539

derby’s Community Hall: 214 High St., Du Quoin

Gwen Wynn senior Center: North 9th St., Benton

Hangar 9: 511 S. Illinois Ave., Carbondale 618-549-0511

Herrin Teen Town: 105 N. 13th St., Herrin 618-889-3651

Hideout Restaurant: 2602 Wanda Drive, Marion

italian Club: 9038 Main Street, Coello 618-724-4610

John Brown’s On The square: 1000 Tower Square, Marion

Just elsie’s: 302 Jackson St., Orient, 618-932-3401

la Fogata Mexican Bar and Grill: 519 S. Illinois Ave. Carbondale; 618-457-2092

Marion American legion: Longstreet Road, Marion

Marion eagles: Russell and Longstreet Roads, Marion

Marion Youth Center: 211 E. Boulevard Ave., Marion 618-922-7853

Midtown Pub: Public Square, Jonesboro 618-614-7777

N-Kahootz Night Club: 115 W. Cherry St., Herrin

Old Country store dance Barn: Main Street, Thompsonville 618-218-4676

PK’s: 308 S. Illinois Ave., Carbondale 618-529-1124

Pinch Penny Pub: 700 E. Grand Ave., Carbondale

steeleville American legion: 303 S. Chester St., Steeleville 618-965-3362

Tres Hombres: 119 N. Washington St., Carbondale

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Art exhibition: May 22-26, Murray-Marlow Herrin Chamber building, 3 S. Park Ave.; sponsored by Little Egypt Arts Association; cash awards, people’s choice award, poster contest; www.herrinfesta.com; 618-998-8530

exhibits daedalus’ Wings:

Installation by Luca Cruzat, The Gallery Space, law office of Joni Beth Bailey, 1008 Walnut St., Murphysboro; hours, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Friday; through June

Kathleen Cotton: Synthesis, digital collage and poetry, Carbondale Public Library; through May 15; 618-457-0354, ext. 315

Civil War 150: Exploring the War and Its Meaning Through the Words of Those Who Lived It, Morris Library, SIU; displayed in the library’s Hall of Presidents and Chancellors; through May 16

Fantastic Fibers 2014: Yeiser Art Center, 200

Broadway Ave., Paducah; hours 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday; through May 24; 270-442-2453

The Creative Faces of southern illinois: Carbondale Civic Center Corridor Gallery; through May 30; 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday; 618-457-5100; [email protected]; carbon-dalearts.org

patty Morrison: Artist of the Month, Little Egypt Arts Centre, 601 Tower Square, Marion; north window; through May; 618-998-8530 or www.littleegyptarts.com

Joan skiver-levy: Award-winning artist exhibits 24 paintings, Corner Dance Hall, Whittington; through May; 618-303-5266

Joan skiver-levy: Renaissance Woman, Anna Arts Center; 9 a.m.-noon, Monday-Thursday; through May; 904-625-1109; [email protected]

Marshlands of southern illinois: By Karen Linduska, anthill gallery & vintage curiosities, 102 N. Front St., Cobden; 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday and noon-4 p.m. Sundays;

CARBONDALE — French artist Camille Ticheur will have her first solo art show in the United States Friday, May 16, in Weaver’s Cottage, 1904 Bass Lane.

The exhibit will be on display until the end of June.

The opening reception will be from 3 to 5 p.m. Sunday, May 18.

Ticheur was born in Metz, France and she came to the United States to attend college.

She decided to take her first two years of

undergraduate studies at John A. Logan College where she won a scholar-ship from the Logan art department, financing part of her education.

She plans to transfer to SIU as an art major. After that she plans to attend an art institute.

The show at Weaver’s Cottage will present Ticheur’s recent works.

Weaver’s Cottage is the working studio and gallery of Richard Cox.

For more information, call 618 457-6823.

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HERRIN — The South-ern Illinois Opry will features gospel, country and a little bit of doo wop music starting at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, May 17 in the Herrin Civic Center.

Performing acts include: Bluegrass musicians Cassie Andrews & Calico Creek; a capella doo-wop group, Blend; country art-ist Craig Gerdes; gospel singer Danny Norman and Americana duo Zola Road.

Dinner plates will be offered from Chuck’s BBQ before the show for $8.

Doors open at 6 p.m. and tickets are $15 and

may be purchased in advance at siopry.com or the Pawn Mart in Herrin.

For more information, go to siopry.com or call 618-988-1817.

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French artist hosts solo art show

PRovIDED BY WEAvER’S CoTTAGE French artist Camille Ticheur will have her first solo show in the United States at Weaver’s Cottage in Carbondale. The show begins Friday, May 16, and runs through June.

SI Opry in Herrin features variety

PRovIDED BY SI oPRY Blend will be one of the groups performing at the SI Opry Saturday.

through May 31stitching and painting:

The Art of Faith Ringgold, Mounds African American Museum, 216 N. Front St.; 2-5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday; through July 27; 618-745-6183

Notice Museum closed for break:

The University Museum at SIU will be closed through June 11; www.museum.siu.edu or 618-453-5388

Receptions/Openings Grand opening: of the

Du Quoin Library of Arts,

6-9 p.m. Friday, May 16, 6 S. Washington St., Du Quoin; exhibit of the works of the late Paul Schirmer; through June 15; grand opening continues, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, May 17; exhibit housed in the old Du Quoin Library building; will be used as a gallery for artists to display and sell works, classes, shows; 618-790-4036; [email protected]

French artist: Camille Ticheur, reception, 3-5 p.m. Sunday, May 18, Weaver’s Cottage, 1904 Bass Lane, Carbondale; through June; first exhibit by Ticheur in the United States; 618 457-6823

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Million Dollar Arm **Rated PG for mild language and some suggestive content; directed by Craig Gillespie; starring Jon Hamm, Lake Bell, Alan Arkin and Aasif Mandvi; opening Friday at ShowPlace 8 in Carbondale and AMC Centre 8 in Marion

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Jon Hamm plays the straight man to a trio of young Indian actors and Oscar-winning cur-mudgeon Alan Arkin in “Million Dollar Arm,” a comically thin “true story” of a sports agent trying to turn Indian cricket bowl-ers into Major League

Baseball pitchers.J.B. Bernstein (Hamm)

is just another shark in the sea of L.A. sports agents, better at keep-ing up appearances than attracting or hanging on to talent. But he may have to give up his swank house, his Porsche, his office and his partner (Aasif Mandvi) if he can’t hurl a Hail Mary pass that will save them all.

Channel surfing one night, he has a brain storm. Those guys who hurl cricket balls at the wicket in India look just enough like pitchers that maybe they can be taught Ameri-ca’s National Pastime.

J.B. pitches a billionaire sponsor on the idea of cracking the Indian mar-ket — holding tryouts all over India, televising it as

an “India’s Got Talent” show — only for baseball. All he needs is one or two prospects, one “Million Dollar Arm,” and with a bit of coaching, maybe he can get baseball’s first Indian star signed to a major league team.

So J.B. drags a retired, cranky scout (Arkin) and a radar gun to India, and they both sweat and steam and learn how things work — or don’t work — in the chaotic capitalism there.

A cricket bowler must keep his arm straight, unbent. That’s why they sprint as they throw the ball,to achieve velocity. It’s a totally different motion from pitching a baseball.

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That’s why Arkin brings exactly what you’d expect to the grizzled Ray. Ray dozes through this dubi-ous hunt. He doesn’t even open his eyes at the various regional tryouts.

“I can HEAR it.”Hear what? The thump

of ball into mitt. Ray is the skeptic who needs to be convinced, finally, by a few live arms, that the whole enterprise isn’t a fool’s errand.

“You know what they call that?” he growls, at the sound of something over 80, 85 miles per hour. “Juice!”

Director Craig Gillespie (“Lars and the Real Girl”) goes out of his way not to offend in the Indian scenes, courting the Indian mar-ket the way J.B. envisions baseball reaching out to the Subcontinent. But comedy is meant to offend, so that’s a problem. And once three Indian lads come home to live with J.B. and train with a college coach (Bill Pax-ton), the strain of not being patronizing shows.

Suraj Sharma and Mad-hur Mittal play the best prospects, and a funny,

diminutive actor named Pitobash plays Amit, brought along as transla-tor. The culture clash in India gives way to the REAL fish-out-of-water stories as the lads gawk at empty American opulence, from J.B.’s sports car to his luxurious home to the sweet, gorgeous med stu-dent (Lake Bell) renting his guest cottage.

As in “Jerry Maguire,” the callous, eyes-on-the-dollar-prize agent has to learn responsibility and compassion (from the med student), to understand that “this game is supposed to be fun” and figure out their Eastern ways.

“That’s our shrine, Mr. J.B., sir,” Amit explains when J.B. bristles at the candles, icons and incense. “Where do you pray, Mr. J.B., sir?”

Hamm plays J.B. too

buttoned down to make him interesting. Even when things go badly, the guy keeps it together — admi-rable in a human being or agent, bad for comedy. Arkin is barely in the film. And the Indian guys are never more than cute bor-derline caricatures.

Dawdling along as it does, “Million Dollar Arm” rarely shows us the “juice,” a baseball comedy that is as tentative as a base on balls.


Jon Hamm, (from left), Madhur Mittal, Pitobash and Suraj Sharma star in ‘Million Dollar Arm.’

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GODZILLA **

Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of destruction, mayhem and creature violence; starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Ken Watanabe, Elizabeth Olsen, Sally Hawkins, Bryan Cranston, Juliette Binoche and David Strathairn; directed by Gareth Edwards; open-ing Friday at ShowPlace 8 in Carbondale and AMC Centre 8 in Marion

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Let’s see if we remem-ber how this goes.

“With a purposeful grimace and a terrible

New version of ‘Godzilla’ is the same old thingscowl, he pulls the spitting high-tension wires down.”

And “Oh no, there goes Tokyo.” Well, not this time. It’s “Oh no, there goes (San) Francisco.”

“Godzilla” belches back to life in a new Warner Bros. film that harks back to the kid-friendlier ver-sions of these Japanese

“Kaiju” (big monster) movies. In an increasingly radioactive world men-aced by radiation-eating beasties, the return of the almost cuddly “King of the Monsters” may be the least of our troubles.

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cleverly revisit the 1940s and ‘50s atomic testing that awakened Godzilla once. Gareth Edwards’ film then jumps to the late ‘90s, where mysterious goings on in mining operations in the Philippines and near nuclear plants in Japan hint that something bad is about to go down.

Bryan Cranston is an American engineer work-ing with his wife (Juliette Binoche) when a tragic accident means their little boy Ford will grow up with-out a mom.

Years later, Ford (Aaron Taylor-Johnson of “Kick-Ass”) is a Navy bomb dis-posal expert, and Dad’s still hanging around the ruins of that Japanese reactor, a wild-eyed loon determined

to get to the bottom of a cover-up. Something is awakening. Call it a MUTO (Massive Unidentified Ter-restrial Organism). And call in the military.

Dr. Ichiro Serizawa (Ken Watanabe) has been follow-ing developments all these years. He knows what’s up. He’s seen the Toho movies. He’s heard the Blue Oyster Cult song.Visual effects master turned director Gareth Edwards impressed Hollywood with his low-budget version of this sort of story, “Mon-sters.” Given a huge budget and hours to tell the tale, he delivers a lumbering movie that’s as bloated as this new roly-poly version of the Big Guy, whom we only see in all his glory in the later acts.

Cranston blubbers with

emotion — “Something KILLED my wife, and I have a RIGHT to know!”

Taylor-Johnson doesn’t break a sweat as beasts try to keep him from making it home to his wife (Eliza-beth Olsen) and child in

San Francisco. Watanabe runs through a panoply of “stricken” looks as he sees the menace, understands it and fails to convince the admiral (David Strathairn) in charge that the natural world needs “order” and

perhaps the giant lizard “will restore it.”

Sally Hawkins was wastefully cast to simply stand behind Watanabe as Dr. Serizawa makes another “What fresh hell is this?” face.

The effects are decent — warships tossed about like bathtub toys, trains trashed and torched, nuclear missiles munched. The movie’s never less than competent. But the fatigue of over-familiarity curses this franchise like few others. We’ve seen Japanese men in monster suits. We’ve seen digital kaiju, and gigantic robot-armored soldiers fighting them (“Pacific Rim”).

So in a tale this timeworn and a film this devoid of humor, with only a few moments of humanity, with tension frittered away by the tedious repetition of the fights, anybody who has ever seen “Godzilla” in any incarnation can be forgiven for asking the obvious:

“What else have you got?”


MCT Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Legendary Pictures’ epic action adventure ‘Godzilla, a Warner Bros. Pictures release, opens in theaters Friday.

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