Hiroshima Day observance potluck at Carbondale church
Life EVENTS SUNDAY invites the public to a Hiroshima Day observance at Church of the Good Shepherd United Church of Christ 515 Orchard Drive Carbondale with a 5:30 p.m. potluck, 6:15 p.m. SIUC U S Social Forum shares, and a 7 p.m. reflection on the bombing anniversary. Universal Spirituality barbecue follows at Turley Park at 7 p.m. plates and supplies provided, guests bring potluck items. Contact 549-7193 or 521-4239.
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Church of the Good Shepherd United Church of Christ
Orchard Drive
Carbondale
SIUC
U.S
Universal Spirituality
Turley Park
Perry County Night Out and Community Events Roundup
Community events include Perry County Night Out at Perry County Fairground Pinckneyville from 5 to 9 p m with food games fireworks and displays by police fire and ambulance services Zeigler-Royalton registration runs 9 a m to 1 p m on Aug 13 14 at Elementary Junior High School new students must show proof of residency and a current immunization physical Kindergarten and fifth graders need a new physical and dental exams for certain grades Saint Andrew School Festival in Murphysboro features food music kid s games beer tent and auctions Friday and Saturday with additional details Sparta Blues Fest in downtown Sparta opens at 11 a m Saturday Aug 11 with acts including Alvin Jett and Phat Noir Piping Hot Buttery Biscuit of Blues and Lew Jetton and 61 South visit spartablues com for more information Marilyn Halstead Compiles this column for thesouthern contact thesouthern com or call 618 351 5078.
Living in the Past: Balch intern at Mount Vernon farm site
Allison Balch, 22, of Murphysboro works as a history interpreter at Mount Vernon this summer. Selected from a national pool, she dons 18th century attire at the George Washington Pioneer Farmer site and Washington's Distillery & Gristmill, teaching visitors about farming innovations and entrepreneurial endeavors.
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Allison Balch
Balch
Murphysboro
George Washington
Mount Vernon
New York
George Washington Pioneer
Washington
Jeanna
Allison
John A. Logan
Homestead
U.S
How Woodstock Happened The Woodstock Festival Origins
The piece examines the 1969 Woodstock event, noting prime counterculture era, the surge of rock music, and the founders Artie Kornfeld Michael Lang John Roberts and Joel Rosenman. It explains the festival’s genesis, funding needs, and the formation of Woodstock Ventures Inc. to organize the three day gathering.
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Woodstock
America
Artie Kornfeld
Michael Lang
John Roberts
Joel Rosenman
Roberts
Rosenman
Kornfeld
Capitol Records
Lang
Miami
Woodstock Ventures Inc
Lang/Kornfeld
Truman Library celebrates 50 years with Treasures of the Presidents exhibit
The Truman Library in Independence Missouri marks 50 years hosting a Treasures of the Presidents exhibit with 200 plus artifacts on loan from other presidential libraries. Highlights include Bill Clinton's saxophone Richard Nixon's 1972 China overcoat a Millie Pearl choker a Jefferson note from 1801 and Kennedy Nixon debates tapes. Admission 7 with extended Thursday hours until Labor Day and free entry after. About 100000 visitors yearly.
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Independence
Bill Clinton
Millie
Richard Nixon
China
Thomas Jefferson
Germany
Roosevelt
Fdr
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Japan
Bess
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National Frontier Trails Museum
Isitindependence
McCatchy-Tribune News
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Pinckneyville
Zeigler-Royalton Elementary/Junior High School
Saint Andrew School
St. Andrew School
Mulberry Streets
Sparta
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Alvin Jett and
Phat Noir
Lew Jetton
61 South
Www
Spartablues.com
Marilyn Halstead
Thesouthern
Marshall
Nixon
Joan Baez
Grateful Dead
the Who
Jimi Hendrix
Janis Joplin
Crosby, Stills and Nash
Travel
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