On The Horizon Car Show At SIU Arena Car Lot
SIU Arena hosts a car show June 12 to 15 featuring about 1000 new cars from area dealers. Events run 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily with dealer incentives, Slice lemonade, concessions, and a $500 shopping spree drawing. De Soto Homecoming runs June 13 to 15 at the De Soto Community Park with games, awards, parade, barbecue, queen coronation, Pot of Gold drawing, and Area Code 618 performance. Softball tournament continues through June 16.
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Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Pepsi
de Soto
Main Street
Arts group seeks performers for Southern Illinois
Southern Illinois Arts seeks experienced performers in music dance mime and other visual arts to entertain schools and community groups across a 125 mile radius. Auditions start 9 a.m. Saturday June 29 at Belleville Area College theater. Register by Friday June 21. For details contact David C Thomas SIA Carbondale.
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Southern Illinois Arts
Southern Illinois
Belleville Area College Theater
Carlyle Road
PerformArts
SIA
David C. Thomas
P.O. Box
Carbondale
Rend Lake Triathlon Race Plan and Cape Riverfest Sponsorships
Rend Lake Triathlon set for Sunday July 14 at Rend Lake with a 2 mile swim 29 mile bike and 6.2 mile run Bike inspection at 5 30 a m and registration 30 due by July 6 All participants receive a shirt trophies and certificates Proceeds go to the American Heart Association Cape Girardeau Missouri hosts the seventh annual Riverfest June 14 15 with corporate sponsors Coke Bluff City Beer First Federal Pepsi Colonial Federal Holiday Inn First Financial Planners Drury Inn and Rushing Marine Corps Activities run 3 10 p m Friday and 10 a m to 10 p m Saturday The Delta Queen makes a stop June 15 with 180 passengers at noon and departure at 5 p m Call 314 335 3312 for schedule and details
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Rend Lake
Mount Vernon
American Heart Association
Call
Cape Girardeau
Coke
Bluff City Beer
First Federal
Pepsi
Colonial Federal
Holiday Inn
First Financial Planners
Drury Inn
Rushing Marine Corps
Sunset Series opens with Deluxury and city lineup
The Carbondale Sunset Series begins Thursday June 13 with Deluxury at 8 p.m. on Shryock Auditorium steps. The free outdoor concert series offers weekly Thursday performances at Shryock or Turley Park, featuring groups like the Piranha Brothers, Joe Camel & the Caucasians, The Misstakes, New Arts Jazz Quintet, and Country Fire, with main site at the Student Center and SIUC student groups co sponsoring.
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Carbondale Park District
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Shryock Auditorium
SIUC
Deluxury
Athryock
Turley Park
The
Piranha Brothers
Joe Camel
Caucasians
Misstakes
Michael Mason
Steve
Bob & Rich
New Arts
Country Fire
Shryock
SIU C
Siu-C
Carbondale Park
Leisure Scene celebrates Shawneetown 175th year and Coal Days
Old Shawneetown marks 175th birthday with Coal Days events including carnival rides arts and crafts country music by Gene Watson and Whiskey River Band parade, tours of local banks, and Kiddie Day. Other features include Superman celebration with autographs a 10000 meter run a swim suit contest and fashion show.
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Shawneetown
Gene Watson
Whiskey River Band
First State Bank
Old Shawneetown
John Marshall Bank
Metropolis
Superman
Market Street
Wpsd-Tv
Paducah
Super Body Fitness Center
Sundowners
Rough House
New talent after 20 years shines on blues stage
Lonnie Brooks, 52, long hailed as a rising blues star, headlines a show June 13 at Gatsby's at 9 p.m. en route to a U.S. tour through Kansas City Boston Oklahoma New Orleans Baton Rouge and back to Chicago. He has earned Grammy nominations and a Bayou Lightning award, with a band of two years.
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Lonnie Brooks
Chicago
Gatsby’s
Carbondale
U.S
Brooks
Kansas City
Boston
Oklahoma
New Orleans
Baton Rouge
Montreaux
Jimmy Reeves
Europe
France
Germany
Spain
Amsterdam
Alligator Records
Johnny Winter
Winter
The Cider House Rules critics view and legacy
John Irving denies this sixth novel is an abortion book in Vogue but The Cider House Rules clearly argues for a woman’s right to choose. Set around St. Cloud’s orphanage in Maine with a side role as an abortion clinic, the book centers on Dr. Wilbur Larch and his apprentice Homer Wells.
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John Irving
Vogue Magazine
Irving
Maine
Charles Dickens
Great Expectations
David Copperfield
Dickens
Charlotte Bronte
Wilbur Larch
St. Cloud’s
Larch
Homer Wells
Homer
Wally Worthington
Candy Kendall
Ocean View
Wally
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Fund For Africa
Keith McMullen
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
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Okanville
Heritage House
Schlosser
Sky Squires Radio Control
Williamson County
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St. Clair County Farm and Nature Park
Illinois
Freeburg-Douglas Road
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Summer Playhouse
McLeod Theatre
Siuc, Communications
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