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Kentucky Opry Talent Search

The Kentucky Opry and Jackson Hewitt Tax Service Presents Talent Search 2009

Draffenville, KY - We are excited to announce our 2009 Talent Search. Take a look at the winners from last year. We want to invite you, PLUS each and every talented person you know to participate. Just go to www.kentuckyopry.com and click talent competitions. That will give you all the info you need to get signed up. Clay does performance coaching if you need a little help.

Categories This Year Are: Beginner - Age 12 and under; Junior - Age 13-17; Adult - Age 18 -39; Senior Adult - Age 40 and over (New This year). Here are the Rules


Park Avenue Productions

JAN 26-27
Pippi Longstockings Auditions

City, IL - Auditions for Pippi Longstocking are set for Monday, January 26th and Tuesday, January 27th from 6-8pm at the performing arts center. Anyone interested can call 618-942-2996 Please come prepared to sing a song of your choice.


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Events
Coffee Break

JAN 6
Coffee Break Grand Opening

Marion, IL - The official grand opening and ribbon cutting for Marion Carnegie Library's new coffee bar will be at 10:00 am.


| WEB LINK | E-MAIL| Phone: (618) 993-5935

Park Avenue Productions

JAN 17
Park Avenue Production's 1st Annual Trivia Night

Herrin, IL - Think you know the answers - or just want to have fun guessing - Join us at the Herrin Church of Christ for Trivia Night! Gather 8 friends together. 10 rounds of 10 questions each. $250.00 given away to the first place team!!! Concessions will be available.

Doors open at 6:30 P.M. Questions begin at 7:00 P.M.
$100.00 per table(8 people per table)


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The Greencards

JAN 17
The Greencards

Paducah, KY - 2008 Grammy Award nominee for Best Country Instrumental Performance with latest lease, Viridian. An acoustic music phenomenon that has played around the world, headlined major festivals, won awards, and toured with Willie Nelson and Bob Dylan.

Ticket prices: Adults - $17; Students/Children - $ 6
Event will be held at 7:30 at the WKCTC Clemens Fine Arts Center, on the WKCTC Campus, Paducah.


| WEB LINK | E-MAIL| Phone: (270) 534-3212

Reptile Experience with Serengeti Steve

JAN 19
The Reptile Experience with Serengeti Steve

Marion, IL - Marion Carnegie Library invites everyone to meet the “reptile man” Serengeti Steve on Janurary 19 at 5:30! The Reptile Experience will educate attendees while giving them the rare opportunity to safely handle reptiles and arachnids from around the world. The program is free and open to the public.

Serengeti Steve, a native of St. Louis, has raised and maintained more than 50 species of exotic snakes, lizards, monitors, tarantulas, turtles, frogs and scorpions. Since beginning The Reptile Experience, Steve and his critters have not only educated and entertained, but they have been featured on FOX2 News and “Show Me St. Louis.”


| WEB LINK | E-MAIL| Phone: (618) 993-5935

The Spencers

JAN 24
The Spencers: Theatre of Illusion

Carbondale, IL - For more than a decade, Kevin and Cindy Spencer have dazzled the world with their entertaining stage magic and breath-taking illusions. Audiences cross over a threshold of disbelief and are captivated only moments after Kevin and Cindy take the stage. Something extraordinary happens when these performers and their audience - sharing an intimate space and a singular moment - discover the wonders of the impossible. What the Spencers create is "theatre" in the truest sense of the word and a powerful theatrical experience that you will never forget! The Spencers will be at the Shryock Auditorium on January 24. For more information visit: SpencersMagic.com

Showtime: 7:30pm All seats are $24/$19 and tickets are available now.



Lily Tomlin

rescheduled to APRIL 24
An Evening with Lily Tomlin

Carbondale, IL - Lily Tomlin, one of America´s foremost comediennes, will perform her hilarious one-woman show at intimate Shryock Auditorium. Tomlin brings to life her signature characters including "Ernestine the telephone operator," "Edith Ann, the devilish six year old" and scenes from her Broadway show "The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe." Throughout her extraordinary entertainment career, Tomlin has received numerous awards, including: six Emmys; and two Tonys.

Showtime: 7:30pm All seats are $59 and tickets are available now.



Community
Marion Library

JAN 7-14-21-28
Storyhour at the Marion Carnegie Library

Marion, IL - Activities, stories and snacks. Open to all pre-school age children at 10am. January 7 and 21 will be presented by Williamson County Early Childhood Center. January 14 and 28 will be presented by the University of Illinois Extension Office.


| WEB LINK | E-MAIL| Phone: (618) 993-5935

JAN 13
A History of Mormons in Illinois

Marion, IL - Learn about Mormons in Illinois, including the Mormon Exodus via the Mormon Trail in the 1840s. Presented by Scott Joyner, M.D. This event will be at 6:00pm at the Marion Carnegie Library and is free and open to the public.


| WEB LINK | E-MAIL| Phone: (618) 993-5935

Tax Tips

JAN 20, 27
Tax Season Tips

Marion, IL - Have tax questions for filing 2008 tax returns? Marion Carnegie Library has an educational program to help. Kemper CPA will present tax season tips at the library at 6:30pm on Jan 20 and Jan 27. The free program will assist anyone who has questions about taxes. Kim Walker of the Marion branch at 3401 Professional Park Drive will be the presenter. The program will include information on tax deductions, changes in tax law and record retention, among other topics. Participants are encouraged to bring questions based on their individual situation.


| WEB LINK | E-MAIL| Phone: (618) 993-5935

JAN 24
P.A.S.T. Market Place

Anna, IL - Indoor flea market. P.A.S.T. welcomes arts & Crafts, antiques, food, artists, specialty, and miscellaneous vendors. Reserved 10x10 space, $25, with electricity $30. Vendors set up at 7:15 a.m. Doors open 8:30 - 1:30 at the Anna-Jonesboro High School (back entrance to lower gym). Admission is free.


| E-MAIL| Phone: (618) 833-8427 or 833-3347

Everything is Illuminated

JAN 26
Everything is Illuminated

Marion, IL - Marion Carnegie Library’s “Read the Movie, Watch the Book” program selection for January is Everything is Illuminated. Each month the library chooses a new book and film combination. Participation is open to all community members, who may participate by reading the book, watching the movie or doing both. The movie will be shown at 5pm. Discussion time will be available after the movie.

Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer tells the story of a young Jewish American who travels to the Ukraine in search of his grandfather’s past. The 2005 movie stars Elijah Wood and is directed by Liev Schreiber, who won awards from the Venice Film Festival and the National Board of Review. It is rated PG-13.


| WEB LINK | E-MAIL| Phone: (618) 993-5935

McLane Family Center

thru FEB 15
Designing Dreams

Mount Vernon, IL - The new Beck Family Center at Cedarhurst Center for the Arts was developed specificaly for children and families and inlcudes areas such as a life-size 3-d painting, art cubicles, a weaving wall, Cityscape builing area, LiteBrite, the Family Library complete with a lifesize indoor tree. The Kyle McLane, in cooperation with the Family Center Committee developed the new space. McLane's vision is showcased in the gallery through February 15.

Admission is free and the hours are Tuesday through Saturday 10 am- 5pm. Sunday 1-5 pm.


| WEB LINK | Phone: (618) 242-1236 ext.223

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