Thursday, Jul. 30, 2009

What's happening

Benefits

Chicken and Beer Dance -- 5 p.m. Saturday, Edwardsville Moose Lodge, 7371 Marine Road, Edwardsville. Benefits Blake Sprinkle, infant son of Tami and Jarrod Sprinkle who was diagnosed with Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome. Silent auction from 5 to 8 p.m., DJ Ryan Hentz from 6 to 11 p.m. $25 per person. Donations to Blake Sprinkle Benefit, c/o Bank of America, 248 Harvard Drive, Edwardsville, IL 62025. 978-0539 or 207-1228.

Concerts

Music in the Park -- 7 p.m. today, Grove Memorial Park, Main Street and Market, Grafton. Bring lawn chairs. Free. 786-2722.

Concerts at the Park -- 8 p.m. today, Bellevue Park, Belleville. Music by Country Music Machine.

Edwardsville Municipal Band --8 p.m. today, City Park, 112 S. Buchanan, Edwardsville. Free. Tuba player Greg Allen is the featured soloist. Concession stand by United Methodist Women from Immanuel United Methodist Church.

Swingin' for Celiacs Jazz Concert -- 5 p.m. Saturday, Schranz Memorial Park, Swansea. Features Tony D and the Groove Merchants. Beverages, gluten-free snacks provided. Music at 7 p.m. Donations accepted. Proceeds benefit celiac disease research.

Belleville Concert --7:30 p.m. Saturday, St. Luke's Catholic Church, 301 N. church St., Belleville. Music from the Forbidden Mass. Sponsored by Metro East Community Chorus and Orchestra. Donations to the American Cancer Society accepted. mecco.siue@gmail.com.

Fairview Heights Concert -- 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Moody Park, Fairview Heights. Scott Air Force Base "Hot Brass" Band performs. Free. Also features Tom Coster, keyboardist with Santana.

Concert Series -- 7-10 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, Bobby's Frozen Custard, Route 159, Maryville. Music by Bel Aires on Saturday and Hudson and The Hoo Doo Cats.

Music at Metter -- 5-8 p.m. Sunday, Metter Park, 211 E. Cherry St., Columbia. Features Morland Drive and The Sofa Kings. Food, drinks available for purchase. Bring lawn chairs, blankets. Free.

Dances

Potluck Dinner/Dance --6-9 p.m. Friday, Collinsville Senior Citizens Center, 420 E. Main St., Collinsville. $4 admission. 344-7787.

Highland Dance -- 8-11:30 p.m. Saturday, Lindendale Park Ballroom, Highland. Music by Gene Maynard Band.

Square and Round Dance --7 p.m. Saturday, Caseyville Senior Center, 10001 Bunkum Road, Fairview Heights. Joe Obal, caller; Glenda Morgan, cuer. Sponsored by Dandy Dancers Square Dance Club. 624-4188.

Afternoon Dance -- 2-6 p.m. Sunday, American Legion, 1105 W. Sycamore St., Germantown. Music by Good Times Band. Sponsored by Diesen Winkler Post 325. 523-4526 or 523-4540.

Events

Fundraiser -- 9 a.m.-3 p.m. today-Friday, lobby, Physicians Office building, Anderson Hospital, Maryville. Features "Scentsy" wickless candles.

"Tribute to Elvis" -- 7:30 p.m. Friday, Knights of Columbus, 12454 State Route 143, Highland. Features Steve Brandes and The Easy Street Band. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. $16 advance, $20 at the door. Cash bar, food available for purchase. 50/50 drawing.

Peanut Butter & Jam Festival -- 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. Friday, downtown square, Highland. Free entertainment, PB&J sandwiches and popcorn.

Mascoutah Homecoming und Augustfest -- today-Sunday, Scheve Park, Mascoutah. 4-H exhibits and livestock shows. Food, carnival, drawing. Today: Horse show at 4:30 pl.m. in the arena and judging of the 4-H exhibits in the agriculture building. Friday: 4 p.m. poultry judging, 5:30 p.m. poultry showing, fashion review at 6:30 p.m., 4-H public speaking contest at 7 p.m., swine judging at 8 p.m., music by Tom & Kathy LaQuet at 7 p.m. at the pole barn, Jump Starts at 7:30 p.m. at the Depot stage. Antique tractor pull at 6 p.m. Saturday: 4-H judging for beef, dairy cattle, sheep and goats from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., livestock auction at 7:30 p.m., 4-H super showmanship contest at 2 p.m., 5 p.m. parade, music by Tom & Kathy LaQuet from 2 to 5 p.m. in the pole barn, Air Force Jazz Ensemble from 3 to 4:15 p.m. at the depot stage, Well Hungarians from 7:30 to 1:30 p.m. in the depot stage. Classic pull at 11 a.m. Sunday: parade at 5 p.m., Tom & Kathy LaQuet from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the car show, 6-9 p.m., Cactus Moon from noon to 4 p.m. at the depot stage, Keep the Change from 7 to 11 p.m. at the Depot Stage. Truck pull at 7 p.m. Queen crowning at 3:30 p.m.

Bond County Fair -- Friday-Sunday, Greenville. Features an expo by the Bond County Antique Machinery Club, tractors.

Archaeology Day -- 10 a.m.-4 pm. Saturday, Cahokia Mounds, Collinsville. Demonstrations of bow and arrow making, flintknapping, pottery making, fingerweaving, bone-sheel-gourd carving and more. Archaeologists explain scientific techniques. Also tour excavations and hear storytelling.

St. Leo's Church Picnic --Saturday, church grounds, Modoc. Chicken and homemade dressing dinner at 3:30 p.m., Mass at 4:15 p.m., bingo, country store, games.

St. Francis Parish Picnic -- Saturday, church grounds, Aviston. Chicken and beef dinner from 3:30 to 8 p.m., carryouts from 3:30 to 7 p.m., Mass at 4 p.m., quilt bingo at 6:30 p.m., raffles, country store, basket booth, games.

Car Show -- 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday, Family Video, 1611 w. Main St., Belleville. Mario Kart competition for ages 6 to 18, door prizes, more.

Arcade Auction --10 a.m. Saturday, Belle Clair Fairgrounds, Illinois 13 and 159, Belleville. Preview and inspection from 8 to 10 a.m.

Millstadt Summer Festival -- Saturday, St. James Catholic Church, 405 W. Madison, Millstadt. Household auction at 10 a.m., chicken dinner from 3 to 7 p.m., adult and children games, bingo.

St. Anthony Church Picnic -- 4 p.m. Saturday, church grounds, Lively Grove. Chicken dinner at 4 p.m., bingo, music by Polka Connection from 7:30 to 11 p.m., picnic attractions. Polka Mass at 4 p.m., 6 p.m. Mass.

Street Art Festival and Art Expo -- 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Saturday, downtown Highland. Features over 60 artists. Also music by Lon-L and Two Blue, Chris Belden, Chris Wilson, Andy McCamman and Jeff Pinkel. Proceeds from event goes towards the city street banner project.

Circle of Great Entertainment -- 3-8 p.m. Sunday, Bretz Wildlife Lodge & Winery, Route 127, Carlyle. Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Karen Carpenter impersonator. Presented by Hope for Tomorrow, a Relay for Life team. Music, fried chicken and nachos, auction items, wine tasting. $20 per person advance, $25 at the door. Proceeds benefit Clinton County Relay for Life. 227-8508 or 233-0198.

Sportsmans Club Picnic -- 11 a.m. Sunday, Trenton Sportsman's Club, 14919 Sportsman's Road, Trenton. Presented by Sugar Creek Looking Glass Sportsmans Club. Food, desserts, beer stand, basket stand, raffle, poker stand, games for children, Corp of Engineers presentation on snakes at 2 p.m., horseshoe tournament at 1 p.m., washer tournament after noon registration.

"Intro to Journey Stories" -- 1-4 p.m. Sunday, Berger-Kiel House, Scheve Park, Mascoutah. Tour the 1860s house and bar. String music by the Light-Stepping Gang. Surveyor's tools displayed and demonstrated. Free. Donations accepted.

Summer Skating Fun -- 1-4 p.m. Tuesday, Fun Spot Skating Center, 1400 West Boulevard, Belleville. $5.50 admission, $2 skate rental. Also held each Tuesday, July through August 11. 234-4502.

Exhibits

Mama's Kitchen -- through Oct. 2009, Collinsville Historical Museum, 406 W. Main St., Collinsville. Features "on loan" items such as an 1860 jelly cupboard, bucket bench, wooden and brass buckets, wooden washing machine, butter churn and a cupboard door from the razed Louis Lumaghi home.

Emma Kunz House -- 602 Fulton St., Belleville. $2 adults, $1 children six to 12. Train display in lower level. Open the second Sunday of each month except January and February from 2 to 4 p.m. 234-0600.

St. Clair County Historical Society -- 701 E. Washington St., Belleville. $2 adults, $1 children 6 to 12 years. Open the second Sunday of each month except January and February from 2 to 4 p.m. Abraham Lincoln and Civil War exhibit and 1800s vintage dresses on display through Sept. 2009.

Glen Carbon Heritage Museum -- 10 a.m.-2 p.m. today, Saturday, Tuesday, 124 School St., Glen Carbon. Collection of quilts on display through mid-November. Group tours available. 288-7271.

Artist of the Month --through Friday, Chester Public Library, Chester. Features artist Tabitha Knope. Her work is displayed on the Rathert easel, near the circulation desk.

Exhibits --through Aug. 22, Schmidt Art Center, Southwestern Illinois College, 2500 Carlyle Ave., Belleville. Features Jeff Sippel: "Action/Reaction," Joe Chesla: "Letting go a breath I didn't know I was holding" and Jenny Boudreault: "Awakenings."

Madison County Historical Society -- 1-4 p.m. Sunday, 715 N. Main St., Edwardsville. "Life in Lincoln's Time 1809-1865." Through Nov. 30.

Yanda Log Cabin -- 148 S. Main St., Glen Carbon. Open 10 a.m.-2 p.m. fourth Saturday of each month through October. Group tours available. 288-7271.

"Avenue of Art" -- through Aug. 22, Visitors Center, Our Lady of the Snows, 442 DeMazenod Drive, Belleville. Features works by the Gateway East Artists Guild. www.geag.net.

2009 Photography Exhibit -- through Oct. 17, Village of Elsah Museum, 26 LaSalle, Elsah. Theme: "Discoving Elsah." Open from 1 to 4 p.m. Friday-Sunday.

Paul Simon Museum -- 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, 540 Edwardsville Road (rear), Troy. Collection of memorabilia and photos of the late Senator Paul Simon. 667-6662.

Titanic Artifacts -- today-Sunday, St. Clair Square, Fairview Heights. Free mobile museum tour. Features artifacts recovered from the shipwreck site.

"Impressions in August" -- 7 p.m. Saturday, Governor French Academy Gallery, 223 W. Main St., Belleville. Features five artists from the area. Works in painting, photography and mixed media. Opening reception Saturday.

Food

Barbecue -- 3-7 p.m. today, Turkey Hill Grange, Illinois 15 and Green Mount Road, Belleville. Carryouts. Sponsored by Turkey Hill Grange.

Aviston Fish and Chicken Fry -- 4:30-7 p.m. Friday, American Legion Post 1239, 601 S. Clinton, Aviston. Eat in or carryout. 228-7311.

Collinsville Fish Fry -- 4-7:30 p.m. Friday, Knights of Columbus Hall, Route 157, Collinsville. Eat in or carryout.

Fairview Heights Fish Fry -- 4-8 p.m. Friday, Knights of Columbus, 5420 Old Collinsville Road, Fairview Heights. Homemade desserts. Sponsored by Walton's. 632-5222.

Highland Fish Fry -- 4-7:30 p.m. Friday, VFW Post 5694, 1900 VFW Road, Highland. Eat in or carryout. 654-6367.

Millstadt Fish Fry -- 4-8 p.m. Friday, Millstadt VFW Post 7980, Illinois 158 and Veterans Drive, Millstadt. Carryouts available. Sponsored by VFW Post 7980. 476-1180.

O'Fallon Fish Fry -- 4-8 p.m. Friday, O'Fallon Knights of Columbus Hall, 402 E. Highway 50, O'Fallon. Sponsored by the KC and Ladies Auxiliary. 632-6229.

O'Fallon Fish Fry -- 4-8 p.m. Friday, Sgt. Charles A. Fricke VFW Post 805, 221 W. First St., O'Fallon. Eat in or carryout. Desserts by Moose Ladies Auxiliary. Sponsored by VFW Post 805 and Auxiliary. 624-2651.

Okawville Fish Fry --5-8 p.m. Friday, American Legion Post 233, 205 N. Hanover St., Okawville. Sponsored by American Legion Post. Eat in or carry out 243-6545.

Shiloh Fish Fry -- 5-8 p.m. Friday, Shiloh Eagles, 100 Eagle Drive, Shiloh. Eat in or carryout. 624-5412.

Smithton Fish Fry -- 4-9 p.m. Friday, American Legion, 102 N. Main, Smithton. Also barbecue on Saturday and fried chicken on Sunday. 235-4112.

Swansea Fish Stand -- 11 a.m.-8 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 301 Service St., Swansea. 222-7171.

Troy Fish Fry -- 4-8 p.m. Friday, VFW Hall, 123 W. Market St., Troy. Eat in or carryout. 667-8387.

Millstadt Fish Fry -- 5-8 p.m. Wednesday, Millstadt VFW Post 7980, Illinois 158 and Veterans Drive, Millstadt. Sponsored by VFW Post 7980. Carryouts available.

Games

Bunco Night --7 p.m. today, Fellowship Hall, St. Paul United Church of Christ, 127 St. Paul St., Columbia. Sponsored by Humane Society of Monroe County. Beginner lesson at 6:30 p.m. $10 per person. Raffle, attendnace prizes, refreshments. 281-0622.

Euchre Tournament -- 7 p.m. Friday, Smithton Senior Center, Smithton.

Euchre Tournament --7 p.m. Monday, St. Teresa's Parish Center, 1108 Lebanon Ave., Belleville. $5 per person. Refreshments, snacks. Sponsored by St. Teresa's Men's Club.

Luncheon and Card Party --noon Tuesday, St. Luke's Hall, 226 N. Church St., Belleville. $6 per person for luncheon. Cards, bingo. Sponsored by St. Luke's Perpetual Help Sodality.

Markets

Swansea Farmers Market -- 3-7 p.m. today, Melvin Price Park, Swansea. Held rain or shine. Fruits, vegetables, honey, jellies, baked goods, crafts. 18+ vendors. Root beer floats or ice cream sundaes.

Yard Sale Benefit -- 11 a.m.-5 p.m. today-Friday, Fairmont City Flea Market, Routes 40 and 111, Fairmont City. Sponsored by Washington Park Emergency Organization, Inc. Wishing Well Ministry.

Alton Farmers' & Artisans' Market -- 8 a.m.-noon Saturday, parking lot at Henry Street and Landmarks Boulevard, Alton. Fresh produce, artwork.

Farmers Market -- 8 a.m.-noon Saturday, Silver Creek Mill, 602 S. Jefferson St., Mascoutah. Organic and specialty growers of produce, gourmet coffee bar, live music.

Rummage Sale -- 8 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, St. Augustine gym, 1900 W. Belle, Belleville. Sponsored by the church youth. toys, games, kitchen items, miscellaneous items.

Bazaar -- 7 a.m. Saturday, The Holy Ghost Chapel Church, 22nd and Lynch, East St. Louis. Clothes, home decor, electronics and more. 696-1085.

On Stage

"Cooking with Marge" -- 7 p.m. Friday and July 31, Fischer's Restaurant, 2100 W. Main St., Belleville. Comedy dinner show with Linda Spall. $39.95 per person. Reservations to Barb, (314) 324-5449.

"Once Upon a Mattress" -- 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday, 2 p.m. Sunday, Highland Elementary Auditorium, 1800 Lindenthal Ave., Highland. $9 adults, $8 seniors, $7 children. Presented by Hard Road Theatre Productions. www.hardroad.org or call 654-7748.

"Cinderella" -- 7:30 p.m. Friday-Saturday and Aug. 7-8, Miner's Theatre, downtown Collinsville. $7 adults, $5 children 12 and under.

Shoots

Trap League -- 6 p.m. today, Highland Pistol and Rifle Club, east of the intersection of Bellm and Iberg roads, Highland. 654-3980.

Practice Trap Open -- 6-9:30 p.m. today, Edwardsville Gun Club, 4104 Staunton Road, Edwardsville.

Open Trap Shooting -- noon-4 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, Edwardsville Gun Club, 4104 Staunton Road, Edwardsville. 656-2875.

Trap Shooting -- 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Mascoutah Sportsmans Club, 1535 N. County Road, Mascoutah.

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