Best Bets: ‘Joy of Easter’ brings Bible stories to life in Belleville
For the 27th year, St. Matthew United Methodist Church in Belleville will present “The Joy of Easter,” a dramatic interpretation of the Passion Play, with choir, orchestra, live animals and a cast of more than 300 volunteers.
Performances are at 7:30 p.m. March 23-25 at the church, 1200 Moreland Drive. Admission is free; an offering will be taken.
Jamie Palmer will portray Jesus, and the narrator is Luke Patton. Drama director is Lindsay Vollman, director of children’s ministries at St. Matthew. Scenes of various Bible stories, starting with the birth of Jesus and ending with the resurrection are depicted with costumed actors and a professionally designed set.
For more information, call 618-397-5994. Call ahead if you are coming with a group; it’s also a good idea to come an hour early. A nursery will be provided.
Capitol Theater turns 90
The Capitol Theater in Waterloo will celebrate its 90th birthday by showing the silent movie “The Genral,” starring Buster Keaton.
The show starts at 6 p.m. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Admission is 25 cents plus a can of food to be donated to the Western Egyptian food pantry. All concessions will be 25 cents. All tickets will be sold at the door.
Attendance prizes will be two tickets to an upcoming Monroe Actors Stage Company production.
Corned beef and cabbage
If you need a little Irish in your St. Patrick’s Day, you’ll find it Thursday at a St. Patrick’s Day dinner at St. Luke’s Parish Hall in Belleville.
The menu includes corned beef or ham, cabbage, roasted potatoes, dessert and drinks.
Dinner is served from 4 to 7 p.m. in the hall at 226 N. Church St. Cost is $9 for adults, $3.50 for children, free for those younger than 7. There also will be a pot of gold, quilt raffle and Irish entertainment. It’s sponsored by St. Luke Perpetual Help Sodality & Men’s Club.
Maeystown Spring Arts Show
Clara Lewis, of Maeystown, and Jane Washausen, of Waterloo, will be the featured artists at the annual Spring Arts Show this weekend in Maeystown.
It will be open from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at the Maeystown Preservation Society Mill and Museum.
Lewis will display prints, drawings and clay figures. Washausen will show her paintings and photography.
Admission to the show is free, but donations to the museum will be accepted. Food will be available during the day at Vici’s Front Porch, The Tavern in Maeystown and Village Kaffeehaus.
‘Glass Menagerie’
Looking Glass Playhouse will continue its run of the Tennessee Williams classic “The Glass Menagerie at 7:30 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday at 301 W. St. Louis St. in Lebanon.
“The Glass Menagerie” is a the haunting tale of the Wingfield family. It’s told through the memories of Tom Wingfield (Colin Dowd), who is caught between love for his sister, Laura (Joanna Ferbrache), and the need to escape his oppressive family surroundings and a dead-end job.
Laura is a shy, fragile young woman who would rather care for her collection of glass animals than develop a social life. The household is thrown into a tizzy when their mother (Rachel Mullis) asks Tom to bring home a nice, young man Jim (Benjamin Hopkins) to meet Laura.
Tickets: Thursday and Sunday shows, $10 adults; $9 60-plus, students and military. Friday and Saturday shows, $12 adults; $11 60-plus, students and military.
This story was originally published March 16, 2016 at 8:48 AM with the headline "Best Bets: ‘Joy of Easter’ brings Bible stories to life in Belleville."