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SIU announces 2002-2003 season

CARBONDALE, Ill. -- Performances of Cuban, jazz, modern dance and ballet, the musical "South Pacific" and Jack Klugman in "On Golden Pond" headline the 2002-2003 season at SIU's Shryock Auditorium.

Other shows include a musical about Hank Williams, the patriotic "George M!," Barry Manilow's "Copacabana," and the teaming of the Southern Illinois Symphony Orchestra with the doo-wop group The Ink Spots.

For ticket information, phone (618) 453-ARTS or go to www.siu.edu/~shryock.

The shows are:

Celebrity Series:

Gus Giordano Jazz Dance Chicago, Sept. 27.

Ballet Jorgen of Canada: "Romeo & Juliet," Oct. 9.

Bruce Wood Modern Dance Company, Nov. 2.

"Hank and My Honky Tonk Heroes" with Jason Petty, Nov. 6.

Lizt Alfonso Dance Cuba, Feb. 7.

"George M!," Feb. 21.

"South Pacific," April 11.

"On Golden Pond," April 26.

Southern Illinois Family Series

Mr. Jack Daniel's Original Silver Cornet Band, Nov. 1.

International Ballet Theatre: "The Nutcracker Ballet," Dec. 1.

The Little Angels, presenting Korea's traditional dance and culture, Jan. 31.

Imago's Frogz, a theater masks ensemble, March 28.

Southern Illinois Symphony Series

Chicago Chamber Orchestra with Rachel Barton, violin, Sept. 22.

Southern Illinois Symphony Orchestra: "Around the World," Oct. 1.

Southern Illinois Symphony Orchestra and the Marjorie Lawrence Opera Theater in a Rodgers and Hammerstein Revue: "A Grand Night for Singing," Oct. 18-19.

Southern Illinois Symphony Orchestra: "From Russia With Love," Nov. 5.

The Hungarian Orchestra Pecs with Makiko Hirata, piano, Jan. 23.

Southern Illinois Symphony Orchestra Pops concert with The Ink Spots, Feb. 1.

Southern Illinois Symphony Orchestra: "Past, Present and Future," performing music by SIU alumni and a world premiere by SIU composer-in-residence Frank Stemper.

Special events

Natalie MacMaster, Irish fiddle, Nov. 8.

The Moscow Circus, Nov. 12.

The Three Irish Tenors: Christmas from Dublin, Dec. 6.

"Porgy and Bess," Feb. 8.

Native American performances this weekend

WICKLIFFE, Ky. -- The Change In Breeze Singers, Native American Drum will perform Saturday and Sunday at Wickliffe Mounds Research Center.

The all-woman group will present a Native American drum, story telling, singing, pow-wow culture, dance styles and regalia.

Programs will be given at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. each day.

Admission is $5 for adults, for $4.75 for senior adults, $4 for ages 6-11 and free for children under 6.

'Come to a Luau' scheduled Saturday

A dance called "Come to a Luau" will be held Saturday at St. Vincent's Gym, corner of Forest and Ritter Drive.

The 7:30 p.m. dance will feature Charlie's Music Revue.

The event is sponsored by Beginning Experience, a peer group for people who are divorced, widowed or separated.

St. Louis exhibition ends Sept. 15.

ST. LOUIS -- The exhibition "Orazio and Artemisia Gentileschi: Father and Daughter Painters in Baroque Italy" continues through Sept. 15 at the St. Louis Art Museum.

'Harvey' to begin Aug. 29 at Market House Theatre

PADUCAH, Ky. -- "Harvey," a play about an invisible 6-foot-tall rabbit, opens Aug. 29 at the Market House Theatre.

The play will continue through Sept. 14.

Phone (270) 444-6828 for information. Tickets can be ordered online at www.mhtplay.com.

-- From staff reports