Horschel takes first PGA win at Zurich Classic

AVONDALE, La. (AP) ? Billy Horschel shot an 8-under 64 in the final round of the Zurich Classic, maintaining his composure through a pair of weather delays for his first-career PGA Tour victory on Sunday.

The 26-year-old former Florida Gator began the day two shots behind third-round leader Lucas Glover and surged into the lead with six straight birdies after the first weather delay. He finished at 20 under, narrowly holding off Shell Houston Open winner D.A. Points, who shot a final-round 65 to finish one shot behind.

The second delay happened before Horschel could take his second shot on the 18th hole, giving him 50 minutes to reflect on what was at stake ? $1.19 million and a two-year exemption.

Kyle Stanley shot a 5-under 67 to finish third, while Chinese 14-year-old amateur Guan Tianlang finished 71st after making his second cut in two PGA events, the first coming famously at the Masters.

Horschel sealed the win with a 27-foot birdie putt on 18, after which he pumped his arms and screamed in triumph, before sinking into a crouch and briefly pulling his cap over his face as the crowd roared.

Although Horschel had never won on the Tour, he had been playing the best golf of his young career lately, with three top 10 finishes in his past three tournaments ? tying for second in Houston, tying for third in San Antonio and tying for ninth in Hilton Head Island, S.C., a week ago.

He has also made a PGA Tour-leading 23 straight cuts, and had already earned $1.3 million this year. Now he has nearly doubled that, thanks to a final round which tied a single-round course record that has been matched several times, including by Rickey Barnes in Thursday's first round.

Horschel began the day at 12-under, two shots behind third-round Glover. He began to make his move up the leaderboard with his first birdie on the fifth hole.

His string of six straight birdies ran from seventh through 12th holes move him to 7-under on the round and 19-under for the tournament.

On the par-5 seventh hole, Horschel chipped from about 89 feet to within 2 feet to set up his first birdie putt. He made a 9-foot birdie putt on eight and then hit a 191-yard tee shot about 4 feet from the pin to set up a birdie on the par-3 ninth.

He made a birdie putts from 13? feet on 10, from 6 feet on 11 and 15? feet on 12.

Horschel bogeyed 15th hole after twice hitting in the right rough to fall back into a tie with Points.

But Horschel then birdied 16 by hitting a 109-yard approach within 5 feet, putting him back at 19-under and restoring his one-shot lead.

Points, playing in the same crowd-pleasing group as Horschel, birdied the 10th through 13th holes to stay on Horschel's heels. However, he left a 98-yard approach shot 30 feet short and left on 16, where he lost the lead.

Glover, the 2009 U.S. Open winner who was looking for his first Tour victory in about two years, took a two-shot lead into the final round and opened with five pars ? narrowly missing birdie when his put rimmed out on the first hole. He was about to line up a birdie putt from 27 feet when a horn sounded, signaling nearby lightning. Play was halted immediately and a downpour ensued shortly after, causing a 2-hour, 54-minute delay.

Glover two-putted for par when play resumed, then struggled on the seventh hole, hitting his drive to an uphill lie in the rough on the edge of a pot bunker. That forced him to lay up, and he chipped over the green and wound up with a bogey on a hole that many players birdied or eagled.

That dropped him out of the lead for good, and he wound up finishing tied for fourth with Bobby Gates, five shots off the lead.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/horschel-takes-first-pga-win-zurich-classic-232722088.html

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Parents struggle with funding the high cost of college educations

Brian Kerr admits that when it comes to ideas for funding his children's college educations, "unfortunately, I don't have a great plan."

Which is why the father of quadruplets ? all juniors at Heritage High School in Littleton ? recently reached out to an unlikely source for assistance.

"I contacted Dr. Drew," Kerr said, referring to Drew Pinsky, who, besides being an internist, and radio and television host, is also the father of triplets.

"He's got more cheese than I do, but he sent back some reference materials," said Kerr, who added that he's taking an upcoming week off from his job to immerse himself in applications and financial-aid forms. "I was surprised, but right now, I'm looking at any angles that I can."

All across the state, there are families in similar pursuits, whether it's trying to get money for a future student or coming up with ways for current ones to fund their educations in the wake

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38 die in psychiatric hospital fire near Moscow

MOSCOW (AP) ? At least 38 people died in a fire in a psychiatric hospital outside Moscow late Thursday night.

Police said the fire, which broke out at about 2 a.m. local time (6 p.m. Eastern, 2200 GMT) in the one-story hospital in the Ramenskoye settlement, was caused by a short circuit, the RIA Novosti reported on Friday.

Officials from the Russian Investigative Committee later said they are looking at poor fire regulations and short circuit as possible causes.

By early Friday morning, investigators listed 38 people ? 36 patients and two doctors ? as dead. Only three nurses managed to escape. The emergency services also posted a list of the patients indicating they ranged in age from 20 to 76.

Health Ministry officials said that hospital housed patients with severe mental disorders. Vadim Belovoshin from the emergency situations ministry official told the Itar-TASS news agency that the windows in the hospital were barred but said there were two fire escapes.

Belovoshin also said that it took fire fighters an hour to get to the hospital following an emergency call because a local ferry across the river was closed and the fire fighters had to make a detour.

Deadly fires are common in Russia because of wide-spread violations of fire safety rules.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/38-die-mental-hospital-fire-outside-moscow-051615611.html

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A Stock Market Correction Has Likely Begun, But Have We Seen A ...

From Andrew Hall, www.coastal.udel.edu:

Every year from November to March, strong lows develop along the Aleutian chain.? These systems are the early stages of large open ocean swells that make the north-facing side of the Hawaiian Islands so well known for big waves and big wave riding.? The great distance between these two regions allows swells to become more organized and gain?strength.? On the north-facing side there is a seafloor that more or less rises gradually. This results in slower breaking waves with less of a top to bottom curling effect.? When the seafloor rises abruptly, the shoaling process is sped up, leading to a much more intense breaking wave.? That is very much the case for the coasts of the Hawaiian Islands, in specific a spot called Jaws on the north shore of Maui.? The bottom topography of Jaws shows an abrupt underwater ridge that juts out towards the northwest.? This is often the direction from which Aleutian swell arrives, which makes Jaws an ideal large wave receptor.? Because the ridge peaks at about 20 feet, Jaws won't break until there is a swell large enough to provide such size.? When the conditions are correct, the relationship between Aleutian low pressure systems and the underwater ridge on the north of Maui creates some of the more impressive breaking waves on the planet.

Last month I was reminded of ?Surf?s Up!? while rereading said report from my departed friend Stan Salvigsen of Comstock Partners fame.? While that is the organization Stan, Michael Aronstein, and Charles Minter formed in the late 1980s, Stan?s investment career actually began in 1964 as an analyst with the Value Line Investment Survey.? Subsequently, he was an equity strategist at a succession of firms, including Dreyfus, Oppenheimer, C. J. Lawrence, and Merrill Lynch.? Stan wrote the most engaging, entertaining, colorful, and insightful strategy reports I have read in my 43 years in this business.? Select titles of his reports were: ?That Ain?t Mud on Your Boots Partner,? ?Revenge of the Nerds,? ?Homesick,? and my favorite, ?Surf?s Up!? ?Surf?s Up? showed pictures of a plethora of landside observers watching the few daring surfers willing to brave the 40-foot waves of Waimea Bay (see picture below).? Stan likened those surfers to the few investors who had the courage to buy stocks in the summer of 1982 and ride the ?big bull waves? that were likely going to occur as short-term interest rates declined from 22%.? It was a tempestuous time when my pleas to investors to buy stocks fell on deaf ears as their mantra was, ?Why should I buy stocks when I can get 22% in a money market fund??? My response was, ?That?s exactly why you should buy stocks!?? Stan died of a heart attack in 1996 at the tender age of 53 in the office of one of his best friends. ?He remains a true Wall Street icon and his keen-sighted investment strategy reports are missed by many of us.

I revisit ?Surf?s Up!? this morning because I think many investors are in the same positions now as they were 31 years ago; they are standing on the beach watching those few brave souls that had the courage to grab a surfboard and paddle out to catch the really big waves, aka buy stocks and ride the ?bull waves? that have rolled onto the investment beach since November of last year.? Indeed, to ride such waves you need to grab a board and get into the water.? Since the beginning of the year I have suggested one way to timidly approach those ?bull waves? was to decide how much money you wanted to commit to equities or mutual funds, say $100,000.? Then break that amount into four separate pieces and commit the first $25,000 tranche today.? Next, determine some point in time where you will buy the second tranche, say six weeks later, irrespective of whether the market is up or down, and so on for the remaining two tranches.

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IBM's Q1 2013 Misses On Revenue Of $23.4B, EPS Of $3.00, As ...

IBM announced its Q1 2013 earnings today, reporting net revenues of $23.4 billion and?earnings?per share of $3.00. EPS was an improvement over last year?s numbers (of 8 percent), while revenue was down 5 percent, or 3 percent adjusting for currency. Flat software revenue and down service revenue is what led to the overall shortfall in terms of analyst?expectations.

Since IBM divested itself of its PC business in a sale to Lenovo back in 2004, it?s been able to focus on service offerings and build that into a strong business, which continues to prove to have been an almost prescient decision in the wake of the PC market?s continued softness. A report last year from The Verge indicated that IBM?s choice of buyer for its hardware division, Lenovo, was due mostly to the company trying to curry favor with the Chinese government. That, too seems to have paid off well for Lenovo, which has beat estimates for five consecutive quarters. Still, those normally strong areas of services and software were either flat or down compared to last year?s numbers.

Lenovo?s software revenue was $5.6 billion for the year, flat year over year, and service revenue was down 4 percent annually for a total of $9.6 billion. Systems and technology, which represent its remaining hardware assets, were $3.1 billion, down year over year a significant 17 percent as the PC market continues to suffer. Total operating profit margin for the quarter was 46.7 percent non-GAAP, with net income up 3 percent to $3.4 billion.

Watching how the stock performs after market is a strong indicator of the S&P 500?s general progress, analyst firm Bespoke Investment Group notes, so many will be watching to see how the market reacts to this underwhelming earnings picture.

IBM, acronym for International Business Machines, is a multinational computer technology and consulting corporation. The company is one of the few information technology companies with a continuous history dating back to the 19th century. IBM manufactures and sells computer hardware and software, and offers infrastructure services, hosting services, and consulting services in areas ranging from mainframe computers to nanotechnology?

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3 techniques to exert more influence ? Business Management Daily ...

When you?re trying to persuade em??ployees, it?s tempting to list all the reasons you think you?re right. You may figure if you cite enough evidence, you?ll break down others? resistance and they?ll agree with you.

But reason alone may not suffice.

Persuasion gets easier when leaders use techniques that induce compliance. Research shows that the way you frame your message can affect whether others decide to go along or resist. Apply these strategies:

1. Harness the consensus view. Identify what most people think or do?and then use the consensus to appeal to ?others. When hotels tell guests, ?75% of those who stay in this room reuse their towels,? the reuse rate increases 33%.

If you want staffers to adhere to a certain procedure, you might tell them that two-thirds of employees in your previous job followed the same policy and found it saved time.

2. Give before you receive. Psychologists have discovered that when you give something to others, they?re more apt to reciprocate. Why? Once they accept something from you?even if it has modest value?they?ll feel like they should pay you back.

To woo employees to accept unpalatable changes, start by giving away perks or gifts of appreciation.

3. Focus on losses, not gains. People tend to dread losing what they have more than gaining what they lack. So to influence employees, pinpoint what?s at stake.

If you seek their buy-in on a series of structural reforms, warn that they might face a pay cut if they reject the changes. That?s better than promising that the reforms might lead to the payment of bonuses.

? Adapted from ?The Science Behind Persuading People,? Parminder Bahra, Wall Street Journal.

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10 Things to Know for Tuesday

People react as an explosion goes off near the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon in Boston, Monday, April 15, 2013. Two explosions went off at the Boston Marathon finish line on Monday, sending authorities out on the course to carry off the injured while the stragglers were rerouted away from the smoking site of the blasts. (AP Photo/The Boston Globe, David L Ryan) MANDATORY CREDIT

People react as an explosion goes off near the finish line of the 2013 Boston Marathon in Boston, Monday, April 15, 2013. Two explosions went off at the Boston Marathon finish line on Monday, sending authorities out on the course to carry off the injured while the stragglers were rerouted away from the smoking site of the blasts. (AP Photo/The Boston Globe, David L Ryan) MANDATORY CREDIT

Dressed as The Statue of Liberty, Philip Luongo of Scranton, Pa. waves to passing motorists on S. Webster Avenue in Scranton, Pennsylvania on Monday, April 15, 2013. Monday was the last day for Americans to file their tax forms. (AP photo / The Scranton Times-Tribune, Butch Comegys) (AP Photo/Scranton Times & Tribune, ) WILKES BARRE TIMES-LEADER OUT; MANDATORY CREDIT

A North Korean child covers the eyes of her father as she sits on his shoulders watching mass folk dancing in front of Pyongyang Indoor Stadium in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Monday, April 15, 2013. Oblivious to international tensions over a possible North Korean missile launch, Pyongyang residents spilled into the streets Monday to celebrate a major national holiday, the birthday of their first leader, Kim Il Sung. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)

Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Tuesday:

1. BOMBS EXPLODE NEAR FINISH OF BOSTON MARATHON

Twin blasts leave a terrifying scene of shattered glass, bloodstained pavement and severed limbs.

2. AROUND THE WORLD, RAMPED-UP SECURITY

Sports events ? like Sunday's London Marathon ? draw special attention in the aftermath of the Boston attack.

3. OBAMA SCOURS SENATE FOR GUN CONTROL SUPPORT

A vote on expanding background checks for firearms buyers could take place late this week. But passage is anything but certain.

4. ATTACKS IN IRAQ BEAR HALLMARKS OF AL-QAIDA

A series of deadly car bombs appears aimed at sowing fear days before the first elections since U.S. troops withdrew.

5. WHERE LEADER'S BIRTHDAY BRINGS UNEASY CALM

Despite the fiery rhetoric leading up to the anniversary of Kim Il Sung's birth, North Korea did not mark the event with a missile launch, as it did last year.

6. SIGNS OF PROGRESS FOR NASCENT AFGHAN FORCES

Afghanistan's 203rd Thunder Corps conducts large-scale operation on its own, killing at least 20 Taliban without direct support from coalition forces.

7. NO SPECIAL MEDAL FOR 'CYBER WARRIORS'

Defense secretary Hagel cancels the creation of a new military award for operators of drones who never set foot in combat zones.

8. WHAT SPOOKED WALL STREET

The stock market had its worst day of the year, trigged by fears of an economic slowdown in China.

9. WHO CONTROLS GENETIC INFORMATION IN YOUR BODY

The ability to patent genes could hang a Supreme Court decision later this summer.

10. TAX PROCRASTINATORS, REJOICE

As long as you don't owe any additional taxes, there's no penalty for filing a few days late.

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Horse riding is a beloved hobby that is enjoyed by a lot of individuals all over the world. For those that are just only starting out, there are plenty of challenges that's usually involved, and also there are actually a number of aspects which you should take into account before you actually make a decision that it's a hobby that you want to undertake. Possibly even for those people that have been on horses for their whole lives, there would always be moments that you should watch out for that could certainly have you lying underneath the horse as opposed to sitting on top of the horse. Irrespective of whether you will be riding just to have fun or perhaps for sports or competition, the most significant point to keep in mind is the fact that the proper riding equipment or gear is vital. With the correct equipment or gear, you can easily limit a few risk aspects which are present each time that you get on any horse.

Some of the dangers and risks which are actually involved may include falling off from the horse and / or getting rolled on. Although you might be relaxed on your own horse as you are out in the meadow, there are certainly many things that could scare the animal while you least expect it. This could easily end in being tossed from the animal and trampled, and if the animal were to take a bad fall then there's also the risk of being rolled on by a lovely beast that is bigger compared to you. Being kicked by the animal is also possible if you're not very careful when you are attempting to get up on or off of him. All these challenges are not a reason to avoid horses, nonetheless. They really are wonderful animals that are delights to be around if you actually have the proper horse riding equipment or gear well before you get started.

The number one horseback riding gear that is the most crucial for any horseback riding are basically the ones that keep the head shielded, along with your feet, hands and back. Headwear and well-built riding shoes or boots are generally required while you're learning how to ride, for example. Basically this is to shield you in the event that you unfortunately do get thrown off from the horse. A back protector will keep the back of your body from being hurt while you are performing jumps together with your beast and / or even while you are only just riding on trails. Even an easy trail ride can also jar your back as the body moves together with the movement of the horse. Breeches or Jodhpurs are really an important equipment if you'll be spending a lot of time riding on your horse. This helps prevent chaffing of the legs and will make your actual ride considerably more comfortable and pleasant. With the need to keep a strong grip upon the reins of the horse, gloves are also a necessary accessory. Riding gloves will keep your two hands comfortable and would help prevent the reins of the horse from cutting both your hands regardless how gentle the trip may be.

Without regard to exactly how much you have to have the different horseback riding supplies, however, you have to be careful of what you get and from where. Just bear in mind that safety is your number one priority, even more essential than the amount of money you have to pay for. This might mean that you will need to pay more money for higher quality brand names to be able to manage your personal health and safety with every ride. Natural leather, for instance is not as likely to break compared with all the other sorts of material. This is likewise very true for all the stitches which holds the horse-back riding supplies together, and also the length of time that passes by between replacements. Premium quality equipment might be more expensive, still they're likely to help keep you more safe when you are riding the precious horse, and also they are more likely to last much longer if they are looked after correctly.

Ordering from a retail store which specializes in equestrian supplies is more likely to offer you greater prices on the horse riding accessory you're looking for, without giving up the product quality that you want to have to keep yourself protected and safe on the trails. You should always be completely ready for the unexpected. Knowing that you have actually done anything that you could do with all the products that you've picked out is among the first steps that would help you feel safe and sound on your ride a horse. But you've got to be familiar with the type of mount that you're on to be able to lessen all of the risks you're taking, it is also very helpful to realize that high-quality equestrian products will play a very big part to keep you safe too.

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It started with a cough: Deadly China bird flu outbreak raises fears of pandemic

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Chinese authorities have closed some live bird markets in an attempt to stop the spread of a deadly strain of bird flu. A vendor, above, washed a chicken stall in a poultry market in Hefei, China, shortly before it was due to be closed Thursday.

By Li Le and Ian Johnston, NBC News

BEIJING -- It began in late February when an 87-year-old man started coughing up phlegm. A high fever followed, he struggled to breathe and was dead just 13 days later.

His death in Shanghai, China, was one of 13 fatalities out of 41 known cases to date of a new form of bird flu that experts warn may pose a "serious human health risk."

On Saturday, China's center for disease control announced the first case in Beijing, and outside of eastern China. The seven-year-old girl, whose parents work in the live poultry trade, was stable in a hospital in the capital, media reports said.

Around the world, scientists are now beginning to examine samples of the virus with a significant question in mind: Could this strain of the disease cause a global pandemic?

This international network of scientists keeps constant watch for good reason.

In 1918 and 1919, a flu pandemic killed between 20 million and 40 million people, more than the total death toll of World War I, more in a year than the Black Death of 1347 to 1351. More recently, an H1N1 swine flu pandemic?was blamed for more than 284,500 human deaths worldwide between April 2009 and August 2010.

So far, the signs are that this is a localized outbreak. The number of cases is low and the virus -- an H7N9 strain -- does not appear to be capable of jumping from one person to another.

But each case represents a chance for the virus to mutate into one that is highly infectious in humans. And it is an unusual strain -- normally avian diseases make birds sick first, giving an early warning sign, but this one does not.

More than 1,000 dead ducks have been fished out of a river Sichuan, China. The discovery comes as the country deals with anger over the dumping of over 16,000 pigs elsewhere in China. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports.

Scientists have established it is from an "avian reservoir" but still don't know the precise source. Chinese officials have dismissed suggestions of a connection with the large number of dead pigs and other animals found recently in rivers.

Many in China are understandably worried, with some deciding to avoid eating chicken, even though it poses no threat if properly cooked.

KFC?s parent company Yum reported on Wednesday that sales in its Chinese restaurants had dropped by 13 percent in March, saying ?publicity associated with avian flu in China has had a significant, negative impact.?

Even Jiangsu Zoo, just north of Shanghai, reportedly stopped feeding chicken to animals such as lions and tigers and started giving them a traditional medicinal herb called ban lan gen.

Xie Li, an accountant in Shanghai, admitted she was ?kind of nervous.?

?Now, we only eat vegetables," she said. "My daughter's school is measuring students' temperatures. We were told that we should eat less eggs or not touch eggs because they might have some excrement from chickens."

But others in the city of 23 million people were more sanguine.

A farm in China has admitted to dumping more than 6,000 pigs corpses into Shanghai's Huangpu River, according to China's official Xinhua news agency. NBCNews.com's Alex Witt reports.

Yan Zhanlin, a 40-year-old businessman, said he was ?not scared, because there are not many cases, and the number of deaths is not high? and the virus had not yet spread between people.

?Today, I went to a train station, and I only saw few people wearing masks,? he said.

But even he said he had stopped eating ?poultry, pork and other meat.?

Tang, a company manager in his late 20s, who declined to give his full name, was also relatively unconcerned.

?I do not fear [the virus] at all. It is just a kind of flu, and will pass quickly,? he said. Avoiding poultry was ?not too bad, because it forces us to eat vegetables and fish, which are nutritious,? he added.

'Watching very carefully'
Perhaps in a sign of the country's nervousness, People's Liberation Army Colonel Dai Xu claimed the U.S. was behind the outbreak, saying the U.S. had used "bio-psychological weapons" to cause the deadly 2003 Sars outbreak and the current flu one, The South China Morning Post reported.

Such allegations aside, this apparently local problem is being treated seriously on a global scale.

Samples of the virus ? or non-infectious nucleic acid from it ? are being sent to scientists in up to 140 national influenza centers recognized by the World Health Organization, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Work has already started in the U.S. to make a vaccine against the new strain -- just in case.

Scientist John McCauley, of the U.K.?s National Institute for Medical Research, received his consignment on Thursday.

?We?re watching very carefully the events there [in China] because we are aware although there?s no human-to-human transmission, these are unusual infections people have been getting from an avian reservoir,? he said.

?China will need to identify the source and hopefully be able to control the cross-species transmission,? he said. ?We?re watching very carefully to see how it does.?

The outbreak of a new strain of bird flu has now infected at least 18 people, and killed six in China. NBC's Robert Bazell reports.

?In the meantime, the national influenza centers around the world are developing their ability to detect this newly emerging virus? and also working on vaccines, McCauley said.

Experts needed to find out how vaccines would perform ?in case this virus becomes pandemic,? he said.

Coincidentally, John Oxford, a professor of virology and an expert on the 1918 flu pandemic, was in Shanghai about eight weeks ago -- roughly the same time that the elderly man first fell ill ? for a meeting about hygiene, important in the fight against viruses such as flu.

He said the situation in China was ?getting a little more worrying.?

?I don?t like the sound of it. Every day I open up the reports and find out someone else has died,? he said. ?I just don?t like to see the figures going up day after day.?

?So far there?s no human-to-human transmission. What?s tomorrow going to bring, what?s the next day going to bring? You don?t know and I don?t know,? he added.

But Oxford, of the U.K's Queen Mary, University of London, stressed there was ?no need for anyone to start flapping at the moment.?

?I don?t think we should start thinking of 1918 scenarios, definitely not,? he said.

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Officials from the Center for Food Safety get a blood sample from a chicken imported from mainland China at a border checkpoint in Hong Kong on Thursday.

A group of Chinese scientists, writing in the New England Journal of Medicine, also warned that the ?pandemic potential of these novel avian-origin viruses should not be underestimated.?

?Severe avian influenza A (H7N9) infections, characterized by high fever and severe respiratory symptoms, may pose a serious human health risk,? it added. ?We are concerned by the sudden emergence of these infections and the potential threat to the human population.?

However ? mirroring the split on the streets of Shanghai ? other experts were less worried.

Adolfo Garcia-Sastre, a microbiology professor at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York and principal investigator for the Center for Research on Influenza Pathogenesis, said while it was ?too early to be able to conclude anything ?? the probabilities are very low? that a global pandemic is looming.

He was comforted by the lack of a surge in the numbers of people with the disease.

?It?s not that it?s increasing by ten times per week, I think right now the number of cases is what you would have expected from the original numbers,? he said.

?Right now there are no major indications to become highly alarmed.?

Ian Johnston reported from London.

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Analysis: Beijing to US on North Korea _ talk

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, gestures while shaking hands with China's Premier Li Keqiang during a meeting at the Zhongnanhai compound in Beijing Saturday, April 13, 2013. The question of how Washington can persuade Beijing to exert real pressure on North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's unpredictable regime is front and center as Kerry meets Saturday with Chinese leaders in Beijing. (AP Photo/Jason Lee, Pool)

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, gestures while shaking hands with China's Premier Li Keqiang during a meeting at the Zhongnanhai compound in Beijing Saturday, April 13, 2013. The question of how Washington can persuade Beijing to exert real pressure on North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's unpredictable regime is front and center as Kerry meets Saturday with Chinese leaders in Beijing. (AP Photo/Jason Lee, Pool)

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, gestures to Chinese Premier Keqiang Li before their meeting at the Zhongnanhai Leadership Compound Saturday, April 13, 2013 in Beijing. The question of how Washington can persuade Beijing to exert real pressure on North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's unpredictable regime is front and center as Kerry meets Saturday with Chinese leaders in Beijing. (AP Photo/Paul J. Richards, Pool)

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, left, listens to Chinese Premier Liu Keqiang during their meeting at the Zhongnanhai Leadership Compound Saturday, April 13, 2013 in Beijing. The question of how Washington can persuade Beijing to exert real pressure on North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's unpredictable regime is front and center as Kerry meets Saturday with Chinese leaders in Beijing. (AP Photo/Paul J. Richards, Pool)

US Secretary of State John Kerry conducts a press conference answering questions from US and Chinese media, Saturday April 13, 2013, in Beijing, China. Kerry arrived in Beijing Saturday to seek Chinese help in persuading North Korea to halt its nuclear and missile testing program. (AP Photo/Paul J. Richards)

BEIJING (AP) ? Embedded within Chinese leaders' convoluted, yet vague statements to Washington about North Korea is a simple message: Talk with Pyongyang.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry's weekend discussions with officials in Beijing offered up the usual encouraging but familiarly noncommittal language on North Korea, emphasizing Beijing's desire to strike a balance between easing tensions on the Korean Peninsula while not appearing to side against its prickly communist ally Pyongyang.

But while neither side offered details of their exchanges, Beijing is communicating its strong desire for some form of direct contact between the U.S. and North Korea as a means of defusing the ongoing crisis over North Korea's nuclear threats that have prompted a massive show of force by the U.S. and South Korea.

"North Korea wants to talk, so why not talk?" said Shen Dingli, a regional security expert and director of the Center for American Studies at Shanghai's Fudan University. The question for China, Shen said, is how to make such discussions come about, adding that China is unlikely to make such calls too explicit for fear of putting either side in an embarrassing quandary.

Highlighting the difficulties of getting North Korea to talk with the U.S., the North rebuffed last week's proposal by Seoul to resolve the tensions through dialogue. North Korea dismissed the proposal as a "crafty trick" to disguise what Pyongyang calls the South's hostility, and said it won't talk unless Seoul abandons its confrontational posture.

Chinese media reports on Kerry's Saturday talks largely downplayed North Korea, and the Foreign Ministry's official statements were predictably blurry. In its account of his meeting with Kerry, the ministry quoted Premier Li Keqiang as referring only to "those who stir up trouble on the peninsula only harm their own interests, like moving a stone only to drop it on one's own foot."

That was a near echo of President Xi Jinping's own comment in a speech earlier this month that "no one should be allowed to throw the region, or even the whole world, into chaos for selfish gains" ? seen as much as a rebuke to the U.S. and its allies as to North Korea's young leader, Kim Jong Un. The ministry's account of Kerry's meeting with Xi didn't mention the Korean Peninsula even obliquely.

While China has grown more critical of North Korea since the latter's third nuclear test in February, Beijing remains highly wary of pushing the hardline communist regime too far. China says it wants a Korean Peninsula free from nuclear weapons, but that all sides must play a role in that.

The stakes are high for China, with a potential conflict threatening its economic development and stability in the northeast along its long, meandering border with North Korea. Beijing abhors the prospect of a pro-U.S. unified Korean state on its border as well as internal North Korean conflict that could spark an outflow of refugees.

China was already displeased by Kim's lack of outreach and lack of concern for Beijing's interests, and signed on to tighter U.N. sanctions following the North's latest nuclear test in February. It's also stepped up customs checks along their border, slowed some deliveries of equipment to the North and cracked down on suspect financial transactions by North Korean banks.

That's had little apparent effect on Kim's behavior, and he seems emboldened by China's lack of a forceful response to past crises and Pyongyang's perceptions of China's fear of a collapse of the regime. While North Korea's population is starving and impoverished, the leadership gets by on Chinese food and fuel, along with growing investment, and imports of North Korean iron ore and other raw materials.

Despite that, it's not clear what, if any, further pressure China is willing to exert, and if Xi, Li or others offered any further commitments, neither side was saying.

"Theoretically, there is more that China can do, but we're very worried that doing so could stimulate Kim to do even more dangerous things," said Shi Yinhong, an international relations expert at Renmin University in Beijing.

"Be prudent, don't go too far" is China's message to Washington and South Korea, Shi said.

While direct Washington-Pyongyang communication may offer a start, the ultimate key to easing tensions long-term lies in involving the other regional players, said Zhang Liangui, a researcher with the ruling Communist Party's main research and training institute in Beijing.

That would mark a return to Beijing's preferred format of six-nation talks involving the two Koreas, China, the U.S., Japan and Russia, a process stalemated since 2009 over how to ensure North Korean compliance with denuclearization measures. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi again communicated Beijing's preference for the Chinese-hosted talks in his Saturday meeting with Kerry.

"This is not an issue for the two sides only," said Zhang, who is close to the Chinese leadership but said he had no direct knowledge of Kerry's meetings. "It concerns the entire region, so all the countries involved should take part."

China is not the only one suggesting a phone conversation between the sides. Flamboyant former NBA player Dennis Rodman made the same point following a bizarre trip to Pyongyang and meetings with Kim in March.

Both Kim and President Barack Obama love basketball "and there is even more they could talk about if Obama would just pick up the phone and call him," Rodman said following the trip.

Associated Press

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After decades, family unravels Holocaust mystery

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Amos Cohen stands in front of the grave of his long lost relative Rose Kobylinski in Swierlany, Poland. Her fate at the end of World War II as a victim of the Germans was just recently discovered.

By Donald Snyder, NBC News

NEW YORK -- While Israel recently marked its annual Holocaust Remembrance Day dedicated to the 70^th anniversary of the Warsaw ghetto uprising, it?s hard to imagine that anyone could still just be learning the fate of their loved ones from that tragic era.

But that?s exactly what happened to Amos Cohen, a shipbuilder living in Haifa, Israel. He only recently learned the fate of his long-lost relative Rose Kobylinski, who died in a German death march and was buried in a Roman Catholic cemetery in a small village in Poland.

For decades Rose was only a name circled in black on a family tree, meaning she had died in the Holocaust.?

The genealogical chart had been drawn up by Cohen?s mother, Rose?s cousin. Other than Rose?s name on the tree, all that Cohen, 64, knew about her was that she had lived in Berlin before being deported to a German death camp.

Nothing else was known -- there had been no news about Rose since the Holocaust.

Then, one day, Cohen received a call from Yad Vashem, Israel?s official Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem. ?

Israel came to a brief halt today as sirens echoed across the country marking Holocaust remembrance day. In Jerusalem, Secretary of State John Kerry laid a wreath at Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown reports.

?We think we found your relative,? the caller said. ?And she is buried in the cemetery of St. Anna?s Roman Catholic Church in Swierklany, Poland.?

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The search for Rose began in 1990 when Cohen?s mother made a formal inquiry, hoping that Yad Vashem might have information about her fate. No information was available.

?It was sad that my mother died never knowing what happened to her cousin, Rose,? said Cohen.

When Cohen went to Swierklany, a small village in southwest Poland, in April 2010 he pieced together what had happened to her. He recited Kaddish, the Jewish mourner?s prayer, in the church cemetery where Rose is buried in a mass grave with nine others, all murdered by the Germans on Jan. 18, 1945.

Konstanty Dolnik, the local undertaker, buried the victims in the cemetery in defiance of German orders to bury them in a forest to erase their memories. Dolnik also recorded the numbers tattooed on their forearms.

In 1948, the town erected a monument with a cross to mark the mass grave. Only the numbers recorded by Dolnik identified the grave?s occupants. There were no names.?

The breakthrough in the search for Rose came when Yaki Gantz, a former member of Israel?s domestic security force (the Israeli version of the FBI), became involved. Gantz heads a project called ?For Every Number There is a Name.??

?Their relatives now know that their relatives didn?t just become ashes at Auschwitz,? he said in a phone interview. ?They know there is a place where they can come to say Kaddish.?

The new plaque at the previously unmarked grave in Swierlany, Poland now reads: "In memory of the death march victims from Aushwitz-Birkenau," and lists the victims concentration camp numbers or names.

When Gantz learned about the grave in Swierklany, he sent the numbers to Yad Vashem with information from the nearby Auschwitz-Birkenau museum.

The museum had just obtained documents that the Russian troops seized when liberating Auschwitz in 1945. This Auschwitz data recently obtained from Russia proved critical in matching many numbers to names.

Krystyna Manka, the now 75-year-old daughter of Dolnik, the undertaker, wept as she remembers the sub-zero January night when the prisoners arrived from Auschwitz during an ice storm.

?It?s hard for me to talk about that night,? she told NBC News through a translator.

Manka was seven years old in 1945 when the Germans, losing the war, began marching concentration camp prisoners in Poland to Germany in what are known as death marches. ??

Wearing rags and clogs that bloodied their feet, the prisoners were often shot to death when they could not walk fast enough. They were guarded by German SS men and barking dogs. The Germans spent the night in the village of Swierklany. One of the female prisoners stayed in Manka?s home that night ? although she doesn?t know if it was Rose. ??

?I still remember her beautiful blond curly hair,? Manka said. ?Her feet were torn by the wooden shoes and the long walk in the freezing cold.? They had walked 40 miles, the distance from Auschwitz to Swierklany, according to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C.

Manka?s father applied ointment to the woman?s feet and dressed the wounds. Manka?s mother, fluent in German, convinced an SS guard that treating the wounds would make the woman walk better and not slow the march.

It didn?t really matter. The next day, 10 prisoners were shot to death outside the village, including the woman who had stayed in Manka?s home.

The residents of Swierklany mark this massacre with an annual remembrance service on Jan. 18, and also during religious holidays, most recently on Good Friday.

?The fact that the Jews are buried in a Roman Catholic cemetery helps us to recognize that we are brothers,? said Father Jan Klyczka, a priest in the village for the last 40 years, in a phone interview.

Local teenagers maintain the grave and learn about a massacre that?s hard for them to imagine, said their history teacher, Iwona Barchanska.

Gantz continues to scour the dirt roads and churches of rural Poland, seeking to restore the names of the murdered.

?When a person finishes life, he has a name. He is not a number,? said Gantz.

Now, beneath the 1948 monument where there were once only numbers, there is a new memorial plaque with names that include Rose Kobylinski.

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U.S. Defense Cuts Leads to First Drop in Global Arms Spending in 15 Years

With battles raging in Congress over the Pentagon?s proposed budget cuts, a new report says the gap in military spending between the U.S. and the rest of the world is narrowing, with Washington?s erstwhile foes?China and Russia?splurging on new weapons systems and several countries from Saudi Arabia to Algeria also spending billions on upgrading their arsenals, according to the yearly rankings of world military spending compiled by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, or Sipri. ?There is a shift globally from the West to other countries,? says Elisabeth Sk?ns, Sipri?s Africa program director. ?It is very much related to economic growth rates rather than security related factors.?

Sipri?s report breaks down country-by-country the $1.75 trillion (yes, trillion) that the world spent in 2012 on military budgets and reveals some startling figures. Russia?s military spending rose 16% last year alone and China, which is now the world?s second biggest military buyer after the U.S., increased its spending by 7.8%. Among the Middle East countries that disclose their military budgets, several have hugely ramped up their military capabilities, using rocketing oil revenues to buy high-priced fighter jets and missile systems. Saudi Arabia increased its military spending by 12% in 2012 and Oman?s increase was a whopping 51%.

Despite that, military spending globally dropped for the first time in 15 years. Sadly, Sipri says that the drop does not imply a more peaceful time in the world: The decrease is largely due to the U.S. ending its wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and cutting its contingency operations budgets.? U.S. military spending dropped 6% in 2012 to about $682 billion, and there are further cuts of $87 billion planned for 2013. Those cuts have provoked ire in Congress, and led Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel to tell the House Armed Services Committee on Thursday that his mission ?was not to cut the heart out of the Pentagon.?

Hagel hardly need worry about that, judging by Sipri?s report. The cuts make little dent in the Pentagon?s dominance among military powers: In 2012, the U.S. still spent more than the next 10 biggest military spenders combined. And although some countries have nearly tripled their military spending in the past decade?Algeria?s purchases have risen 189%, and Saudi Arabia?s military spending has gone up 110% since 2003?each of those militaries is still tiny compared with the U.S. Nonetheless, the shift away from overwhelming U.S. power is real enough. According to IHS Jane?s, the London-based defense consultancy, the top five Asian-Pacific militaries?Japan, China, India, Australia, and South Korea?together spent $285 billion in 2011, about 40% of the U.S. spending. Yet by 2020, that gap could narrow to 20%, says Paul Burton, the company?s senior manager for aerospace and defense forecasting.

One of Sipri?s most notable findings is that ?in 2012, the U.S. share of world military spending went below 40% for the first time since the collapse of the Soviet Union? 24 years ago. Yet that still means that the U.S. accounts for four-tenths of all global military spending?and it is 69% higher than it was in 2001. ?The U.S. is still a vast, vast military power,? Burton told TIME. ?The others are playing catch up.?

For Western countries, the recession has made that process of catching up intensely difficult. Several countries have cut plans to acquire the Joint Strike Fighter, a U.S. system designed to replace aging fighter jets, says Siemon Wezeman, senior researcher of Sipri?s arms transfers program. But the recession has redrawn a lot of long-term military budgets, and Italy, Canada and the Netherlands are all reconsidering their plans to buy the new jets, produced by Lockheed Martin.? ?A lot of countries have looked at it and thought they need to rethink it,? Wezeman says. ?The money is not unlimited.?

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Feel the reviving warmth of spring

A Christian Science perspective.

By Janell Fiarman / April 12, 2013

I was visiting someone whom I hadn?t seen in years. It turns out that in the time we hadn?t seen each other, she and I had developed very different ideas about social issues. And it seemed to me that her ideas were all wrong.

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I found myself retreating into a cold, hard place of judgment, even disdain, hardly able to respond to my hostess?s efforts to make the visit enjoyable. It took a while to remember that instead of feeling so cold and hard, I wanted to feel the warmth of God?s tender love for each of us.

That?s when I remembered some ?spring gardening? advice that Mary Baker Eddy, the founder of The Christian Science Monitor, gives. Her advice was familiar to me because it?s about gardening on a New England farm like the one I grew up on. First she wrote about ?clearing the gardens of thought by uprooting the noxious weeds of passion, malice, envy, and strife? (?Miscellaneous Writings 1883-1896," p. 343). She adds advice familiar to those who garden in glacial soil: ?Are we picking away the cold, hard pebbles of selfishness...??

My father liked to say that the most reliable crop on our farm was stones. That?s because every spring after the freezing and thawing of the winter, stones were thrust upward from underground to appear on or near the surface of the soil. When the plow went over the fields, it would turn up our new ?crop? of stones, some pebbles and some large rocks. Then we would get out the stoneboat and hitch it up to the tractor so that we could go through each field and pick up all those stones that impeded the planting of our real crops.

As a child, I remember wondering where the new stones came from. They hadn?t been there the year before. No one had scattered them there. They had no roots, so they could not have grown there. How did they get there?

But when my brother and sister and I were going through the fields, picking up the stones that would interfere with the harrowing and planting equipment, making sure that seeds could be planted and would grow, we didn?t need to know where those stones came from. We just had to get rid of them. And we did.

Maybe trying to imagine where those newly visible cold hard rocks came from is like trying to figure out where all those self-like suggestions come from that inhibit our growth: self-importance, self-justification, self-righteousness. Our job is to get rid of these suggestions so that we can feel the humbling, reviving warmth of the consciousness of divine Love?s power and activity.

Jesus urged us to get rid of these stonelike thoughts, to get rid of all the baggage that would weigh us down. ?The Message? version of Matthew 5:3 has it, ?With less of you, there is more of God and his rule.?

In that situation when I had withdrawn into rigid criticism and self-righteousness, I was glad to remove the hard stone of disdain. I realized that the hostess, with ideas so different from mine, and I could both be, as Mrs. Eddy puts it, ?Warmed by the sunshine of Truth, watered by the heavenly dews of Love ?? (?Miscellaneous Writings,? p. 343). I found ways to be grateful for her hospitality, and I was even more grateful to be free of the load of judgment ? which is heavy to carry around. Our visit finished with the warmth of real affection.

The important thing is to thoroughly clear limiting suggestions out of our ?gardens of thought? so that our thoughts and experience can develop unimpeded.

Whether it?s self-justification or self-pity, self-aggrandizement or any other ?cold, hard pebble of selfishness,? once we clear out these suggestions, we are ready to feel the sweet, vernal freshness of Love, available to us all. And we are ready for a springtime of growth.

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Is Snoring Harmful to Your Health? - Bethwood, CT Patch

Sleep apnea is a common and serious health disorder that occurs when a person's breathing is interrupted during sleep. Sound like someone you know, or sound like something someone?has said to you?

To bring attention to sleep apnea and other sleep disorders, and to understand ways to treat them, Griffin Hospital will host ?Get a Better Night?s Sleep,? a talk by Dr. K. Marya Chaisson, director of Griffin Hospital?s Sleep Wellness Center, on Tuesday, April 16 at 6:30 p.m. in the hospital?s Meditation and Learning Center, 130 Division Street, in Derby. Register online or by calling 203.732.1511.

With sleep apnea, pauses in breathing or shallow breaths during sleep can last from a few seconds to minutes and can happen 30 times or more in an hour. Because this disrupts sleep, it can make a person feel tired during the day. However, that?s not the biggest issue. Recent research shows that sleep apnea can lead to many serious health issues including: High blood pressure, stroke, heart failure, irregular heartbeats, heart attacks, diabetes, depression, worsening of ADHD and learning disabilities in children.

Difficult to Diagnose

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about 70 million Americans suffer from chronic sleep problems. Despite these numbers, sleep apnea often goes undiagnosed because physicians usually can't detect the condition during routine office visits and there are no blood tests to diagnose the condition. Because it only occurs during sleep, most individuals who have sleep apnea don't even know they have it. Usually, a family member or partner is the first to notice signs of sleep apnea.

There are two types of sleep apnea: Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) and central sleep apnea.

OSA is the more common of the two forms of apnea. It is caused by a blockage of the airway, usually when the soft tissue in the back of the throat collapses during sleep. For central sleep apnea, the airway is not blocked, but the brain fails to signal the muscles to breathe due to instability in the respiratory control center.

What to Watch For

Loud and ongoing snoring is one of the most common signs of obstructive sleep apnea. Pauses may occur in the snoring, sometimes followed by choking or gasping. However, not everyone who snores has sleep apnea.

Another common sign of sleep apnea is fighting sleepiness during the day. People with sleep apnea commonly find themselves rapidly falling asleep during the quiet moments of the day when they are not active.

Others signs and symptoms of sleep apnea include:

• Morning headaches
• Memory or learning problems and not being able to concentrate
• Feeling irritable, depressed, or having mood swings or personality changes
• Waking up frequently to urinate
• Dry mouth or sore throat when you wake up

In children, sleep apnea can cause hyperactivity, poor performance in school and angry or hostile behavior. Also, children with sleep apnea may breathe through their mouths instead of their noses during the day.

Who?s at Risk?

Sleep apnea can affect anyone at any age, but common risk factors include:

• Being male
• Being overweight
• Being over age 40
• Having a large neck size (17 inches or greater in men and 16 inches or greater in women)
• Having large tonsils, a large tongue, or a small jaw bone
• Having a family history of sleep apnea, Gastroesophageal reflux, or GERD
• Nasal obstruction due to a deviated septum, allergies, or sinus problems

Learn more about snoring, sleep disorders and sleep apnea at ?Get a Better Nights Sleep? on April 16. To register or for more information, call 203.732.1511 or click here. You can find out about upcoming Tuesday Talks and events at Griffin Hospital at griffinhealth.org/ProgramsEvents.

About Tuesday Talks

?Get a Better Night?s Sleep? is part of Griffin Hospital's Healthy U ?Tuesday Talks,? a series of free wellness talks featuring Griffin Hospital medical experts and community partners providing trusted health information and answers to questions on a wide range of topics.

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Entertainment listings, April 11-18 | VA Loan After a Short Sale

A listing of events, provided by the venues. In case of an error, please?click here to email online editor Mike Howie.

Special events

This weekend

Boneyard Arts Festival. April 11-14. April 11, University of Illinois campus. April 12 and 13, Champaign-Urbana. April 14, out and about in Champaign County. Presented by 40 North 88 West. Countywide celebration in more than 100 venues, from galleries and museums to cafes and dress shops. Sculptors, weavers, painters, glassblowers, filmmakers, photographers and other visual artists join musicians, actors, dancers, poets and performers showcasing their creativity. http://www.40north.org, http://www.facebook.com/boneyardarts.

Get Up and Go! Family Expo. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 13, Mahomet-Seymour Fieldhouse, 302 W. State St., Mahomet. Martial arts, Zumba and Warhawks demonstrations, bingo, a balloon artist, action inflatables, face painting, cookie walk, carnival games and more. Interactive booths, health screenings, samples and giveaways. Admission $1. Portion of the proceeds goes to Mahomet Parks Recreation. 586-3165.

?Lunch Upon a Time.? Fairy tale character luncheon, noon and 4 p.m. April 13, Faith United Methodist Church, 1719 S. Prospect Ave., C. Hosted by the Champaign-Urbana Junior Woman?s Club. Raffle prizes, a short skit and character autographs. All proceeds benefit the C-U community. Limited seating. Tickets $12. 353-5005, cujwc@cujwc.org.

The Virginia Theatre Open House. 1 to 5 p.m. April 13, Virginia Theatre, 203 W. Park Ave., C. Free tours of the restored theater every 30 minutes; also an exhibit of historic artifacts and video presentations of the ?before? work in progress. Free popcorn and a performance on the Wurlitzer pipe organ as you tour the historic theater.

The Midwest?s biggest Color Carnival: Holi. 5 p.m. April 13, Business Instructional Facility Lawns at Sixth Street and Gregory Drive, Champaign. Hosted by Asha for Education in partnership with Delta Kappa Delta. One of India?s biggest festivals. During Holi, people throw colored powder on one another to symbolize the coming of spring. This event will have food, performances, music and more. $14 at the gate; $2 discount for students; children are free. http://www.ashanet.org/uiuc/.

Spring Fling. 2 to 4 p.m. April 14, Eastland Suites Hotel and Conference Center, 1907 N. Cunningham Ave., U. Fundraiser for American Cancer Society Relay for Life of Champaign County. Twenty-five vendors from home-based businesses, raffles, door prizes and refreshments. 979-1504, http://www.relayforlife.org/ChampaignIL.

The Gargoyle Auction Marketplace. Celebrating Uni teachers, 2 to 5 p.m. April 14, University Laboratory High School gym, 1212 W. Springfield Ave, U. Open to the public. Proceeds from auction will provide Uni High faculty support. $10, adults; $5, students. okreglic@illinois.edu, 300-1868.

Next week

Celebration: A Festival of the Arts. April 19 to 21, South Seventh Street between the Doudna Fine Arts Center and Buzzard Building, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston. Starts at 11:30 a.m. April 19 when the first band takes the stage and the food booths open. The last performance begins at 4 p.m. April 21. Variety of arts experiences for all ages. Musical performances, dance programs, an international fair, a children?s art tent, and a fine arts fair on Saturday and Sunday. The art show features potters, jewelers, photographers, painters and sculptors. Also, a Hindu celebration of Holi, ?Festival of Colors,? 2 to 4 p.m. April 19, Library Quad. 581-2113, decrews@eiu.edu.

Middle Market. 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 20, Lincoln Square Village, Urbana. Local gifts, baked goods and crafts. Third Saturday of each month, January through April. Hosted by Urbana Business Association. Free.

Future highlights

Clements Comedy Cafe. 7:30 p.m. April 27, the Virginia Theatre, 203 W. Park Ave., C. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Comedy by Tony Clements and music by the Tons ?O? Fun Band. Those purchasing Diamond Circle tickets are invited to attend a pre-show reception at Boltini Lounge in downtown Champaign. Portion of its proceeds to the Champaign Parks Foundation. Tickets $15 and $20 (Diamond Circle). http://www.thevirginia.org.

Lake Land College Automotive Club?s 16th Annual Car Show. May 4, Lake Land College campus, Mattoon. Door prizes, 50/50 drawing and music. Food and drinks offered. Registration, 9 a.m. until noon; $15 day of show or $10 by April 19 by visiting website. Stereo competition, 9 a.m. to noon; $20 initial entry fee with a $5 re-entry fee. Trophies awarded; winners announced, 3 p.m. Free admission to the public. 234-5306, http://www.lakeland.cc.il.us/as/tec/Automotive/documents/prereg_form.pdf.

AsiaFest. 1 to 3:30 p.m. May 4, Japan House, 2000 S. Lincoln Ave., U. Asian American Cultural Center and Japan House cap off Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month with this Asian celebration showcasing the rich diversity within Asian cultures. Traditional and modern performances include Bal Vihar, a children?s singing group, the Philippine Student Association, RAAS team, Illini Awaazz A Capella and a Taiko performance. Interactive kimono demonstration. Cooking demonstrations, interactive cultural educational booths. Free. http://go.illinois.edu/aapi.

Films

This weekend

Urbana school district 116 Film Fest. 10 to 11:30 a.m. April 13, the Urbana Free Library, 210 W. Green St. Prairie Elementary School will showcase movies made by students and faculty. 367-4069.

Middle East Film Festival 2013. ?Cairo 678? (2010, Egypt), 100 minutes, 7 p.m. April 13, Lincoln Hall, Room 1090, 702 S. Wright St., U. The story of three women and their search for justice from the daily plight of sexual harassment in Egypt. Hosted by the Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at the UI. Free. 244-7331, http://www.csames.illinois.edu? target=?_blank?http://http://www.csames.illinois.edu? target=?_blank?http://http://www.csames.illinois.edu.

Next week

15th annual Roger Ebert Film Festival. April 17-21, Virginia Theatre, 203 W. Park Ave., C. ?Days of Heaven,? 7 p.m. April 17. ?Vincent: The Life and Death of Vincent van Gogh? with short ?To Music,? at 1 p.m., ?In the Family? at 4 p.m., ?Bernie? at 9 p.m. April 18. ?Oslo, August 31st? at 1 p.m., ?The Ballad of Narayama? at 4 p.m., ?Julia? at 8:30 p.m. April 19. ?Blancanieves? at 11 a.m., ?Kumare? at 2 p.m., ?Escape from Tomorrow? at 5 p.m., ?The Spectacular Now? at 9 p.m. April 20. ?Not Yet Begun to Fight,? noon April 21. Festival pass $145 plus processing fees. Individual tickets $14, students/seniors $12.398-2550, http://www.thevirginia.org.

Middle East Film Festival 2013. ?For My Father? (Israel), 96 minutes, 7 p.m. April 20, Lincoln Hall, Room 1090, 702 S. Wright St., U. Tarek, a young Palestinian man blackmailed into a suicide mission in Tel Aviv, is given a second chance at life when the fuse on his explosive vest fails to detonate. Hosted by the Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at the UI. Free. 244-7331, http://www.csames.illinois.edu? target=?_blank?http://http://www.csames.illinois.edu? target=?_blank?http://http://www.csames.illinois.edu.

Future highlights

James Bond Film Festival. April 26, 27 and 28, Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory, U. Features both films and discussion of Ian Fleming?s iconic British secret service agent. John Cork, a noted Bond film historian, will lead the discussions. A schedule of titles, times and activities at http://www.spurlock.illinois.edu. 244-3355.

Middle East Film Festival 2013. Double feature, 7 p.m. April 27, Lincoln Hall, Room 1090, 702 S. Wright St., U. ?Jerry and Me? (Iran and the U.S.), 2012, 38 minutes. ?The Circle? (Iran), 2000, 87 minutes. Hosted by the Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at the UI. Free. 244-7331, http://www.csames.illinois.edu? target=?_blank?http://http://www.csames.illinois.edu? target=?_blank?http://http://www.csames.illinois.edu.

Music

This weekend

The Beckman Institute?s Thursdays at 12:20 Concert Series. Featuring UI Black Chorus, 12:20 to 12:50 p.m. April 11, atrium, Beckman Institute, 405 N. Mathews Ave., U. The series features performances by members of the UI School of Music.

Krannert Uncorked. Boneyard Arts Festival opening night party, 5:30 p.m. April 11, lobby, Krannert Center. Marimba music from Jane Boxall. Tuscan Hills Winery will have beverage samples for this celebration of Champaign-Urbana?s creative scene. 333-6280.

UI Percussion Ensemble. 7:30 p.m. April 11, Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center, Urbana. Tickets $4-$10. 333-6280.

Prairie Breezes Presents: David Howie. 4:15 to 5 p.m. April 12, the Urbana Free Library, 210 W. Green St. Parents? Choice Award winner David Howie brings his guitar and shares original music and familiar tunes.

Traffic Jam: JD McPherson. 5 p.m. April 12, lobby, Krannert Center, Urbana. Free. 333-6280.

Awaken. Plus guests, Devin Shelton, While Heroes Sleep and Behold the Masses, 7 p.m. April 12, David S. Palmer Arena, 100 W. Main St., Danville. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Admission $5 in advance, $10 day of show. 431-2444.

Kirtan with local musical group Maha Karuna. 7 to 8:30 p.m. April 12, Amara Yoga Arts, 300 S. Broadway Ave, Suite 156B, Lincoln Square Village (entrance on Vine Street side by Great Impasta), U. The event will begin with an explanation of what Kirtan is, followed by music. Musical instruments supplied for the public to join in. Attendees are also invited to bring along their own percussion instruments like shakers, drums and cymbals. Free. info@amarayoga.com.

Bement Country Opry Band. With guest, Rockin? Terry Lee, 8 p.m. April 12, Bement Country Opry building, 117 S. Macon St. Country and comedy show with house band and guest each week. Tickets $12.50-$15. 877-6499, http://www.bementcountryopry.com.

Conservatory of Central Illinois 23rd annual Playathon. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 13, Lincoln Square Village, Urbana. Fundraising event for the conservatory. Winning groups from the annual Faucett Memorial Chamber Ensemble Festival, solo and ensemble performances on a variety of instruments and, at 1:15 p.m., the East Central Illinois Youth Orchestra. Participants seek sponsorships for each minute they play. 356-9812.

Old Timers Country Reunion. 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. April 13, Gunny Sack Event Center, 1061 Yoder Center, Arthur. Numerous bands: country, bluegrass, gospel, folk and more. The Gunny Sack Revue kicks it off around noon. No cover charge; donations accepted. Lunch at 11 a.m. Food and drinks available. 218-3327, 832-1030, 273-2969, 345-9746.

UI Women?s Glee Club Moms Day Concert. 2 p.m. April 13, Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center, Urbana. Tickets $4-$10. 333-6280.

Chris Vallillo and guest, Rocky Maffit. CD release concert, 3 p.m. April 13, the Urbana Free Library, 210 W. Green St. Celebrating ?The Last Day of Winter,? a recording of original and Americana roots. Vallillo is a singer/songwriter and folk musician; Maffi is a percussionist, singer/songwriter and author. http://www.urbanafreelibrary.org.

Music for a Cure. 7 to 11 p.m. April 13, Rose Bowl Tavern, 106 N. Race St., U. Featuring John Coppess, John McMahon, Anne Clements and Margaret Obrien. 50/50 raffle. Fundraiser for American Cancer Society Relay for Life of Champaign County. 979-1504.

UI Black Chorus Moms Day Concert. 7:30 p.m. April 13, Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center, Urbana. Tickets $8-$11. 333-6280.

Concert by Mike Droho and the Compass Rose. 8 p.m. April 13, Sleepy Creek Vineyards, 8254 E. 1425 N Road, Fairmount. Funky pop with beat boxing, electric violin and acoustic guitar. Seats $12; groups of six or more, $10 each. 733-0330, http://www.sleepycreekvineyards.com.

Ace Hood. 8:30 p.m. April 13, David S. Palmer Arena, 100 W. Main St., Danville. Tickets $25-$60. 431-2444.

Philo Country Music Show. 3 p.m. April 14, R.E. Franks Meeting Center, 108 Madison St., Philo. Branson-style, family-oriented, music stage show, hosted by Ed Clem and Chrissy Rigsby. Featuring Logan Kirby, vocals; Dyke Corson, lead and steel guitar, vocals; Dave Ohllson, drums, vocals; Jesse Francis, fiddle; Clem, bass, vocals; and Rigsby, piano, saxophone, vocals. $10. Concessions available. 274-3888, 714-7394.

Piper?s Hut Concert Series. 8 p.m. April 14, Heartland Gallery, 112 W. Main St., U. Features Dick Hensold on Northumbrian smallpipes, reel pipes, seljefloyte, sackpipa, pibgorn and other instruments. Music in several traditional and historical styles, with emphasis on Cape Breton, early Scottish and Northumbrian, but including Scandinavian, medieval and original music. Tickets $10, $20. pipers.hut@gmail.com, http://www.pipers-hut.com/concerts.

Next week

UI Trombone Choir. 7:30 p.m. April 16, Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center, Urbana. Tickets $4-$10. 333-6280.

Phillip Phillips. Recent winner of ?American Idol,? 8 p.m. April 16. Lantz Arena, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston. Tickets $20, EIU students; $23, general public. 581-5122.

Gunny Sack Revue. 7 to p.m. every Wednesday, Gunny Sack Event Center, 1061 Yoder Center, Arthur. No cover. Donations accepted. Lunch at 11 a.m. Finger foods and soda. Philo Schrock, 273-2969.

Johannes Brahms? Instrumental Music with Piano: Ian Hobson, piano. 7:30 p.m. April 17, Smith Memorial Hall, 805 S. Mathews Ave., U. Guest artists Andres Cardenes, violin, and Csaba Erdelyi, viola. In a series of concerts during the 2012-13 season, Hobson will present works by Brahms that feature the piano as a solo instrument or as part of an ensemble. Tickets $5-$10. 333-6280.

The Beckman Institute?s Thursdays at 12:20 Concert Series. Featuring Yi-Hsuan Lin, marimba, 12:20 to 12:50 p.m. April 18, atrium, Beckman Institute, 405 N. Mathews Ave., U. The series features performances by members of the UI School of Music.

Krannert Uncorked. With Sycamore Brass (eclectic brass music), 5 p.m. April 18, Stage 5 in the lobby, Krannert Center. Free. 333-6280.

Alison Balsom and the Scottish Ensemble. 7:30 p.m. April 18, Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center, Urbana. Classical Mix Series. Tickets $10-$38. 333-6280.

Bernhard Scully, horn. 7:30 p.m. April 19, Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center, Urbana. Tickets $4-$10. 333-6280.

Sam Araya with Aduro Trio.7:30 to 9 p.m. April 19, UI Music Building Auditorium, 1114 W. Nevada St., U. Community Center for the Arts faculty member, Araya, will perform with his friends in the Aduro Trio (Kelly Moore and Amanda Ramey) for their final Artist Diploma recital. Free.

Bement Country Opry Band. With guest, Gary Osterhoff, 8 p.m. April 19, Bement Country Opry building, 117 S. Macon St. Country and comedy show with house band and guest each week. $5-$10. 877-6499, http://www.bementcountryopry.com.

Centennial Bands Gala and Auction. 5 to 9 p.m. April 20, Faith United Methodist Church, 1719 S. Prospect Ave., C. Fundraiser for Centennial High School?s band program. Featuring Centennial?s Concert Band, Symphonic Winds and Symphonic Band and Centennial Jazz Lab Band and Jazz Ensemble. Possible guest performances by Jefferson Middle School Jazz Band and Franklin Middle School Jazz Band. Admission $5; children eighth grade and younger, free. Dinner tickets: lasagna, $8, or hot dog, $4; at the door. Yogurt for purchase for dessert. Silent auction and raffle tickets. 417-2227, juleighmiller@gmail.com.

Fundraiser for Alice (Conner) Stonebraker. 6 p.m. April 20, VFW, Liberty Street, Covington, Ind. Live band, food, 50/50 raffle, silent auction, bake sale/auction. Stonebraker of Covington, who has worked at the Beef House restaurant for over 20 years, is receiving treatment for stage 3 colon cancer. Freewill donation. 765-793-7915, 765-793-8029.

?Cirque de la Symphonie.? Presented by Danville Symphony Orchestra, 6:30 p.m. April 20, David S. Palmer Arena, 100 W. Main St., Danville. While the Cirque artists perform awe-inspiring feats, the DSO musicians will perform pops favorites. Artists include aerial fliers, acrobats, contortionists, dancers, jugglers, balancers and strongmen. Each artist?s performance is professionally choreographed to classical masterpieces and popular contemporary music. Tickets $15-$20. 431-2444.

Bellflower Country Opry. ?50s and ?60s show, 7 p.m. April 20, Bellflower Community Center, 202 Center St. Put on your poodle skirts and your leather jackets for an evening of rock ?n? roll. Doors open, 6 p.m. Tickets $10; ages 12 and younger, free. 898-7493. 309-722-3497.

Chicago Symphony Orchestra. 7:30 p.m. April 20, Krannert Center, Urbana. Great Hall Series. Tickets $10-$53. 333-6280.

Future highlights

UFLive! presents Don?t Ask. 2 to 3:30 p.m. April 21, the Urbana Free Library, 210 W. Green St. Klezmer music in the spirit of early Eastern Europe?s village string bands, with Middle Eastern and Balkan influences and other surprises thrown in the mix.

Krannert Center Debut Artist. Moye Chen, piano, 3 p.m. April 21, Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center, Urbana. Sunday Salon Series. Tickets $5-$39. 333-6280.

Parkland Concert Band and Bloomington-Normal Community Concert Band. 3 p.m. April 21, Urbana High School, 1002 S. Race St., U.

Saving Abel. With guests, Hurt, Smile Empty Soul, Art of Dying, 7 p.m. April 21, Bryant Industries Theater, David S. Palmer Arena, 100 W. Main St., Danville. Tickets $20. 431-2444.

Rocky Maffit, percussionist and performer. ?A Life of Rhythm,? 11 a.m. to noon April 22, Lake Land College Theater on campus, Mattoon. As part of the Illinois Humanities Council Road Scholars Speakers Bureau, Maffit will draw on body percussion, voice and a variety of world percussion instruments to draw out the ?inner drummer? that lives in us all. Child-friendly, free program open to the public. Rescheduled from March 25. 234-5087.

Piper?s Hut Concert Series. 8 p.m. April 22, Urbana Champaign Independent Media Center, 202 S. Broadway Ave., U. Features Guitarist/singer Matt Heaton and Irish flute player/singer Shannon Heaton. Tickets $10, $15. pipers.hut@gmail.com, http://www.pipers-hut.com/concerts.

?Sesame Street Live! Elmo Makes Music.? 6:30 p.m. April 23, UI Assembly Hall, 1800 S. First St., C. Monsters making music! Elmo, Abby Cadabby, Big Bird and all their Sesame Street friends take to the stage to share their love of music. Tickets $11, $16, $21. Limited $30 Gold Circle seats, $60 Sunny Seats. $3 facility fee added to all. Additional fees and special offers may apply. Discount: groups of 10 or more $3, military $5. 866-455-4641, 333-5000.

UI Jazz Band II. 7:30 p.m. April 23, Studio Theatre, Krannert Center, Urbana. Tickets $4-$10. 333-6280.

UI Jazz Trombone Ensemble.7:30 p.m. April 24, Studio Theatre, Krannert Center, Urbana. Tickets $4-$10. 333-6280.

UI University Band and UI Campus Band. 7:30 p.m. April 24, Foellinger Great Hall. Krannert Center, Urbana. Tickets $4-$10. 333-6280.

Bob Dylan and his band. With special guest, Dawes, 7:30 p.m. April 25, UI Assembly Hall, 1800 S. First St., C. Tickets $42; $30, students with ID. 866-455-4641, 333-5000.

UI Harding Symphonic Band and UI Hindsley Symphonic Band. 7:30 p.m. April 25, Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center, Urbana. Tickets $4-$10. 333-6280.

UI Jazz Vocal Ensemble.7:30 p.m. April 25, Studio Theatre, Krannert Center, Urbana. Tickets $4-$10. 333-6280.

UI Steel Band and I-Pan.7:30 p.m. April 25, Colwell Playhouse, Krannert Center, Urbana. Tickets $4-$10. 333-6280.

Party at Dave?s. Featuring Battery (Metallica tribute), X-Krush, Heel Dragger. 7 p.m. April 26, Bryant Industries Theater, David S. Palmer Arena, 100 W. Main St., Danville. Emceed by John Jansky. Tickets $10. 431-2444.

Johannes Brahms? Instrumental Music with Piano: Ian Hobson, piano. 7:30 p.m. April 26, Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center, Urbana. Guest artists Dmitry Kouzov, cello, and J. David Harris, clarinet. Final performance in the series. Tickets $5-$10. 333-6280.

UI Concert Jazz Band.7:30 p.m. April 26, Studio Theatre, Krannert Center, Urbana. Tickets $4-$10. 333-6280.

Bement Country Opry Band. With guest, Eric Gordon, 8 p.m. April 26, Bement Country Opry building, 117 S. Macon St. Country and comedy show with house band and guest each week. $5-$10. 877-6499, http://www.bementcountryopry.com.

UI Latin Jazz Ensemble. 3 p.m. April 27, Studio Theatre, Krannert Center, Urbana. Tickets $4-$10. 333-6280.

UI Jazz Band III. 7:30 p.m. April 27, Studio Theatre, Krannert Center, Urbana. Tickets $4-$10. 333-6280.

UI Varsity Men?s Glee Club. 7:30 p.m. April 27, Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center, Urbana. Tickets $4-$10. 333-6280.

Pygmalion Afterglow: Grandkids and Sun Stereo. 9:30 p.m. April 27, Stage 5, Krannert Center, Urbana. Free. 333-6280.

Jason Crabb in concert. 6 p.m. April 27, Danville High School auditorium, Danville. Dove Award Winner. All net proceeds donated to Hand to Plow Ministries to build homes in Haiti. General admission $10-$15. http://www.itickets.com or 5 Loaves 2 Fish Book Cottage, 717 N. Gilbert St., Danville. 443-7289.

UI Jazz Combo Concert I. 3 p.m. April 28, Studio Theatre, Krannert Center, Urbana. Tickets $4-$10. 333-6280.

UI Philharmonia. 7:30 p.m. April 28, Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center, Urbana. Tickets $4-$10. 333-6280.

UI Jazz Band IV. 7:30 p.m. April 28, Studio Theatre, Krannert Center, Urbana. Tickets $4-$10. 333-6280.

UI Wind Symphony. 7:30 p.m. April 30, Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center, Urbana. Tickets $4-$10. 333-6280.

UI Jazz Saxophone Ensemble and UI Jazz Guitar Ensemble. 7:30 p.m. April 30, Studio Theatre, Krannert Center, Urbana. Tickets $4-$10. 333-6280.

UI Symphony Orchestra. 7:30 p.m. May 1, Foellinger Great Hall, Krannert Center, Urbana. Tickets $4-$10. 333-6280.

UI Jazz Combo Concert II. 7:30 p.m. May 1, Studio Theatre, Krannert Center, Urbana. Tickets $4-$10. 333-6280.

Krannert Uncorked with the Olivia Flanigan Quintet, jazz. 5 p.m. May 2, Stage 5, Krannert Center, Urbana. Free. 333-6280.

Bement Country Opry Band. With guest, Kim Biehl, 8 p.m. May 3, Bement Country Opry building, 117 S. Macon St. Country and comedy show with house band and guest each week. $5-$10. 877-6499, http://www.bementcountryopry.com.

Parkland Orchestra and Parkland Wind Ensemble. May Concert, 7 p.m. May 6, Parkland Theater, 2400 W. Bradley Ave, C. Free and open to the public.

Bement Country Opry Band. With guest, Halie W. Bagwell, 8 p.m. May 10, Bement Country Opry building, 117 S. Macon St. Country and comedy show with house band and guest each week. $5-$10. 877-6499, http://www.bementcountryopry.com.

Parkland Chamber Singers and Parkland Chorus.Choral Spring Concert, 7 p.m. May 11, Parkland Theatre, 2400 W. Bradley Ave, C. Free and open to the public.

Danville Symphony Orchestra. ?My Paris, A Tribute to Maurice Chevalier,? featuring Tony Sadler, 7:30 p.m. May 11, Danville High School auditorium, 202 E. Fairchild St. Tickets $15-$30. 443-5300.

Bement Country Opry Band. With guests, Pam and Polly (The Kilmer Sisters), 8 p.m. May 17, Bement Country Opry building, 117 S. Macon St. Country and comedy show with house band and guest each week. $5-$10. 877-6499, http://www.bementcountryopry.com.

Dancing

This weekend

Swing Society weekly dance. 9:30 to 11:30 p.m. every Thursday, through May 2, Illini Union, Room 200, 1401 W. Green St., U. Swing-era dances such as East Coast Swing, Lindy Hop and Charleston. Usually DJ?d by a local dancer. No special shoes or dress required. Free. http://www.cu-swing.org/dances, questions@cu-swing.org.

Urbana Country Dancers? contra dance. 8 to 11 p.m. April 12, Phillips Recreation Center, 505 W. Stoughton St., U. Music by Big Bluestem String Band. Gail Hintze, caller. New dancer orientation, 7:30 p.m. No partner, costume or experience necessary. Bring soft-soled, nonstreet shoes. $5; students and seniors, $4; under 13, free. 359-8225, lewart3@gmail.com, http://urbana-contra.org.

Blues dancing. 9 p.m. to midnight April 12, Channing-Murray Foundation, 1209 W. Oregon St., U. Lesson, 8 p.m. BluesCENTRAL?s Second Friday Blues. http://www.sites.google.com/site/dancebluescentral, DanceBluesCentral@gmail.com.

Country dancing. 7:30 to 11 p.m. every Saturday, Eagles Lodge, 605 Edgebrook Drive, C. Music by various country bands. Public welcome.

Next week

Tango at KAM. Noon to 4 p.m. April 18, Krannert Art Museum, Gelvin Noel Gallery, 500 E. Peabody Drive, C. Dance, watch or learn. Music by Tangotta (Armand Beaudoin, bass/cello; Dorothy Martirano, violin; Chris Reyman, keyboard and accordion; and George Turner, guitar). 333-1861.

English Country Dancing. 7 to 10 p.m. April 20, Phillips Recreation Center, 505 W. Stoughton St., U. Central Illinois English Country Dancers. Music by local musicians. For dancers of all ages. All dances taught. Partners, costumes and experience not required. Bring soft-soled, nonmarking, nonstreet shoes. Admission $2. 359-8225, ciecd-info@centralillinoisecd.org, http://www.centralillinoisecd.org.

Blues dancing. 8 p.m. to midnight April 20, Channing-Murray Foundation, 1209 W. Oregon St., U. Hosted by bluesCENTRAL. Music by The Diva and The Dude, local duo of Kathy Harden and Andy Baylor. Beginner lesson, 8 p.m.; The Diva and The Dude, 9 p.m. Band breaks DJ?d by Jeff Mundinger. $10; students, $8. DanceBluesCentral@gmail.com.

Future highlights

Singles/couples dance. 5 to 8 p.m. April 21, Decatur Knights of Columbus, 520 E. North St. Third Sunday each month. Live band, $10. 875-3090.

?Under the Tuscan Sun? Daddy-Daughter Dance. 7 to 9 p.m. April 27, American Legion, Farmer. Hosted by Blue Ridge Educational Foundation. No age limit and stand-in dads or daughters are welcome. DJ, refreshments, raffles, door prizes and photographer. All proceeds benefit education and technology programs in Blue Ridge classrooms. Tickets $10, dad; $5, daughters. Kendra Shaffer, 390-7893; Darbi Buchanan, 714-1712.

Spring Ballroom Dance. ?Shall We Dance,? sponsored by the Bismarck Dance Club, 6:30 to 9 p.m. April 27, Bismarck High School gym (driveway east side), Bismarck. Music by the Kevin Turner Band. Cost $10. luann.picklap@gmail.com.

Kalyx Barn Dance. 7 p.m. to midnight April 27, Kalyx Center, 436 E. 1300 N Road, Monticello. Midnight Barn Dance. Potluck, 5:30 p.m. New dancer orientation, 6:30 p.m. Bonfire, 9:30 p.m. 359-8225, lewart3@gmail.com, http://urbana-contra.org.

Tango Society of Central Illinois. Milonga Sentimental, 7 to 11:30 p.m. April 27, Phillips Recreation Center, 505 W. Stoughton St., U. Tango lesson, 7 to 8:30 p.m. Tango social dancing, 8:30 to 11:30 p.m. Cost: $7, $10 with lesson; students $5, $7 with lesson. http://www.centraltango.com, Tango.Society@gmail.com, http://facebook.com/UCATango.

Country dancing. 7:30 to 10 p.m. April 27, Sidney Town Hall, Sidney. Line and couples, singles welcome. Fourth Saturday of each month. Admission $5. 351-4110.

Blues dancing. 7 to 10 p.m. May 5, Emerald City Lounge, 118 N. First St., C. Beginner lesson, 6 p.m. DJ. BluesCENTRAL?s first Sunday blues; through December. Free. DanceBluesCentral@gmail.com.

Performing arts

This weekend

Students from Urbana schools. Performing as part of the Boneyard Arts Festival, 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. April 11 and 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. April 13, the Urbana Free Library, 210 W. Green St. Prairie Elementary School Dance, 3:30 p.m.; Leal Elementary School Chorus, 4:30 p.m. April 11. Yankee Ridge Elementary School Dance and Chorus, 1:30 p.m.; Leal Elementary School Dance, 2 p.m. April 13.

SPEAK Cafe. ?Poetry in Motion: SPEAK Cafe as an Institution,? 7 p.m. April 11, Krannert Art Museum, 500 E. Peabody Drive, C. An open-mic space for hip-hop, activism and black power expression. Moderated by Aaron Ammons. 333-1861.

Fourth annual Turn It UP! variety show. 7 to 11 p.m. April 12, 88 Broadway, 142 Lincoln Square, Urbana. Supporting The UP Center of Champaign County and local LGBTQA efforts. Tickets in advance, students and youths $5, and adults, $7; at the door, $7 and $10. Raffles. 550-4248, TurnItUP@unitingpride.org.

Ninth annual Malignant Humor Festival. 7 p.m. April 12 and 8 p.m. April 13, Courtyard Cafe, Illini Union, 1401 W. Green St., U. Sponsored by Spicy Clamato and the Courtyard Cafe. ?Comedy slots? lasting about 25 minutes apiece. Locally known ensembles Potted Meat, DeBono and the Titanic Players performing in addition to Spicy Clamato, plus groups from many out-of-state universities. Free.

Zoo Improv. ?Fuzzy Fridays,? 8 p.m. every Friday, SoDo Theatre, 114 S. Neil St., C. Improv comedy. Intermediate Workshoppers and Dysfunction Junction, April 12. Spicy Clamato, April 19. Titanic Players ? Swivel Hip, April 26. A guest improv group performs before Zoo Improv each week. Participate or just watch. $3. 356-7805, http://www.zooimprov.com, contact@zooimprov.com.

Gypsy Hips Belly Dance Troupe and other dancers. Belly dancing, 2 to 4 p.m. April 13, The Iron Post, 120 S. Race St., U. Part of the Boneyard Arts Festival. All proceeds donated to the Champaign County Humane Society. http://www.GypsyHips.com.

Next week

Studiodance II 2013. Dance at Illinois Series, 7 and 9 p.m. April 18, 19 and 20; Krannert Center, Urbana. Tickets $7-$14. 333-6280.

Future highlights

Indonesian World Fest Performance. Featuring Cudamani, a Balinese musical and dance ensemble, 11 a.m. April 24, Luther Student Center Theater, Lake Land College campus, Mattoon. Hosted by the college, in coordination with Arts Midwest World Fest and the Doudna Fine Arts Center. Free and open to the public. http://www.artsmidwestworldfest.org, 234-5270.

VOICE Reading Series. 7:30 to 9 p.m. April 25, Krannert Art Museum, 500 E. Peabody Drive, C. Featuring fiction writers and poets. 333-1861.

Poetry reading. 7 to 8 p.m. April 25, Champaign Public Library, 200 W. Green St. Michael La Due will talk about the art of poetry and read from his own work at this National Poetry Month celebration.

Indian Student Association?s annual India Night. 7 p.m. April 27, Foellinger Auditorium, 709 S. Mathews Ave., U. Show celebrating the South Asian talent at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Wide array of talent and a diversity of performances. More 150 students participating.

?Reduced Shakespeare Company: The Complete World of Sports (Abridged).? 7:30 p.m. April 27, Colwell Playhouse, Krannert Center, Urbana. Tickets $10-$30. 333-6280.

?Cinderella.? Champaign Urbana Ballet, 7:30 p.m. May 3, 2 and 7:30 p.m. May 4 and 2 p.m. May 5, the Virginia Theatre, 203 W. Park Ave., C. Tickets $8-$24. 356-9063, 355-7317, http://www.cuballet.com.

Myth and Magic. 1 to 2:45 p.m. May 4, Spurlock Museum, 600 S. Gregory St., U. Experience the museum through a tour based on dance, story and theater. Performer/teller Shannon Epplett and dancer/teacher Tanya Picard and students join storyteller Kim Sheahan for a journey into ancient Greek drama, American Indian storytelling and European Renaissance court performance. For visitors fifth grade and above. Free, but reservations required. 244-3355, ksheahan@illinois.edu.

Zoo Improv. ?Fuzzy Fridays,? 8 p.m. Fridays, SoDo Theatre, 114 S. Neil St., C. Improv comedy. No show, May 3. Zoo Improv Celebrates 8 Years!, May 10. A guest improv group performs before Zoo Improv each week. Participate or just watch. $3. 356-7805, http://www.zooimprov.com, contact@zooimprov.com.

Theater

This weekend

?Barefoot in the Park.? Side by Side Productions, 7:30 p.m. April 12 and 13 and 2 p.m. April 14; Father Kirk Memorial Hall, 534 N. Wood St., Gibson City. Dessert performances. Tickets $12. 260-782-4378, sidebysidegibsoncity@gmail.com.

?Cloud 9.? Comedy produced by Eastern Illinois University?s Theatre Department, continues 7:30 p.m. April 11, 12 and 13 and 2 p.m. April 14; Black Box Theatre, Doudna Fine Arts Center, South Ninth Street and Hayes Avenue on the EIU campus, Charleston. Tickets $5-$12. 581-3110, doudnatix@eiu.edu, http://www.eiu.edu/doudna.

?Clouds.? New Revels Players and the Department of the Classics, 8 p.m. April 12 and 13; Chapel of St. John the Divine, 1011 S. Wright St., C. Comedy by Aristophanes. $5 at the door. 708-813-8852, 309-229-0258, newrevelsplayers@gmail.com.

?Godspell, Jr.? The North Ridge Middle School Theater Company, 6:30 pm. April 14, Central Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), 1101 N. Vermilion St., Danville. ?Godspell, Jr.? is the young people?s version of the classic rock opera ?Godspell.? Free. 442-2915.

?Hairspray.? Centennial High Playmakers, 7 p.m. April 11, 12 and 13 and 2 p.m. April 14; Aldridge Auditorium, Centennial High School, 913 Crescent Drive, C. Tickets $5-$8. 351-3951, aldridsu2champaignschools.org.

?Hairspray.? 2013 Moms Weekend musical presented by the Illini Union Board, 2 and 7 p.m. April 13; UI Assembly Hall, 1800 S. First St., C. Tickets $12-$18 prior; $14-$20 day of show. 866-455-4641, 333-5000.

?Or.? Comedy presented by The Celebration Company, continues 8 p.m. April 11, 12 and 13; Station Theatre, 223 N. Broadway Ave., U. Tickets $10-$15. 384-4000.

?Spring Awakening.?UI Department of Theatre, Broadway musical, 7:30 p.m. April 11, 12, 13, 18, 19 and 20 and 3 p.m. April 21; Colwell Playhouse, Krannert Center, Urbana. Meet the cast and the production staff, after the performance April 11, in the lobby. Free talkback after the performance, April 13. Tickets $9-$16. 333-6280.

?Unnecessary Farce.? Continues 6 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and noon Sunday, April 11 to 14; Conklin?s Barn II dinner theater, Goodfield. Tickets $33-$37. 309-965-2545, http://www.barn2.com.

?Zara, Or Who Killed the Queen of the Silent Screen?? Red Mask Players mystery, continues 8 p.m. April 12 and 13 and 2 p.m. April 14; Kathryn Randolph Theater, 601 N. Vermilion St., Danville. 442-5858, redmaskplayers@hotmail.com.

Next week

?Beauty and the Beast.? Artistic Repertory Theatre, musical, 7 p.m. April 27 and 2 p.m. April 28, Hoopeston Area High School Auditorium, Orange Street/Route 9, Hoopeston. Tickets $10. 283-6553.

?Cinderella ? The Musical.? Schlarman Academy Players? spring musical, 7 p.m. April 19 and 20 and 2 p.m. April 21; North Campus gym, Schlarman Academy, 2112 N. Vermilion St., Danville. Tickets $3.50-$5. 442-2725.

?Into the Woods.? Central High Children?s Theater, 7 p.m. April 17 to 20 and 2:30 April 21; Decker Theater, Champaign Central High School, 610 W. University Ave., C. Musical by Stephen Sondheim. Funny, but sometimes dark comedy, only Act I is suggested for children. Cost $5-$10. wilson@champaignschools.org.

?Out of Order.? 6 p.m. Thursday through Saturday and noon Sunday, April 18 to June 2; Conklin?s Barn II dinner theater, Goodfield. Tickets $33-$37. 309-965-2545, http://www.barn2.com.

?Play of Antichrist.? 4 p.m. April 19 and 10 a.m. April 20; McFarland Memorial Bell Tower, South Quad of the UI. Performed as a part of the ?Performing the Middle Ages? symposium hosted by the Program in Medieval Studies at the UI. Free. 305-586-8191, kyleathomas17@gmail.com

?Spirits of Suspicion.? Romantic comedy mystery play, 7 to 9 p.m. April 20; VFW Post 2876 Hall, 9 S. Main St., Villa Grove. Presented by Camargo Township District Library. Tickets $5, includes food served during intermission. 832-5211, 832-8045.

?Steel Magnolias.? DHS Players? spring production, 7 p.m. April 19 and 20; Dick Van Dyke Auditorium, Danville High School, 202 E. Fairchild St. Tickets $3-$5. 444-1500.

Future highlights

?Alibis.? Rantoul Theatre Group, a murder mystery whodunit, 7:30 p.m. May 10 and 11, 2 p.m. May 12, 8 p.m. May 17 and 18 and 2 p.m. May 19; Grissom Hall Theatre, 914 Arends Blvd., Rantoul. Tickets $7-$10. 892-1121, http://www.rtgonline.org.

?Alice in Wonderland.? 7 p.m. April 25, 26 and 27; the High School of St. Thomas More, 3901 N. Mattis Ave., C. Inventive adaptation of the Lewis Carroll classic, featuring original music and lyrics written by the music and drama students. An UnBirthday Tea Party, 1 p.m. April 27; kids can enjoy refreshments while meeting and posing for photos with costumed characters, and the cast will perform scenes from the show; reserve by April 19, 637-1249. 819-5721.

?The Ghost of Canterville Hall.? Red Mask Players, comedy, May-13-18; Kathryn Randolph Theater, 601 N. Vermilion St., Danville. Spring 2013 children?s show. 442-5858, redmaskplayers@hotmail.com.

?The Mystery of Edwin Drood.? Parkland Theatre, solve-it-yourself musical, 7:30 p.m. April 24 to 27, May 2 and 3, 2 and 7:30 p.m. May 4 and 3 p.m. May 5; Parkland College, 2400 W. Bradley Ave., C. Tickets $8-$14. Opening night, April 24, ?pay what you can.? May 2, all tickets half price. 351-2528, http://www.parkland.edu/theatre, theatre@parkland.edu.

?Next to Normal.? The Celebration Company, a rock musical, 8 p.m. April 25 to 28, May 1 to 5, 8 to 11; Station Theatre, 223 N. Broadway Ave., U. Tickets $10-$15. 384-4000.

?Once Upon a Mattress.? Chrisman High School Drama Club musical, 7:30 p.m. April 26 and 27, Chrisman High School, 23231 Illinois Highway 1 North, Chrisman. Adults, $6; youths, $3. 269-2823.

?Promises, Promises.? Danville Light Opera, 7:30 p.m. April 26 and 27 and 2 p.m. April 28; Danville Area Community College, Bremer Auditorium, Danville. Tickets $19, adults; $14, students. 431-1660, http://www.danvillelightopera.com.

?Story of a Rape Survivor.? Presented by performers from the Chicago-based sexual assault advocacy organization, A Long Walk Home Inc., 7:30 p.m. April 23; Lincoln Hall Theater. ALWH is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that uses art therapy and the visual and performing arts to end sexual violence. Free. http://go.illinois.edu/saam2013.

?Theatre de L?Oeil: 3-Legged Tale.? Krannert Center Youth Series performance, 4 p.m. April 24; Colwell Playhouse, Krannert Center, Urbana. Tickets $5. 333-6280.

?The Threepenny Opera.?UI School of Music Opera Program, 7:30 p.m. April 25, 26 and 27 and 3 p.m. April 28; Tryon Festival Theatre, Krannert Center, Urbana. Tickets $8-$26. Libretto: 6:30 p.m. April 27 and 2 p.m. April 28, Krannert Room; $6.50 (ticket includes dessert and a beverage). 333-6280.

Outdoors / nature

This weekend

Moms Weekend Observatory Open House. 8 to 10 p.m. April 12, UI Campus Observatory, 901 S. Mathews Ave., U. Hosted by UI Astronomical Society. Look through university?s historic telescope to see the night sky. Only open if the skies are clear. uias@illinois.edu.

4-H Kids Helping Kids ? One Step At A Time 5K Run/Walk. 8 a.m. April 13, Crystal Lake Park, Urbana. Sponsored by the Champaign County 4-H Federation. Registration, 7 a.m. Post-race party where prizes and awards will be announced. Registration fee $25 before April 5, $30 after April 5. http://web.extension.illinois.edu/cfiv/index.html, Blackford2@illinois.edu, 333-7672.

Illini Veterans Memorial 5K Run/Walk. 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 13, UI Arboretum, Urbana. Race day registration, 8 a.m.; $35/$20. 5K race and run/walk, 10:15 a.m. Join the Illini Veterans in supporting wounded veterans by raising donations for the Center for Wounded Veterans in Higher Education soon to arrive on campus. 708-935-8147, http://www.illinivetsmemorial5k.com, ambros2@illinois.edu.

Green Yoga Hike. 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. April 13, Interpretive Center, Homer Lake Forest Preserve, 2573 S. Homer Lake Road, Homer. Hike highlights breathing and meditation techniques, and emphasizes therapeutic movements for walkers, hikers and runners. Rain date, May 18. $20, adults; $15, students/seniors. Registration required. sdonovan@ccfpd.org, 896-2455.

Next week

Nordic Walking Group. 5:15 to 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Race Street parking lot, Meadowbrook Park, Urbana. Weekly group. A 4-mile route around Meadowbrook Park. All Nordic walkers welcome. Walk in all seasons. No charge. lynn@champaignsurplus.com, 649-6861.

Second Wind Running Club Summer Fun Runs. 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays, North side of Meadowbrook Park, Urbana. A timed 1-mile run, followed by a 3-mile run with a 15 minute break between. All abilities encouraged to attend; determine your own pace per mile. Held during daylight savings hours only (April through October). Typically time changes to 6 p.m. in late September. http://www.secondwindrunningclub.org.

Twin City Garden Club ? April Wildflower Walk. 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. April 20, Meadowbrook Park, Urbana. Visit the Hansen Wildflower Trail with Donna Wagner as guide. Meet at the Race Street parking lot. 328-5956.

Future highlights

Kirby Derby. May 11, starts and ends at Forest Preserve Park, Monticello. Runs through State Street and downtown. 5K and 10K run, 5K recreational walk, 8 a.m. and kids? race (for 10 and younger), 10 a.m. Race day registration, 6:30 to 7:45 a.m. Entry fee $30 before May 9, $35 at packet pickup, 4 to 6:30 p.m. May 10 at Kirby Medical Center or on race day. Kids? race is free. 762-1513, http://www.KirbyHealth.org.

Fifth annual Bird Migration Festival. May 11, Homer Lake Forest Preserve, 2573 S. Homer Lake Road, Homer. Bird Language 101 workshop: 9 to 11 a.m., Interpretive Center. Mist Netting with Jason Fisher: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Interpretive Center. Main event and live raptors, 1 to 4 p.m., Walnut Hill Shelter. Live raptors, crafts, hikes, live entertainment, 2 to 3 p.m. Free. 896-2455, sdonovan@ccfpd.org.

Saturday Morning Nature Hike for Kids. 9 to 10 a.m. May 11, Museum Education Center, Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve, 950 N. Lombard St., Mahomet. Join the Lake of the Woods naturalist for a hike through the Botanical Gardens and Rayburn-Purnell Woods. Learn to identify some trees, look for wildlife. Dress for the weather. $3. Registration required. 586-2612, rbonati@ccfpd.org.

Bird Language 101 Workshop. 9 to 11 a.m. May 11, Interpretive Center, Homer Lake Forest Preserve, 2573 S. Homer Lake Road, Homer. Learn the keys to understanding bird voices and body language, and spend some time outside observing. $10. Register by May 10. 896-2455, pleiter@ccfpd.org.

Champaign-Urbana Astronomical Society Starwatch. 8 p.m. to midnight May 11, Activity Center, Middle Fork River Forest Preserve, 3485 County Road 2700 E., Penfield. Meet at 8 p.m. at the Activity Center for a short presentation by Staerkel Planetarium Director David Leake. Then drive to the North Waterfowl Management Area to view the sky. Weather permitting, the program will go until midnight. No cloud date. Free. 896-2455, sdonovan@ccfpd.org.

?Let?s Go Fly a Kite!? 2 to 5 p.m. May 12, Dodds Soccer Complex, Dodds Park, Champaign. Grab a kite, and fly it at Dodds Park for the second annual kite festival. Free. No registration. 398-2550.

UI museums

Krannert Art Museum. 500 E. Peabody Drive, C. Opening reception of ?The Petals Paintings? celebration and museum fundraiser, 6:30 to 9 p.m. April 12; floral displays, music by Briggs Houchins Trio, cocktails, hors d?oeuvres and a silent auction; $75, 244-0516. The exhibition, open to the public for viewing, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 13 and noon to 5 p.m. April 14. Docent-led tours on April 13, beginning 10 a.m. ?School of Art+Design Master of Fine Arts Exhibition,? opening reception, 5 to 7 p.m. April 13, through April 28. ?Jacob Lawrence: Toussaint L?Ouverture Series? and ?Processing the Everyday,? through April 28; ?Fashion Traditions of Japan,? through May 26; ?Counterpoints: Moshekwa Langa, In and Out of Africa,? through July 28. Regular hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday; 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Thursday; 2 to 5 p.m. Sunday. Admission free, but $3 donation suggested. 333-1860, http://www.kam.illinois.edu.

Spurlock Museum. 600 S. Gregory St., U. ?Unconventional Bond: The Strange Life of Casino Royale on Film Exhibit? opens April 16, through June 13. ?From Protest to Peace,? through June 16. New exhibit area, ?First Impressions: Mesopotamian Cylinder Seals,? featuring the museum?s first digital multimedia interactive. Five permanent galleries, featuring the cultures of the world. Regular hours: noon to 5 p.m. Tuesday; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday, Thursday and Friday; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday; noon to 4 p.m. Sunday. Closed Mondays, holidays. Free, suggested donation $3. 333-2360, http://www.spurlock.illinois.edu.

Other museums

Bicentennial Art Center and Museum. 132 S. Central Ave., Paris, Ill. ?Annual Edgar County Student Art Show,? through April 28. Reception, 1 to 2 p.m. April 28. ?Works by Alice Baber? from the Paris Art Center?s Permanent Collection, ongoing. Regular hours: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday or by appointment. 466-8130, http://www.parisartcenter.com.

Champaign County Historical Museum. In the historic Cattle Bank, 102 E. University Ave., C. Regular exhibits are four exhibit rooms, featuring turn-of-the-century (19th-century) items, plus the Victorian Room. Regular hours: noon to 5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Open for tour groups, by appointment. No admission charge for tours, but donations welcome. 356-1010, http://www.champaignmuseum.org, director@champaignmuseum.org.

Chanute Air Museum. 1011 Pacesetter Drive, Rantoul. The museum collects, preserves, exhibits and interprets aviation and aerospace artifacts. Special emphasis on the life and accomplishments of Octave Chanute, Chanute Field/Chanute Air Force Base and its technical training programs, history of Illinois aviation and Rantoul. Various exhibits including ?Before the Wrights: The Dream of Flight.? Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday; noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. Admission: adults, $10; seniors and active/retired military, $8; children K-12, $5; 4 and younger, free. 893-1613, http://www.aeromuseum.org.

II Historic Farm Museum. 309 E. Busey St., Penfield. Established by II Antique Tractor and Gas Engine Club. Preserving the history of agriculture with antique farm machinery and tools, household exhibit, restored log cabin, blacksmith shop and church. Featuring Hart-Parr No. 3 and gas-powered turbine I-H HT-340 on loan from Smithsonian Institution. Open second Saturday of each month, April through September, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. 595-5413 or 863-2681, http://www.antiquefarm.org.

Museum of the Grand Prairie. Lake of the Woods Forest Preserve, 950 N. Lombard St., Mahomet. Boneyard Arts Festival, 1 to 5 p.m. April 14. Discover emerging and established local artists. Hear live music, experiment with art and see the works of local artists. Free. 586-2612.

Orpheum Children?s Science Museum. 346 N. Neil St., C. ?Animal Encounters,? 2 to 2:30 p.m. Wednesdays and Fridays. The museum?s education team will talk about the museum?s animals, followed by animal feeding time. See aquatic turtles, land turtle, bearded dragons and corn snake. Exhibits, facility and programs are family- and science-centered. Toddler Tuesdays, 10 to 11:30 a.m. every Tuesday; sensory activities based on art, music, math and games. Free with admission, no registration. Regular hours: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday; 1 to 5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays. Admission $3-$4, children under 2 and members free. 352-5895, http://www.orpheumkids.com.

Sousa Archives and Center for American Music. Harding Band Building, 1103 S. Sixth St., C. ?The Forgotten Musicians of the Sousa Band,? through June 3. ?A British Tar: John Philip Sousa?s Anglo-American Connections,? through June 28. ?John Philip Sousa?s 1912 Victor Recording Sessions,? through July 15. ?A Divided Musical Affair: Arthur Endres Kraeckmann?s Love Letters to Mabel Roeher,? through July 29. ?The Musical Crossroads of John Jacob Mountz,? through Sept. 9. ?America and Sousa?s Band Through the Photographic Lens of Charles Strothkamp,? through Sept. 16. ?John Philip Sousa?s Jazz America,? through Oct. 7. Regular hours: 8:30 a.m. to noon and 1 to 5 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday; 10 a.m. to noon and 1 to 5 p.m. Wednesday. Closed weekends and some holidays. Free, but donations accepted. For guided tours: 244-9309 or email sousa@uiuc.edu.

Vermilion County Museum and Fithian House. 116 N. Gilbert St., Danville. Two permanent exhibits of Lincoln-Lamon law office in Danville (1852-1856) and a one-room schoolhouse; natural history displays, a coal mine shaft. ?Vermilion County in the Civil War,? through 2015. Admission: museum and Fithian House, $4; museum only, $2.50 for adults. $1 for teens 13-17, children 12 and younger free. Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. 442-2922, http://www.vermilioncountymuseum.org.

Vermilion County War Museum. 307 N. Vermilion St., Danville. More than 13,000 square feet of exhibits with items from the pre-Revolutionary War period through the current operations in Afghanistan. Recently remodelled areas include a new section on veterans? scrapbooks and diaries, Civil War display, a combat weapons display for all wars, plus additional items in the Vietnam and Spanish-American War displays. Hours: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday; noon to 3 p.m. Tuesday through Friday; closed Sunday and Monday. Admission $2, under 12, $1. 431-0034, vcwm@comcast.net, http://www.vcwm.org.

Planetarium

William M. Staerkel Planetarium. Parkland College, 2400 W. Bradley Ave., C. Admission $3-$5. 351-2568, 351-2446. ? Sky show: ?Spring Prairie Skies,? 7 p.m. Fridays, April 12 through 26. ? Main feature: ?Dawn of the Space Age,? 8 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, through May 18. ? Children?s feature: ?Flight Adventures,? 7 p.m. Saturdays, through May 18.

Exhibits

Anita Purves Nature Center. 1505 N. Broadway Ave., U. ?Nature Large and Small,? photography show by Fred Delcomyn, through April 30. Regular hours: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday; 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday; closed Sunday. 384-4062.

Asian American Cultural Center. 1210 W. Nevada St., U. ?Many Cultures, One Community,? a group exhibit by Ian Wang, Selena Wang, Rashmi Kapoor, Vivia Tran, Hua Nian, Amrita Bamrah, Lei Shanbhag, Joy Yang, Jason Xing, Siti-Mariah Jackson, Cheryl Chau and Hermia Soo. Reception, 6 p.m. April 11. Through July 1. In conjunction with the Boneyard Arts Festival. Hours: 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. 333-9300, go.illinois.edu/aacc.

Beads N Botanicals. 117 N. Broadway Ave., U. Boneyard Arts Festival, with sculptures by artist Harrington Peguero, a sculptor, painter and freelance professional photographer, April 12-14. ?Meet the Artist? reception, 3 to 4 p.m. (or later), April 13. The Trikhala Bellydance Troupe, 1 to 2 p.m. April 13. Hours: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. 365-9355.

Community Center for the Arts. 103 N. Race St., U. Boneyard Arts Festival Open House and Art Exhibit, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 13. Features the work of five local artists: Sarah Keenan-Jones, mixed media; Carmen A. Egolf, mixed media; Lindsey Fields, ceramics; Lisa Clemons, textiles; and Erich Hehn, film photography. Tour C4A?s classrooms and observe student lessons; light refreshments. Free. 384-5150, info@c-4a.org, http://www.c-4a.org.

Danville Art League. 320 N. Franklin St., Danville. ?Veterans Experience 2013? art exhibit by veterans receiving services from the VA in Danville as well as VA outpatient clinics in Decatur, Mattoon, Springfield and Peoria, and West Lafayette, Ind. Through April 27. Presented by the Danville Art League and the Recreation Therapy Service at the Veterans Affairs Illiana Health Care System. Hours: 6 to 9 p.m. Monday and Wednesday; 9 a.m. to noon Tuesday through Saturday; closed Sunday. http://www.danvilleartleague.com.

Fisher Community Center. 100 E. School St., Fisher. Boneyard Arts Festival, 1 to 4 p.m. April 14. Variety of displays, featuring artists from the Fisher-Dewey area: Maggie Rae Kirby, paintings; Miranda Largo Ottney, drawings; Shelby Clanton, sketches and paintings; Barbara Maxwell, ceramics, jewelry and metalwork; and Penny Thompson, jewelry. Also, artwork by Fisher Grade School first- to fifth-grade art classes. Music by Cherokee County Line (top 40 country, Southern rock, originals), 2 to 4 p.m. Light refreshments. 309-846-4745.

Illinois Terminal. 45 E. University Ave., C. ?Getting to Champaign,? photography exhibit, second floor and in the main stairwell. The exhibit highlights significant milestones in the evolution of ground transportation in Champaign-Urbana. Ongoing. Free. Hours: all day, every day.

Interpretive Center. Homer Lake Forest Preserve, 2573 S. Homer Lake Road, Homer. Boneyard Arts Festival, 1 to 5 p.m. April 14. One-of-a-kind works by local artists on display and for sale. Visitors can experiment creating their own works of art with items from nature. Bring your own camera and art supplies; wildlife and scenery provided. All ages. Free. 896-2455, sdonovan@ccfpd.org.

Murphy Gallery. University YMCA, 1001 S. Wright St., C. ?Forms,? a Boneyard Arts Festival event by emerging artists Heather Gode, Jessica Rojas and Kristina Sandefur, all from the UI School of Art + Design, opening reception, 5 to 7 p.m. April 11. Through May 5. Hours: 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Friday. http://www.universityymca.org/art.

Parkland Art Gallery. 2400 W. Bradley Ave., C. ?Parkland College Art and Design Student Exhibition,? through May 4. Opening reception, 6 to 8 p.m. April 11, gallery lounge; awards ceremony, 7 p.m. Music by Parkland Guitar Ensemble. Gallery hours: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Thursday; 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday; and noon to 2 p.m. Saturday. 351-2485, http://artgallery.parkland.edu.

Tarble Arts Center. South Ninth Street at Cleveland Avenue, EIU, Charleston. ?2013 Graduate Art Exhibition,? through April 28, Main Galleries. ?Folk Arts of the Caribbean,? through May 19, Brainard Gallery. This exhibition serves as the basis for the Tarble?s spring 2013 fifth-grade enrichment program for area schools, March 20 to May 17. ?Experiences of the Illinois Civil War Soldier: Reflections through Art and Artifacts,? opening with Historical Administration Symposium reception in atrium, 7 to 9 p.m. April 12; April 13 to July 7, eGallery. Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday; and 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday. Closed Mondays, holidays. 581-2787.

UI Library. 1401 W. Gregory Drive, U. ?Casino Royale and Beyond: Sixty Years of Ian Fleming?s Literary Bond? opens April 12, through July 12, Rare Book Manuscript Library. Gala exhibition opening presentation, 3 p.m. April 12, Room 66. As part of the universitywide series ?The Birth of Bond: Ian Fleming?s Casino Royale at 60,? a talk by Ian Fleming Foundation co-founder Mike VanBlaricum, highlighting backstories of items on display, the evolution of his collection and an overview of the series? exhibitions and events. Reception to follow in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library. Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. 333-2290.

Urbana City Building. 400 S. Vine St. Urbana Public Arts Program?s February through April ?Artist of the Corridor? exhibit, ?Identities,? features photographs by fifth-graders at Wiley Elementary School, through April 30. Free. Hours: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily. 384-2311, http://urbanaillinois.us/artexhibits.

Urbana Museum of Photography. 122-A W. Main St. ?Photo-Secession? exhibit by local, regional and international contemporary photographic artists, through May 7. Regular hours: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday and Friday; 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday. lisa@silverluxphotography.com, http://www.facebook.com/UrbanaMuseumOfPhotography.

Galleries

Amara Yoga Arts. Suite 156B, Lincoln Square Village, 300 S. Broadway Ave., U. ?Colorful Spirit? by Lee Boyer, Michael Hoag, Evelyne Tardy and poet Natalie Kettleson, ends April 11. ?Color Of Cultures? by the Champaign-Urbana International Artist Group, opening reception, 1 to 3 p.m. April 13, through June 11. Performances at the opening, 2 to 3 p.m., include dance, music, face painting, henna arts and artist talks. Hours: 4:15 to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday; 8 a.m. to noon Saturday. 328-9642, http://www.amarayoga.com.

Art Coop Gallery. 150 Lincoln Square Village, Urbana. ?Something I Love,? opening reception, 6 to 8 p.m. April 12, as part of the Boneyard Arts Festival. Over 800 submissions. Through May 12. Regular hours: 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday; 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday and Saturday; noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. 352-4562, http://www.facebook.com/artcoop.

Cinema Gallery. 120 W. Main St., U. New glass sculpture by Alexander Fekete, former U of I glass professor, through May 4. Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday. 367-3711, http://www.cinemagallery.cc.

Heartland Gallery. 112 W. Main St., U. ?Nick Cragoe: Celtic and Norse Art and Design,? opening reception, 6 to 8 p.m. April 12, through May 11. Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday. 337-4767, http://www.heartland-gallery.com.

Indi Go Artist Co-Op. 9 East University Ave., C. ?A Geologist?s Life: The Photography of Dr. William W. Shilts,? continues with Part II, April 15-17; Part III, April 22-24. ?abCU: Letters, Words and Wisdom 2013,? Champaign-Urbana Design Organization?s fourth annual typography exhibit and fundraiser, opening reception, 6 to 10 p.m. April 12. Crafted by artists, designers and anyone with a love for typography. Part of the Boneyard Arts Festival. ?Total Art,? 8 p.m. April 13; documentation of works projected on a screen, with interviews by artists.

?Art of Science 3.0: Images from the Institute for Genomic Biology.? Presented by the Institute for Genomic Biology at the UI, opening reception, 6 to 8:30 p.m. April 18; 11 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. April 19-21. 898-4646, http://www.indi-go-art.com.

Kalarte Gallery. Inside Heartland Gallery, 112 W. Main St., U. ?Folk Art and Crafts from Around the World,? April 12 through May 18. Folk paintings, votive paintings, woodcarvings, ceramics and other craft items from Mexico, Guatemala, South America, India, Indonesia, Africa and elsewhere. Open, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. April 12 and 13 for the Boneyard Arts Festival, and participating in Heartland Gallery?s reception, 6 to 8 p.m. April 12. Hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday. http://kalarte.com, kalarte2@kalarte.com.

Red House Gallery. 315 W. Washington St., Monticello. Featuring photographs by Michael Holtz; other artists periodically. Hours: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. first and third Saturdays of each month or by appointment. 762-8248, http://www.redhousegallery.net.

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