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OCTOBER 2, 2015
SOUTH MISSISSIPPI’S ENTERTAINMENT GUIDE
WHAT’S UNDER
THE HOOD?
EXPLORE THE FIRST WEEKEND
OF EVENTS FOR CRUISIN’
THE COAST, PAGE 4
PLUS: EATS, AT THE CASINOS,
NEW ON DVD, MOVIE AND
MUSIC REVIEWS
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Friday, October 2, 2015
Eight days a week
EDITOR’S NOTE: Events that take place
over multiple days are listed on
their starting date only. Successive dates are listed in the first
notification.
TODAY
10.2
Fish-fry fundraiser dinner: 10
a.m.-1 p.m., Oct. 2-3, St. Therese
Catholic Church Hall, 3521 19th
St., Gulfport. Cost: $9. Other
items available for sale. Details:
863-7719.
39th annual Holy Family Seafood
Festival: 5-10:30 p.m. Oct. 2, 11
a.m.-10:30 p.m. Oct. 3 and 11
a.m.-7 p.m. Oct. 4, 140 E. Beach
Drive, Pass Christian. Arts and
crafts, food, entertainment, onemile fun run on Saturday, rides
and more.
Mississippi Export Railroad
History program: 6 p.m., Ina
Thompson Library, Moss Point.
Speaker: Christopher Watkins.
Learn about the railroads of
Jackson County and surrounding
areas. Refreshments. Details:
475-7462.
Paddington Bear Meet-and-Greet
cooking class: 6-7:30 p.m., Lynn
Meadows Discovery Center, 246
Dolan Ave., Gulfport. Tickets: $25
one parent and child; $5 each
additional child. Details: 8976039 or lmdc.org.
Fright-night singing: 6-8 p.m. Oct.
2, 9, 16, 23 and 30, French Club
of Biloxi, 182 Howard Ave. Cost:
$5. Details: 436-6472.
VFW Post 6731 steak night:
6-8 p.m., 4321 W. Gay Road,
D’Iberville. Details: 392-1152.
Ocean Springs Elks Lodge 2501
grilled dinner: 6:30-8 p.m., 2501
Beachview Drive, Ocean Springs.
Cost: $18 steak, $12 fish.
Movie night: 7 p.m., St. James
Church of Gulfport, Bosco Room.
Movie: “The Song of Bernadette.”
“Crazy Ex-Girlfriend”: 7 p.m.,
Biloxi Little Theatre. Features
sneak peek at Season 2 of “Jane
the Virgin.” Door prizes, cash bar,
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book sales, antique car shows,
food and more. Free admission.
concessions, games and more.
Tickets admit two to the show.
Details: 297-2525 or 831-5218.
Blessing of the Pets and
bake sale: 10 a.m., St. Patrick
Episcopal Church, 310 N.
Cleveland Ave., Long Beach.
Proceeds and donations of pet
food, towels, old newspapers and
cat litter are accepted for Humane
Society of South Mississippi.
Enjoy the Journey: 7:30 p.m.,
Mary C. O’Keefe Cultural
Center, 1600 Government St.,
Ocean Springs. Features Coast
performers singing a diverse range
of musical styles. Cost: $15.
Details: 818-2878 or themaryc.
org.
Wine & Win: 7:30-8:30 p.m.,
D’Iberville Town Green building,
Central Avenue. North Bay
Civitan Club of D’Iberville–St.
Martin fundraiser. Must be 21
to participate. Dress is cocktail
casual. Individual tickets are
$15 and one unopened bottle
of wine donation; couples may
attend for $20 donation and
two bottles of wine. Tickets at
the door are $20 each with one
bottle of wine. Each entrant
receives a chance to win all of
the wine. Event includes silent
auction, door prizes, champagne
and appetizers. Details: 2192238.
Friday-night dinner and dance:
7:45-8:15 p.m. dinner and 8:1510 p.m. dancing, Oct. 2, 9, 16, 23
and 30, Amour Danzar Ballroom,
9355 County Farm Road, Gulfport.
Dance cost: $10. Dinner cost: $6.
Details: 324-3730.
“Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner”:
8 p.m. Oct. 2-3, 2 p.m. Oct. 4, Bay
St. Louis Little Theatre, 398 Blaize
Ave., in the Depot District. Cost:
$15 adults; $10 seniors, veterans,
military and students; $6 children
ages 12 and younger. Details:
467-9024 or bsllt.org.
SATURDAY
10.3
Run Baby Run 5K Trail Run:
7 a.m. registration and 8
a.m. run start time, Crosby
Arboretum, 370 Ridge Road,
Picayune. Proceeds benefit
Teen Challenge of Poplarville,
an organization providing faithbased residential care to young
people and adults who struggle
with life-controlling problems.
Registration fee: $25 includes
site admission. Details: 601-
Cover story .................. 4
New on DVD................. 5
Movie review................. 8
Movies at a glance........ 9
Pet blessings: 10 a.m.,
Resurrection Anglican Church on
the Gulf, downtown Long Beach.
Service-pet owners, trainers and
others related to working animals
in nursing homes with shut-ins
and other pets who lead and
assist the blind are invited to
join at 11 a.m. Details: 225-9330002.
SUN HERALD/FILE
38th annual Zonta Arts and Crafts Festival will be 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday
in downtown Pascagoula. Come out and see more than 250 artists’ work
and enjoy children’s activities, pony rides, clowns, book sales, antique car
shows, food and more. Free admission.
795-8063.
Friends of the Poor walk: 7-10:30
a.m., Long Beach Harbor Pavilion.
Goal to raise money for hungry in
Long Beach. Family-oriented.
Dedication festival: 7 a.m.-2 p.m.,
4707 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
Moss Point. Children’s activities,
arts and crafts, bake and food
sale. Details: 249-6510.
St. Peter’s by-the-Sea Episcopal
Church Bazaar and St. Pete’s
Repeats: 7 a.m.-2 p.m., 1909
15th St., northeast of Jones Park,
Gulfport. Details: 697-9129.
Orange Grove Kiwanis Club
pancake breakfast: 7:30-11 a.m.,
New Hope Baptist Church, Landon
Road, Gulfport. Details: 8603311.
Craft sale and quilt auction: 8
a.m. breakfast and activities, 11
a.m. seafood lunch, Gulfhaven
Mennonite Church, 21497
Mennonite Road, Gulfport.
Handmade quilts, pottery,
Choctaw jewelry, baked goods,
organized children’s activities and
food. Details: 832-0003.
AL Post 33 breakfast: 8-11 a.m.,
1126 Judge Sekul Ave., Biloxi.
Cost: $6. Details: 871-2427.
At the casinos....... 11-14
Eats........................... 15
On stage.................... 16
Sound check.............. 18
Veterans Relief fundraiser: 8
a.m.-2 p.m., VFW Post 2434, 289
Veterans Ave., Biloxi. Hosted by
Ladies Auxiliary. Details: 3744112.
Gulf Coast Art Association 26th
annual art show: Oct. 3-11,
Edgewater Mall, near Belk’s
south entrance, Biloxi. Features
professional and hobby artists
from South Mississippi. Details:
539-4655.
Zonta Fest book sale: 9 a.m.-2
p.m., Pascagoula Public Library,
3214 Pascagoula St. Bring your
own boxes or bags. Items for sale
include hardcovers, paperbacks,
magazines and videos. The sale
raises money for the Friends of
the Pascagoula Public Library,
which supports programs and
enhances library services. Details:
769-3225.
Ocean Springs Community
market mixer: 9 a.m.-3 p.m., new
market plaza, 8775 Old Spanish
Trail, Ocean Springs. Arts and
crafts, boutique items, produce,
antiques and more than 30 local
vendors.
38th annual Zonta Arts and
Crafts Festival: 9 a.m.-5 p.m.,
downtown Pascagoula. Come
out and see more than 250
artists’ works and enjoy children’s
activities, pony rides, clowns,
Goin’ out.................... 19
Gadgets.....................20
Framed................. 21-22
Spinning and weaving workshop:
10 a.m.-noon, Ocean Springs
Municipal Library. Free.
Refreshments.
“Transitions” exhibit show: 10:30
a.m.-12:30 p.m., Gallery 782,
782 Water St., Biloxi. Features
artwork of Gail Cheney. Details:
435-6339.
St. John’s Episcopal Church
barbecue fundraiser: 10:30 a.m.-2
p.m., 3507 Pine St., Pascagoula;
and 10:30 a.m.-5 p.m., Zonta
Festival, downtown Pascagoula.
Proceeds benefit local and
outreach projects. Details: 4746112 or 497-6520.
Sixth annual Festival Against
Crime: 11 a.m.-2 p.m., Biloxi
Town Green. Displays and
demonstrations along with music,
games, activities for children and
food. Tips and information on how
to say “no” to drugs and how to
protect home, belongings and
personal safety. Details: 4366879.
Church of the Redeemer Pumpkin
Patch opening: 11 a.m.-7 p.m.,
1904 Popp’s Ferry Road, Biloxi.
The pumpkin patch will be open
daily from 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Details/
group reservations: 594-2100.
Gold Medal Classic Marching
Band: 11:30 a.m., Mississippi
Gulf Coast Community College,
Perkinston campus. Features 16
bands from across the state and
region. Trophies awarded.
EVENTS to PAGE 19
ON THE COVER
Photo: Sun Herald file
Design: Derek Johnson
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Cover story
Cruisin’ The Coast gets rolling
SUN HERALD
The 19th annual week-long Cruisin’ The Coast kicks off this weekend in South Mississippi with a full
slate of events for classic, hot rod,
street rod and antique car lovers.
So far this year 6,310 vehicles
pre-registered for the event, making it the largest on record and
more are sure to register after the
event gets underway.
This year’s event, billed as America’s Largest Block Party, starts with
a new Pre-Party Saturday night at
Golden Nugget in the Grand Ballroom with Chubby Checker performing live (tickets for that event
start at $15 and are available at ticketmaster.com).
From there, the Cruisin’ fun revs
up through the week with events
spread out across the Coast from
Bay St. Louis to Pascagoula and
points in between with Cruise Central being at Centennial Plaza at
200 Beach Blvd. in Gulfport.
Celebrity guests this year include
the Beach Boys; Dennis Gage of
“My Classic Car” television show;
Courtney Hansen of “Overhaulin’”
and “Powerblock” television shows;
and Cristy Lee of “All Girls Garage”
television show.
The first cruise-in events start at
11 a.m. Sunday with the traditional
kickoff at Hardy Court Shopping
Center at Pass and Courthouse
roads in Gulfport; also there is a
cruise-in in Pascagoula; and later
Sunday afternoon there is a cruisein in downtown Gulfport.
Check out the schedule below for
this weekend’s Cruisin’ The Coast
events and be sure to pick up Saturday’s Sun Herald that will include a 32-page Cruisin’ The Coast
special section with a complete
schedule of events, map of venues
stories about events and people involved in Cruisin’ The Coast, pictures and more.
This weekend’s Cruisin’ The Coast
2015 events
(subject to change) from
cruisinthecoast.com:
SUN HERALD/FILE
Eight days of Cruisin’ the Coast 2015 will kick off Sunday at Hardy Court in Gulfport.
Sunday
October 4-11
2015
Saturday
New! CTC 19 Pre-party!: Come
on baby, let’s do the twist!
See Chubby Checker, live, at
Golden Nugget in the Grand
Ballroom! Tickets start at $15 and
are available at ticketmaster.com.
Cruise In: Hardy Court Shopping
Center, Gulfport, 11 a.m.-2 p.m.
View the Cruise: Downtown
Gulfport, 2-6 p.m.
Bachtoberfest: Pascagoula,
11a.m.-2 p.m.
’Goula Cruise: Pascagoula, 2 p.m.6 p.m.
Cristy Lee appearances: Hardy
Court, 10 a.m.-noon; downtown
Gulfport, 1-3 p.m.; Beau Rivage,
6-8 p.m.
Feature car appearances: Hardy
Court, 9-11 a.m.; Gulfport, 1-4
p.m.
Casino entertainment: Domingues
& Roybal, 8 p.m.-midnight; Beau
Rivage, EIGHT75
The Redfield Acoustic: 8 p.m., IP
Casino, Chill Ultra Lounge All Cruisin’ all the time
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ick up
Saturday’s
Sun Herald
that will include a
32-page Cruisin’
The Coast special
section with a
complete schedule
of events, map of
venues and stories about events and people.
New on DVD
‘Spy,’ Hollywood
guys have arrived
By RICK BENTLEY
The Fresno Bee
This week’s new releases include spies, Hollywood buddies
and zombies.
“Spy” Grade HHH1/2: Deskbound CIA analyst volunteers for
an undercover mission. Melissa
McCarthy stars. Director Paul Feig
demonstrates with “Spy,” his latest collaboration with McCarthy,
that “Heat” wasn’t a fluke.
It’s the controlled and creative
performance from McCarthy that
makes “Spy” work. Feig lets her
have big comic moments and never
pushes the character to cartoonish
levels. That includes several fight
scenes that McCarthy handles with
action film star skills.
McCarthy turns in one of the fun-
DVD TO 6
5
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TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX
Melissa McCarthy, left, faces off against knife-wielding adversary Nargis Fakhri in ‘Spy.’
DVD FROM 5
novels by Ann Cleeves.
“My Little Pony — Friendship Is
Magic: Games Ponies Play”: Con-
niest performances of her career
in this espionage spoof. It’s one of
the funniest films of the year.
“Entourage The Movie” Grade
HH: There was something slight-
ly charming about the self-indulgence that was so rabid in the HBO
series “Entourage.” It was OK to
watch the group of knucklehead
buddies make their way through
the Hollywood swill of stardom
and celebrity cameos because the
guys were likable.
Now, the guys have gone big-time.
The big-screen version of “Entourage” puts the longtime buddies in
familiar Hollywood situations, except this time more could be spent
on the swill. Instead of capitalizing on what made the TV show
interesting — the guys’ friendship
— the movie cranks up the special
guests, tosses in some villains who
look like Looney Tunes extras and
spends too much time behind the
scenes of the film world.
“iZombie: The Complete First Season” Grade HHH1/2: Rose McIver
is part “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”
and part “Walking Dead” in this
comic book-inspired series. Each
of the 13 episodes in the midseason series is both a strong action
show and light comedy.
Conclusion of the cable series from
executive producer Ron Moore.
“Jane the Virgin: The Complete First
Season”: Gina Rodriguez plays the
virgin who becomes a mom.
“Return to Sender”: A woman’s
world is shattered by the man she
thought was a perfect blind date.
“George Gently: Series 7”: Martin Shaw returns to the role of Inspector George Gently.
“The Duke of Burgundy”: A twisted tale of erotic obsession.
“Tiger-tastic 3 Pack”: Includes 24
tales from “Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood.”
“Dislecksia: The Movie”: A look
at how people learn to deal with
dyslexia.
“Rock ‘n’ Roll Revue/Rhythm &
Blues Revue”: Two-disc set that fea-
tures 54 musical performances.
“Dear Sofia: A Royal Collection”:
Features
appearances by four DisAlso new on DVD Sept. 29
ney princesses.
“Outlander: Season 1, Volume 2”:
“Vera: Set 5”: Series based on the
tains six episodes.
“Christine”: The film based on
the Stephen King novel is now on
Blu-ray.
“Cop Car”: Corrupt sheriff hunts
for two runaways.
“Poltergeist”: Remake of the 1982
horror classic.
“A Murder in the Park”: Story of
Anthony Porter’s arrest for a crime
he didn’t commit and the man who
later confessed.
“Monsterville: Cabinet of Souls”:
Based on the scary writings of
R.L. Stine.
“The Slap”: The NBC miniseries was based on this Australian
short series.
“I’ll Have What Phil’s Having”: Phil
Rosenthal goes on six offbeat culinary adventures.
“Famous Nathan”: Director Lloyd
Handwerker’s film about the New
York restaurateur.
“Aloft”: Accident sends mother
and son on different paths. Jennifer Connelly stars.
“Nowitzki: The Perfect Shot”: Look
at the success story of Dallas Mavericks star Dirk Nowitzki.
“Bones: Season 10”: Includes episodes where Booth is framed for
the murder of three FBI agents.
“Fresh Off the Boat: Season 1”:
ABC comedy about what happens
when the family of Eddie Huang
moves from D.C.’s Chinatown to
Orlando.
JUSTIN MITCHELL/SUN HERALD
Stevie Haas watches the news from behind the bar at the Broke Spoke in
Kiln. Haas is celebrating the popular venue’s 30th birthday on Saturday
with live music and free food.
Iconic Broke Spoke
celebrates 30 years
in Kiln on Saturday
By JUSTIN MITCHELL
[email protected]
Twitter: Journalism_J
KILN — In June 1985, Martin Curet persuaded his roommate, Stevie Haas, to go in with him to open
a biker bar in a building for rent on
Kiln-Picayune Road just off Mississippi 603.
Three months later, Curet sold
Haas his part. Thirty years later,
patrons still can find Haas behind
the bar at the Broke Spoke, serving
beers with a grin or, if it’s a slow
night, watching the news.
“You don’t get rich but you make
a living,” Haas said from his chair
behind the wooden bartop, stained
with sealant and marked with decades of signatures and drawings
from people who took a seat to enjoy a cold one.
The bar, which burned down
once in 1999 but came back slightly bigger and still just as unique, is
iconic for its ceilings draped with
bras and walls lined with posters
and old T-shirts.
In 1997, the Broke Spoke gained
fame when Kiln native Brett Favre,
then the quarterback for the Green
Pay Packers, played in the Super
Bowl in New Orleans.
Thousands of people packed inside to yell “Go Pack Go,” and helped
make Kiln a tourist destination for
football fans, Favre supporters and
Wisconsin residents.
On Saturday, Haas is throwing the bar a 30th birthday party. There will be live music, a DJ
and free food.
“That’s a long time in one spot,”
Haas said of his bar.
Next Sunday, the Sun Herald
will publish a story about the history of the Broke Spoke.
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Movies
‘The Martian’ mixes science with hope
AIDAN MONAGHAN/20TH CENTURY FOX
Matt Damon plays a botanist-astronaut who needs to find a way to stay alive long enough on the Red Planet for NASA to send someone to rescue him.
By MICHAEL PHILLIPS
Chicago Tribune
A highly enjoyable, zestily acted
team-building exercise, with Matt
Damon playing the team of one, director Ridley Scott’s “The Martian”
throws a series of life-or-death scenarios at its resourceful botanistastronaut, stranded on Mars but
making the most of it. It’s one of
the most comforting science fiction films in years.
“I’m not gonna die here,” Damon’s
character, Mark Watney, declares
early on to the camera. Left for dead
by his crew amid a monstrous windstorm, in which he’s thought to be
killed by flying debris, Watney must
solve a crazy array of challenges, beginning with finding a way to signal
his survival to grief-stricken NASA
colleagues back home.
His extended solo improvisation
exercise finds Watney keeping a video log of sorts. (It’s a movie, so he
has to; he can’t write things down
and hope we guess what he’s thinking about.) What to eat, for example,
once the prepackaged pouches of
NASA food run out? The answer:
learn to grow potatoes in soil not
hospitable to growing potatoes. The
making of “The Martian” preceded this week’s news that definitive
signs of liquid water have been located on Mars’ surface.
Based on Andy Weir’s diary-form
novel, “The Martian” serves as a less
fraught (if also less visually arresting)
bookend to Alfonso Cuaron’s “Gravity.” Watching it, you feel you’re getting useful lessons from a hardy life
coach in accentuating the positive
and not panicking under duress. Or
how to fake it, anyway.
Despite some similarities to “Gravity,” Scott’s film is very different
in its tone and in its inclusion of
“meanwhile, back home” stories,
all of which become part of a global effort to retrieve the guy left behind by accident. The time is a few
years in the future, at which point
the U.S. government has somehow
found the money and the interest
in a manned Mars space program.
Jessica Chastain plays the stalwart
commander of the six-person crew
of the Hermes spacecraft, wrapping
up the third-ever mission to Mars.
The commander must decide: Do
we all die attempting a rescue of
our colleague, Watney, who’s almost 100 percent certainly dead,
or do we save the others?
NASA officials (Jeff Daniels plays
the head; Chiwetel Ejiofor portrays
the Mars missions director) are
the first to learn Watney is alive.
They’re reluctant to inform the surviving Hermes team, making the
long trip home to Earth. In “The
Martian,” loyalty, plus guilt, counts
for everything. The expansive, nicely fleshed-out script by Drew Goddard keeps introducing lively new
characters that become crucial to
Watney’s fate.
This is no zippy-skippy time
frame, a la “Gravity,” which managed to imperil (and imperil and
imperil) its astronaut protagonist
and ultimately save her in a narrative matter of hours. Watney’s
a wiseacre, which helps pass the
time — for him and for the audience — when, at one point in his
multiyear improv lesson, he embarks on a 50-day road trip. Some
of the jokes in “The Martian” are
pretty corny, many of them involving Watney’s resistance to a
crew member’s penchant for disco. Those who prefer their science
fiction more dour, and dire, may resist the film’s fuzzy humanist impulse. I found it refreshing and sincere. Even the tightly wound NASA
public relations maven played by
Kristen Wiig has something like a
human pulse. And that is Damon’s
enduring appeal as both a movie
star and as an actor. He has a way
of making a superhumanly coolheaded cucumber feel like a relatable earthling.
‘The Martian’ HHH 1/2 stars; rating: PG-13 for some strong language,
injury images and brief nudity.
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Movies at a glance
War Room HH1/2
Members of a seemingly perfect family look to fix their problems with the help of Miss Clara,
an older and wiser woman. Made
Reviews from wire and online
sources. Showing at these theaters:
C — Cinemark
G — Grand 18
(Stars based on a four-star
scale)
NEW ARRIVALS
The Martian HHH1/2
Matt Damon is an astronaut stranded on Mars, and Kristen Wiig, Jessica Chastain and Chiwetel Ejiofor
are among the NASA employees
trying to get him home safely in
director Ridley Scott’s thrilling adaptation of Andy Weir’s best-selling novel. PG-13 (C, G)
Sicario
No review available
Director Denis (“Prisoners”) Villeneuve’s provocative look at the
moral consequences of the war
on drugs centers on an FBI agent
(Emily Blunt) assigned to assist a
CIA operative (Josh Brolin) and
his lawyer consultant (Benicio Del
Toro) in a raid against a powerful
crime lord based in Juarez, Mexico. R (C, G)
Sleeping with Other People
HH
A hopeless womanizer (Jason Sudeikis) meets his soul mate in the
form of a habitual cheater (Alison
Brie). R (C)
SUNDAY
UNIVERSAL PICTURES
Jason Clarke leads the expedition in ‘Everest.’
Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials HH1/2
After escaping the maze in the
first film, Thomas (Dylan O’Brien)
and his fellow Gladers must negotiate a dangerous barren landscape in
this second installment of the series
based on James Dashner’s young
adult novels. PG-13 (C, G)
WARNER BROS. PICTURES
The Intern HH1/2
Robert De Niro, above, stars as
a bored 70-year-old retiree who
decides to get back in the game
by interning at an online fashion
site run by Anne Hathaway. PG13 (C, G)
Everest HHH1/2
The Iron Giant: Signature EdiA fact-based drama about two rition, PG, 12 p.m. (G)
val expeditions to the top of Mount
Everest that were struck by a massive
blizzard in 1996. With Jason Clarke,
Tuesday
Josh Brolin and John Hawkes. WritRiff Trax Live: Miami Connec- ten by William Nicholson and Sition, 7:30 p.m. PG-13 (G)
mon Beaufoy. Directed by Baltasar
Kormakur. PG-13 (C, G)
THURSDAY
The Green Inferno H
Pan, PG, (G) 3D 6:15 p.m. and
Director Eli (“Hostel”) Roth’s
9 p.m. and non-3D 6:45 p.m. and long-delayed gorefest, about a group
9:30 p.m. (G)
of student activists who run afoul
of cannibals deep inside the Amazon’s rainforests, is an homage
RETURNING
to gross-out cult favorites such as
Black Mass HHH
1980’s controversial “Cannibal HoThe Oscar buzz has begun for locaust.” R (C, G)
Johnny Depp’s portrayal of Whitey Bulger, the violent South BosHotel Transylvania 2 HH
ton gangster who became an FBI
Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg,
informant to bring down a rival Selena Gomez and Kevin James reMafia family. R (C, G)
turn as the voices of the creatures
and humans at the monsters-only
resort. PG (C, G)
The Perfect Guy H
After breaking up with her commitment-phobic boyfriend (Morris Chestnut), a lobbyist (Sanaa
Latham) meets a charming, allaround-nice guy (Michael Ealy)
who may not be as harmless as he
appears. PG-13 (C, G)
Pixels HH 1/2
Adam Sandler, Brian Cox, Kevin James and Peter Dinklage defend Earth from an invasion by
aliens, who have taken the form
of 1980s video games such as PacMan, Donkey Kong and Space Invaders. Is it wrong that we’re rooting for the extra-terrestrials to win?
PG-13 (C)
Southpaw HH 1/2
A super-ripped Jake Gyllenhaal
stars as a brutal boxing champion
who must overcome a tremendous
setback in his personal life. R (G)
The Visit H
Writer-director M. Night Shyamalan (“The Last Airbender,”
“Lady in the Water”) returns to his
thriller roots with this story about
a brother and sister who spend a
week at the farm of their exceedingly odd grandparents. Because it’s
Shyamalan, plot twists are guaranteed. PG-13 (C, G)
with just $3 million, the faith-based
film has now earned more than
$50 million. It stars Priscilla Shirer, T.C. Stallings and Karen Abercrombie. PG (C, G)
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‘Sleeping’ doesn’t stick to rom-com formula
By STEPHANIE MERRY
The Washington Post
Jake is a womanizer so shameless that one of his exes pushes him
in front of an oncoming taxi. Lainey can’t stop sleeping with her college crush, even though the guy is
engaged to someone else and she
has a boyfriend. When Jake and
Lainey bump into each other —
at a sex addiction support group
— sparks fly. They’ve met once
before, more than a decade earlier, the night they lost their virginities to one another.
Naturally, two people with impulse-control issues and a romantic history decide not to go home
together. They’re just going to be
friends.
Right.
That’s the somewhat far-fetched
premise of “Sleeping With Other
People.” The romantic comedy
boasts two winning leads in Jason
Sudeikis and Alison Brie, as well
as some sweet, funny moments
amid the Aaron Sorkin-esque dialogue — courtesy of writer-director Leslye Headland — that’s
a little too clever for its own believability.
Headland is the playwright behind the dark comedy “Bachelorette,” a raunchy, sometimes meanspirited examination of female
friendships, which she adapted
for the screen in 2012. Thankfully, “Sleeping With Other People”
doesn’t have the same hard edges
as the earlier film. It’s still plenty
filthy, though.
Case in point: Jake teaches Lainey how to masturbate using a glass
bottle as a demo. Not all of the
pair’s interactions are quite so, er,
charged. They spend much of the
movie wandering around New
York, “When Harry Met Sally”style, shopping for electronics, hitting their favorite Chinese restaurant and strolling through Central
Park, all the while discussing their
latest romantic conquests.
This utterly confounds their best
friends, especially Jake’s buddy
Xander (Jason Mantzoukas) and
his wife Naomi (Andrea Savage),
who very nearly steal the movie. (Be sure to stay for the closing
credits, when the pair’s riffing provides some of the comedy’s funniest moments.)
But the friendship also seems
LINDA KALLERUS/IFC FILMS
Alison Brie as Lainey and Jason Sudeikis as Jake in ‘Sleeping With Other People.’
to be helping Jake and Lainey deal
with their respective commitment
issues. Suddenly Jake doesn’t have
the same compulsion to bed every
woman in Manhattan. And Lainey isn’t so drawn to her longtime
crush, a saltine cracker of a love
interest, who’s so bland that actor
Adam Scott seems to have had his
personality surgically removed in
order to play him.
Why Lainey would be enamored
by such a dud remains a mystery.
So is the reason why Lainey would
model lingerie for Jake, considering that the two are trying to keep
things platonic.
These questions tend to fall away
thanks to the engaging stars. Sudeikis has impeccable comic tim-
ing and almost makes his rat-a-tattat dialogue sound natural. Brie’s
portrayal of a compulsive, damaged woman verges on shattering at times.
In a somewhat fresh take on the
romantic-comedy formula, the movie focuses not so much on how it
feels to fall in love as what it looks
like when two self-sabotaging peo-
ple learn what love really means.
In an age of hookup culture, that’s
a worthy distinction. The film’s depiction of it, despite some phoniness, rings true.
‘Sleeping With Other People’ HH
stars out of four; rating: R strong
sexual content, coarse language
including sexual references and
some drug use.
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Mimosa Lunch, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday-Sunday,
Surf & Turf Dinner on Wednesdays, Feast of Kings
on Thursdays-Sundays, Seniors Half Price Buffet for
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Morton’s The Steakhouse open daily at 5 p.m. Lillie’s
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Saturday, noon-8 pm. Sunday. Starbucks, open 6 a.m.
daily. Bubba Gump Shrimp Co., open 11 a.m. daily.
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Live entertainment in Rush Lounge: Oct. 2-3,
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Cocktail lounges: Sunset Bar & Deck: noon-midnight,
Sunday-Thursday; noon-2 a.m., Friday and Saturday,
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Amenities: Windance Country Club (golf). 832-4871.
Tropical pools and cabanas. Blue Shell Spa.
Live entertainment in View Showroom: (8 p.m.) Oct.
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a.m.) Oct. 2, David Gibson, Andy Lee and Tia Black.
Live entertainment in Beach Blvd. Steamer: (5-9
p.m.) Oct. 3, Hank Berumen.
Special Events: Broadcast of Saints football games
in View Showroom with prizes, complimentary snacks
and soft drinks, doors open one hour before kickoff,
Oct. 6, Crusin’ The Coast Flame Throwing Contest (4-8
p.m.), annual contest in Island View’s south parking lot
with food, drinks and live entertainment by the Todd
O’Neill Band, contest begins at sunset, free admission.
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STACKED Grill open daily serving breakfast, lunch and
dinner. Palace Café & Bakery open 24/7 serving coffee,
sandwiches, pastries and desserts. CONTACT Lounge
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Happy Hour 5-7 p.m. and monthly wine social 6-8 p.m.
Wahoo’s Poolside Bar only open weekends.
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Live entertainment: Mignon’s Lounge has music
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CONTACT Lounge & Sports Bar has Trivia Night on
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Garry Wesley Tribute to Elvis, 7 p.m. Oct. 9.
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Tuesdays members can earn a free dinner buffet. Steak
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Blu, tapas lounge, opens nightly at 5 p.m. with live
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Harrah’s Gulf Coast
800-946-2946
Palace
800-725-2239
Boomtown
800-627-0777
Hollywood
866-758-2591
Silver Slipper
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IP
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Eats
El Aguila is not your usual Mexican restaurant
By TAMMY SMITH
[email protected]
I’ll admit it. I can’t get past the
stuffed avocado at El Aguila.
It’s been a thing since I first went
to the Mexican restaurant’s first location on Tegarden Road in Gulfport, and now that they’ve opened
a branch in Ocean Springs, it’s still
an obsession for me.
First of all, it’s avocado. Avocado
makes anything good, and anything
good gets better with it. Then it’s
covered with a white wine, roasted garlic and tomato-cream sauce.
Then vegetables, steak, chicken or
shrimp is stuffed into it. I haven’t
had any stuffing other than shrimp,
although they all sound good.
I’m not always like this. My palate is adventurous. Hand me that
alligator and rattlesnake on a stick
special. I have no idea what all is in
that soup, but it smells awesome,
so ladle a cup for me. There’s just
something about this combination
that hits on all the cylinders, and I’ve
found no reason to move on.
So when I recently went to El
Aguila in Ocean Springs, I went
with an open mind. I will try something else, too, I said to myself. I
will add an addendum to my avocado agenda.
“I’ll have a Stuffed Avocado with
shrimp,” I chirped automatically to
my server, then added, “Oh, and a
veggie taco.”
Ocean Springs’ El Aguila is at 1601
Government St., across from the
Mary C. O’Keefe Cultural Center,
with outdoor as well as indoor dining
options. As we’re heading into the
cooler months and specifically this
weekend, Cruisin’ The Coast, outdoor dining could be very pleasant
for people and car watching. I had
chosen an indoor table near a large,
TAMMY SMITH/SUN HERALD
Stuffed Avocado with Shrimp at El Aguila in Ocean Springs features
sauteed butterflied shrimp stuffed in fresh avocado with a white wine,
roasted garlic and tomato-cream sauce.
El Aguila Mexican
Restaurant
Where: 1601 Government
St., Ocean Springs (also at
187 Tegarden Road, Gulfport)
Phone: 447-4192
Hours: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
and 5 to 9 p.m. seven days
a week
Specialties: Mexican outside
the box; Stuffed Avocados,
Mole Poblano, Chipotle Agave
BBQ Ribs or Glazed Ribs,
Mexican Pasta, Tableside
Guacamole
chatty group of diners who shared
my general gustatory enthusiasm.
They all were trying each other’s
orders, greeting everyone who entered, and they obviously knew them.
It was one of those moments when
I consider scooting in with strangers. “Hey, I hope y’all don’t mind if
I join y’all. ‘Cause you’re all a lot of
fun, I can tell!”
The Stuffed Avocado ($13 for
vegetable, chicken or steak, add
$1 for shrimp) is one of the things
about El Aguila’s menu that sets it
apart. There’s also the Tableside
Guacamole ($10), fresh guacamole
(more avocado!) made as you watch;
Agave Chipotle Glazed Ribs ($9);
Shrimp Ceviche ($14) and Canasta
Cheese ($8), which is pan seared
then topped with homemade chorizo, sauteed onions, poblano peppers and a cotija cheese and cilantro cream sauce — and that’s just
some of the appetizers.
There also are a la carte tacos,
enchiladas, tamales, quesadillas,
burritos and fajitas. If you want to
try a special, consider blackened
redfish ($20); Molè Poblano ($18),
grilled chicken breast topped with
Godiva and Mexican chocolateinfused molè sauce finished with
sesame seeds or Mexican Pasta
TAMMY SMITH/SUN HERALD
El Aguila Mexican Restaurant in Ocean Springs, on Government Street
across from the Mary C. O’Keefe Cultural Center, offers indoor as well as
outdoor dining.
($16), choice of vegetables, steak
or chicken served with angel hair
pasta tossed in roasted poblano and
pico de gallo cream sauce.
Desserts are traditional flan ($6)
and chocolate flan ($7).
My Stuffed Avocado was everything I hoped for. The vegetable taco ($4), which I chose to be
served with a homemade corn tortilla, came open-face with savory
potato, onion, broccoli, bell pepper, tomato and carrot. The wonderfully imperfectly shaped tortilla was full of fresh corn flavor,
not the chemical aftertaste you
might experience with a factoryproduced one, and too fragile to
fold over. It was porous enough to
soak up some seasoned juices from
the sauteèd vegetables.
“Have you had the flan? It’s ridiculously good,” another gourmand
diner leaned over and told the party
people table. They heeded his advice and enjoyed their dessert.
Joaquin Morales
is owner of both El
Aguila restaurants.
He said at the Gulfport location, he noticed that several
regular customers
were from the PasMorales
cagoula and Ocean
Springs area, so he decided to open
a location closer to them.
“Oh, the Stuffed Avocado, no
question,” he said when I asked
him what is the most popular dish.
He began listing party after party
that has focused on the dish (which
you find on the appetizer menu,
by the way).
As for the flan, he noted that
while the classic version is good,
the chocolate one features that Godiva and Mexican chocolate combo, which Morales discovered by
serendipity.
“And the corn tacos are made
here,” he added.
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On stage
‘Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner’ shines in Bay St. Louis
By MARK ISAACS
Special to the Sun Herald
The ensemble cast of Bay St.
Louis Little Theatre’s production
of “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” nailed it in last Saturday night’s
season opener.
When I first heard the theater
was going to present a play version of the drama made famous by
the 1967 film of the same name, I
expected a quaint time capsule of
an America just beginning to realize the fruits of racial integration might also include marriage
between the races.
As the play makes clear, racial
intermarriage at the time of the
play’s setting was still a crime in 17
states, including Mississippi.
A different world
Almost 50 years later, the BSL
theater’s rendition of the Drayton household run amok over
daughter Joanna’s idea of marrying the erudite and accomplished
Dr. John Prentice, who just happens to be black, offers a prophetic vision of the nation we have
since become.
Out on the terrace, Prentice
(played so well by Rick Amos)
comments to his anxious in-lawsto-be that “of course, Joanna can
only imagine that all of our children will be presidents, while I will
be happy enough with a child who
becomes secretary of state.”
Clearly, both attainments were
part of an impossible dream in
1967.
In the half century since, the
United States has had Colin Powell and Condoleezza Rice as secretaries of state and Barack Obama
elected president, giving form to
that vision and making the script
speak to us today all the more
powerfully.
Great staging
The BSL Little Theatre, an
all-volunteer community theater and a Governor’s Award
for the Arts winner, is known
for creating wonderfully entertaining productions in its historic home in Bay St Louis’ Depot District.
If you go
What: ‘Guess Who’s Coming
to Dinner’
When: 8 tonight and Saturday
night and 2 p.m. Sunday
Where: Bay St. Louis Little
Theatre, 398 Blaize Ave.
Tickets: Children (12 and
under) $6 ($7.20 w/service
fee); seniors 65+ and
students with ID $10 ($11.34
w/service fee); veterans,
active military $10; ($11.34
w/service fee); general
$15 ($16.52 w/service fee);
available by calling 467-9024
or online at bsllt.com.
dads are bombastic curmudgeons,
steadfast in their opposition to
their kids’ wide-eyed love, amplified by the dreamy portrayal
of daughter Joanna Drayton by
Christina Nelson.
Again, following in Spencer
Tracy’s famous footsteps, but inhabiting his own shoes, the Drayton dad played by Clark surprises his own wife in the end with a
speech recognizing that if the kids
love each other only half as much
as he has loved his wife, then all
will be OK.
Bay St. Louis Little Theatre’s Marsha Ragins, left, Rick Amos and Christina Nelson.
By the play’s end, we too get to
bathe in the knowledge that love
The staging of this play clev- believed in, until that world came ing to know what is causing his son has the power to conquer all oberly gives us the whole Drayton to roost in their house.
“to throw away everything he has stacles and to make us all feel as
house all on one stage: the anxworked for?”
if we mattered.
ious conversations between fam- Character portrayals
In what is one of the most moily members worked up over the
mentous moments in American Supporting cast
proposed intermarriage rotate in
Grace and Clark also play the theater, the Dr. Prentice character
vignettes between characters on Drayton parents, made famous in delivers a comeback not expected
Along the way, supporting cast
the terrace, in the living room and the movie portrayals originally by his dad (or the nation, then or members Marsha Thompson-Rathe study, before there can final- delivered by Katherine Hepburn now): the elder Prentice will al- gins (playing maid and cook Tillly be some peace around the din- and Spencer Tracy.
ways think of himself as a black ie Binks) and Mary Ellen Murphy
ing room table when at last there
Grace and Clark inhabit their man, but the son simply sees him- (as art gallery assistant Hilary St.
is the realization that the young roles on their own terms, evoking self as a man.
George) provide both comic relief
folks in love will figure it out along the Tracy-Hepburn work without
and poignant issues of class.
the way.
copying it, each giving a fresh- Passionate lines
Tillie automatically assumes the
Director Larry Clark, produc- ness to the roles of the perplexed
sophisticated black doctor must
er Cheryl Grace and their stage parents.
The passion with which Amos be a fraud.
crafters get special recognition in
The Prentice parents, played ably delivers the line, just a few feet
Hilary shows us the classless
how they have brought the afflu- by Stefan King (first week), Fred away from the audience in this denigration of others according to
ent, conflicted Drayton home to Varnado (second week) and Patri- small setting is moving.
race and class in her own haughlife, complete with its oversized cia Tice, join the maelstrom when
Sidney Poitier, the original Dr. ty aspirations.
bottles of Crown Royal and other they also arrive for dinner only to Prentice, would approve.
The show continues its run at
top shelf brands that Monsignor discover that their accomplished
Overlaid on these households 8 tonight and Saturday and 2 p.m.
Ryan (played by the accomplished son’s beloved is a “white girl.”
confronting race are issues of gen- Sunday at Bay St Louis Little TheAlex Birdwell) keeps offering to
The retired postman dad takes der and class.
atre at 398 Blaize Ave., 467-9024.
the nervous household grappling his son aside into the study for a
The mothers are family prob- Tickets are available online at
with a world they always said they dressing down, incredulously want- lem solvers with heart, and the bsllt.com.
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Sound check
Locally made album makes top picks for 2015
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his second part of this
year’s Top Ten Plus List
begins after the period covered by Part One. Readers will now ABC how many
May-September favorites I can
squeeze in. There were leftovers,
which may prompt a part three
before year’s end.
1. ‘If You Think It’s Hot Here,’ Mike
Henderson Band (EllerSoul
Records)
This CD features Mike Henderson (lead vocals, guitar &
harmonica) and his talented
band plus special guests playing a rip-roaring version of Carl
Perkins’ “Matchbox” and a nifty closing instrumental called
“Rock House Blues.”
Nearly every song is recommended for blues and rockin’ piano fans.
2. ‘Blue Room,’ Ana & Milton
Popovic (ArtisteXclusive Records)
This May 19 release from
blues powerhouse daughter Ana
Popovic and her father/ guitarist Milton (Milutin), playing
SOUND CHECK
Ricky Flake
rhythm, lead, acoustic and electric guitars depending on song/
singer. I especially enjoy the spir- that will please vintage soul fans.
This concept release is singited John Lennon cover “I’m Loser/songwriter Samantha Crain’s
ing You” and most other tunes.
3b. ‘Jonquil Child,’ Tiffany Huggins fourth album.
This recording is a blues-guiHer distinctive voice is accompaGrant (MGW Records)
tar-lover’s dream.
nied by her bluesy acoustic strumming, plus lap steel and occasional
This June 7 recording is Tiffa- plush string arrangements.
3a. ‘The Muscle Shoals Sessions,’
ny Huggins Grant’s debut nationMy favorites include the stageAmy Black (Reuben Records)
al release. The album includes 10 setting “Killer,” but the songs all
original songs and two covers.
fit together seamlessly. Fans of
This June 9 release is Amy
Favorites include the encouragthoughtful, distinctly lyrical muBlack’s third solo album, and it
ing “You’re Not Alone,” but evsic will dig this one.
unites her with legendary Shoals ery song is good.
keyboardist Spooner Oldham and
Folks who enjoy country mu4. ‘Live at 100 Men Hall,’ various
more “Swampers” from Muscle
sic with some nifty twists will
artists (100 Men Hall DBA)
Shoals and FAME studios.
dig this one.
The song list ranges from better-known tunes like “Starting
3c. ‘Under Branch & Thorn & Tree,’ This recently released blue-viAll Over Again” to Amy originyl LP of live performances feaSamantha Crain (Ramseur
nals like “Please Don’t Give Up
tures an eye-catching tri-fold covOn Me,” with soul-stirring flavor. Records)
er and songs epitomizing top-notch
This is a soulful new recording
blues of different types. I’ll bet
there’s plenty of material for “Part
Two” if this fundraiser sells enough.
5. ‘The Night Creeper,’ Uncle Acid
and the Deadbeats (Rise Above
Records)
This Sept. 4 release from Uncle Acid and the Deadbeats is
their fourth full-length album.
Band leader/lead guitarist/organist and lead singer Kevin
Starrs describes a winning concept with Sabbath-flavored riffs
and Sixties-pop melodies. Fans of
classic metal and power-pop will
really enjoy this album.
Ricky Flake, a former punk rocker and
current music fan, lives in Biloxi.
Reach him at flakerickygmail.com.
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Goin’ out
TONIGHT
Mosaic Tapas Bar, 1010
Government St., Ocean Springs.
818-9885.
Dave Jones: 5:30 p.m.,
Diamondhead Country Club
Restaurant, 7600 Country
Club Circle. 255-2918.
H-Tron: 9 p.m. Monday, Tueday
and Wednesday, Castaways Bar
& Grill, 2114 Bienville Blvd.,
Ocean Springs. 872-6886.
Hadley Hill: 6 p.m., Juan
Tequilas, 18369 U.S. 49,
Saucier. 867-2906.
DJ Tiffany K: 9 p.m., Boots and
Spurs, 702 Bellande Ave., Ocean
Springs. 215-0137.
Eddie Miller and the
Songwriters: 6 p.m., Darwell’s,
127 E. First St., Long Beach.
868-8946.
WEDNESDAY
James Gillies: 4 p.m., Mosaic
Tapas Bar, 1010 Government
St., Ocean Springs. 818-9885.
DJ Kenny: 7 p.m. Wednesday
and Friday, VFW Post 2434,
289 Veterans Ave., Biloxi. 3744112.
Pete Leone: 6 p.m., Darwell’s,
127 E. First St., Long Beach.
868-8946.
Lightnin Malcolm: 7 p.m.
Friday and Saturday, The
Original Shed BBQ and Blues
Joint, 7501 Mississippi 57,
Steve Warren and Friends: 6:30
p.m., Murky Waters BBQ and
Blues, 1212 Government St.,
Lisa Mills: 8 p.m., Murky
Waters BBQ and Blues, 1320
27th Ave., Gulfport. 214-4420.
Gram and Ty: 7 p.m., Leo’s Wood
Fired Pizza, 1107 Government
Adam Doleac Band: 8 p.m.,
Leo’s Wood Fired Pizza,
1107 Government St., Ocean
Springs. 872-7283.
The Brett Mitchell Band: 7 p.m.,
Gil’s Fish Camp, 1024 Legion
Lane, Ocean Springs. 215-1869.
Band of Gold: 8 p.m., Mosaic
Tapas Bar, 1010 Government
Live DJ: 8 tonight and
Saturday, Cheers Lounge, 1608
28th St., Gulfport. 865-9832.
Vonnie Holliman & The Silverado
Band: 8 p.m., VFW Post 2539,
2518 23rd Ave., Gulfport. 8640838.
DJ T-Man: 8:30 tonight and
Saturday and 6 p.m. Sunday,
Mississippi Dance Clubs, 15199
Community Road, Gulfport. 5390311.
DJ Kelly: 10 tonight and Saturday,
Just Us, 906 Division St., Biloxi.
374-1007.
Live DJ by Glenn: 10 tonight
and Saturday, 7 p.m. Thursdays,
Gilligan’s Lounge, Hardy Court
Shopping Center, Gulfport. 8650206.
Back Alley: 10 tonight and
Saturday, Bear’s Stagecoach,
6600 Rose Farm Road, Ocean
Springs. 875-6464.
Barbara and Company: 10 p.m.
Friday and Saturday, Castaways,
2114 Bienville Blvd., Ocean
Springs. 872-6886.
DJ HTron: 10 p.m., Boots and
Songwriters Night: 9 p.m., The
Julep Room, 1217 Washington
Ave., Ocean Springs. 875-9928.
Springs. 215-0137.
Wilfunk: 10 p.m., Government
Street Grocery, 1210 Government
SATURDAY
Mack Taylor and Guest DJ: 12:30
p.m., Darwell’s, 127 E. First St.,
Long Beach. 868-8946.
Ralph Knowles: 6 p.m., Biloxi Elks
Lodge 606, 1178 Beach Blvd. 3740606.
Dave Mayley Band: 6 p.m., The
Ugly Pirate, 144 Demontluzin St.,
Bay St. Louis. 497-2682.
Bill Lee: 7 p.m., VFW Post 6285,
16111 V F West Road, Kiln.
Johnny Fung: 7 p.m., Darwell’s,
127 E. First St., Long Beach. 8688946.
Shea White and The Elements: 8
p.m., Leo’s Wood Fired Pizza, 1107
872-7283.
Rooster Grass: 10 p.m.,
Government Street Grocery, 1210
818-9410.
DJ Jerry: 6 p.m., DAV Chapter 5,
2600 23rd Ave., Gulfport. Bring a
covered dish. 871-5463.
Jeff Bates: 10 p.m., Boots and
Springs. 215-0137.
Gospel Singing: 6 p.m., Darwell’s,
SUNDAY
The Blues Band and Starpowers:
8 a.m. open acts, 4 p.m.
performance by Blues Band and
Starpowers, corner of Martin
Luther King Avenue and Arkansas
Avenue, Gulfport. Let’s Build Unity
in the Community. Donations
accepted. 832-2315 or 596-2691.
Dave Jones: Noon, Lookout Steaks
and Seafood, 1301 26th Ave.,
Gulfport. 248-0555.
The Michael Vincent Band: 8 p.m.,
Murky Waters BBQ and Blues,
Chris: 4 p.m., Castaways, 2114
Bienville Blvd., Ocean Springs.
Springs. 215-1114.
872-6886.
Checkmates aka Out Patient
Band: 8 p.m., French Club of Biloxi,
East Howard Avenue. 436-6472.
Julio and Cesar with Latin Sunday:
4 p.m., Mosaic Tapas Bar, 1010
818-9885.
Jamie and Gary: 4 p.m.,
Leo’s Wood Fired Pizza, 1107
872-7283.
Open Jam with GRS: 9 p.m.,
Castaways, 2114 Bienville Blvd.,
MONDAY
Al Murphy: 6:30 p.m., Darwell’s,
Billy Marter: 7 p.m., Leo’s Wood
Fired Pizza, 1107 Government St.,
TUESDAY
Icy Pint: 6 p.m., The Irish Coast
Pub, 1307 25th Ave., Gulfport.
867-7022.
Anderson Domingues: 9 p.m.,
THURSDAY
Zydeco by Major Handy:
Noon, Mosaic Tapas Bar, 1010
818-9885.
Billy Tumlin and James Johnson: 6
p.m., Darwell’s Cafe, 127 E. First
St., Long Beach. 868-8946.
Sam Donald: 7 p.m., Leo’s Wood
Fired Pizza, 1107 Government St.,
Live jazz: 8:30 p.m. Friday and
Saturday, The Almanett, 1514 18th
Ave., Gulfport. 865-9901.
Open mic with Alvin: 9 p.m.,
Government Street Grocery, 1210
818-9410.
Djokovic, Tiffany K: 9 p.m., Boots
and Spurs, 702 Bellande Ave.,
Scott MacDonald and Friends: 9
p.m., Blaize Avenue Bar, 124 Blaize
Ave., Bay St. Louis. 467-4072.
David Jones: 9 p.m. Thursdays,
Sipps, 2218 25th Ave., Gulfport.
206-7717.
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Gadgets
SoundScene 20w portable speaker sounds amazing
By GREGG ELLMAN
Twitter.com/greggellman
I get my hands and ears on
an endless number of portable
sound systems. Some look better than they sound and others
sound better than they look.
With the SoundScene 20w
portable speaker from Bayan Audio, I’m at a loss to decide which
it is since it looks great and
sounds flat out amazing.
The crystal-clear sounding
portable Bluetooth speakers have
lots of bass and an IPX5 weatherproof design with silicone rubber caps. The multi-use speaker makes a great addition to any
backyard or living room — or
use it in both simultaneously.
They are powered by an internal USB rechargeable battery
for up to eight hours or sound or
TNS
with the included AC adapter.
The Braven BRV-PRO speaker is built to withstand water, dirt and accidental bumps and drops.
You can control the volume on
each speaker individually.
The speakers can easily be
for up to 15 hours of portable
built into a system without needpower, which doubles as a poring any hardware. Inside is a ratable battery to charge a smartdio frequency that links up to
phone, tablet or most any other
eight speakers with the press of
portable electronic gadget.
a button.
Other features include an LED
This gives you a great choice
pad, which can be used as a mini
for positing the speakers, which
lantern and there’s a Qi-compatican be as far as 100 feet from
ble wireless charging pad.
the main transmitting speaker. I
Other accessories such as a sodidn’t have them that far apart but
lar charging panel compatible
no matter where they were, inside
and GoPro action mounts can be
or outside, the sound was great.
purchased separately.
The sound is delivered in a
Braven.com, $149.99
270-degree range from the contemporary-looking silver/gray
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speaker. There’s also a 3.5 mm
auxiliary port for a direct conPelican is never short on innonection.
vative products, so it was no surbayanaudiousa.com, $199 per
prise when I got my hands on the
speaker
Pelican 3310 ELS light.
As described by the company,
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this is a self-contained glowing beacon and flashlight. What makes it
Brave BRV-PRO is anothunique is how it glows in the dark
er great and powerful-sounding
with its built-in photoluminescent
portable speaker that is built for
technology. This technology lets
TNS you easily find it when needed.
indoor and outdoor use.
The SoundScene 20w portable speaker offers crystal-clear sound with lots
Before seeing the speaker, it
The portable glowing light is
was described to me as a having of bass and an IPX5 weatherproof design with silicone rubber caps.
packaged with a hanging protectank-like design, which got me
tive case.
curious. After seeing (and hearproof rating for a little more proAn internal microphone lets
Three AA batteries are including) it I can say that’s a very actection from water, dust, dirt and you use it (1.5 by 2.8 by 6.4 inch- ed to keep it shining for up to 190
curate description.
bumps. Its rugged design allows es) as a desktop speakerphone.
hours; that’s almost eight days
This one has an IPX7 waterit to withstand accidental drops.
Inside is a 2800mAh battery
worth of light. It’s built with an
TNS
Pelican’s 3310 ELS light is a selfcontained glowing beacon and
flashlight.
IPX7 waterproof rating, which
will help you in a downpour or
dropping it in 3 feet of water for
up to 30 minutes.
Inside the flashlight is a bulb
with 234 lumens of light output,
which for those who don’t worry
about lumens, it shines brightly.
Pelican.com, $48.95
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The Ventev Global Charginghub 300 is advertised to work in
more than 150 countries, so the
odds are it will work where you
are or wherever you are going.
It’s designed with four different
AC prong configurations to keep
you connected around the globe,
but what makes it a must-have for
traveling is the pair of USB ports.
The design allows it to go in
most any AC wall outlet around
the world and then charge your
portable electronic gadgets with
your own USB cables.
The USB ports give you 2.1
amps of output power, enabling
then to charge most anything, including tablets.
Tessco.com, $34.99
Contact Gregg Ellmanat greggellman@
mac.com.
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FRAMED
Send your club scene photos
to [email protected]
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his week, Marquee Framed visits
Leo’s Wood Fired Pizza in Ocean
Springs, Boogie Nights inside Hard
Rock Hotel Casino Biloxi and the Taste of
Long Beach event.
At Boogie Nights inside Hard Rock Casino Biloxi, front row: Regina Zilbermints, Joshua Juneau, DeRae Graham, Kaylee Dwyer,
Lauren Walck, Kayla Krieger and Ravin Floyd; back row: William Burdette, Daniel Porter, Dylan Sartin and Glenn Nettles
Sam Donald at Leo’s Wood Fired Pizza in Ocean Springs
Robyn and John Tennyson with Cindy Lamb enjoy the Taste of Long Beach event
Micah and Cortney Sawyer enjoy the Taste of Long Beach
event
Jeff Sauls and Tony and Judy Herrington at Leo’s Wood Fired
Pizza in Ocean Springs
MORE
FRAMED
PHOTOS,
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Chad Woods and Leah Hinton at
Leo’s Wood Fired Pizza in Ocean
Springs
Ryan Trowbridge and Melanie
Steenwyk at Leo’s Wood Fired Pizza
in Ocean Springs
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FRAMED
Send your club scene photos
to [email protected]
Caitlyn Steffan, Jay Hardy, Katie Gomez, Keith Mainous, Beau LeBatard and Amanda Moran at Leo’s Wood Fired Pizza in Ocean
Springs
See more photos
at sunherald.com/
marquee
Melanie Steenwyk and Danika
Straka at Leo’s Wood Fired Pizza in
Ocean Springs
Todd and Laurie Spaturo and Rod and Donna Krentel enjoy the Taste of Long Beach event
Sean Case and Tiffany Maimone-Zub
Karen Brown, Chelsea Newman and Chelsea Anderson enjoy the Taste of Long Beach
event
Angel LeBon dances at Boogie
Nights inside Hard Rock Casino
Biloxi
Ashley
Gunkel,
Erica and
Britt Cross
and Wayne
Bullock at
Leo’s Wood
Fired Pizza
in Ocean
Springs
Meagan Hendricks and Brenda Wells enjoy the Taste of Long
Beach event
Frank Lestrade and Pallion Alrie
enjoy the Taste of Long Beach event
EVENTS FROM PAGE 2
Family Movie Saturday: 2
p.m., meeting room at Ocean
Springs Library, 525 Dewey
Ave., behind City Hall. Showing
a popular animated family film.
Refreshments and popcorn
provided by the Friends of the
Ocean Springs Library. Attendees
can bring their own snacks, a
folding chair or blanket.
Fish supper: 4-6 p.m., J.L. Power
Lodge, U.S. 49, Perkinston. Cost:
$8 adults and $5 children 10 and
younger. Hosted by Perkinston
Chapter 376 Order of the Eastern
Star. Details: 832-8945.
’60s-style Sock Hop: 6 p.m.,
Beauvoir, 2244 Beach Blvd.,
Biloxi. Classic cars, music,
contests, food and more. Cost:
$5 per carload. Classic cars,
poodle skirts, letter jackets and
petticoats encouraged. Proceeds
benefit veterans and the Beauvoir
building fund. Details: 324-6444.
Steak night: 6 p.m. Oct. 3, 10
and 24, Biloxi Elks Lodge 606,
1178 Beach Blvd. Cost: $18
ribeye and $20 T-bones.
Blessed Seelos drawdown: 6
p.m., Gruich Community Center,
Biloxi. Drawdown amount: $5,000.
Dinner, beer, wine, silent auction
and more. Tickets: $50 per
couple. Live auction for a framed
and autographed Drew Brees
picture. Details: 860-5077 or
435-0007.
Cruisin’ with George Ohr: 6-9
p.m., 615 E. Beach Drive, Ocean
Springs, home of Buddy and Libby
Gunn. Tickets: $50 each for OhrO’Keefe Museum of Art members,
$60 each for nonmembers.
Parking will be available at the
nearby Gulf Coast Research Lab
and neighboring lots. Details:
374-5547.
Belles & Buoys square dance:
8-10 p.m., Lyman Senior Citizen
Center, 14592 County Farm
Road, Gulfport, with Bob Poyner
of DeFuniak Springs, Fla., calling.
Details 831-3127.
SUNDAY
10.4
VFW Post 6731 breakfast: 8-11
a.m. Oct. 4, 11, 18 and 25, 4321
W. Gay Road, D’Iberville. Details:
392-1152.
Pancake breakfast fundraiser:
8-11 a.m., Applebee’s restaurant,
Ocean Springs. Donations needed
for door prizes and raffle items.
Cost: $7 per person, $4 children
under age 6. Proceeds benefit the
Jackson County Spay & Neuter
Program.
Cars and Coffee: 8 a.m.-11
p.m., Finest Grind Coffee House,
2961 Bienville Blvd., Ocean
Springs. Imports, domestics,
bikes, classics, exotics and other
project cars. Designed for car
enthusiasts. Details: 806-6717.
Ocean Springs Elks breakfast:
9-11 a.m., 2501 Beachview Drive.
Cost: $6. Details: 872-2501.
Bachtoberfest: 11 a.m.-2 p.m.,
Beach Park, Pascagoula. Enjoy
all you can eat from cooking
teams, children’s activities, a
specialty beer garden, Gulf Coast
Symphony Youth Orchestra
concert and more. Cost: $20
adults, $5 ages 10 and younger.
Details and tickets: 896-4276 or
gulfcoastsymphonly.net.
Blessing of the Animals: 3
p.m., Church of the Redeemer,
1904 Popp’s Ferry Road, Biloxi.
Donations of items for Humane
Society of South Mississippi or
cash donations. Details: 5942100.
MONDAY
10.5
Songwriter’s night: 8 p.m., Irish
Coast Pub, 1307 25th Ave.,
Gulfport. Details: 867-7022.
TUESDAY
10.6
Authors & Characters at Your
Library: 11:45 a.m., Bay St.
Louis–Hancock County Library.
“The Bluffs of Devil’s Swamp”
author Mack Cameron will speak.
The novel is set in 1920s Bay St.
Louis. The second novel in the
series, “You Just Never Know,”
also featuring Bay St. Louis, will
be discussed. Lunch is available
for $10, payable at the door.
Reservations required. Details:
467-5282.
Cruisers drive-through: 2-3 p.m.,
Armed Forces Retirement Home in
Gulfport. Cruisers can pay tribute
to South Mississippi’s veterans by
parading through and showcasing
their classic cars for the military
veterans and retirees who live at
the home.
Legos at my Library: 3:30 p.m.,
East Central Public Library, 21801
Slider Road. Students age 8 and
up are invited and should bring
their own Legos. Refreshments.
Details: 588-6263.
Learn to Draw classes: 6-7:30
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p.m. Tuesdays through Oct. 27,
Keenan Art Center, 5065 Espy
Ave., Long Beach. Cost: $80
for four-week class. Supplies
included. Details: 234-1610.
WEDNESDAY
10.7
Cruisin’ The Coast block party: 8
a.m.-2 p.m., downtown Biloxi. Live
entertainment. Trophies awarded
for special block party car owners
on Town Green Stage. Prizes and
more. Details: 435-6339.
Gulfport Farmers Market: 9 a.m.1 p.m. Wednesdays, Jones Park.
Details: 257-2496.
Cross-stitch classes: 11 a.m.-1
p.m., Vancleave Public Library,
12604 Mississippi 57. Features
Teresa Busby teaching beginners
to create counted cross-stitch
works of art. Material cost: $5.
Registration required. Details:
826-5857.
THURSDAY
10.8
Art reception: Noon, Mississippi
Gulf Coast Community College,
Jefferson Davis campus, Gulfport.
Live entertainment featuring
“In the Act of Flourishing” art
exhibition by Taylor Robenalt.
Details: 897-3909.
As the Page Turns book club:
12:30 p.m., East Central Public
Library, 21801 Slider Road. This
is the club’s first meeting. This
month, the focus is on animals
from literature. Share favorite
or new books and discuss likes
and dislikes. The Friends of the
East Central Library will offer
refreshments. Details: 588-6263.
Opening reception: 5-7:30 p.m.,
Mary C. O’Keefe Cultural Center,
Springs. Features “Riding the
Rails: Roads of Opportunity”
and “Katrina Fatigue” by Susan
McClamroch. Light refreshments.
Live entertainment. Details: 8182878.
Reiki attunement workshop: 6
p.m., meeting room at Ocean
Springs Municipal Library, 525
Dewey Ave. behind City Hall. Free.
Led by with Reiki Master Sandrine
Daubord. Reiki is a laying on
of hands energy technique for
stress reduction and relaxation
that allows everyone to tap
the unlimited supply of “life
energy” to improve well-being
and enhance one’s quality of life.
Class size is limited. Details: 8751193.
SUN HERALD/FILE PHOTO
Check out all the Cruisin’ The Coast activities this week all across South
Mississippi in the Sun Herald’s 32-page special insert in Saturday’s paper.
13th annual Biloxi First roast: 6
p.m. doors open and 6:30 p.m.
dinner served, IP Casino, Biloxi.
John B. “Shorty” Sneed will be
the roastee. Roasters include
Joe Gazzo, Tim Holleman, Doug
Medley, John Rester and Connie
Rockco. Reed Guice will be
emcee. Tickets: $50 per person,
$250 patron sponsor admits two
or $1,000 reserved corporate
ticket for 10. Details: 860-8871.
FRIDAY
10.9
Writers’ workshop: 9-11:30 a.m.,
University of Southern Mississippi,
Gulf Park, Lloyd Hall, Long Beach.
Designed for students grades
7-12. Features Lee Anne Bryan,
education and outreach specialist
with Eudora Welty House
Foundation in Jackson. Led by
other writing experts. Registration
limited to first 50 students.
Encouraged to register before Oct.
2. Details: 214-3373.
Coffee with the Friends of the
Pass Christian Public Library: 10
a.m., Pass Christian Public Library,
111 Hiern Ave. Duane Wilson will
speak about Chemours of DeLisle.
Details: 452-4596.
Craft Bazaar: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Oct.
9-10, Grace Lutheran Church,
19221 Pineville Road, Long
Beach. Luncheon special, bake
sale and crafts. Details: 248-9331832.
Dinner at JD’s Freedom Grill: 6-8
p.m., 3824 Old Spanish Trail,
Gautier. Cost: $9 shrimp or catfish
dinner. Details: 497-6422.
Ocean Springs Elks chicken and
spaghetti dinner: 6:30-8 p.m.,
2501 Beachview Drive. By the
Mardi Gras Krewe. Cost: $10.
Details: 872-2501.
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