Fish fry: 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Ingalls Park Athletic Club on Park Road in Joliet. Sponsored Ingalls Park Athletic Club. Call 815-727-7217. Fish fry: 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday, American Legion, Post 1080, 2625 Ingalls Ave., Joliet. Carryouts available. Call 815-729-2254 or 815-729-1775.

Coraline, Henry Selick’s 3-D stop-motion adaptation of a Neil Gaiman book, has a lot of visual wonders, but my favorite may be the frowny-eyed half-sneer that frequently plays across the face of the eleven-year-old heroine, a perfect encapsulation of the smart-girl expression that says, “I may just be a kid, but I’m not buying this and you shouldn’t be selling it.” Thanks in no small part to Myra Traylor’s decision to stand me up when I thought we were going to see Metalstorm: The Destruction of

Local Knights of Columbus and other organizations will be hosting Friday fish fries throughout the Lenten season.

The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia A Challenge to the Macedonism of the Slavs © Marcus A. Templar, 2008. Abstract and AcknowledgementChapter 1. What is all about? Regional Stability and SecurityChapter 2. Ancient Macedonia and its people Chapter 3. Slavs: New Invaders in ByzantiumChapter 4. Ilinden Uprising: A “Macedonian” or a Bulgarian Act?Chapter 5. The Transmutation of a Slav People to MacedoniansChapter 6. The Establishment of the Former Yugoslav Republic of MacedoniaChapter 7. Nati

ICE Announcements 2.17.09 http://ice.uga.edu — *AUX 3: Experimental Arts Festival (2/21)* 1. VOX Poetry Reading (2/17) 2. Lecture: Joel-Peter Witkin (2/17) 3. Lecture: Richard J. Gray (2/17) 4. Music Learning Community Service Project (2/17) 5. The Ecomuseum Model in Postmodern Museum Studies (2/18) 6. ICE-Vision: Existenz (2/19) 7. The Changeling (2/19-3/1) 8. Vagina Monologues (2/19) 9. Roundtable: New Wave Cinema (2/20) 10. Colloquium: Norman Ferguson (2/20) 11. Film: Four Little Girls

FETHIYE, Turkey – Unlike most competing nations, Turkey throws itself wholeheartedly into the annual kitsch extravaganza that is the Eurovision song contest, and here there is none of the tongue-in-cheek lampooning of contestants or their songs that is popular in nations like Britain.

HAZLE TWP. – It was an Eastern European delight.

The movie by Cristi Puiu, “Moartea domnului Lazarescu” (Death of Mr. Lazarescu), opens the festival New Balkan Film in New York, an event taking place during March 5 to 8, organized together with Harriman Institute – Center of Studies by The Columbia University – in cooperation with Bosnia – Herzegovina Film Festival in New York, Romanian Cultural Institute in New York and Consulate of Serbia.

Jeff Goin and Kathleen Wigley have partnered to start “Single Socks,” a community-run thrift store dedicated to funding anti-hunger projects in Grant County. They are in the process of securing a storefront space (hopefully in downtown Silver), and hope to be open for business on April 1.

The 24th edition of the Santa Barbara International Film Festival (SBIFF) has announced its film line-up for 2009, featuring over 200 films including 21 World Premieres, 29 U.S. Premieres and a rich selection of films representing 41 countries.