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Go to the Chili Cook-off and Stop by the East End Art Gallery this Saturday

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We hope everyone gets out and enjoys the Chili Cookoff this weekend in Mount Vernon, Iowa!

The East End Art Gallery isn’t participating in the Chili Cookoff this weekend, but, we welcome anyone to come over and browse some of our “hot” artwork on display.  🙂

As a seasonal treat, we will be offering Hot Apple Cider & Gingersnaps to anyone who comes across the street to check out our newest artworks on display. East End Art proudly displays juried local and regional artists, selling works in a colorful array of media including oil, acrylic, watercolor, glass, wood, pottery, paper, assemblage, collage, photography, and textiles.

We are open this Saturday, October 24th from 11am – 5pm.

We hope to see you soon at the Old School Shops in the First Street Community Center (221 First Street NE, Mount Vernon, Iowa).

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Beaker Brothers Band – Halloween Costume Ball

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The First Street Community Center in Mount Vernon, Iowa is happy to be playing host to the Beaker Brothers Band on their 2015 Halloween Show.

Poster for the Beaker Brothers Halloween Show

The Beaker Brothers Band will perform classic Rock and Roll music in the Uptown Theatre on Saturday, October 31st at 8pm. This is a BYOB event and costumes are encouraged.

Tickets are $15 and are available online at the MVAAC.org website or in person at the CarePro Pharmacy and at Bauman’s.

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Final Performance on Improv and Comedy Theory

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The Uptown Theatre inside the First Street Community Center will be hosting a Cornell College student theatre group performing a long form of improv comedy on Tuesday, October 20th from 7pm to 9pm.

This show is for Adult Audiences Only, it contains strong language and adult content.

Matt Hamma, Nick Barnes, and Jane Mulkerin will be performing a Harold (long form improv) and doing an homage to The Neo-Futurist show “Too Much Light Makes The Baby Go Blind”. Neo-Futurist is a theater company based in Chicago where the cast writes and performs skits that are pertinent in their current lives. The skits are based in truth by the performers and must be completed in a certain amount of time.

All who wish to attend are not required to attend the entire two hour show and may enter and leave as is needed. Please email Nick at [email protected] with any questions you may have.

Comedy Masks – Photo by Tim Green aka atoach

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Celebrate the Performing Arts – An Evening Gala Event

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The First Street Community Center in Mount Vernon Iowa is proudly announcing “An Evening Gala Celebrating the Performing Arts in Mount Vernon, Iowa”.

Put this date on your calendar: Saturday, September 12, 2015.  The gala will start at with a Social Hour from 7:00 – 8:00 pm, then at approximately 8:00 pm the Program will begin.

This event will be held in the Uptown Theatre and will honor Gladys Rife, Frank Benesh, Margaret Ellison, Carolyn Wellso and Barb Shepley.

A limited number of tickets are available at this time – there is NO CHARGE for tickets – please call (319) 535-2030 for ticket information.

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