Doors open at the Uptown Theatre Friday, October 26th at 7:00 pm to mix and mingle with your friends and other costumed party goers. The actual concert will start at 8:00 pm.
Yes you guessed it, costumes are strongly encouraged! Help spread the word, let your friends know of this great way to enjoy Halloween with some live music.
BYOB if you use an Uptown Theatre cup – Each cup costs only $5.00. Rumor has it that there will be free popcorn too!
Tickets are $15.
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We’re stoked to get back to the First Street Community Center.
This is a great venue for a party.
It’s short notice, we know, so help us spread the word. Costumes encouraged. BYOB, just pour it into a Community Center cup, ($5), and drink right in the theater!
Last time, it turned into a dance party with Beakers Freakers boogying on the stage with us. Fun!
Johnny Krob, Mickey Woods, James & Catherine Kennedy, Beryl O’Connor and Damon Cole
The A-Go-Gos, a Mount Vernon Volunteer Organization, proudly present the 2018 Uptown Theatre Honors – An Evening Gala Celebrating the Arts on Saturday, October 20, 2018 starting with a 6:30 pm cocktail hour and 7:30 pm for the show.
This year’s honorees are Johnny Krob, Mickey Woods, James & Catherine Kennedy, Beryl O’Connor and Damon Cole.
Tickets are $20 and an be purchased ahead of time at Bauman’s in Mount Vernon, or you call the Reservation Line (319) 895-8060. Tickets are also available at the door.
Come join us to celebrate these wonderful people and their contributions to the arts!
Starmites is a delightfully over the top sci-fi 80’s rock musical that uses a fantasy world to drive home poignant lessons about the awkwardness of growing up when you don’t quite fit in.
Outsider, Eleanor Fairchild has built an imaginary world around the sci-fi comic books she collects. On the same day her Mom convinces her to give up her fantasy of becoming a superhero, Eleanor instead finds herself mysteriously thrust into the world of her favorite comic book, Starmites. She lands in the middle of the battle between evil villain Shak Graa, and the Starmites, guardians of Inner Space. She and the Starmites team up on a quest to keep power out of Shak Graa’s greedy hands.
Along the way they meet a colorful assortment of Bowie-esque villains including the flamboyant Diva, Queen of Inner Space and her Banshee warriors – Destiny’s Childish sirens.
Starmites’ music and lyrics are by Barry Keating. It was first presented in 1980. It opened off-Broadway in 1987 and on-Broadway on April 27, 1989, where it ran for 60 performances. It received six Tony Award nominations, including Best Musical.
According to the Starmites website:
With the timeless appeal of THE WIZARD OF OZ and LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS, yet unique, STARMITES is exciting, touching, and great fun for the entire family.
Show Dates:
With multiple show dates you can pick the day and time that best fits your busy schedule:
MYStudio (Made by You Studio) opened for fun creative projects in June 2018. It is a cozy little space stocked with an extensive variety of art supplies and materials just for you!
MY Studio has already hosted several birthday parties, ladies nights, creative friend gatherings, couple’s art dates, as well as partnered with Cornell College as part of their new student orientation activities. MY Studio has walk in open studio hours on Tuesdays Wednesdays and Saturdays, and can be reserved any other time for private events.
MY Studio started as a dream of Andi Spencer’s. She wanted to have an intentional creative space to make art that could be shared with others. But a seed of an idea/dream is just a seed until it’s planted. Enter Andi’s friend Braden. When asked by Joe Jennison about what her ideal business would be, she said “Andi’s Art Studio idea!”
The two friends began having a more serious conversation about the possibilities of bringing this vision to life and in late 2017 the seed was “planted”. With encouragement from family and friends and a newly available space opening up in the First Street Community Center, MY Studio was born!
MY Studio is a Make it Yourself arts and crafts studio with all the tools and supplies you need to make your creative vision a reality.
MY Studio is the place for you IF:
You are feeling inspired and looking for a designated space with a good, creative vibe
You’d like to try a new craft, but don’t want to buy all of the equipment you need to get started
You need a place to make that Pintrest project that you got all the stuff for and but haven’t gotten around to making yet
You’d like to make a personalized gift
You’d like to have an art-inspired gathering: birthday parties, team bonding, family projects, time with friends, date night
Come with an idea, Andi & Braden are ready to help you make it happen…AND take care of the clean up!
MY Studio is located on the basement level near Yoga Studio C and is easily accessed via the entrance via the North Parking lot. For more information phone: (319) 331-6205.
Andi Spencer
Andi Spencer has lived in Mount Vernon with her husband Jaime and their two children, Connor and Fiona, for 11 years.
Her love of art started at a very early age. She grew up in Grinnell where she took as many art classes as she could while in school and then as a student at Grinnell College and the University of Iowa. She loved to draw and paint and make things with her dad’s wood working tools.
She was also fortunate to have access to a variety of art experiences with artists in Grinnell who opened their studios to her and encouraged her and helped to develop her artistic abilities. The idea for MY Studio really stems from that experience. Andi’s desire to have an intentional space to make art as well as a space that could be shared so that others could have that experience as well.
Braden JP Rood
Braden JP Rood hails from Mount Vernon. After graduating from MVHS she went to University of Northern Iowa and majored in Theatre Performance. She lived in New York for four years to pursue an acting career. In 2002 she moved back to Iowa and married her husband, Anton and they settled in Mount Vernon with their three boys: Jasper, Atticus & Chester.
Along with MY Studio, Braden also works at the University of Iowa as a teacher and Standardized Patient. She is heavily involved with Mount Vernon-Lisbon Community Theatre as well as volunteers for various community groups including: MVL CDG, Mount Vernon Schools, Hallmark and MVAAC. She is proud to call Mount Vernon her home and is thrilled with the prospects of MY Studio.
