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Live Music in October

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Here’s our roundup of musical performances in the First Street Community Center’s Uptown Theatre for the month of October. Things are still “in the works” and we may get to add to this list, so keep an eye on our “Events” link on our website to keep up to date.

Click on the title of each act to learn more about their upcoming performance.

Silver Wings Reunion Concert

 We are sorry, this event has “Sold Out” 

October 7 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm.  $15

$15/person, Call Mike Smith @ (319) 361-8193 for tickets.Bring your own refreshments. The only requirement is that you use the tip-proof cup sold by the Community Center for $5 which is yours to take home and reuse at a later date.

Ellis Paul – The World Ain’t Slowin’ Down

October 13 @ 7:30 pm – 9:00 pm.  $5 – $50

LilFest Presents: “The World Ain’t Slowin’ Down: Ellis Paul Celebrates 25 Years on the Road”

Ellis Paul is a critically acclaimed singer, songwriter, poet and troubadour originally hailing from a potato farming family in northern Maine. He is the recipient of thirteen Boston Music Awards, second only to multi platinum act Aerosmith. Since launching from Boston, Ellis Paul has built a vast catalog of music which weds striking poetic imagery and philosophical introspection with hook-laden melodies.

The Boston Globe heralds him as a “songwriter’s songwriter” saying “no emerging songwriter in recent memory has been more highly touted and respected by songwriters.” USA Today’s national feature on Ellis was titled, “Best Bet for Stardom” which has come true after years of non-stop touring. He has shared the stage with such notable artists as John Mayer, Bill Morrisey, Shawn Colvin, and John Gorka early on and quickly progressed to headlining concerts and festivals.

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Checker and the Blue Tones

October 14 @ 7:30 pm – 10:00 pm.  $15

Fighting evil through the use of 100% pure Blutonium. Checker and the Bluetones perform a variety of music from the 1960s, 70s, 80s and 90s — something to please everyone. Tickets can be purchased at the event or before at Bauman’s clothing store uptown Mount Vernon.

Questions: (319) 558-9202.

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Live Music – Lambert and Walz – Bluegrass, Americana and Folk

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Two veteran Chicago bluegrass & blues pickers / singers from Special Consensus & Henhouse Prowlers touring now as a Power Duo!

Chris Walz is an Old Town School of Folk Music “Professor” and Eric Lambert is the recipient of the 2015 Entertainer of the Year Award in Chicago.

The show starts Saturday the 23rd at 7:30 pm with the doors open for seating at 7:15 pm.

COST: Tickets are $15 for adults and $5 for students.  You can purchase tickets in person or online.  For Sponsor Tickets and to purchase regular tickets online click here.

Questions? Call (518) 576-9513.

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Lambert and Walz, the MIDWESTERN-bred Americana songwriters, pickers, teachers, and storytellers will be featured in concert at the Uptown Theatre (Mount Vernon Community Center, 221 First Street NE, Mt. Vernon IA 52314) as part of the locally-produced LilFest Series on Saturday, September 23rd, 2017, at 7:30 pm. Doors open at 7:15 pm.

ERIC LAMBERT’s recent accolades include a 2015 Best Entertainer Chicago Music Award. A world-class flatpicking guitarist, sought-after educator, and outstanding performer from the Chicago area, Eric is an international-touring artist with a career spanning over 40 years. Lambert performs solo, as well as teamed up with other high-caliber musicians. A well-connected veteran, Eric knows the very best and plays with them routinely!.

CHRIS WALZ is a nationally acclaimed bluegrass multi-instrumentalist with a reverence for Americas musical story. Chris perfected his Scruggs-style banjo playing and guitar flatpicking at a young age as he studied all his musical heroes from Pete Seeger to Mississippi John Hurt to Woody Guthrie to Dave Van Ronk. Whether it is his lightning speed on the banjos fretboard, his hard hitting grooves on the guitar or his tender melodic touch on the mandolin, Chris playing dazzles. As an actor, his role as Woody Guthrie in a national tour of the show “Woody Guthrie’s American Song” kept him busy for many years before he began touring with Greg Cahills Special Consensus.

The LilFest Series regularly presents folk and international concerts in intimate settings in the Eastern Iowa region. Past performers include Jim Post, James Lee Stanley, Eric Taylor, Claudia Nygaard, Radoslav Lorkovic, and Nathan Bell. LilFest ( http://www.LilFest.org/ ) was originally developed in the Chicago area by Nancy Emrich Freeman, the now-resident of Mount Vernon continues a grand tradition of bringing the finest musicians to play in the places that are best for both the person onstage and the fan in the nearby seat.

Lambert & Walz will be available for phone interviews in advance of the show by calling or texting Nancy Emrich Freeman at 847-256-0000. Further information about the individual performers and high-resolution photos are available via their websites:

Chris Walz: http://www.chriswalzmusic.com/teaching/
Eric Lambert: http://www.ericlambert.com/
Lambert & Walz: https://www.facebook.com/LambertandWalz/

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Live Improv Comedy – Drunk Shakespeare – Much Ado About Nothing

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Open Arenas Productions Presents:

DRUNK SHAKESPEARE:
Much Ado About Nothing

Performances in the Uptown Theatre on August 4th and 5th @ 7:30pm, with an open Improv Dress Rehearsal on August 3rd

Cost: Donation Only!!!

Do you like Shakespeare, but think it’s too long and confusing?

Never fear, Drunk Shakespeare is here to the rescue.

Watch this 80 minute, heavily improv’d, hilarious interpretation of Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing.

20 Parts, Five Actors – all drunk.

Starring
Zak Moran
Brandon Douglas
Stephen Gruber Miller
Hannah Rublaitus
Grant Freeman

Beer/Wine is BYOB for audience members as long as they have either a MVLCT or First Street Community Center covered cup.

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Sign Up for Twig Classes with Ruth Ipsan-Brown

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Ruth Ipsan-Brown, the goddess of all things twig, has been inspired by nature since childhood and uses natural materials to create nature art pieces including figures, chairs and altars.

Ruth offers Twig Classes in the air conditioned comfort of the Library of the First Street Community Center on the 2nd Sunday and 4th Sunday each month.

2nd Sundays, are more Introductory classes and Ruth will teach you how to make a chair. The 4th Sundays Ruth will teach more advanced classes such as a Twig Dwelling, a Figure, an Altar, or a Fairy House.  Students are asked to please take the introductory class before taking the advanced class.

Class size: Minimum 3 / maximum of 6.  You must make a reservation for us to know our class size, which is how we determine if we are able to hold a class or not.  Cancellations will be posted on Facebook and by Email.

For more information or to sign up for a class contact Ruth at (319) 360-2090 or [email protected].

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