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Upcoming Activities for Oct 30th – Nov 7th 2015

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Here are upcoming activities we are highlighting at the First Street Community Center:

  • Saturday, October 31st, at 8pm, The Beaker Brothers Band – Classic Rock and Roll – will be performing a Halloween Show. Costumes are encouraged!
    For more info see the event.
  • Mount Vernon Parks and Rec Indoor Basketball season is in full swing.  Our gymnasium is hosting some exciting P&R basketball games and practices throughout this season.
    Check with Matt Siders of the Mount Vernon Parks and Rec department for more info.
  • NOTE:  If you are wondering if you can bring your own group of friends to use our gymnasium for an indoor game or two, the answer is YES!  Check out our “Gymnasium” page on our Venue Reservations menu for info on its availability.
    Use the “Venue Reservations” menu to learn about our publicly available spaces and their availability anytime.
  • Sunday, November 1st, at 4pm, Hope 221 – Music and a Message – a non-denominational Christian ministry has their weekly Sunday “Music and a Message” in the Uptown Theatre.
  • Tuesday, November 3rd, at 6pm, Barn Quilt Painting Class by Hugh Hoffman is in the Gymnasium.
    For more info see the event.
  • Next Saturday, November 7th, from 10am-12pm, The Farmers Market Winter Season begins, our great local producers will be in the Gymnasium where it will be warm and dry.
    For more info see the event.  A news article will also be coming soon.
  • Next Saturday, November 7th, from 11am-4pm,  the Mount Vernon Art Walk is happening.  Our own East End Art and Ruth’s Twig Room are participating and we look forward to seeing you here!
    For more info see the event.  A news article will also be coming soon.

For more information about all of our past, present and upcoming events see our Events calendar.

 

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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.

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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.

This event is brought to you by:
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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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