Dan Bern is playing in his hometown for the first time! His Facebook profile states: “If you must put me in a box, make sure it’s a big box…” You could try to label that big box as “Americana / Roots / Rock / Folk”, but, that would be missing quite a lot still.
Further in his Facebook profile he states: “Dan Bern is best known for his prolific songwriting and electric live persona. He has released eighteen albums and built a loyal following based on prodigious touring and output of songs in all forms.”
The Washington Post says:“Dan Bern strums drop-dead gorgeous melodies like a demon with his tail on fire; and expresses his love for humankind through scabrous, literary, skeptical rhymes full of hyper articulation and the tormented self-knowledge of the really, really smart.”
NPR says:“With his acoustic guitar and a batch of witty and insightful songs, Dan Bern is rapidly becoming the voice of a new generation of folk music.”
The Uptown Theatre in the First Street Community Center is thrilled to present Dan Bern in the first of two special shows while he is on tour.
This show is on Sat. July 25 at 2 pm is a kids show, $5.00, kids under 5 FREE.
Tickets on sale at CarePro Pharmacy & at the door.
The First Street Community Center in Mount Vernon, Iowa, via East End Art and our Library meeting space will be hosting a reunion of sorts…
Thu, June 25 drop by 5-7PM: Robert Campagna – Book Signing. Come chat with Bob about his book “Northeast Iowa – America’s Hidden Treasure.”
Bob Campagna, a former long time resident of Mount Vernon, describes his Mount Vernon business, Abbe Creek Press, as “on hiatus” in Loveland, Colorado. Luckily for us, Bob will be in our area frequently this summer teaching photography at College for Kids at Coe College.
At Bob’s book signing, on Thursday join us for wine and cheese, and, in addition to his book, enjoy many of the book’s framed photographs, which were recently on display at Luther College.
The First Street Community Center in Mount Vernon, Iowa is in for a grand show of active automotive history on Monday the 29th of June, 2015. The Lincoln Highway Association is stopping in Mount Vernon at the Community Center for a lunch break.
The Lincoln Highway Association celebrates the “First Road Across America” with an automotive tour that takes dedicated automotive enthusiasts from all over the United States along portions of the Lincoln Highway system for a long distance automotive tour. This year’s event starts in Detroit and runs to San Francisco.
When asked to describe this year’s Lincoln Highway tour, entitled “The Henry B. Joy Tour”, Rosemary Rubin (one of the Board of Directors) wrote the following, (NOTE: minor edits were made to remove text referring to a different subject):
We are excited about returning to Mount Vernon. Iowa is a special state on the Lincoln Highway. We always get a great welcome there… The tour is designed to honor the 100th anniversary of the trip Henry B. Joy took to reach the Pan Pacific exhibition in San Francisco in 1915. He and his group took 23 days. Our tour is 12 days on the road.
We will visit some of the same places he did. One is Belle Plaine where he stayed overnight. Our stop will be after lunch in Mount Vernon, not overnight. That evening we will have dinner at Niland’s Cafe and stay overnight in Ames.
There are about 45 cars on the tour, but they do not travel in a caravan. They will arrive over about 1 hour. They are all gathering at the Old Middle School in Mount Vernon for lunch. Not all are antiques and Classics, but there are several Packards and other old cars with us.
We have about 90 people participating that day. There are over 100 folks with us through out the 12 days, but some come for only a part of the tour…
This is the third Lincoln Highway Association tour to visit Mount Vernon. You can tell we like your town.
– Rosemary
Many of the tour’s participants have sent in photos of their classic automobiles to their website, Rosemary has kindly given permission for me to show you some of them here as well.
NOTE: You can click on the any of the photos for a better view of the car.
Checker and the Blue Tones will perform at 7pm on Saturday the 20th of June in the Uptown Theatre. Classic rock from the 60s and 70s, with sax and female vocalist.
Time: 7 pm. Cost: Tickets are 15.00 each and can be purchased at MVAAC.org. NOTE: BYOB, cups are available for purchase onsite for $5.00
This performance brought you by:
Contributing Sponsors: Mount Vernon Banks & Trust Company
Lynch Ford & Chevy
Zoe’s deli – Natural Foods for the Pets We Love
Bauman and Company
Hansen & Associates
Iowa Physical Therapy
Hallmark Care Center
