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Celtic Music with Lilywren

March 9, 2015April 14, 2015Website AdminLibrary, News

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The First Street Community Center of Mount Vernon, Iowa is pleased to host an Evening of Celtic Music with Lilywren. This live musical performance will take place 7pm, Friday, March 13th, 2015.

The event will take place inside our second largest meeting/performance space, The Library.

To purchase tickets contact: Cheryl Russell at (319) 350-4306. Seating is limited.

This event is sponsored by Iowa Irish.

Below is a Youtube video of a 2014 performance:

Cottage in Stradbally – Photo by Hotelsireland

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The Fez – Steely Dan Tribute Band

March 6, 2015April 14, 2015Website AdminNews, Theatre

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Saturday, March 14th, 2015 at 7pm, the First Street Community Center’s Uptown Theatre will host “The Fez” – A Steely Dan All Star Tribute band.

People are encouraged to bring their own beverage. Beverages consumed in the theatre must be in Uptown Theatre mugs. The reusable mugs are $5 and available at the event. People who already have a mug can bring it to use at this event.

Tickets are $15 each and available here. The event is sponsored by the Mount Vernon Area Arts Council (MVAAC).

Here is a Youtube video posted by Ben Handler:

Here is the band’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/thefeztributeband

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East End Art on Main

March 5, 2015April 14, 2015Website AdminArts, News

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A gallery at the First Street Community Center in Mount Vernon, Iowa.

The Mount Vernon First Street Community Center includes an eclectic blend of retail shops (collectively called Old School Shops), service businesses, community room, a gymnasium, and fitness opportunities.

The First Street Community Center also includes a representation of the arts with a theatre, a free lending library, and a dance studio.

Through the hard work and generosity of many, the Uptown Theatre was created and is the home of the Mount Vernon/Lisbon Community Theatre plus a venue for a variety of performances.
The free lending library offers a diverse collection of books to take home or to read at your leisure in the library.
Dance Arts Iowa offers a variety of dance classes from Irish Step to Ballet, available to all ages.

This Spring the First Street Community Center will be expanding its presence in the Mount Vernon/Lisbon community with the opening of an art gallery:

East End Art, located on the second floor of the First Street Community Center. The intent is to bookend First Brick Art Gallery located at the west end of Main Street with the East End Art gallery, establishing Mount Vernon as an art destination by promoting three blocks to shop between the galleries.

Artists working in any medium are welcome to submit their work to East End Art for jurying during the month of March for the spring opening of the gallery.

Contact the gallery at [email protected] for more information.

Keep an eye on the First Street Community Center’s news page for future updates.

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Are You Coming to Dinner?

March 4, 2015April 14, 2015Website AdminEvents, News, Theatre

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Get out of hibernation! Come on over to the First Street Community Center’s Uptown Theatre and enjoy a hilarious comedy put on by the Mount Vernon-Lisbon Community Theatre.

The stage is set. The actors, producers, directors, stage crew and everyone else is working feverishly to make this challenging production one of the Mount Vernon-Lisbon Community Theatre’s best.

The Man Who Came to Dinner, is a comedy in three acts by Moss Hart & George S. Kaufman. Performances start this Thursday, March 5th at 7:30pm. The show has additional performances Friday, March 6th and Saturday, March 7th also at 7:30pm with a Sunday, March 8th 2pm matinee.

Set in the 1930’s in a small Ohio town during the Christmas holiday season. Our wealthy host has invited a more than slightly “full of himself” radio personality Sheridan Whiteside (aka: ‘Sherry’) over for dinner…

This show has it all! There are penguins, an octopus, convicts, an old friend tries to break up a new romance, someone gets stuffed into a mummy case and flown out of town to be a part of an exhibit going on a tour of the world, there’s even blackmail centered around a certain murderer hiding in plain site. All of this, because Sheridan Whiteside came to dinner, fell on the ice and injured his hip.