Saturday

MCMA DEC.EVENTS.

  Dec.3rd,2013 MCMA-First Tuesday Book Club

Glass castle by Jeanette Walls

“Jeannette Walls grew up with parents whose ideals and stubborn nonconformity were both their curse and their salvation. Rex and Rose Mary Walls had four children. In the beginning, they lived like nomads, moving among Southwest desert towns, camping in the mountains. Rex was a charismatic, brilliant man who, when sober, captured his children's imagination, teaching them physics, geology, and above all, how to embrace life fearlessly. Rose Mary, who painted and wrote and couldn't stand the responsibility of providing for her family, called herself an "excitement addict." Cooking a meal that would be consumed in fifteen minutes had no appeal when she could make a painting that might last forever”.....from Amazon.com
The MCMA library book club meets on the first Tuesday of each month in the library at 
12:00 noon, bring a sandwich, dessert coffee and tea provided.

  For more information you can call   Pat @ 773-8396 during libraryhours,Tue.,Wed,Thurs.10:00 am to 3:00 pm, 519 Congress St, 0r e-mail  mcma1857@gmail.com

First Friday downtown Artwalk should be festive with Congress St closed to car traffic.It will be a "potpourri" of Authors and Artists on the second Library in Mechanics' Hall, 519 Congress St.,elevator accessible. 

Featuring Artist & Authors

Joanne Fitzpatrick and her Pressed Flower Cards

Author John Moon-"Portland, Then and Now"

Paintings and Quilt work by Madeline Young
On going exhibit of Liz Potter-"Tree Cookie Art"

Author Rebecca Goodale, Chilren's Books(Island Dog) & Art 

Illustrator Michael Connors

Author Illustrator Patrick Harrison-"Quiet Courage"

Monday Dec.9th@7:30 pm

The first of the  three MCMA winter film series  of documentary filmmaker  Robert Flaherty,showing in a new venue at the MHS lecture Hall-Monday Dec.9th@7:30 pm


North (also known as Nanook of the North: A Story Of Life and Love In the Actual Arctic) is a 1922 silent documentary film by Robert J. Flaherty. In the tradition of what would later be called salvage ethnography, Flaherty captured the struggles of the Inuk Nanook and his family in the Canadian arctic. The film is considered the first feature-length documentary....................The film was shot near Inukjuak, on Hudson Bay in northern Quebec, Canada. Having worked as a prospector and explorer in Arctic Canada among the Inuit, Flaherty was familiar with his subjects and set out to document their lifestyle.....copied from Wikipedia

The film will shown at the;

Earle G. Shettleworth Jr. Lecture Hall   Maine Historical Society489 Congress St., parking off Brown St. in the rear of MHS            

 film begins at 7:30pm, Doors open at 7:00pm            

Admission- Open to the public, free for MCMA members,               $5.00  for non-members and $4.00 for Seniors



Sunday

MCMA NOV. NEWS & EVENTS


MCMA NOVEMBER ARTIST in the Library

LIZ POTTER 
NOVEMBER 1st,2013
“Liz enjoys incorporating her love for nature and her love for art by painting on pieces on natural-edged reclaimed wood. She affectionately calls her canvases “tree cookies”, and the preparation for them is almost as intensive as the art making. Her work is bright and bold, drawing influence from the Art Nouveau movement, comics, and children's books.”
Friday Nov. 1st
519 Congress St. Portland Me. Second Floor 

Elevator accessible 
Art Illustration- Exhibit opens on The First Friday Downtown Art Walk, Nov.1st, 5:00-8:00pm
On exhibit in the
library for the month 
of November, viewable during library hours; Tues,Wed & Thurs. 10:00 am-3:00 pm, for more info PH.#773-8396 or e-mail at-
mcma1857@gmail.com or check out Liz Potter at - lizpotterart.com 


Nov.5th,2013 MCMA-First Tuesday Book Club
"White dog fell from the sky" by Eleanor Morse
Meet Local author Eleanor Morse Who will be attending 
  “Botswana, 1976. Isaac Muthethe thinks that he is dead. Smuggled across the border from South Africa in a hearse, he awakens covered in dust, staring at blue sky and the face of White Dog. Far from dead, he is, for the first time, in a country without apartheid. A medical student in South Africa, he was forced to flee after witnessing a friend murdered by white members of the South African Defense Force.
  Walking along the road into Gaborone, Botswana’s capital, White Dog following close behind, a chance encounter with an old school acquaintance changes the course of his life”..........For more info-  
The MCMA library book club meets on the first Tuesday of each month in the library at 12:00 noon, bring a sandwich, dessert coffee and tea provided.
  For more information you can call   Pat @ 773-8396 during library
hours,Tue.,Wed,Thurs.10:00 am to 3:00 pm, 519 Congress St.
                                            0r e-mail  mcma1857@gmail.com
Monday Nov.18th-Travel lecture
“Eastern Canada” presented by John Holod and Jodie Ginter
The Canadian Maritimes are a region of Eastern Canada consisting of three provinces, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island. Our video includes the Gaspe Peninsula and Newfoundland/ Labrador for a spectacular adventure that should be on every travelers "to do" list! The video includes: Tadoussac - whale watching - St. Lawrence River - lighthouse history - Forillon National Park - Bonaventure Island and Percé Rock.
CATHERINE Mc AULEY HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM
     631 Stevens Avenue
           opposite Evergreen Cemetery
     Parking Lot off Walton St.
         7:30-Doors open @6:45
  Wheelchair accessible

Free to members and open to the public, a  $5.00 ($4.00 for Seniors/Students)donation suggested for non-members or guests.Dvd’s of the travel lecture are also usually available  to buy from the presenter.

FMI, CALL THE LIBRARY AT 773-8396 OR


Tuesday

OCTOBER NEWS & EVENTS AT THE MCMA


October Art Exhibit in the library-”COUNTERPOINT”- A two person exhibit, Debe Laughlin & Dorette Amell(MCMA member), after opening on the First Friday Artwalk it will be on display through the month of October, Tues, Wed. & Thurs.10;00 am-3:00 pm
    FMI call the library @ 207-773-8396 0r e-mail @ mcma1857@gmail.com

Book Club on Tuesday Oct.8th(second Tuesday this month), Mother of Invention by Pat Taub the author will be attending
“She insists that her daughter call her Mother, not Mom, because “it sounds more dignified,” yet she also confides searing personal secrets to Pati. There is one secret, however, that Pati does not know. Her mother’s death sets the author on a journey of discovery that she recounts with striking candor and droll humor. Taub begins to wonder if the narcissistic Ice Queen she long ago cast in “that scratchy old movie about The Woman Who Ruined My Life” might be “a figment of my own dysfunction.” The mysteries she unravels about her mother, and herself, will change her life forever.”
 Available at:
Longfellow Books, 1 Monument Sq., Portland, ME
Nonesuch Books, Mill Creek Shopping Ctr., S. Portland, ME
Book Review, Route #1, Falmouth, ME

Were you aware that many members and past Presidents of the MCMA are buried at Evergreen Cemetery?
The "Charitable Mechanics" tour at Evergreen Cemetery on Stevens Avenue will be on Sunday, Oct. 13, 2013 at 2:00PM.  The price for the tour is $7.00 per person.
Docents from Evergreen has been doing research at the MCMA Library and were excited to confirm that many members are indeed resting at Evergreen.
Docent and MCMA member, Mary Foley, will be leading the tour and you can see more information about Evergreen and other events on their website www.friendsofevergreen.org
Hope to see you at what promises to be a very interesting day.
Donna Knoblock
MCMA Secretary


Monday,October 28th Lecture and film by Portland Fire Department Historians on three  historic major fires
CATHERINE Mc AULEY HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM
631 Stevens Avenue
     opposite Evergreen Cemetery
     Parking Lot off Walton St.
         7:30-Doors open @6:45
  Wheelchair accessible
 Free to members and open to the public, a  $5.00 
donation suggested for non-members or guests.Dvd’s of the travel lecture are also usually available  to buy from the presenter.

Friday

Three events for the month of September
1>First Tuesday Book Club will meet  on Sept. 3rd to discuss-"Wild: From lost to found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed"(non-fiction)
2>September Artist in the library and opening on Sept. 6th for the First Friday Downtown Art Walk, will be-Assemblage Artist-Anastasia S. Weigle, "The Dark Carnival Papers"- Tass was the July artist in 2012-exhibiting-"Down the Rabbit Hole"
3>The first Travel lecture is on Monday September 23, 2013, more info on the lectures later will be available.

Sept.3rd-MCMA First Tuesday Book Club
Wild: From lost to found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed(non-fiction)
NATIONAL BESTSELLER

A Best Nonfiction Book of 2012: The Boston GlobeEntertainment Weekly
A Best Book of the Year: NPR, St. Louis DispatchVogue
“At twenty-two, Cheryl Strayed thought she had lost everything. In the wake of her mother’s death, her family scattered and her own marriage was soon destroyed. Four years later, with nothing more to lose, she made the most impulsive decision of her life. With no experience or training, driven only by blind will, she would hike more than a thousand miles of the Pacific Crest Trail from the Mojave Desert through California and Oregon to Washington State—and she would do it alone. Told with suspense and style, sparkling with warmth and humor, Wild powerfully captures the terrors and pleasures of one young woman forging ahead against all odds on a journey that maddened, strengthened, and ultimately healed her.”
from- 




The MCMA library book club meets on the first Tuesday of each month in the library at 12:00 noon, bring a sandwich, dessert coffee and tea provided.
  For more information you can call   Pat @ 773-8396 during library
hours,Tue.,Wed,Thurs.10:00 am to 3:00 pm, 519 Congress St.
                                            0r e-mail  mcma1857@gmail.com

http://www.anastasiaweigle.com                         September Artist-Exhibiting
               "The Dark Carnival Papers"
September Artist in the library and opening on Sept. 6th for the First Friday Downtown Art Walk, will be-Assemblage Artist-Anastasia S. Weigle, - Tass was the MCMA July artist in 2012-exhibiting-"Down the Rabbit Hole"
-- For more info on Tass please check out her bio's at the sites below.
Anastasia S. Weigle
http://www.anastasiaweigle.com
http://www.inabindstudio.com          
Monday,September 23,2013
 Marlin Darrah presents
    “Italy; A Journey to Venice, Tuscanay, Rome, Naples & the Amalfi Coast”

 Shot in beautiful HD in 2009) Italy is a country with a staggering wealth of history, culture and natural beauty. This filmmaker's journey showcases the eternal city of Rome, the incomparable gondola-laden waterways of Venice, the Renaissance treasure that is Florence, and finally the Amalfi coast, which is arguably the most beautiful in the world - with its lustrous villages and lemon groves clinging to side of mountains cascading down to the Mediterranean.......D in 2009) Italy is a ccultu
presented at the
CATHERINE McAULEY HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM
     631 Stevens Avenue
           opposite Evergreen Cemetery
     Parking Lot off Walton St.
         7:30-Doors open @6:45
  Wheelchair accessible

Free to members and open to the public, a  $5.00 
donation suggested for non-members or guests.Dvd’s of the travel lecture are also usually available  to buy from the presenter.

FMI, CALL THE LIBRARY AT 773-8396 OR

Saturday

MCMA August events

 MCMA AUGUST EVENTS

August Artist in the Library and August 2nd First Friday Art Walk exhibit will be Oil Paintings by Fawzi Hasson and his daughter Maha. Fawzi Hasson, an accomplished painter, was born in Baghdad,Iraq in 1954. He is well known in Iraq for his use of colors and remarkable representation of light.He is the son of a shipbuilder and paints ships with remarkable accuracy.He is a teacher and instructor , he brought his family to America in 2008, coming to Portland in 2013. Fawzi’s daughter has followed her father’s teaching and is now showing her own paintings along with her father’s paintings which have been on exhibit at Mainely Frames & Gallery , at 541 Congress St.

First Tuesday Book club, August 6th-”Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

The MCMA library book club meets on the first Tuesday of each month in the library at 12:00 noon, bring a sandwich, dessert coffee and tea provided.
  For more information you can call   Pat @ 773-8396 during library
hours,Tue.,Wed,Thurs.10:00 am to 3:00 pm, 519 Congress St.
                                            0r e-mail  mcma1857@gmail.com

August 14th noon time lunch lecture

“The White Man’s Grave”; A jungle Journal, a story of Sierra Leone, by Mike Plaisted. 
   Mike Plaisted is a Maine native who attended U of Iowa writer’s workshop and is trying to spread an understanding of humanity through this journal. “Though villagers are different from us we have more in common than we have differences. WE all bleed red”.
Bring a lunch, dessert, coffee and tea provided.


Sunday

Jonathan Eiten MCMA July Artist and Events

MCMA member Jonathan Eiten has been painting in Maine since 1997, apprenticed to oil painter Jon Allen Marshall. In 2004 he was accepted into membership of the Copley Society of Art in Boston and, a couple of years later, awarded the tittle of Copley Artist.Jonathan has exibited in many galleries artound Portland  with great reviews, more pictures and info can be found at  http://jonathaneiten.blogspot.com/
 MCMA member Jonathan Eiten will be opening his exhibit of Oil Paintings on the First Friday Artwalk,July 5th   and during the month of July in the library Tuesday,Wed.&Thurs.10:00am to 3:00 pm,  more info on the Artist can be found at                         

Second  floor, elevator accessible, 519 Congress St.FMI call 773-8396 or e-mail at  mcma1857@gmail.com
        MCMA Library First Tuesday Book Club
                  July 2nd-Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich(non-fiction)

“Ehrenreich tells the reader that she developed the idea for this book over an expensive lunch with the editor of Harper’s, Lewis Lapham. Ehrenreich wondered how unskilled workers survive on such meager incomes; particularly, she was interested in how the 4 million women who were about to be booted into the labor market by welfare reform were going to make it at $6 or $7 an hour. Ehrenreich was not thrilled about undertaking the task herself. She remembers that even in the 1960s, when her fellow college students sought jobs in factories to organize the working class, she was not interested. Ehrenreich has witnessed various loved ones pull themselves out of the misery that can be associated with low-wage work. Ehrenreich decides to consider the project a scientific experiment, as she has a Ph.D. in biology. She learns that in 1998, 30% of the workforce worked for $8 an hour or less. She cannot imagine how these people survive, and wants to uncover their tricks”  Introduction-TheBestnotes.com

The MCMA library book club meets on the first Tuesday of each month in the library at 12:00 noon, bring a sandwich, dessert coffee and tea provided.
  For more information you can call   Pat @ 773-8396 during library
hours,Tue.,Wed,Thurs.10:00 am to 3:00 pm, 519 Congress St.
                                            0r e-mail  mcma1857@gmail.com




Tuesday

MCMA June Events

    Patrick Harrison   
June Art exhibit in the library and opening on First Friday 
June7th
"Imaginative Cartography and Other Works by Patrick Harrison". Patrick will also be featuring his ebook-"Quiet Courage", soon to be       available in print.
For more info on Patrick Harrison checkout his web site http://sundast.tumblr.com/post/51470978346/this-is-now-a-real-blog


First Tuesday Book Club-June 4th


“The Dressmaker,” by Kate Alcott

                "This novel is as much about the sinking of the Titanic as it is about dressmaking. Written by D.C. journalist Patricia O’Brien under the pen name Kate Alcott, it’s an unashamed girlie-book with a woman’s attractive behind adorning the cover, sporting an elegant semi-bustle. The dress seems to bunch up under the arms, and you can spend several minutes figuring out how someone put the thing together. Which brings up an interesting aspect of “making history,” particularly the kind that Virginia Woolf used to talk about: the flocks of girls with bits of sewing in their laps, chattering about men, defining them, often by bursts of rude laughter. That’s a form of history, too............."WashingtonPost"


The MCMA library book club meets on the first Tuesday of each month at 12:00 noon, bring a sandwich, dessert coffee and tea provided.
  For more information you can call   Pat @ 773-8396 during library
hours,Tue.,Wed,Thurs.10:00 am to 3:00 pm
                                            0r e-mail  mcma1857@gmail.com

Thursday

MCMA May events in the library

"The whole package"

"Let them eat Cake"
























Lesley MacVane ,MCMA member, Officer and Photographer will be our May Artist in the library and will open her photography exhibit -"Stiletto Life"
on the First Friday Downtown Art Walk, May 3rd 5:00-8:00 pm



MCMA-First Tuesday Book Club
May 7th, 2013

"YOU KNOW WHEN
THE MEN ARE GONE"

By Siobhan Fallon
Winner of the 2012 PEN CENTER USA LITERARY Award in Fiction
2012 INDIES CHOICE Honor Award
TEXAS INSTITUE OF LETTERS Award for First Fiction
Reminiscent of Raymond Carver
and Tim O’Brien, an
unforgettable collection
of interconnected short stories.
Chosen as a Best Book Pick of 2011:
The MCMA library book club meets on the first Tuesday of each month at 12:00 noon, bring a sandwich, dessert coffee and tea provided.
  For more information you can call   Pat @ 773-8396 during library
hours,Tue.,Wed,Thurs.10:00 am to 3:00 pm
                                            0r e-mail  mcma1857@gmail.com


Sunday

April Events in the Mechanics' Library

APRIL AND FIRST FIDAY ARTIST(April 5th) in the Library- 
 "Painter and Graphic Artist" John Handcock will be exhibiting his fine work.


MCMA-First Tuesday Book Club
TUESDAY, April 2nd, 2013

Monica Wood  the author will be joining us the Book Club meeting to discuss her book
  "When We Were the Kennedys": A Memoir from Mexico, Maine
New England bestseller
Maine #1 bestseller
Wood’s book...goes much beyond the story of her family’s grief. The book is a meditation on time... It’s also a record of a vanished way of life... it avoids sentimentalizing small-town life... By bringing such a town to life, with all its complexities and imperfections, it’s to Monica Wood’s great credit that she goes a long way to answering these questions. The New Yorker online

"Extraordinary, powerful and moving...This heart-wrenching, emotional, sometimes funny, oftentimes astonishing, and always compelling story is far better than the best novel...You will find yourself pausing, rereading entire paragraphs and thinking about what you've read...Read it and weep. Read it and wonder. Read it and rejoice. Kennebec Journal/Waterville (Maine) Morning Sentinel  

The MCMA library book club meets on the first Tuesday of each month at 12:00 noon, bring a sandwich, dessert coffee and tea provided.
  For more information you can call   Pat @ 773-8396 during library
hours,Tue.,Wed,Thurs.10:00 am to 3:00 pm
                                            0r e-mail  mcma1857@gmail.com

A Newsletter from the MCMA was started and sent out to its members this week, if you do not receive one soon you should contact the library at.-  mcma1857@gmail.com .     
 Three Cheers To the members that made it happen!!! ...

A reminder that the year end Annual meeting will be held on Thursday,April 4th in the library at 9:00 am, I encourage all who can attend to be there and be heard.



Friday March 1st
First Friday Art Walk (5:00 to 8:00 pm) and library artist for the month of March- Joanne Fitzpatrick-

"PRESERVATION of the EARTH"...Pressed flowers
http://authentic-pressed-flowers.blogspot.com/2012/04/presevation-of-earth.html


March 11, 2013

WILDLIFE of YELLOWSTONE. presented by Sandy Mortimer

What happens when you spend enough time getting close with wild animals? You really get to know them...on a personal level! Their families, their struggles, and their daily lives...from birth to death!
In Sandy Mortimer’s production “Wildlife Of Yellowstone,” that’s just what we do...with three very different residents of Yellowstone National Park - - - Trumpeter Swans, Coyotes and Elk.
And as we follow the stories of these three very different animals that share this common home, we meet the multitude of other inhabitants that interact with them. As well as learn about their history and possible future...including the near extinction in the lower forty-eight states of the magnificent Trumpeter Swans by man during the last century... how they survived and were rediscovered. Extraordinary sequences include coyote predation on a swan, defense of their nesting territory from intruding swans, and the young cygnets attempting to fly.
The sequences of the life cycle of the coyote during the changing seasons are dramatic. With rare scenes of a coyote taking fish from an otter, a pack stealing a black bear cub from its mother and pursuing antelope, bighorn sheep and elk. In it’s role as predator, the fierce and surprisingly playful coyote whom the Indians called “Song Dog”, is amazing.
The struggles and triumphs of Yellowstone’s elk are shown in extraordinary scenes, including a young elk calf being captured by a grizzly, a cow’s defense of her newborn calf against coyotes and large bulls battling for the right to mate. We also explore the historical impact of man on the herd over the past century and policies that threatened them with extinction and then overpopulation. We touch on the reintroduction of the wolf, the use of fire and how the present herd affects the vegetation and other animals.
Along with playful otters, pesky geese, and a collection of other inhabitants, this saga of Yellowstone’s residents will give us an in-depth adventure into a world few humans ever see.


last lecture of the season
March 25, 2013 
Korea: Land of Contrast
Produced and Narrated by Buddy Hatton

With over 10 million people, a figure that doubles if you include neighboring cities and suburbs, Seoul is the largest city in South Korea and unquestionably the economic, political and cultural hub of the country. By some measures it is the second largest urban agglomeration on the planet, after Tokyo. Situated between Shanghai and Tokyo and bordered by the impenetrable North Korea to the north, the South Korean capital is sometimes overlooked by American travelers but Seoul is an exciting location in its own right, and incredibly safe. With beautiful palaces, great food and a shopping nightlife, Seoul is an exciting way to experience the Asia of old and new. Veterans from the "Korea war" will not recognize what they remember from that time in the mid 50's. The American and ally bases are now all modern cities. The barracks are gone and in their place, new high-rises. Buddy Hatton invites you to travel with him to meet the people and experience the sites of this friendly, ultra modern country. From dynamic Seoul to beautiful Buson, the ports of Inchon and even to the DMZ, you will never forget your film journey to "South Korea in the 21st Century!"
Catherine McAuley High School Auditorium
631 Stevens Ave, Parking lot off Walton Street
Portland Maine
Starts at 7:30, doors open at 6:45
 Open to the public
Free for MCMA members, a $5.00 donation for non-members
Handicap accessible

Monday

February Exhibiting Artist Jane Macomber in the library and MCMA Events


MCMA February Events
February Artist in the library is Photographer Jane Macomber, her exhibit “CLASSIC NEW ENGLAND” will open on the February 1st Friday(5:00-8:00pm)Down Town Portland Art Walk in the Mechanics’Library. 
519 Congress St. second floor, elevator accessible

"Classic New England".
           I am a native Mainer, having grown up in Castine. I went to school at Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts, but did not study photography. I am self taught, having gotten the love from my father who is also self taught, and from my love of life. I have lived in Portland for two years, after having spent fifteen years in Amherst. My photos are a mixture of digital and 35mm. A few were even taken with a phone camera! As long as I can capture things, I am happy!”JANE MACOMBER
MCMA-First Tuesday Book Club

TUESDAY, Feb.5th, 2013

The Language of Flowers
by Vanessa Diffenbaugh (Goodreads Author)

A mesmerizing, moving, and elegantly written debut novel, The Language of Flowers beautifully weaves past and present, creating a vivid portrait of an unforgettable woman whose gift for flowers helps her change the lives of others even as she struggles to overcome her own troubled past.

The MCMA library book club meets on the first Tuesday of each month at 12:00 noon, bring a sandwich, dessert coffee and tea provided.
  For more information you can call   Pat @ 773-8396 during library hours,Tue.,Wed,Thurs.10:00 am to 3:00 pm
519 Congress St. second floor, elevator accessible
                                     0r e-mail-mcma1857@gmail.com

MCMA Travel lecture series
Monday-February 25, 2013
 SOUTHERN EUROPE :A Journey from Paris to Cannes, Spain, Croatia, Greece & Istanbul. Presented by Marlin Darrah
    A delicious sampler package from many wonderful Central and Southern European cities. A feast of architectural and cultural highlights from Paris, Cannes, Barcelona, Granada, Seville, Croatia, Greece & Istanbul. From the Seine and art galleries of Paris; to the Moorish palaces and market streets of Spain; to the greatest coastal walled city in the world, to the most fascinating and alluring city of the E. Mediterranean, Istanbul. This program is filled with rich HD cinematography and music. (filmed in 2009)
Catherine McAuley High School Auditorium
631 Stevens Ave, Parking lot off Walton Street
Portland Maine
Starts at 7:30, doors open at 6:45
 Open to the public
Free for MCMA members, a $5.00 donation for non-members
Handicap accessible