October Events at the MCMA

 MCMA October Artist-The Art of Teaching Printmaking  -Progressive Prints    
by Jayne Young           OpeningReception, First Friday Downtown Artwalk
October 3, 5:00-8:00 pm

  

 

Mechanics’Hall Library 519 congress St.

2nd floor, elevator accessible

First Tuesday Book Club, Mechanics’ Hall Library

Tues. Oct.7th

First Tuesday Book Club- Ali and Nino by Kurban Said-Fiction

“First published in Vienna in 1937, this classic story of romance and adventure has been compared to Dr. Zhivago and Romeo and Juliet.  Its mysterious author was recently the subject of a feature article in the New Yorker, which has inspired a forthcoming biography. Out of print for nearly three decades until the hardcover re-release last year, Ali and Nino is Kurban Said's masterpiece. It is a captivating novel as evocative of the exotic desert landscape as it is of the passion between two people pulled apart by culture, religion, and war.”

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/474078.Ali_and_Nino

Meeting held in the Maine Charitable Mechanic Association        Library at 12:00 noon

 519 Congress St, second floor, elevator accessible

 Bring a lunch; dessert and drinks(tea or lemonade) provided

 All are welcome. 

Pre-reading of the book is not required. 

October 9th-NOON TIME LECTURE-Herb Adams, "The War of 1812 Battle between the Boxer & the Enterprise"

"On September 5, 1813, the HMS Boxer and the USS Enterprise engaged in a naval battle off the coast of Monhegan during the War of 1812. The dominant Royal Navy engaged the developing US Navy in many battles during the war, but the battle of the Boxer and the Enterprise embodied a level of honor and respect not seen in modern warfare. Both Capt. William Burrows of the USS Enterprise and Capt. Samuel Blyth of the HMS Boxer were struck down early in the fighting and neither survived this legendary battle. After a grueling exchange, the Boxer capitulated and the Enterprise towed her prize into the Port of Portland, as witnessed by Capt. Lemuel Moody from the Portland Observatory on Munjoy Hill………"from MHS..https://www.mainehistory.org/programs_1812.shtml

Purchase a reproduction of this item on VintageMaineImages.com.

First Travel lecture of the fall season of 2014
Monday,Oct. 20 -"San Francisco"

The lectures will be held at:

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

    FMI-call 773-8396 or mcma1857@gmail.com