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

FYI.....   Authentic Pressed Flowers: Presevation of Earth 

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

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 

MCMA library, January events

First Friday Artwalk on Jan. 4th, 2013, 5:00 to 8:00 pm in the library, "ICELAND in Slides"-A slide show from the MCMA in-house library collection, ca.1973

Where: 519 Congress St Downtown Portland

          Second  floor, elevator accessible

Time:  Friday April,6th,5pm -8:00pm

Other:  Library is open Tue.,Wed.&Thursday,

              10:00am to 3:00pm

FMI-773-8396 or  mcma1815@hotmail.com

MCMA-First Tuesday Book Club

TUESDAY, JAN.8th, 2013

In her bestselling novels Kristin Hannah has plumbed the depths of friendship, the loyalty of sisters, and the secrets of mothers. Now she explores the inner landscape of a marriage --- with this provocative and timely story of a husband and a wife in love and at war.

HOME FRONT is Coming Soon in Paperback on January 8 andAvailable Now in Hardcover and E-Book.

more info at -http://kristinhannah.com/content/index.php

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  mcma1815@hotmail.com

December Events of the MCMA

 First Tuesday Book Club

December 4 , Tuesday 2012

 In the Bleak Mid-Winter, 

by Julia Spencer-Flemming

In the Bleak Midwinter

  It’s a cold, snowy December in the upstate New York town of Millers Kill, and newly-ordained Clare Fergusson is on thin ice as the first female priest of its small Episcopal church. The ancient regime running the parish covertly demands that she prove herself as a leader. However, her blunt manner, honed by years as an army pilot, is meeting with a chilly reception from some members of her congregation. Chief of Police Russ Van Alystyne , in particular, doesn’t know what to make of her, or how to address “a lady priest” for that matter.

The last thing she needs is trouble, but that is exactly what she finds. When a newborn baby is abandoned on the church stairs and a young mother is brutally murdered, Clare has to pick her way through the secrets and silence that shadow that town like the ever-present Adirondack mountains. As the days dwindle and the attraction grows between the novice priest and the married police chief, Clare will need all her faith, tenacity, and courage to stand fast against a killer’s icy heart.

“The prose soars...the story twists and turns to the last page.”

Maine Sunday Telegram —

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,Tues,Wed,Thurs.10:00 am to 3:00 pm

Monday,December 3, 2012

Around the World;One man’s Journey

presented by Doug Jones

   Highlights of the film include The Taj Mahal, The Kamakura Buddha, The Pyramids, The Treasures of Tutankhamen, The Eiffel Tower, Big Ben, The Berlin Wall, Iguazu Falls, Machu Picchu, Carnaval in Rio, The Great Wall of China, and The Glaciers of Alaska, Destinations as diverse as Hollywood to Hong Kong, Moscow to Brunei, Tokyo to the Amazon are featured in this very personal film. Doug Jones uses the film to show how our world has changed and exposes the viewer to an amazing assortment of different cultures.

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

First Friday Downtown Art Walk, DEC.7, 2012

MCMA Collection,”Butterflies of the World”, real specimens. 

Also John Moon will present his new DVD  and book on Portland-”A City by the Sea”

MCMA November Events

 Monday,November 5, 2012

LEWIS and CLARK; Confluence of Time and Courage

Presented by Gary Warriner

   Gary Warriner’s film is the official Lewis and Clark bicentennial documentary, commissioned by the federal government. Warriner brings the historic journey up the Mississippi to life as he retraces the explorers’ steps from Missouri, through buffalo herds and teepee villages, across the Rockies to the Pacific Ocean.

A 4 minute pre-view clip....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ni76Zt4YPDU 

Celebrating the MCMA presentation of travel lectures for the past 100 years !

                        Refreshments will be available during the intermission

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

November 6-......FIRST TUESDAY BOOK CLUB

The Beginner's Goodbye, by Ann Tyler

Publication Date: April 3, 2012

Anne Tyler gives us a wise, haunting, and deeply moving new novel in which she explores how a middle-aged man, ripped apart by the death of his wife, is gradually restored by her frequent appearances—in their house, on the roadway, in the market.

Crippled in his right arm and leg, Aaron spent his childhood fending off a sister who wants to manage him. So when he meets Dorothy, a plain, outspoken, self-dependent young woman, she is like a breath of fresh air. Unhesitatingly he marries her, and they have a relatively happy, unremarkable marriage. But when a tree crashes into their house and Dorothy is killed, Aaron feels as though he has been erased forever. Only Dorothy’s unexpected appearances from the dead help him to live in the moment and to find some peace. 

Gradually he discovers, as he works in the family’s vanity-publishing business, turning out titles that presume to guide beginners through the trials of life, that maybe for this beginner there is a way of saying goodbye. 

A beautiful, subtle exploration of loss and recovery, pierced throughout with Anne Tyler’s humor, wisdom, and always penetrating look at human foibles.

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,Tues,Wed,Thurs.10:00 am to 3:00 pm

 Monday,November 12, 2012

“Sahel; A West African Journey”

with Sid and Mary Lee Nolan 

Scholar-filmmakers Sid and Mary Lee Nolan take us on a fascinating journey through the Sahel, the African zone that borders the Sahara Desert and separates it from the humid forestlands to the south.  Start on the Atlantic shore of Senegal and travel overland to Mali and along the Niger River to Maliís Dogon Country.  This is a truly remarkable and little-visited region of the world, and the Nolans bring alive its people, traditions, art, wildlife and natural beauty. 

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

MCMA member and artist Reggie O will continue to exhibit in the library during the month of November

MCMA October events

Reggie Osborn is a MCMA member and local Artist

Exhibit opens on the First Friday Art Walk  Oct.5th , 2012, 5-8:00pm 
and will be on  exhibit in the library during the month of October  and November.

519 Congress St, second floor,Elevator accessible, 

library hrs., Tues.,Wed. & Thurs.;10:00 am-3:00 pm

FMI call 773-8396 or e-mail  mcma1815@hotmail.com

October 4th-Quarterly meeting of the MCMA in the library @ 9:00 am

Monday,October 22

MCMA Travel lecture

Marlin Darrah presents Afghanistan and Pakistan:Journey from Kabul to the Khyber Pass

“Images of Afghanistan and Pakistan have been common on the news in the last 10 years. The two countries have been suddenly thrown onto the world stage with the war on terrorism.But how much do we really know about these distant and intriguing frontier countries? Journey with Martin Darrah as he explores what it is really like for a non-military traveler to take a trip through these two fascinating countries.” Travel Film Adventure series

Catherine McAuley High School Auditorium 631 Stevens ave. Portland Me. 

Starts @7:30 pm

doors open at 6:45 pm

Handicapped accessible

The lectures are open to the public, free for MCMA members and a FIVE DOLLAR ($5) donation is asked for non-members attending.