Sunday

Mechanics' Hall Library & MCMA Events in Jan.2015


Joanne Fitzpatrick's Exhibit of nature’s pressed flowers opened on the First Friday Artwalk, Jan.2nd 2015, and is available for viewing for the month of Jan. during Library hrs., Tues, Wed. & Thurs., 10:00 am to 3:00 pm
For more information about the artist check out her website
  1. http://authentic-pressed-flowers.blogspot.co
  2. FMI  call the library at 207-773-8396 or e-mail at mcma1857@gmail.com

Tuesday,Jan.6th, in the Mechanics' Hall library- 
 First Tuesday Book Club will be discussing acclaimed author Maya Angelou’s autobiography 
“I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings” on Jan. 6, 2015, 12PM at Mechanics’ Hall, 519 Congress St., Portland.   
This book is the first in her series of 7 autobiographies of different stages of her life.  With her passing in 2014, America has lost an author, poet, actress and civil rights activist who worked with Dr. Martin Luther King and who, in 1993, recited one of her poems at Bill Clinton’s inauguration.   Bring a lunch, tea and sweets will be provided.  Pre-reading of the book is not necessary and all are welcome.  
After the book discussion we will be selecting books for the next 5 or 6 months so bring your ideas!

Travel Lecture-JAN.12TH, 2015
We are excited to present a slide program on the Antarctic as part of our travel lecture series on Monday, Jan. 12,2015 at McAuley H.S. Auditorium on Stevens Ave. at 7:30 PM.
In February, 2014, Peter Plumb and seven friends chartered a 75’ sailboat, and, with a captain and cook, sailed it from the Beagle Channel, in southern Chile, via Cape Horn to the Antarctica Peninsula.  The trip south took about five days.  Once there they cruised the West coast of the peninsula, getting almost as far south as the Antarctic Circle.  The sail home, again via Cape Horn, took six days.  The voyage included astonishing vistas of the frozen continent and its fringing islands, visits to isolated research stations, parades of icebergs and plenty of wildlife including thousands and thousands of penguins.  From cold Antarctic sunshine to a violent blizzard, this trip had something of everything.
Peter Plumb will be in hand to narrate and answer questions.   Refreshments will be served and all are welcome.


Friday January 16, 2015 - 3 pm Quarterly Members Meeting Historic Date 
On this day in 1815 was the first gathering to form the M.C.M. Association. Come join us on this historic occasion for a members’ meeting and celebration. Food, music, and entertainment will be on offer for members and their guests.
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December Events at Mechanics' hall


Mechanics’ Hall Library December Events
Tues.Dec.2nd
First Tuesday Book Club
1776 by David McCullough
"David McCullough tells the story of those who marched with General George Washington in the year of the Declaration of Independence - when the whole American cause was riding on their success, without which all hope for independence would have been dashed and the noble ideals of the Declaration would have amounted to little more than words on paper." "Based on extensive research in both American and British archives, 1776 is the story of Americans in the ranks, men of every shape, size, and color, farmers, schoolteachers, shoemakers, no-accounts, and mere boys turned soldiers. And it is the story of the King's men, the British commander, William Howe, and his highly disciplined redcoats who looked on their rebel foes with contempt and fought with a valor too little known." "Here also is the Revolution as experienced by American Loyalists, Hessian mercenaries, politicians, preachers, traitors, spies, men and women of all kinds caught in the paths of war." "At the center of the drama, with Washington, are two young American patriots, who, at first, knew no more of war than what they had read in books - Nathanael Greene, a Quaker who was made a general at thirty-three, and Henry Knox, a twenty-five-year-old bookseller” ............http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/1776-david-mccullough/1100185210?ean=9780743226721
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.
  FMI call pat at 773-8396 or e-mail at   mcma1857@gmail.com

Kristine Biegel will be continuing her exhibit of “Whimsical Maine”
DECEMBER ARTIST  KRISTINE BIEGEL -“WHIMSICAL  MAINE” 
“Maine is definitely the way life should be and this group of paintings takes inspiration from the beautiful Maine landscape as well as the people and lifestyles that make us a unique 
and inspirational community.” 
The Creative Child and Adult Arts Program www.creativechildart.net 
December 5th, First Friday Artwalk in the library, 5:00-8:00 pm
Congress St. will be closed off between Monument Square and Congress Square.-6:00-8:00 pm
“Artist and Authors”
Kristine Biegel exhibiting her colorful and whimsical artwork and local authors;
Edward & Morgan Rielly and David Morse
Edward Rielly, a Westbrook resident, is a professor of English and director of the Writing and Publishing program at Saint Joseph’s College.  He has published about two dozen books, including biographies, studies of baseball and football in relation to American society, and volumes of his own poetry. His most recent book is a memoir of his childhood, Bread Pudding and Other Memories: A Boyhood on the Farm.  
  Morgan Rielly is a 2014 graduate of Westbrook High School, where he was salutatorian, served four years as class president, and was a student representative on the Westbrook City Council.  Now a student at Bowdoin College, he wrote Neighborhood Heroes: Life Lessons from Maine’s Greatest Generation based on interviews that he conducted with World War II veterans.
  They will bring copies of Bread Pudding and Other Memories: A Boyhood on the Farm, Sitting Bull: A Biography, and three collections of my poetry: A Fine, Safe Journey; To Sadie at 18 Months and Other Poems; and Old Whitman Loved Baseball and Other Baseball Poems.
  Morgan, of course, will have copies of his Neighborhood Heroes: Life Lessons from Maine’s Greatest Generation.
Author; David Morse
David Morse, a retired radiologist, is a published poet and short story writer. He has led writers groups in Northampton, Massachusetts, Boothbay Harbor and Wells, Maine. His experiences climbing with his wife and three children, hiking and exploring new places were the inspiration for writing “Julie’s Climb”.
Always an observer of life around him, he enjoys writing about the challenges that daily life presents. In Harry and Maude he has found the perfect couple who try to cope with their missteps along the way while finding humor in their resolution.
He lives in Wells with his wife, Joan.

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Friday

mcma-art.blogspot.com: Mechanics' Hall Library Events in November

mcma-art.blogspot.com: Mechanics' Hall Library Events in November
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Mechanics' Hall Library Events in November

 Tues.Nov. 4th
First Tuesday Book Club
From acclaimed novelist Kate Christensen, Blue Plate Special is a mouthwatering literary memoir about an unusual upbringing and the long, winding path to happiness.

“To taste fully is to live fully.” For Kate Christensen, food and eating have always been powerful connectors to self and world—“a subterranean conduit to sensuality, memory, desire.” Her appetites run deep; in her own words, she spent much of her life as “a hungry, lonely, wild animal looking for happiness and stability.” Now, having found them at last, in this passionate feast of a memoir she reflects upon her journey of innocence lost and wisdom gained, mistakes made and lessons learned, and hearts broken and mended.”


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.

 FMI call pat at 773-8396 or e-mail at   mcma1857@gmail.com

November -MCMA Library Event    
First Friday , Nov.7th, Artist-Kristine Biegel
On exhibit for the month of November


        "Whimsical Maine" 
    “Maine is definitely the way life should be and this group of paintings takes inspiration from the beautiful Maine landscape as well as the people and lifestyles that make us a unique and inspirational community."
    Kristine Biegel
Kristine is the owner of The Creative Child and Adult Arts Program.
She has been teaching art classes for over 15 years, sometimes in the art studio, sometimes in schools both public and private, as well as Art Museums, libraries and other non-profits.
She has her Masters in Education and loves to work with artists of all ages and abilities.  She believes that everyone can make great art!
She loves to paint, travel and spend time with her family.

Kristine is the owner of The Creative Child and Adult Arts Program.
She has been teaching art classes for over 15 years, sometimes in the art studio, sometimes in schools both public and private, as well as Art Museums, libraries and other non-profits.
She has her Masters in Education and loves to work with artists of all ages and abilities.  She believes that everyone can make great art!
She loves to paint, travel and spend time with her family.


The Creative Child and Adult Arts Program

Travel Films and dates
Monday,Nov. 10 - "The Other Side of Mexico" is a journey away from the news headlines and the beach resorts.  It is a journey into the scenically dramatic, historically significant and wonderfully colorful Central Highlands.  Included are the contrasts of ancient and modern Mexico City, award-winning arts and crafts, folk dancing and mariachi bands!

Monday, Nov. 24 - "Italy's Fabled Isles, Sicily, Capri and Elba".  Our ports of call include places mentioned in Richard Halliburton's "Glorious Adventure" and Homer's "Odyssey".  We'll walk the land once ruled by Greeks, Carthaginians, Romans, Arabs and Normans while soaking up centuries of culture.

All lectures are at McAuley auditorium on Stevens Ave. in Portland at 7:30PM.  Parking is on-site and the building is wheelchair accessible.  Refreshments will be served.
 Entrance to Mechanics' Hall 519 Congress St
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Thursday

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.”

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
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Sunday

Mechanics' Hall Library Sept. Events

"September" by Nick Pellerin
First Friday Art Walk,
Sept.5th

Mechanics’ Hall library September exhibitor 
       Nick Pellerin
 "Afternoon Mysteries" 

in gouache


Portland Artist Nick Pellerin exhibit opening Friday, Sept 5th, 5:00 to 8:00 pm
519 Congress St, Mechanics’ Hall library
second floor, elevator accessible
The exhibit “Afternoon Mysteries” will also be on display for the month of Sept. and available for viewing during library hrs.Tues, Wed. Thurs., 10:00 am-3:00 pm
FMI-call 773-8396 or mcma1857@gmail.com

Mechanics’ Hall Library
Tues.Sept. 2nd

First Tuesday Book Club

"The End of Your Life Book Club"

         by Will Schwalbe

“What are you reading?”

“That’s the question Will Schwalbe asks his mother, Mary Anne, as they sit in the waiting room of the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center. In 2007, Mary Anne returned from a humanitarian trip to Pakistan and Afghanistan suffering from what her doctors believed was a rare type of hepatitis. Months later she was diagnosed with a form of advanced pancreatic cancer, which is almost always fatal, often in six months or less. 

This is the inspiring true story of a son and his mother, who start a “book club” that brings them together as her life comes to a close. ..........”

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13414676-the-end-of-your-life-book-club

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.

 FMI call pat at 773-8396 or e-mail at   mcma1857@gmail.com
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Monday

MCMA August Events


Friday,August 1st,Artist Rebecca Goodale, author, book designer & MCMA member opens her exhibit- "Menagerie"-silkscreen prints and ink on paper for the First Friday Downtown Artwalk(5:00-8:00pm) and on display for the month of August in the library.For more info on Rebecca Goodale check out her website.. http://usm.maine.edu/bookarts/rebecca-goodale
Tuesday August 5th, First Tuesday Book Club-Death Comes to Pemberley by P.D.James









    “In their six years of marriage, Elizabeth and Darcy have forged a peaceful, happy life for their family at Pemberley, Darcy’s impressive estate. Her father is a regular visitor; her sister Jane and her husband, Bingley, live
nearby; the marriage prospects for Darcy’s sister, Georgiana, are favorable. And preparations for their
annual autumn ball are proceeding apace. But on the eve of the ball, chaos descends. Lydia Wickham, Elizabeth’s disgraced sister who, with her husband, has been barred from the estate, arrives in a hysterical state—shrieking that Wickham has been murdered. Plunged into frightening mystery and a lurid murder trial, the lives of Pemberley’s owners and servants alike may never be the
same.” .........from Amazon Books
Meeting held in the Maine Charitable 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.
FMI call pat at 773-8396 or e-mail at mcma1857@gmail.com 

 Weds.August 6th, Noon Time Book Talk- The Saco Drive-In, Cinema Under the Sky by Camille M.Smalley.
  “Families, teenagers, friends and sweethearts piled in their cars and filled the lot of Maine's first drive-in on opening night in 1939. A newsreel and cartoon rolled before the feature presentation, Forbidden Music, cast the first outdoor movie spell over the town of Saco. Families came for the fresh-air movie experience, while visitors in the 1950s and '60s enjoyed the dimly lit privacy. The community rallied to save the Saco Drive-In in 2013, voting to fund the transition to digital projection. Now, families and couples of the future can continue to enjoy cinema under the Maine sky. Join local author Camille Smalley as she recounts the history, films and memories of the Saco Drive-In.”
Amazon.com
Meeting held in the Maine Charitable 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.
FMI call pat at 773-8396 or e-mail at mcma1857@gmail.com 
Saturday,August 23rd, at 10;30 am 
     Walking tour of MCMA members buried at Evergreen Cemetery on Stevens Ave. $7, more information is available on the Friends of Evergreen we site...http://www.friendsofevergreen.org/tours/
 
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