Week-long Book Sale

Dr. Shaw Memorial Library, Mt. Vernon 344 Pond Rd., Mt. Vernon, ME, United States

The Doctor Shaw Memorial Library in Mt. Vernon will be hosting a week-long booksale during our usual open hours throughout the week of July 11, here at the library, in the Clayton Dolloff room in the second floor of the older part of the building. Please come browse & buy during the hours of: Monday (July 11) from 3-6pm, Wednesday (July 13) from 9AM-Noon and 3-7PM, and Saturday (July 16) from 10AM-3PM. Donations will be $1.00/bag of books – quite a deal! Come in and stock up on reading material! We’ll be happy to see you!

Free – $1

Community Poetry Reading

Mt. Vernon Community Center 2 Main St., Mt. Vernon, ME, ME, United States

Join us for an afternoon of readings of favorite poems and poets, given by community members of all ages.  People have read Robert Frost, Shakespeare, Jane Kenyon, Shel Silverstein, and many more to us over the years.  Bring your favorite book of poetry (we'll have some books there, too), read a poem to us, or just listen.  There will be refreshments.  Sponsored by the Dr. Shaw Memorial Library, Mt. Vernon.

Free

Stories from the Metroplex

Mt. Vernon Community Center 2 Main St., Mt. Vernon, ME, ME, United States

Anyone in Mt. Vernon, Vienna, Fayette area (and beyond) is invited to share brief stories, musings, or even odd, sweet, or funny bits of writing they've come across.  Ideas for what you might share:  stories from childhood, how you came to be here, something you wrote for school and have kept over the years, passages from personal correspondence, hopes for future adventures.  We ask that stories are family-friendly and are no longer than five minutes long. Please join us at the Mt. Vernon Community Center on Sunday, August 7 at 3pm.  Sponsored by the Dr. Shaw Memorial Library.

Free

What a Story!

Mt. Vernon Community Center 2 Main St., Mt. Vernon, ME, ME, United States

Thursday, August 25 at 4pm, at the Mt. Vernon Community Center, the Dr. Shaw Memorial Library is hosting a talk by Rob and Holly Groom (retired doctor and teacher from Fayette) who spend 10 months each year in Kenya helping to save lives and better the lives of children and women by providing medical care and teaching sewing skills.  Come hear them talk about their many experiences doing this work in Kenya.

Free

Improv Theater in Mt. Vernon

Mt. Vernon Community Center 2 Main St., Mt. Vernon, ME, ME, United States

The Marti Stevens Interactive Improvisational Theater group will perform scenarios about challenges older Mainers encounter as they live & age in their communities.  Scenes will be followed by a chance for the audience to ask questions of the players "in character" and to suggest possible solutions to the challenges presented.  The Marti Stevens group's shows on this topic are funded by Spectrum Generations, through an AARP grant.  Join us for this free event on Saturday, Sept. 17 at 4pm, at the Mt. Vernon Community Center.  Sponsored by the Dr. Shaw Memorial Library.

Free

Afternoon With an Author

Mt. Vernon Community Center 2 Main St., Mt. Vernon, ME, ME, United States

Come hear a talk by local author David Wilson on Saturday, October 22, at 4PM at the Mt. Vernon Community Center, 2 Main St., Mt. Vernon.  Sponsored by the Dr. Shaw Memorial Library.  The author will talk about his book, Two Seasons, there will be a Q&A session, and he will sign copies of his book, which will be available for purchase.

Free

The Underground Railroad, a book talk by Dale Potter-Clark

Dr. Shaw Memorial Library, Mt. Vernon 344 Pond Rd., Mt. Vernon, ME, United States

The Dr. Shaw Memorial Library and Vienna Historical Society are co-sponsoring an author talk with local historian Dale Potter-Clark on Wednesday, November 16 at 6PM at the library, 344 Pond Rd., Mt. Vernon.  Potter-Clark will discuss her new historical novel about the Underground Railroad, Escape from Bunker Hill, the story of a Maine couple who move to Florida to help slaves escape north.  The book also follows 4 escapees as they head North and make their way through Maine.

Free

Income Tax Information Workshop

Dr. Shaw Memorial Library, Mt. Vernon 344 Pond Rd., Mt. Vernon, ME, United States

David Fuller, certified AARP Tax Aide Counselor will be at the Dr. Shaw Memorial Library in Mt. Vernon to discuss changes affecting 2022 tax returns.  He will highlight changes in Maine tax law regarding the Property Tax Fairness Credit and Earned Income Tax Credit, increases in Pension Income Deduction and revisions to the Education Opportunity Tax Credit.  The information he presents will help you through this tax season.

Free

Winter Sowing

Mt. Vernon Community Center 2 Main St., Mt. Vernon, ME, ME, United States

Winter seed sowing in clear plastic containers that act as mini greenhouses is an easy, inexpensive way to start seedlings.  Come learn how to do it, and start some seedlings of your own!  The program will be presented by wonderful local gardener, Rhonda Marquis, on Sunday, March 5, at 1PM at the Mt. Vernon Community Center.  Materials will be provided, but it would be helpful if you bring a gallon milk jug & some seeds to share.  Limit is 15 participants, and pre-registration is required.  To pre-register, call (293-2565) or email (librarian@drshawlibrary.org) the Dr. Shaw Memorial Library in Mt. Vernon.

Free

AARP Improv Theater

mount vernon community center 2 main st, Mount vernon, ME, United States

The Marti Stevens Interactive Improvisational Theater group will be at the Mt. Vernon Community Center.  They were awarded an AARP grant to present scenarios & discussions about challenges Maine's elder citizens encounter as they live & age in their communities.  Each scenario will be followed by a discussion between the audience and the characters, in order to come up with possible solutions to issues presented.  Sponsored by the Mt. Vernon Aging in Place Committee and the Dr. Shaw Memorial Library.

Free

Poetry reading & discussion by Sarah Carlson

mount vernon community center 2 main st, Mount vernon, ME, United States

On Sunday, July 23 at 3pm, at the Mt. Vernon Community Center, Sarah Carlson will do readings of her poetry, discuss her writing, and sign copies of her latest book, Tender Light Softens.  She combines her writing with photos of scenes from her outdoor Maine adventures.  Tender Light Softens contains work written throughout the pandemic.  This event is sponsored by the Dr. Shaw Memorial Library

Free

Open House

Dr. Shaw Memorial Library, Mt. Vernon 344 Pond Rd., Mt. Vernon, ME, United States

There will be an open house on Saturday, December 16th at the Dr. Shaw Memorial Library in Mt. Vernon, from 1-3PM, to celebrate all of the updates and changes to connect the old and new parts of the building.

Free