Mount Vernon had a few artists place at the WaMaC Art Show in 2025.
Cora Smith received a best of show in 3D pieces with her mixed media piece “The Looming Grace.” The piece also placed first in...
T-Mobile and Bijou Movie Theater held a public reception for the $50,000 grant that the theater received from the Hometown Challenge.
Owner Kelli Kennon-Lane revealed the first phase of work to the...
First place – Autumn Zaehringer (portrait with frame)
• Second place – Hannah Dighton (colorful frog)
• Second place and people’s choice –
Elizabeth Niemczyk (girl with rabbit)
•...
Dorothy, age 5, and Evelyn, age 12, were the winners in the Chalk the Walk Coloring contest held by the Mount Vernon-Lisbon Sun newspa-
per.
The colored drawings were on display in the Mount Vernon-Lisbon
Sun’s...
Avery Arens, For the Mount Vernon-Lisbon Sun
• May 7, 2025
While it may not look like it at first glance, the main street of Mount Vernon is the perfect blank canvas.
The first weekend of May marks the beginning of a community descent into the heart of...
Mount Vernon Area Arts Council and the Mount Vernon Parks and Recreation department have selected the next sculpture for the sculpture art trail.
The committee received 24 different applications...
Hilltop Plants and Records will be hosting two live bands this May, beginning with a band during Chalk the Walk weekend.
“We’ve been wanting to put the space to good use,” said Stefanie Bray,...
Abbe Creek Gallery, 105 First St. NW, Mount Vernon, announces the opening of the Mount Vernon High School Senior Art Exhibit to take place Thursday, May 8, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. The exhibit will run...
The gymnasium at Mount Vernon High School pulsed with rhythm and soulful stillness on March 14 as families filled every seat for the school’s biggest annual event, Java Jazz. Under glowing lights...
Mount Vernon-Lisbon Community Theater is proud to present the cast and creative team of Jesus Christ Superstar.
Cast includes Ethan Glenn as Judas, Sam Nester as Jesus, Kami Zbanek-Hill as Mary,...
Lisbon Jazz band finished third at the Iowa Jazz Championships this year.
Band director Joseph Arch noted that Lisbon has been competing as a Class 2A band over the past several years, and has improved...
Musician Ed Fallon performed many of Chopin’s nocturnes and other pieces before hosting a discussion on food options at an event at Lisbon Library Saturday, April 12.
Fallon started many of the Chopin...
