Ladies Night

Ladies Night Out Thursday, Nov. 6, 10 am-8 pm Shop, Sip, Dine The Mount Vernon Downtown Association is pleased to present Ladies Night Out, Thursday, November 6, 10 am- 8 pm. Special events include cooking demos, fashion show, photo shoot, trunk shows, free drawings, and fabulous coupon discounts at 27 participating businesses. Shop all day until 8 pm and remember to sign the gift registries to help your special someone shop for you! Swag bags containing lovely surprises as well as valuable coupons may be purchased now in downtown businesses. Regular bags, $5 and limited edition Premium bags, $15. Additionally, the Mount Vernon Downtown is honored to host a preview of a gallery showing by Michael Christopher Brown at the Front Gallery, 420 Myrtle. Michael, a former Mount Vernon resident and Magnum photographer, as well as contributor to Time Magazine, the New York Times, and National Geographic, has donated a special release of photos to Voices of the Children, to raise seed money for this year's theater production and to send the artistic team to Amman Jordan to work with Syrian refugee children. Michael, who was sent on assignment to teach Syrian refugee children how to shoot photos using iPhones, will be the Artist in Residence at Mount Baker Middle School in April working with students in Aaron Wagner's class and teaching them the same things he taught the Syrian kids. The "Voices of the Children artistic team will then travel to Jordan next summer and produce a similar theater project with those same Syrian refugee children, using the photos Aaron's students take as inspiration for their production. For more information, contact Cathy Stevens: cell (425) 321-7433 or main office (360) 336-3801, dep.mvda@gmail.com. Mount Vernon Downtown, It's Happening!