2024-25 Calendar of Programs & Events

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July '24

HIKING
No Hike July 1       
No details at this time.

Bde Maka Ska kayaking hike       
3000 E. Bde Maka Ska Pkwy
Bde Maka Ska concessions building

How Stella Learned to Talk       
Event to be held via Zoom.

In the Garden of Beasts       
Event to be held via Zoom.

August '24

William O'Brien State Park hike       
William O'Brien State Park

The Bookbinder       
Event to be held via Zoom.

HIKING
August 19 Hike       
No details at this time.
Nerstrand Big Woods State Park near Northfield

BOOK CLUB II
Book Club II: The Interpreter of Maladies       
No details at this time.
Event to be held via Zoom.

205 Dr. Justus Ohage Blvd.
Harriet Island, St Paul
Jonathan Padelford
with Patrick Nunnally
from the UMN River Life Program

Annual Updates Due date       
Email call sent in June
Due: Annual Reports, Toolkits, Web content, Archival material

September '24

HIKING
September 9 Hike (no hike week of Labor Day)       
No details at this time.
Location TBD

Andersen Library
Minnesota Landscape Arboretum

Sept Photo Club       
Hennepin County St. Anthony Branch Library

LIVING WELL WORKSHOP
Art and Medicine       
No details at this time.
Event to be held via Zoom.
Dr. Jon Halberg
Mill CIty Clinic

FORUM
Presidential turmoil: the 14th amendment       
No details at this time.
Midland Hills
Mark Bohnhorst

BOOK CLUB I
Book Club I September: Half Life of a Secret       
No details at this time.
Event to be held via Zoom.

HIKING
September 23 Hike       
No details at this time.
Location TBD

ARMCHAIR TRAVELER
Armchair Traveller       
No details at this time.
Event to be held via Zoom.

BOOK CLUB II
Book Club II: Main Street       
No details at this time.
Event to be held via Zoom.

Financial Life in Retirement       
Event to be held via Zoom.

October '24

HIKING
October 7 Hike       
No details at this time.
Location TBD

Splendid Spain       
Spain

LIVING WELL WORKSHOP
Health insurance update       
No details at this time.
Event to be held via Zoom.
Katie Kollodge

FORUM
President Rebecca Cunningham       
No details at this time.
Midland Hills
Rebecca Cunningham
President
University of Minnesota

BOOK CLUB I
Book Club I October: Should We Stay or Should We Go       
No details at this time.
Event to be held via Zoom.

HIKING
October 21 Hike       
No details at this time.
Location TBD

BOOK CLUB II
Book Club II: Vintage Munro       
No details at this time.
Event to be held via Zoom.

Grand Canyon, and Colorado Plateau

November '24

Tropical Costa Rica       
Costa Rica
Tropical Costa Rica
8 days
$3029 pp double

HIKING
November 4 Hike       
No details at this time.
Location TBD

Event to be held via Zoom.

LIVING WELL WORKSHOP
The importance of social engagement       
No details at this time.
Event to be held via Zoom.
Robyn Birkeland
Study interventionist and coach
Families and Long Term Care, UMN Public Health

Elmer L. Andersen Library

BOOK CLUB I
Book Club I November: A Fever in the Heartland       
No details at this time.
Event to be held via Zoom.

FORUM
Election analysis with Kathryn Pearson       
No details at this time.
Midland Hills
Kathyrn Pearson

ARMCHAIR TRAVELER
Armchair Traveller       
No details at this time.
Event to be held via Zoom.

BOOK CLUB II
Book Club II: White Noise       
No details at this time.
Event to be held via Zoom.

December '24

HIKING
December 2 Hike       
No details at this time.
Location TBD

FINANCE AND LEGAL GROUP
Students debate Employee Health Benefits       
No details at this time.
Event to be held via Zoom.

BOOK CLUB I
Book Club I in December       
No details at this time.
Event to be held via Zoom.

January '25

Signature City St. Augustine       
Florida

LIVING WELL WORKSHOP
January Workshop       
No details at this time.
Event to be held via Zoom.

BOOK CLUB I
Book Club I in January       
No details at this time.
Event to be held via Zoom.

FORUM
January Forum       
No details at this time.
Event to be held via Zoom.

BOOK CLUB II
Book Club II: Middlemarch       
No details at this time.
Event to be held via Zoom.

February '25

HIKING
February 3 Hike       
No details at this time.
Location TBD

UMN Herbarium Collection
Biological Sciences Building, room 875
St Paul campus

LIVING WELL WORKSHOP
February Workshop       
No details at this time.
Event to be held via Zoom.

FORUM
February Forum       
No details at this time.
Event to be held via Zoom.

BOOK CLUB I
Book Club I in February       
No details at this time.
Event to be held via Zoom.

BOOK CLUB II
Huckleberry Finn -- Mark Twain       
No details at this time.
Event to be held via Zoom.

March '25

HIKING
March 3 Hike       
No details at this time.
Location TBD

LIVING WELL WORKSHOP
March Workshop       
No details at this time.
Event to be held via Zoom.

BOOK CLUB I
Book Club I in March       
No details at this time.
Event to be held via Zoom.

FORUM
March forum       
No details at this time.
Midland Hills

BOOK CLUB II
James -- Percival Everett       
No details at this time.
Event to be held via Zoom.

April '25

HIKING
April 7 Hike       
No details at this time.
Location TBD

LIVING WELL WORKSHOP
April Workshop       
No details at this time.
Event to be held via Zoom.

Andersen Library
West Bank of the University of Minnesota

BOOK CLUB I
Book Club I in April       
No details at this time.
Event to be held via Zoom.

HIKING
April 21 Hike       
No details at this time.
Location TBD

FORUM
April forum       
No details at this time.
Midland Hills

ARMCHAIR TRAVELER
Armchair Traveller       
No details at this time.
Event to be held via Zoom.

May '25

HIKING
May 5 Hike       
No details at this time.
Location TBD

LIVING WELL WORKSHOP
May Workshop       
No details at this time.
Event to be held via Zoom.

HIKING
May 19 Hike       
No details at this time.
Location TBD

FORUM
May forum and annual meeting       
No details at this time.
Midland Hills

June '25

HIKING
June 2 Hike       
No details at this time.
Location TBD

HIKING
June 16 Hike       
No details at this time.
Location TBD

BOOK CLUB I
Book Club I in June       
No details at this time.
Event to be held via Zoom.