2024-25 Calendar of Programs & Events

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July '24

HIKING
No Hike July 1       
No details at this time.
HIKING
Bde Maka Ska kayaking hike       
3000 E. Bde Maka Ska Pkwy
Bde Maka Ska concessions building
BOOK CLUB I
How Stella Learned to Talk       
Event to be held via Zoom.
BOOK CLUB II
In the Garden of Beasts       
Event to be held via Zoom.

August '24

HIKING
William O'Brien State Park hike       
William O'Brien State Park
BOOK CLUB I
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.
SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
Mississippi River Cruise Aboard the Jonathan Padelford       
205 Dr. Justus Ohage Blvd.
Harriet Island, St Paul
Jonathan Padelford
with Patrick Nunnally
from the UMN River Life Program
SERVICE AND OUTREACH
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
SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
Cabinets of Curiosity: Andersen Library Tour at Minnesota Landscape Arboretum       
Andersen Library
Minnesota Landscape Arboretum
PHOTO CLUB
Sept Photo Club       
Hennepin County St. Anthony Branch Library
FINANCE AND LEGAL GROUP
Medicare Advantage (MA) and Traditional Medicare (TM): Issues & Choices       
Event to be held via Zoom.
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.
FINANCE AND LEGAL GROUP
Financial Life in Retirement       
Event to be held via Zoom.

October '24

HIKING
October 7 Hike       
No details at this time.
Location TBD
TRAVEL TOURS
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.
TRAVEL TOURS
Absolute Southwest — A Canyonlands Adventure       
Grand Canyon, and Colorado Plateau

November '24

TRAVEL TOURS
Tropical Costa Rica       
Costa Rica
Tropical Costa Rica
8 days
$3029 pp double
HIKING
November 4 Hike       
No details at this time.
Location TBD
FINANCE AND LEGAL GROUP
Life & Estate Plans: Life, Incapacity, and Gifting       
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
SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
Cabinets of Curiosity: Kerlan Collection       
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
Taxes and Elections and Sunsets, Oh My! Tax planning for 2024 and beyond.       
Event to be held via Zoom.
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

TRAVEL TOURS
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
SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
Cabinet of Curiosities: Herbarium Collection       
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.
TRAVEL TOURS
Mexico City: History, Art, Culture and Politics       
Mexico
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.
EVENTS
Cabinets of Curiosity: Retrieving Minnesota Memories in the University Archives       
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.
TRAVEL TOURS
Discoveries Along the Douro: Portugal’s Best-Kept Secrets       
Portugal

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
TRAVEL TOURS
Independent City Discoveries: Québec City       
Canada
BOOK CLUB I
Book Club I in June       
No details at this time.
Event to be held via Zoom.
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