Fall 2017 Alerts from UMRA Discount Partners

Campus Club

Campus Club members enjoy a variety of events, in addition to the great lunch, happy hour and bar service.  UMRA members get the lowest membership dues rate, just $96 per year. Call Ann Holt, 612-624-6626 or email [email protected] for information or to join the Campus Club.

• $10 Tuesday Dinners-In the bar beginning at 4 pm. Different special every month
• Trivia Mafia- 5 to 7 pm Wednesdays, Nov.. 1, Dec. 6, Jan. 3
• Who invented Whiskey: Scotland vs Ireland, Class and Tasting, 5:45 pm, Fri., Nov. 16
• Holiday Wine Class with Jason Kallsen. Wednesday, December 13
• Feast of Words dinner with the Friends of the Libraries, 5:30 pm, Thurs. Jan 25

Please see the Campus Club website for more information http://.campusclubumn.org.

University Bookstore

New UMRA Member Benefit: UMRA members, with proof of membership are now eligible to purchase Apple products and other technology items at the special educational pricing available to the University of Minnesota campus community. For more information, please visit www.mtech.umn.edu or visit us in store at U of M Bookstores in Coffman Memorial Union (612-625-6000, or www.bookstores,umn.edu).

Information for new members

Subscribe to our emails for the latest sales and event information at www.booksstore.umn.edu. Follow us on Facebook at https://Facebook.com/uofmbookstores.

Great holiday savings Nov. 30, December 1 & 2

Parking

UMRA coupons save money in nearly all Univ. lots and ramps

School of Music

Members receive $15 tickets for University Opera Theatre’s production of W. A. Mozart’s Idomeno. November 16-19, 2017 at Ted Mann Concert Hall. Directed by David Walsh. $20 advance adults; $25 adults week of performance; $5 students and children: $5. Call 612-624-2345 or online www.z.umn.edu/opera.

Members receive $15 tickets to University Opera Theatre’s production of Jacques Offenbach’s Orpheus in the Underworld,  April 26-29, 2018 at Ted Mann Concert Hall. Directed by David Walsh. $20 advance adults; $25 adults week of performance; $5 students and children: call 612-624-2345 or online www.z.umn.edu/opera. 

Request email delivery of Ostinato: the School of Music Electronic Newsletter, to receive information on upcoming SOM events, many of them FREE to the public at www.music.umn.edu.                

Northrop

The 2017 / 18 Dance season offers a stellar array of world-renowned ballet and contemporary performances, and Northrop invites you to experience them.

UMRA members receive $5 off single tickets to any show as well as discounts of 12-22% off subscription packages. Subscriptions include a Subscriber’s Choice Series to build your dream season of 5 or more shows of our new seasonal Winter and Spring series, designed for those of you who may be snowbirds or traveling for an extended period. 

Also new this year is our Family Series, perfect programming to make lasting lmemories with your families. Tickets are 50% off for children 17 and younger when purchased with at least one adult ticket too. This includes special events The Velveteen Rabbit  on Nov. 4 and the 56^th Annual U of M Marching Band Indoor Concert on Nov. 18-19, among others.

Beyond the 2017/18  Dance season, Northrop is always buzzing with both free and ticketed events, including a free film series in conjunction with the dance season and the Institute for Advanced Study’s “IAS Thursdays” seminars. Check out all the free and ticketed events at www.northrop.umn.edu, and stop by for a cup of coffee and Surdyk’s inside Northrop.

Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI)

Join a community of active older adults who are lifelong learners.

300 + Courses! Special Interest Groups! Volunteer Opportunities! Events and Parties!

Sample Courses

• Flicks on Tuesdays: Spies and Counterspies
• Autumn Tree ID
• Religion and Social Inequality
• The Human Brain
• Indian Textile Traditions
• Reading Toni Morrison’s Song of Solomon

For more information, check out the OLLI website: www.oliiumn.edu     

Theatre Arts and Dance

UMRA members receive $12 tickets to all mainstage performances—call the ticket office (612 624-2345) and state you are a member of UMRA or purchase online at theatre.umn.edu. All performances are presented at the Rarig Center.

Mainstage Performances

• In The Next Room, or the vibrator play by Sarah Ruhl, Stoll Thrust Theatre, Nov 2-12
• Godot Has Come by Minoru Betsuyaku, Stoll Thrust Theatre, December 5 & 6
• Dance Revolutions, University Dance Theatre, Whiting Proscenium Theatre, Dec. 7-10
• A Midsummer Night’s Dream by W. Shakespeare, Stoll Thrust Theatre, Feb 22- Mar 4
• Autobiography of Red adapted from Anne Carson’s novel, Nolte Xperimental Theatre April 27-May 6

Learning Life, College of Continuing and Professional Studies                       

Intellectually Challenging and personally enriching courses, seminars and one-day immersions. www.ccaps.umn.edu/LearningLife

Courses, Seminars, and Immersions

• Nov. 2, The Apocalypse-A Cultural History, John Watkins
• Nov. 6,  The Supreme Court in American Life, Timothy R. Johnson
• Dec. 6,  Suicide—The Necessary Conversation, Dan Reidenberg
• Jan. 30, State of the State: Understanding Minnesota’s Economy (online only)

Laura Kalambokidis

Headliners

• Nov. 2, 7 p.m. From ICE to Sanctuary Cities: the Myths and Realities of Immigration Enforcement with immigration lawyer, Linus Chan
• Dec 7,  7 p.m. Augmenting You: 3D Printed Bioelectronic Devices, Dr. Michael C. McAlpine

Earl E. Bakken Center for Spirituality and Healing

Wellbeing lecture series

Nov. 6, The Power of Meaning with Emily Eshfahani Smith. This lecture argues that the search for meaning is far more fulfilling than the pursuit of personal happiness. 4 pm, registration required. 

March 29, (2018), Well being lecture with Michael Pollan,  For the past 25 years, Pollan has been writing award winning books and articles about the places where nature and culture intersect—on our plates, in our farms and gardens, and in the built environment. 7 pm, registration required. http://z.umn.edu/Wellbeing

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction. 8 week classes throughout December and January

MBSR helps you to discover your unlimited potential. It’s not something you have to get or acquire, but something that is already within you—a deep, internal resource waiting to be discovered or uncovered. Healthcare practitioners and researchers are increasingly turning to meditation as a potential or supplemental treatment for preventing a variety of conditions. http://z.umn.edu/MBSR

Weisman Art Museum

The gift shop offers a 10% discount during the full week of UMRA meetings and other times to be announced. Other scheduled events are:                   

Nov. 11, Yoga at WAM !  10:30-11:30 am

Start your Saturday with movement  and meditation in the museum. WAM has partnered with U of M alumna and certified yoga instructor Elleni Paulson to offer a donation based vinyasa yoga class on the second Saturday of each month.  Class is open to all ages and levels, please bring your own mat.

Dec. 8, Prince from Minneapolis Preview Party, 7-10 p.m.

Get your groove on and honor the purple one. This exhibition preview party will give you a sneak peek at the Prince from Minneapolis exhibit and will be sure to spark your favorite Prince memory (or make a new one).  View rarely seen photos from Minneapolis photographers, lounge in purple luxury, nosh on small bites, and of course soak in the sounds of DJ Shannon Blowtorch who loves Prince as much as you do.

Jan. 17, Prince in Perspective: A talk with Terry Gydesen, 7 p..m.

Hear from renowned journalistic photographer Terry Gydesen about her experience shooting Prince’s 1993 New Power Generation Tour in Europe. Gydesen will talk about her process as a photographer as well as her experience photographing Minneapolis’s beloved purple one. See Gydesen’s work in the galleries in WAM’s Prince from Minneapolis exhibit.

These events require registration (wam.umn.edu/calendar/category/events/).

Intercollegiate Athletics

20% Discount to UMRA members on single event tickets. Follow Championship Women’s Hockey, great seats for Women”s basketball, Volleyball, and many other sports (but not Men’s hockey, basketball, or football)

• Nov. 10   First home Men’s Basketball game (USC Upstate)
• Nov. 11   First home Women’s Basketball game (Lehigh)  (UMRA discount)
• Nov. 25   Final Home Football game (Wisconsin)
• Nov. 25   Final home Volleyball game (Penn State)  (UMRA discount available)