Photo Club to meet in person
Tue, Sep 13, 2022, 12:30pm
The next meeting of the UMRA Photo Club will be on Tuesday, September 13, in the meeting room of the St. Anthony Library located in the shopping center at the corner of New Brighton and St. Anthony Boulevards in St. Anthony.
The meeting will start at 12:30 p.m. For those interested in having lunch together first, meet at the nearby Great Dragon at 11:30 a.m.
Health and safety protocols
Masks not required but welcomed. Please stay home if you are sick or have been exposed recently to COVID-19. It is expected that people will be fully vaccinated and boosted, but we will not be checking vaccination cards.
“Clouds” is the theme for September. Cue the Joni Mitchell music!
Guidelines for sharing pictures
Email up to 10 pictures to Dick Kain at [email protected] by noon, Monday, September 12.
You are free to decide on how many should be “theme” and how many should be “choice” pictures. So that your pictures will be shown together and in order, please put your name or initials and a number at the front of each file name: Mary Brown 1, Mary Brown 2, etc.
Contact Craig Swan at [email protected] for more details.
Upcoming Events
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