PHOTO CLUB

Theme: "One color"

Tue, Feb 10, 2026, 12:30pm

Location
St. Anthony Library
2941 Pentagon Dr.
St. Anthony, MN 55418
 

The UMRA Photo Club will meet at 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday, February 10, in the meeting room of the St. Anthony Library located at the east end of the small shopping center at New Brighton and St. Anthony Boulevards in St. Anthony, just north of the Twin Cities.

For those interested in lunch, meet at the nearby Great Dragon Buffet at 11:30 a.m.

“One color” is the theme For February—not that the whole picture must be one color, but all of your theme pictures should clearly feature your color choice. At the meeting, let the Photo Club members try to figure out which is your featured color.

Guidelines for submitting pictures

Submit up to 10 pictures by noon, Monday, February 9, to Al Tims by email.

Within the 10 pictures, you are free to decide how many should be THEME and how many should be CHOICE pictures.

For THEME pictures, the subject line of your email should read Feb UMRA Theme Pictures.

For CHOICE pictures, the subject line of your email should read Feb UMRA Choice Pictures.

It would be best if you could label each picture with the location and, so that your pictures will be shown together, please put your name at the front of each file name. If you want your pictures shown in a particular order, number the files in the order you want them shown. For example:

Mary Brown 1 Gooseberry Falls
Mary Brown 2 State Capitol

If your picture files are so large they do not all fit into one email, just send additional emails. But please, use the correct subject line for each email.

Themes for future meetings (with a likely photo shoot one of these months):

March 10 - Churches and Graveyards

April 16 - Mountains, Valleys and Canyons

May or June - Abandoned and Discarded

Click here to see pictures from the Photo Club’s previous meetings

Craig Swan, UMRA Photo Club



Upcoming Events

Event Date: June 8, 2026, at 8:30am - 2:15pm

Connect, explore new ideas for what it means to live and age well, and celebrate a community of continuous learning at the fifth annual Age-Friendly University Day to be held on the U of M Twin Cities campus in Minneapolis on Monday, June 8.


Event Date: June 9, 2026, at 12:30pm

Abandoned and discarded is the theme for the UMRA Photo Club meeting in June. Newcomers are welcome.


Event Date: June 15, 2026, at 9:30am

Michael leads this hike at Afton State Park.


Event Date: June 18, 2026, at 8:30am

Pick a favorite book and bring a brief synopsis of the book to the breakfast and share with the group.


Event Date: June 19, 2026, at 2pm

UMRA’s Book Club I will discuss In Winter’s Kitchen by Beth Dooley when it meets via Zoom on Friday, June 19. Kathryn Sedo will lead the discussion. 


Event Date: June 24, 2026, at 11am

We will gather in the Waterfall Room for an in-person, summer social and luncheon for UMRA members and guests on June 24th. Our event will include social time; a plated, seated lunch; and the always popular Summer Social Trivia Game with quizmasters Dave Dorman and Mark Jenson.

This event will include social time; a plated, seated lunch; and the Summer Social Trivia Game.

There are three entree options - all include dessert (or GF desert) and a choice of sodas, lemonade, and coffee or water.

Cash bar available inside the Dock & Paddle.


Event Date: July 13, 2026, at 9:30am

Kayaking at Lake Bde Maka Ska.


Event Date: July 21, 2026, at 4pm


Two major conferences, one organized by the Association of Retirement Organizations in Higher Education (AROHE) and the other by the Big Ten Retirees Association (BTRA), will take place this year. The AROHE conference will be held in Florida and the BTRA conference will be hosted by UMRA on the UMN campus.

The AROHE conference invites all interested retirees and university faculty and staff to reimagine retirement. You are invited to register if interested at https://www.arohe.org/2026-Conference.

The BTRA is being hosted by UMRA this year. Leadership of retiree organizations around the US will convene to share competencies. Attendance is restricted.


Event Date: August 3, 2026, at 9:30am

Bev leads the Nokomis walk to Minnehaha Falls.


Event Date: August 17, 2026, at 9:30am

Nanette leads a trail of two cities hike.