Interest Groups
All Interest Groups articles are collected here.
Photo Club to meet September 10Event Date:"Shadows" will be the theme of the UMRA Photo Club's meeting in September. More... |
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Book Notes: The Great Gatsby is considered F. Scott Fitzgerald’s greatest workEvent Date: Published in 1925, the novel depicts a summer of selfishness and momentary happiness on Long Island. More... |
Photo shoot at Minneapolis Sculpture GardenEvent Date:The UMRA Photo Club will meet for an outdoor photo shoot in May. Newcomers are welcome. More... |
Book Notes: a positive portrayal of the immigrant experienceEvent Date: The Shoemaker’s Wife is a fictional story based on the author’s own grandparents’ experience. More... |
Strategies to reduce income taxEvent Date:All members of UMRA are welcome to attend the next meeting of UMRA’s Financial and Legal Issues Group at John A. Knutson & Co., PLLP, in Falcon Heights. More... |
Photo Club to meet April 9Event Date:The April meeting of UMRA’s Photo Club will begin with a discussion about possible locations for a spring/early summer photo shoot. More... |
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Book notes: dark memoir is stranger than fictionEvent Date: Educated, Tara Westover’s story of her journey from a childhood spent in an Idaho junkyard to higher education at Cambridge University, is an unsettling read for some. More... |
Book Notes: a dream job turned nightmareEvent Date: The Radium Girls by Kate Moore is a compelling book on a repeating theme: dangers in the workplace or community that take too long to be recognized. More... |
FLG seeks input, co-facilitator for 2019Event Date:All UMRA members are cordially invited to the Finance & Legal Issues Group (FLG) planning meeting on February 21. It be held at John A. Knutson & Co., PLLP, in Falcon Heights. (Site contact: [email protected] or 651-379-5732). More... |
Armchair Traveler invites you to visit Hong Kong and PolandEvent Date:You’re invited to the second UMRA Armchair Traveler program when Ron Anderson and David Hansen will show us Hong Kong and Poland through their photos and personal travel recollections. More... |
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Photo Club to meet on February 12Event Date:Photo Club meetings are full of fun and good conversation. Newcomers are welcome to join in the learning and laughter. More... |
Book Club picks books for springEvent Date:Kathy Cramer will lead the discussion when the UMRA Book Club holds its first meeting of the new year. More... |
Photo Club to meet January 8Event Date:Newcomers are welcome to join in the learning and fun experienced at the monthly meetings of UMRA’s Photo Club. More... |
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November Book NotesEvent Date: UMRA Book Club members share their November discussion of Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance. More... |
Book Notes: debut novel is a family tell-allEvent Date: The Nest, a best-selling debut novel by Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney, stimulated much discussion. More... |