Interest Groups

Book Notes: a positive portrayal of the immigrant experience

Event Date: April 19, 2019, at 2:00 PM

The Shoemaker’s Wife is a fictional story based on the author’s own grandparents’ experience.

Strategies to reduce income tax

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.

Photo Club to meet April 9

The April meeting of UMRA’s Photo Club will begin with a discussion about possible locations for a spring/early summer photo shoot.

Book notes: dark memoir is stranger than fiction

Event Date: March 15, 2019, at 2:00 PM

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.

Book Notes: a dream job turned nightmare

Event Date: February 15, 2019, at 2:00 PM

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.

FLG seeks input, co-facilitator for 2019

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).

Armchair Traveler invites you to visit Hong Kong and Poland

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.

Photo Club to meet on February 12

Photo Club meetings are full of fun and good conversation. Newcomers are welcome to join in the learning and laughter.

Book Club picks books for spring

Kathy Cramer will lead the discussion when the UMRA Book Club holds its first meeting of the new year.

Photo Club to meet January 8

Newcomers are welcome to join in the learning and fun experienced at the monthly meetings of UMRA’s Photo Club.

November Book Notes

Event Date: November 17, 2017, at 2:00 PM

UMRA Book Club members share their November discussion of Hillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance.

Book Notes: debut novel is a family tell-all

Event Date: November 16, 2018, at 2:00 PM

The Nest, a best-selling debut novel by Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney, stimulated much discussion.

Armchair Traveler debuts January 8

Join us for UMRA’s first Armchair Traveler program when Jean Kinsey, Craig Swan, and Lynn Anderson will take us to the United Arab Emirates, Mongolia, and Germany. Armchair Traveler is a new initiative of UMRA’s Social Activities Committee.

Real fishing

Sam Bonhus, grandson of photographer Sheri Goldsmith May, proudly displays his group's catch for the day.

Photo Club to discuss themes for future meetings

Members of the Photo Club will discuss themes for future meetings (nighttime photography and focusing on multiple images are two examples) when they meet November 13.