Events
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Family History Interest Group 2021–22 scheduleEvent Date:UMRA member Vicki Gaylord will share ways she has found to engage family members in the family history work she has done when the Family History Interest Group meets in October. More... |
September 22, 2021 -- Jewish history, Sweden and NorwayEvent Date: The UMRA Armchair Traveler Program featured a compelling presentation by Charles Muscoplat about his wife Sue's and his visits to the WWII Concentration Camps of Treblinka and Auschwitz-Birkenau in Poland and Jewish historical sites in Budapest and Prague. Lynn C. Anderson shared pictures and information about her 2019 visit to Oslo, Krokerøy, and Bergen Norway and Tanumshede, Orust, and Uddevalla Sweden. More... |
Fall 2021 OLLI SamplerEvent Date:Thinking about fall? The 2021 OLLI Sampler brings the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute experience to you, online. More... |
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Book notes | Just MercyEvent Date: Although at times emotionally difficult, Just Mercy is an important book about the problems of our legal system and the amazing work of the Equal Justice Initiative. More... |
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Book notes | Pale Horse, Pale RiderEvent Date: More than a century after the timeframe of this tale of harrowing illness and intertwined heartbreak, the parallels with today’s COVID-19 pandemic and current wars struck Book Club II participants as eerie. More... |
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Book notes | The Last TycoonEvent Date: The Last Tycoon is a beautifully rendered story about the tension of a culture aspiring to creativity but dominated by cynicism, greed, and commercial imperatives. More... |
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Book notes | Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, SpyEvent Date: Of all the books by John Le Carré, this novel about secrets, lies, and shifting identities is regarded as the most entertaining. More... |
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Book notes | The Big BurnEvent Date: The Big Burn is an educational, breathtaking story about the largest wildfire in U.S. history, the men whose heroic actions worked to save people and land, and President Teddy Roosevelt’s embattled efforts to “save America.” More... |
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Civil War AncestorsEvent Date: In June 2021 I talked to the UMRA Family History Interest Group about how I documented the story of my great grandfather, George Swift, who joined the 3rd Minnesota Regiment at the start of the Civil War in 1861and returned to Minnesota four years later after serving as the drummer boy of the Ohio 69th Regiment. More... |
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Travel to Portugal with UMRA, Road ScholarEvent Date:Now that travel restrictions have opened, The UMRA Travel Committee has rescheduled the Portugal Wine Tour for May 5th, 2022. Please make your reservations directly with Road Scholar. Let me know so I can add your name to our UMRA list. If you have any questions, please contact Cherie. More... |
Travel to Portugal with UMRA, Road ScholarEvent Date: -Now that travel restrictions have opened, The UMRA Travel Committee has rescheduled the Portugal Wine Tour for May 5th, 2022. Please make your reservations directly with Road Scholar. Let me know so I can add your name to our UMRA list. If you have any questions, please contact Cherie. More... |
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Book notes | The Black TulipEvent Date: Although not as well-known as the author’s earlier novels The Three Musketeers and The Count of Monte Cristo, The Black Tulip by Alexandre Dumas père is a beautifully crafted novel, rich in its telling with themes of love, courage, honesty, politics, and the destructive capacity of jealousy. More... |
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Book notes | CasteEvent Date: Author Isabel Wilkerson weaves her experiences and those of others with fact and history to help the reader grasp the extensive impact the caste system has had, and continues to have, in India and the United States. More... |
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Book notes | Red PillEvent Date: There is plenty to deal with for the unnamed narrator of this contemporary novel, from ghosts and mystical rhetoric to politics. More... |
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Family History—preserving lettersEvent Date: The UMRA Family History Interest Group meeting on April 28, 2021 focused on Family Letters. More... |
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