Events

Explore life above the Arctic Circle and close to home

Explore life above the Arctic Circle with Janet and Craig Swan, and closer to home with Carol Urness when UMRA’s Armchair Traveler program meets via Zoom on Wednesday, March 6.

Bountiful Brazil

Step aboard Oceania Cruises’ Marina on this UMAA trip and let your wanderlust guide you on an unforgettable 10-night journey through the vibrant heart of South America. 

Hike Fort Snelling State Park March 4

The UMRA Hiking Club will explore wildlife along the Mississippi River when it hikes the Pike Island Loop in Fort Snelling State Park on Monday, March 4.

Fourth Friday Book Club to read 'The Bluest Eye' by Toni Morrison

The Bluest Eye, published in 1970 and the first novel by Toni Morrison, is next up for UMRA’s Fourth Friday Book Club when it meets via Zoom on February 23. Morrison was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1993.

Informational webinar on transferring emails

I'm pleased to share with you the invitation from UMN OIT for a training session (Feb. 22, 9:30am - 11:00am, via Zoom) to provide information on how to transfer your umn.edu emails and contacts to another platform - either the @alumnus.umn.edu one or another you might already have. Eric Hockert, UMRA President

Book Club I to discuss E. M. Forster's masterpiece 'Howards End'

Pat Tollefson will lead the discussion of  E. M. Forster’s classic work Howard’s End when the UMRA Book Club meets on Friday, February 16.  

Photo Club February meeting

“Wallpaper” will be the theme when the UMRA Photo Club meets at 12:30 p.m., on Tuesday, February 13, in the St. Anthony branch of the Hennepin County Library, located at the east end of the shopping center at 2941 Pentagon Drive NE in St. Anthony. 

Premier screening of 'Hope in the Struggle'

This PBS Twin Cities documentary showcases the life and work of author, activist, and UMN Regent Emerita Josie Johnson.

Cabinets of Curiosity: Insect Collection and Natural Resources Library

If you are curious about insects in their astonishing variety, plan to join the UMRA Cabinets of Curiosity to tour the Insect Collection and Natural Resources Library in Hodson Hall.

Are we Cousins?

Inspired by the unexpected discovery that a friend of 15 years was his third cousin, and by the PBS series “Faces of America with Henry Louis Gates Jr.,” Craig Swan wondered how many other cousins he might be meeting every day without realizing they were cousins.

Cancelled: Ancient Egypt & Nile River Cruise

This trip has been cancelled.  

Smartours is offering a trip to Egypt, visiting cities along the Nile and a 3 day Nile cruise for $3,749 per person, double occupancy, RT from N.Y., on 3 dates.

Winter celebration and songs to bring the light

Join UMRA members at Midland Hills Country Club in Roseville for an afternoon of comradery, food, and entertainment. After an hour of mingling and nosh, the highlight of this mid-winter event will be an hour of song and music by Twin Cities musicians Dane Stauffer and Dan Chouinard.

Prepayment of $35 per person, or $38 after January 5

Fourth Friday Book Club to welcome special guest Julie Schumacher

.UMRA’s Fourth Friday Book Club discuss Dear Committee Members with special guest and New York Times bestselling author Julie Schumacher when it meets via Zoom on January 26.

Knowing Iceland

Event Date: January 24, 2024, at 10:00 AM

For our Armchair Traveler Program on January 24, 2024, Kate Maple took us to western Iceland.  Her photos are incredible and her descriptions are informative and poetic.  She and her friend and traveling companion Michelle Schermann had an amazing experience exploring some lesser-known parts of Iceland and we had an amazing experience hearing all about it and seeing amazing pictures.

Book Notes | ‘Fox Creek’

Event Date: January 19, 2024, at 2:00 PM

Set in the Northwoods of Minnesota, 'Fox Creek,' the 19th book in the Cork O’Connor mystery series by William Kent Krueger, is about the conflict between Native and white people in the use of natural resources in both the U.S. and Canada.