Events

Sunny Portugal

The Retiree Association at Winona State is inviting UMRA members to join them a trip to Portugal in 2024. The final date to register is October 2, 2023. You're encouraged to register some time in August as spaces will fill up.

Lake Nokomis hike

Let's meet on the west side of Lake Nokomis by the main beach and shelter for a 5 to 5.5 mile hike.  We will go around the north end of the lake and on to Minnehaha Falls by way of Minnehaha Parkway, returning to the start by a different route through neighborhoods around the lake.  This is an easy hike on paved walkways.  Pace will accommodate all hikers.  

Fourth Friday Book Club to meet March 22

Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver, a recipient of the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and other awards, is the Fourth Friday Book Club’s selection for March. The setting is Appalachia in the early days of the opioid epidemic.

Book Notes | ‘The Other Einstein’

Event Date: March 15, 2024, at 2:00 PM

In 'The Other Einstein,' an historical novel about the life of Albert Einstein’s first wife, Mileva Marić, author Marie Benedict speculates that Marić contributed significantly to the papers and relativity theory that are attributed to Einstein. The book raises several questions.

Photo Club to meet March 12

“Houses of worship” will be the theme when the UMRA Photo Club meets in person at the Hennepin County branch library in St. Anthony on March. Newcomers are welcome.

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.