Upcoming Events

Cohousing--Living in an Intentional Community

Becca Brackett , Lynn Englund
Saturday, October 26, 2024 - 10:30am to 12:00pm
Maplewood Library 3025 Southlawn Dr Maplewood, MN 55109


Becca and Lynn will share with you a housing model unfamiliar in the USA, Cohousing. 

It is a type of intentional community that will reduce our carbon footprint, reduce loneliness and get us a lot more fun in the process.
There are examples of about 180 cohousing communities across the US and we will share views of them.

A key element is that the residents form a group intending to be good neighbors, they participate in the planning, and run the community after it is built.

"Family Declassified": Uncovering My Grandfather's Journey from Spy to Children's Book Author

Katherine Fennelly
Saturday, November 16, 2024 - 10:30am to 12:00pm
At your location, via
Zoom Link  
Why do people keep deep secrets about their lives and ancestry?  In Family Declassified (Sunbury Press, 2023) Katherine Fennelly applied her expertise as a social science researcher to answer this question regarding her grandfather, a Jewish Hungarian immigrant who arrived in the US one hundred years ago and who became a high-ranking spy for the Allies in WWII.