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Upcoming Events

Philosophy Study Group
Leader: Curt Hillstrom
When: May 13 @ 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Meeting Link: Join Meeting

We will discuss chapter 1, “The Idea of Perfection”, from the book, The Sovereignty of Good (1970), by Iris Murdoch. Not only will we discuss perfection, but we intend to model it as well. Or at least give you some ideas on how to not do things.

 

 

Poetry Day
Leader: Morgan Grace Willow
When: May 16 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Where: Bethlehem Lutheran Church – Commons Room
41st and Lyndale, Minneapolis

Morgan will do a retrospective reading, a sort of live-time selected and new gathering of poems highlighting work from different periods in her life as a poet. She will also share examples of her explorations into the book arts, including her artist book Collage for Mina Loy and Stitch by Stitch, the anthology which accompanied the Quilt, Not Quilt exhibition at Minnesota Center for Book Arts.

There will be an open mic at the end of Morgan’s presentation, where attendees may volunteer to share their own poems.

The War at Home: Minnesota during the Great War, 1914-1920
Leader: Greg Gaut
When: June 27 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Where: Bethlehem Lutheran Church – Commons Room
41st and Lyndale, Minneapolis
Americans went to war in 1917 not only against Germany but also against each other at home.  The controversial declaration of war came during a contentious time when farmers and workers challenged the wealthy, African Americans struggled against Jim Crow and lynchings, women campaigned for suffrage, and millions crusaded against alcohol.  In The War at Home, Greg Gaut focuses on the lives of individual Minnesotans to tell the dramatic story of this period, when the state experienced bitter polarization, nativism, flagrant disregard for democratic norms, and intense, occasionally violent, confrontations.

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Bulletin Board

New Editor needed for the MISF Journal! 

Evelyn Klein, long-serving Board member and Editor of the semi-annual MISF journal, The Minnesota Scholar, is stepping back as journal Editor after nine years of volunteering, and we are sorry to see her go. Anyone having interest in filling this volunteer position (with Evelyn's help and advice), please respond via the "Contact Us" link on the left-hand column of this page.