MURA Sponsored Programs – May 2021 |
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| Date and Time | Program | Presenter | Host | Notes to connect |
| May 4, Tuesday, 8:30-9:30 am CDT | Virtual Breakfast – Overview of MU Master Planning | Vice Chancellor Gary Ward and the Master Plan Advisor, Linda Eastley of Eastley + Partners | MU Retirees Association | Link will be given in MURA email |
| May 12, Wednesday, 10:00-11:00 am CDT | UM System Retirees Virtual Town Hall | President Choi, Ryan Rapp, Eric Vogelweid, Marsha Fisher, Jessica Baker and Carol Wilson | UM System and MU Retirees Association | Link will be given in MURA email |
| June 1, Tuesday, 8:30-9:30 am CDT | Virtual Breakfast – Covid and Post-Vaccination Questions on Your Mind | Margaret Ann Day, MD of MU Health Care, Family and Community Medicine | MU Retirees Association | Link will be given in MURA email |
| Notes: Zoom links will be sent in an email. If you do not have Internet, use your telephone to listen to the speaker. No pre-registration required. | ||||
| In addition to MURA sponsored programs, consider additional online events available to you for free. These are open to the public, but most require pre-registration. Barbara Schneider is a member of our MURA Program Committee and MURA’s Liaison to the Osher Life Long Learning Institute. | ||||
Barbara’s Picks |
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| April 28-May 2, various times | Virtual Art in Bloom | Virtual tour, speakers, workshops | Minneapolis Institute of Art | https://new.artsmia.org/artinbloom/ |
| April 29-May 14, various times | Journal of Stories Across Missouri for the Bicentennial | Featuring Bobby Norfolk, Joyce Slater and Beth Horner, and many others | St. Louis Storytelling Festival | https://extension.missouri.edu/programs/st-louis-storytelling-festival |
| May 2, Sunday, 2:00 pm CDT | Andy Warhol – A Man of the Moment and an Artist of His Time | Chuck Swaney, Museum Docent | Museum of Art & Archaeology – University of Missouri | https://maa.missouri.edu/events/gallery-events-family-events/docent-led-tour-andy-warhol-man-moment-and-artist-his-time |
| May 4, Tuesday, 11:00 am CDT | Missouri 2021 Presents: A Bicentennial Road Trip | Discover the history and culture in unique Missouri locales with a panel of speakers | State Historical Society of Missouri | https://shsmo.org/events/2021/mo2021-presents-may |
| May 4, Tuesday, 12:00-1:00 pm CDT | Truth or Misinformation: Social Media and the News | Strategies for becoming a savvy user of digital media | Daniel Boone Regional Library in Columbia, MO | https://events.dbrl.org/event/5047059 |
| May 4, Tuesday, 7:00-8:15 pm CDT | All Maps are Lies! | Kelly Johnston, a retired cartographer who taught mapping at the University of Virginia and Drury University | Missouri Humanities Council | https://mohumanities.org/event/all-maps-are-lies-with-kelly-johnston/ |
| May 5, Wednesday, 6:30 pm CDT | I Love Lucy: The Amazing Life of Lucille Ball | Barry Bradford, speaker and author | Palos Heights Library, Illinois | https://bit.ly/3dMFNuU |
| May 6, Thursday, 4:30 pm CDT | Eleanor: Her Impact and Influence on the Role of First Lady | David Michaelis, author of Eleanor | History Happy Hour, White House Historical Association | https://www.whitehousehistory.org/events/history-happy-hour-eleanor-her-impact-and-influence-on-the-role-of-first-lady |
| May 6, Thursday, 7:00-8:00 pm CDT | Cancer Moonshot: The Search for a Cure | A panel of expert researchers will discuss the current state and future of cancer research. | Linda Hall Library: Science, Engineering and Technology – KC | https://www.lindahall.org/event/cancer-moonshot-the-search-for-a-cure/ |
| May 10, Monday, 4:00 pm CDT | Blood and Treasure: Daniel Boone and the Fight for America’s First Frontier | Bob Drury and Tom Clavin, authors | National Archives Foundation | https://archivesfoundation.org/event/blood-and-treasure/ |
| May 13, Thursday, 11:00 am CDT | Free Speech: And Why You Should Give a Damn | Historian Jonathan Zimmerman and Pulitzer Prize–winning cartoonist Signe Wilkinson | National Archives Foundation | https://archivesfoundation.org/event/free-speech/ |
| May 13, Thursday, 6:30-7:45 pm CDT | Landscaping with Nature – techniques for transforming your yard and gardens, including Rain Barrels, Rain Gardens, and selection and use of native plants | Jamie Viebach from The Conservation Foundation | Palos Heights Library, Illinois | https://bit.ly/3neui2p |
| May 17, Monday, 6:30-8:15 pm CDT | The Why’s and When’s of Car Maintenance | Chaya Milchtein of Mechanic Shop Femme | Palos Heights Library, Illinois | https://bit.ly/3sGshwU |
| May 18, Tuesday, 1:00-2:00 pm CDT | Missouri Trailblazers: Hallowell Davis and the Science of Hearing | John Peterson, Emily Morrison, and Jeffrey Spinale from the Missouri Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing | Daniel Boone Regional Library in Columbia, MO | https://events.dbrl.org/event/5047391 |
| May 20, Thursday, 4:30 pm CDT | Lincoln in Private | Ronald C. White, Lincoln historian | History Happy Hour, White House Historical Association | https://www.whitehousehistory.org/events/history-happy-hour-lincoln-in-private |
| May 20, Thursday, 6:30 pm CDT | Stories of Chinese St. Louis: William and Anne Tao | Pete Tao, their son | St Louis History Live Series, Missouri History Museum, St Louis | https://mohistory.org/events/stories-of-chinese-st-louis |
| May 25, Tuesday, 6:30-7:30 pm CDT | The State of the State: Missouri Writers on Missouri | Dr Sam Cohen, Associate Professor of English at the University of Missouri-Columbia | Mid-Continent Public Library, Kansas City | https://www.mymcpl.org/events/69553/state-state-missouri-writers-missouri-facebook-live |
| May 26, Wednesday, 7:00-8:00 pm CDT | Motown: Music That Moved the World | Gary Wenstrup, music historian and speaker | Mid-Continent Public Library, Kansas City | https://www.mymcpl.org/events/69555/motown-music-moved-world-zoom |
| May 27, Thursday, 6:00 pm CDT | The Fiddle in Missouri Life | Howard Marshall, professor emeritus of art history and archaeology at MU and former director of the Missouri Cultural Heritage Center | Daniel Boone Regional Library in Columbia, MO | https://events.dbrl.org/event/5050064 |
| Podcast | The 1600 Sessions (Over 50 episodes) | Including: WH History with Michael Beschloss; The First White House Guidebook | White House Historical Association | https://www.whitehousehistory.org/1600-sessions |
| On Demand | Missouri 2021 Presents: A Patchwork of Quilts Brings us Together for ‘21 | Our panel shares their insights on the art and culture of quilt-making and talks about the special quilts created by Missourians for the bicentennial. | State Historical Society of Missouri | https://shsmo.org/on-demand/mo2021-presents-apr |
| On Demand | Historic Images of Black Families: Representation, Identity, and Diversity | SHSMO Art Curator Joan Stack, PhD | State Historical Society of Missouri | https://shsmo.org/events/on-demand/historic-images-of-black-families |
| On Demand | Webinars and Online Events – Past Recordings | Past Examples I recommend: #MizzouMade in Space; #MizzouMade at the Masters; Tiger on Top of the World | Mizzou Alumni Association – Open to all Mizzou Alumni and Friends | https://alumlc.org/missouri/archive |
| On Demand | Standing Up For Change: African American Women and the Civil Rights Movement | National Women’s History Museum | https://www.womenshistory.org/exhibits/standing-up-for-change | |
| On Demand | Votes for Missouri Women! Part 1: Silent protest for Women’s Suffrage in St. Louis at the 1916 Democratic Convention, and Part 2: Missouri Women: Suffrage to Statecraft SHS Exhibit | Part 1: Margot McMillen, Author of The Golden Lane, and Part 2: SHSMO Curator Joan Stack and Missouri Historic Costume and Textile Collection Curator Jean Parsons, and Collection Manager Nicole Johnston | State Historical Society of Missouri | https://shsmo.org/events/on-demand/votes-for-mo-women |
| On Demand | White House History Live | Various videos: Women Artists in the White House Collection; Slavery in the President’s Neighborhood, and more. | The White House Historical Association | https://www.whitehousehistory.org/rubenstein-center/white-house-history-live |
| On Demand | Beginning Genealogy, Part 1: Getting Started | Bill Eddleman, Associate Director of the SHS Cape Girardeau Research Center | State Historical Society of Missouri | https://shsmo.org/events/on-demand/basic-genealogy-pt1?mc_cid=ce47445d01&mc_eid=376db1f8f8 |
| On Demand | Beginning Genealogy, Part 2: Online Resources | Bill Eddleman, Associate Director of the SHS Cape Girardeau Research Center | State Historical Society of Missouri | https://shsmo.org/events/on-demand/basic-genealogy-pt2 |
| On Demand | Beginning Genealogy, Part 3: Censuses | Bill Eddleman, Associate Director of the SHS Cape Girardeau Research Center | State Historical Society of Missouri | https://shsmo.org/events/on-demand/basic-genealogy-pt3 |
| On Demand | The African American Experience in Missouri – 2019-2020 Series | 20 programs such as: Lincoln University – Black Culture Mecca of the Midwest; Voice and Violence in Colonial St Louis | State Historical Society of Missouri and the University of Missouri | https://shsmo.org/lecture-series/african-american-experience?page=0 |
| On Demand | Online Exhibitions | Current and past exhibits, including: 15 Minutes of Warhol; Moche and Nazca Pottery | Museum of Art & Archaeology – University of Missouri | https://maa.missouri.edu/exhibits |
| On Demand | Growing Up with the River: Nine Generations on the Missouri by Dan and Connie Burkhardt | Professional storytellers and special guests. 10-part series based on this very beautiful book. | Missouri Humanities Council | https://mohumanities.org/programs/growing-up-with-the-river/ |
| On Demand | Explore Missouri’s German Heritage | 8-part series on history of German immigration and the continuing culture of Germans in Missouri | Missouri Humanities Council | https://mohumanities.org/programs/explore-missouris-german-heritage/ |
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