MURA Sponsored Programs – June 2021 |
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| Date and Time | Program | Presenter | Host | Notes to connect |
| 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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| June 1, Tuesday, 11:00 am CDT | Missouri 2021 Presents: Music for the Bicentennial | Explore musical events that speak about Missouri, from ragtime, blues, and jazz to country, classical, folk, hip-hop, and more. | State Historical Society of Missouri | https://shsmo.org/events/2021/mo2021-presents-june |
| June 1, Tuesday, 6:00 pm CDT | Discover St. Louis | Dea Hoover, tour guide and author of STL Scavenger: The Ultimate Search for St. Louis’s Hidden Treasures | Daniel Boone Regional Library in Columbia, MO | https://events.dbrl.org/event/5097193 |
| June 2, Wednesday, 6:00 pm CDT | On Juneteenth | Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Annette Gordon-Reed in conversation with Roy Young, CEO of James Madison’s Montpelier | National Archives Foundation | https://archivesfoundation.org/event/on-juneteenth/ |
| June 3, Thursday, 4:30 pm CDT | LBJ and the Great Society | Melody Barnes, co-director for policy and public affairs, Democracy Initiative at the University of Virginia and President Barack Obama’s chief domestic policy advisor | History Happy Hour, White House Historical Association | https://www.whitehousehistory.org/events/history-happy-hour-lbj-and-the-great-society |
| June 8, Tuesday, 11:00 am CDT | Japanese Americans in St. Louis | Dr. Chikako Usui, associate professor of sociology at the University of Missouri–St. Louis | St Louis History Live Series, Missouri History Museum, St Louis | https://mohistory.org/events/home |
| June 8, Tuesday, 6:30-8:00 pm CDT | South Pacific – the backstory, the gorgeous music and lyrics, and the everlasting impact | Barry Bradford, speaker and educator | Palos Heights Library, Illinois | https://bit.ly/3wsHvIi |
| June 10, Thursday, 6:00-6:45 pm CDT | Beginning Beekeeping – Session I | Beekeeper Deborah Reed – Parts 2 and 3 in July and August | Daniel Boone Regional Library in Columbia, MO | https://events.dbrl.org/event/5116635 |
| June 10, Thursday, 6:30 pm CDT | The Parks of Montana and the Dakotas: Where the Buffalo Roam | Nancy McCully, travel enthusiast and speaker | Palos Heights Library, Illinois | https://bit.ly/2TbSwPQ |
| June 10, Thursday, 7:00 pm CDT | Changing the Game: The Statistical Analysis of Sports | Dr. Jeremy Abramson, Computer Scientist at University of Southern California | Linda Hall Library: Science, Engineering and Technology – KC | https://www.lindahall.org/event/changing-the-game-the-statistical-analysis-of-sports/ |
| June 15, Tuesday, 11:00 am CDT | Radical Empathy: Finding a Path to Bridging Racial Divides | Terri Givens, political scienist, author, and CEO and Founder of Brighter Higher Ed | Mizzou Alumni Association – Open to all Mizzou Alumni and Friends | https://alumlc.org/missouri/7657 |
| June 15, Tuesday, 1:00-2:00 pm CDT | Missouri Trailblazers: Laura Ingalls Wilder | Missouri State Museum | Daniel Boone Regional Library in Columbia, MO | https://events.dbrl.org/event/5102675 |
| June 15, Tuesday, 4:00 pm CDT | Chocolate City – A History of Race and Democracy in the Nation’s Capital | Historians Derek Musgrove and Chris Myers Asch | White House Historical Association – Live on Facebook and YouTube | https://www.whitehousehistory.org/events/chocolate-city-a-history-of-race-and-democracy-in-the-nations-capital |
| June 16, Wednesday, 7:00-8:30 pm CDT | North American Bird Declines and What We Can Do to Help | Sarah Kendrick, State Ornithologist from the Missouri Department of Conservation. | Daniel Boone Regional Library in Columbia, MO | https://events.dbrl.org/event/5102923 |
| June 17, Thursday, 2:00-3:00 pm CDT | Scams Targeting Consumers | Better Business Bureau Regional Director Michelle Gleba | Daniel Boone Regional Library in Columbia, MO | https://events.dbrl.org/event/5112430 |
| June 17, Thursday, 4:30 pm CDT | Daughters of Yalta (the story of the post-WWII 1945 Yalta conference through the eyes of Sarah Churchill, Anna Roosevelt and Kathleen Harriman – a really fascinating read! BMS) | Catherine Grace Katz, Author | History Happy Hour, White House Historical Association | https://www.whitehousehistory.org/events/history-happy-hour-daughters-of-yalta |
| June 17, Thursday, 7:00 pm CDT | Black Baseball & Black History | Dr. Raymond Doswell, Vice President/Curator of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kanas City, MO | Mid-Continent Public Library, Kansas City | https://www.mymcpl.org/events/69542/black-baseball-black-history-zoom |
| June 22, Tuesday, 6:30-7:30 pm CDT | Missouri Lakes: Plumbing the Depths | A representative from the Lakes of Missouri Volunteer Program | Daniel Boone Regional Library in Columbia, MO | https://events.dbrl.org/event/5112509 |
| June 23, Wednesday, 7:00 pm CDT | Fleetwood Mac: The Chain…Broken? | Gary Wenstrup, music historian | Mid-Continent Public Library, Kansas City | https://www.mymcpl.org/events/69556/fleetwood-mac-chainbroken-zoom |
| June 24, Thursday, 1:00-2:00 pm CDT | Discover Nature-Missouri’s Wildlife | Austin Lambert, naturalist at Runge Nature Center in Jefferson City | Daniel Boone Regional Library in Columbia, MO | https://events.dbrl.org/event/5112662 |
| Podcast | The 1600 Sessions (Over 50 episodes) | Including: The Triumph of Nancy Reagan; Freemasons and the White House | 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 | 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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