MURA Sponsored Programs – April 2021 |
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| Date and Time | Program | Presenter | Host | Notes to connect |
| April 6, Tuesday, 8:30-9:30 am CDT | Virtual Breakfast – Aging and the Pandemic | Dr. Joan McDowd is professor and chair of Psychology at UMKC and a UM Presidential Engagement Fellow | MU Retirees Association | Link will be given in MURA email and posted on website |
| May 4, Tuesday, 8:30-9:30 am CDT | Virtual Breakfast – Overview of MU Master Planning | Vice Chancellor Gary Ward and/or the Master Plan Advisor, Linda Eastley of Eastley + Partners | MU Retirees Association | Link will be given in MURA email and posted on website |
| Notes: Zoom links will be sent in an email. I 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 6, Tuesday, 11:00 am CDT | Missouri 2021 Presents: A Patchwork of Quilts Brings us Together for ‘21 | Panel: Mo Bicentennial Comn, Mo Star Quilt Co, Arts Council of Houston, Naturalist-Resource Interpreter at Echo Bluff State Park | State Historical Society of Missouri | https://shsmo.org/events/2021/mo2021-presents-apr |
| April 6, Tuesday, 11:00 am CDT | Goering’s Man in Paris: The Story of a Nazi Art Plunderer and His World | Jonathan Petropoulos, author | National Archives Foundation | https://archivesfoundation.org/event/goerings-man-in-paris/ |
| April 6, Tuesday, 7:00 pm CDT | Science Headlines: COVID-19 Vaccine Equity | Qiana Thomason, President and CEO of Health Forward Foundation KC and Trevor Zimmer, co-director of the COVID-19 Vaccine Equity Project, a joint initiative of the Sabin Institute, Dalberg, and JSI | Linda Hall Library: Science, Engineering and Technology – KC | https://www.lindahall.org/event/science-headlines-covid-19-vaccine-equity/ |
| April 8, Thursday, 6:00 pm CDT | Parallel Paths: Poetry of Carl Sandburg, Music of Chris Vallillo | Chris Vallillo, Singer and song-writer | Daniel Boone Regional Library in Columbia, MO | https://events.dbrl.org/event/4946965 |
| April 8, Thursday, 7:00-7:45 pm CDT | 10 Missouri Artworks that Help Us Understand Our History | Dr. Joan Stack, SHSMO Curator of Art Collections | State Historical Society of Missouri and Mid-Continent Public Library | https://shsmo.org/events/2021/10-missouri-artworks |
| April 13, Tuesday, 4:00 CDT | The Rise of America’s Founding Father | David Stewart, author | White House Historical Association – History Live | https://www.whitehousehistory.org/events/the-rise-of-americas-founding-father |
| April 13, Tuesday, 5:00 CDT | Susan, Linda, Nina, and Cokie: The Extraordinary Story of the Founding Mothers of NPR | Joining author Lisa Napoli in conversation are NPR’s “Founding Mothers:” Susan Stamberg, Linda Wertheimer, and Nina Totenberg | National Archives Foundation | https://archivesfoundation.org/event/susan-linda-nina-and-cokie/ |
| April 14, Wednesday, 6:00-8:00 pm CDT | Growing Home Garden Tomatoes | Speakers will talk on adapted tomato varieties to grow in Mo, seedling preparation, suitable environment, soil preparation, transplanting, nutrient, water, insect-pest and disease management. | MU Extension in partnership with Audrain Co Master Gardener | https://extension.missouri.edu/events/growing-home-garden-tomatoes |
| April 15, Thursday, 7:00-8:00 pm CDT | Art, Race, and Thomas Hart Benton | Steve Sitton, Site Administrator for the Benton Home and Studio State Historic Site | Mid-Continent Public Library | https://www.mymcpl.org/events/69308/art-race-and-thomas-hart-benton-zoom |
| April 20, Tuesday, 1:00-2:00 pm CDT | Missouri Trailblazers: Thomas Hart Benton | Dr. Sarah Jones, art historian and museum interpreter | Mo State Museum and Daniel Boone Regional Library in Columbia, MO | https://events.dbrl.org/event/4946747 |
| April 20, Tuesday, 1:00-2:00 pm CDT | From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry: The Killing of Vincent Chin and the Trial that Galvanized the Asian American Movement | Paula Yoo, author | National Archives Foundation | https://archivesfoundation.org/event/killing-of-vincent-chin/ |
| April 22, Thursday, 4:00 pm CDT | “From Little Houses to Little Women” – the children’s books that have shaped all of our imaginations | Nancy McCabe, author | University of Missouri Libraries (click on Website to register) | https://calendar.missouri.edu/event/book_talk_with_nancy_mccabe_on_from_little_houses_to_little_women#.YFfLAtxOnIU |
| April 22, Thursday, 4:30 pm CDT | The White House Gardens of Camelot | Linda Jane Holden, author of The Gardens of Bunny Mellon | White House Historical Association – History Happy Hour | https://www.whitehousehistory.org/events/history-happy-hour-the-white-house-gardens-of-camelot |
| April 22, Thursday, 6:30-7:45 pm CDT | Shadowball – A journey through the heyday of the Negro Baseball Leagues | Bobby Norfolk | Daniel Boone Regional Library in Columbia, MO | https://events.dbrl.org/event/4947072 |
| April 22, Thursday, 6:00 pm CDT | Tiger on Top of the World: Mt Everest | Mark Wilkins, an A&S alum and member of A&S Strategic Development Board | Mizzou A&S Beyond Campus Series | https://alumlc.org/missouri/6984 |
| April 28, Wednesday, 2:00-3:00 pm CDT | Fifteen Minutes of Warhol: Curator-led Exhibition Tour | Alisa McCusker, Curator | Museum of Art & Archaeology – University of Missouri | https://maa.missouri.edu/events/exhibition/curator-led-exhibition-tour-fifteen-minutes-warhol |
| April 29, Thursday, 7:00-8:30 pm CDT | Show-Me Statesmanship | Premier of a film featuring former Missouri elected officials and political experts discussing how polarization and partisanship impact state government | Missouri Humanities Council | https://mohumanities.org/event/show-me-statesmanship/ |
| 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 |
| Ongoing – Sept 2020 to April 2021 – Second Thursday (April 8, 10-11:30 am CST) with past program videos available on website | Explore Missouri’s German Heritage | April: Eiswein, Savoring Missouri’s German Wine Heritage | Missouri Humanities Council | https://mohumanities.org/programs/explore-missouris-german-heritage/ |
| Ongoing | Uniting a Polarized Nation | “The Upswing” Author Talk; A Nation Divided: How One Decade Can Change Everything; #CIVILITYCHALLENGE | Missouri Humanities Council | https://mohumanities.org/uniting/ |
| On Demand | Fact, Opinion or Misinformation – Strategies for becoming a savvy user of digital media | Seth Smith, Public Services Librarian – Project supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services | Daniel Boone Regional Library in Columbia, MO and the Boone County League of Women Voters | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIuu0PQJ7EQ&t=522s |
| 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: A Conversation with Columbians Sehon Williams and Bill Thompson; Nearby Nature in North City St. Louis: Black Residents, Nature, and Contested Green Space | State Historical Society of Missouri and the University of Missouri | https://shsmo.org/lecture-series/african-american-experience?page=0 |
| On Demand | 1918 Flu Epidemic in Missouri: Parts 1 and 2 | Kathleen Seale | State Historical Society of Missouri | https://shsmo.org/events/on-demand/1918-flu |
| On Demand | All About Art: A Virtual Architectural Tour Video | Joan Stack | State Historical Society of Missouri | https://shsmo.org/events/on-demand/all-about-art |
| On Demand | Online Exhibitions | Current and past exhibits, including: American Women Artists Since the Vote; Pre-Columbian Pottery of Ancient Peru; Gemstones of Antiquity, and more. | Museum of Art & Archaeology – University of Missouri | https://maa.missouri.edu/exhibits |
| On Demand | Webinars and Online Events – Future Live Events as well as Past Recordings | Past Examples I recommend: #MizzouMade Talk with J’den Cox, Olympic Wrestler;Should the Rosa Parks House Remain in Europe? | Mizzou Alumni Association – Open to all Mizzou Alumni and Friends | https://alumlc.org/missouri/archive |
| On Demand | Growing Up with the River: Nine Generations on the Missouri by Dan and Connie Burkhardt (Program is a 10-part series based on this very beautiful book) | Professional storytellers and special guests | Missouri Humanities Council | https://mohumanities.org/programs/growing-up-with-the-river/ |
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