MURA Sponsored Programs – March 2021 |
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| Date and Time | Program | Presenter | Host | Notes to connect |
| March 2, Tuesday, 8:30-9:30 am CST | Virtual Breakfast: 200 Years of Music in Missouri | Elisabeth Roberts, Book Co-author with Michael J Budds and Staff Res Ast, MU Budds Center for American Music Studies | MU Retirees Association | Link will be given in MURA email and posted on website |
| March 16, Tuesday, 8:30-9:30 am CDT | Annual Meeting/Bonus Breakfast: Winning It Right in 2021 | Jim Sterk, MU Athletic Director | MU Retirees Association | Link will be given in MURA email and posted on website |
| April 6, Tuesday, 8:30-9:30 am CDT | Virtual Breakfast – to be determined | 8:30- 9:30 am | MU Retirees Association | Link will be given in MURA email and posted on website |
| May 4, Tuesday, 8:30-9:30 am CDT | Overview of MU Master Planning | Heiddi Davis, Director- Campus Facilities Planning, Design, & Construction | 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 | ||||
| March 2, Tuesday, 11:00 am CST | Legends, Lore, and Stories of the Show Me State – Missouri 2021: Celebrating the 200th anniversary of Missouri statehood | Panel of five representatives of Missouri cultural organizations | State Historical Society of Missouri | https://shsmo.org/events/2021/mo2021-presents-mar |
| March 3, Wednesday, 11:00 am CST | Gardening in Small Spaces: How to Grow Vegetables in Your Backyard | Melissa K. Norris, author and 5th generation homesteader | Mizzou Alumni Association – Open to all Mizzou Alumni and Friends | https://alumlc.org/missouri/5400 |
| March 3, Wednesday, 6:00 pm CST | A Virtual Visit to The Elephant Sanctuary in Tennessee | A member of The Sanctuary’s education team using photos, lives-streaming video and storytelling | Daniel Boone Regional Library in Columbia, MO | https://events.dbrl.org/event/4860139 |
| March 4, Thursday, 4:30 pm CST | Presidential Love Letters of Ulysses S. Grant, James A. Garfield, Woodrow Wilson, and Warren G. Harding | Michelle Krowl, Historian | White House Historical Association – History Happy Hour | https://www.whitehousehistory.org/events/history-happy-hour-presidential-love-letters-at-the-library-of-congress |
| March 4, Thursday, 4:30 pm CST | TEAM SCIENCE: a value proposition | Dr. Fungai Chanetsa, Associate Director for Research Administration, Ellis Fischel Cancer Center, University of Missouri | NextGen Precision Health & Ellis Fischel Cancer Center Science Seminar – (click on “Website” to register) | https://calendar.missouri.edu/event/nextgen_precision_health_ellis_fischel_cancer_center_science_seminar#.YC7jD3lMHIU |
| March 4, Thursday, 7:00 pm CST | 2021 Futures Forum: The Future of Information | Panel, including Sir Tim Berners-Lee who invented the World Wide Web in 1989 and professors from Drexel and Carnegie Mellon Universities | Linda Hall Library: Science, Engineering and Technology – KC | https://www.lindahall.org/event/2021-futures-forum-the-future-of-information-technologies/ |
| March 5, Friday, 3:30-5:00 pm CST | The 2020 Election Crisis in Global Perspective | A panel of scholars from around the globe | Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy – University of Missouri | https://democracy.missouri.edu/events/2020-election-crisis-panel/ |
| March 9, Tuesday, 11:00 am CST | The Girl Explorers: The Untold Story of the Globetrotting Women Who Trekked, Flew, and Fought Their Way Around the World | Jayne Zanglein, author | National Archives Foundation | https://archivesfoundation.org/event/girl-explorers/ |
| March 9, Tuesday, 4:00 CST | Women Artists in the White House Collection | Sarah Fling, American University graduate fellow | White House Historical Association – History | https://www.whitehousehistory.org/events/women-in-the-white-house-collection |
| March 10, Wednesday, 4:00 CST | Presidential Library Series: Harry S Truman | Kurt Graham, Harry S. Truman Presidential Library Director | National Archives Foundation | https://archivesfoundation.org/event/presidential-library-series-harry-s-truman/ |
| March 10, Wednesday, 6:00 pm CST | Our Supreme Task: Churchill, Truman and the Opening Shot in the Cold War | David Von Drehle, R. Crosby Kemper III and Candice Millard | Truman Library Institute | https://www.trumanlibraryinstitute.org/tli-events/ |
| March 16, Tuesday, 10:00-11:30 am CDT | Zoom Sketching Group | Museum docent highlights art works and all sketch a selected piece | Museum of Art & Archaeology – University of Missouri | https://maa.missouri.edu/events/family-events/zoom-sketching-group |
| March 16, Tuesday, 1:00 pm CDT | Missouri Trailblazers: Lewis and Clark in Missouri | Presented by the Missouri State Museum in celebration of the Missouri Bicentennial | Daniel Boone Regional Library in Columbia, MO | https://events.dbrl.org/event/4868255 |
| March 17, Wednesday, 7:00-8:30 pm CDT | Intro to Birdwatching and Spring Bird Identification | Sarah Kendrick, State Ornithologist, Missouri Department of Conservation | Daniel Boone Regional Library in Columbia, MO | https://events.dbrl.org/event/4868292 |
| March 18, Thursday, 1:00 pm CDT | Basic Genealogy: Land Records Part I – Researching First Title | Bill Eddleman, Associate Director of the Cape Girardeau Research Center | State Historical Society of Missouri | https://shsmo.org/events/2021/genealogy-land-records1 |
| March 23 and 30, Tuesdays, 1:00-2:00 pm CDT | Intro to Mah Jongg, American Style – Parts 1 and 2 | Hanna Klachko | Daniel Boone Regional Library in Columbia, MO | https://events.dbrl.org/event/4869997 |
| March 25, Thursday, 6:00-7:15 pm CDT | Miep Gies Remembers: The Woman Who Saved Anne Frank’s Diary | Conversation with Miep Gies as portrayed by national award-winning actress and storyteller Megan Wells | Daniel Boone Regional Library in Columbia, MO | https://events.dbrl.org/event/4871130 |
| March 30, Tuesday, 11:00 am CDT | The Agitators: Three Friends Who Fought for Abolition and Women’s Rights | Dorothy Wickenden tells the story of Harriet Tubman and her friends, Martha Wright and Frances Seward | National Archives Foundation | https://archivesfoundation.org/event/the-agitators/ |
| Podcast | The 1600 Sessions (Over 50 episodes) | Including: WH History with Michael Beschloss; St.John’s-Church of the Presidents | White House Historical Association | https://www.whitehousehistory.org/1600-sessions |
| Ongoing – Sept 2020 to April 2021 – Second Thursday (March 11, 10-11:30 am CST) with past program videos available on website | Explore Missouri’s German Heritage | March: Remember Missouri’s German Heritage: What do historic sites and local groups do to preserve their German 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/ |
| Ongoing: March 5-May 28, Fridays, 10:00-12:30 | Living a Healthy Life with Chronic Conditions | Participants gain self-confidence in their ability to control their symptoms and learn how their health problems affect their lives | MU Extension in partnership with St. Luke’s Hospital | https://extension.missouri.edu/events/living-a-healthy-life-with-chronic-conditions-st.-luke-s-hospital-1611764536 |
| 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: First Ladies and the National Portrait Gallery; The Cabinet; 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: Variable Atmospheres: Weather in Art; Pre-Columbian Pottery of Ancient Peru; Missouri Nostalgia – from the Scruggs-Vandervoort-Barney Collection | 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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