Upcoming Events

Philosophy Study Group

Curt Hillstrom
Wednesday, September 11, 2024 - 7:00pm to 9:00pm
At your location, via
Zoom Link

Our book for this meeting is What Would Nietzsche Do?: Philosophical Solutions to Everyday Problems (2017) by Marcus Weeks. A paperback version of the book lists for $20 but can be had from Amazon for $14.60; used copies are for sale by Half Price Books for $8, and an e-book is $4.

Power Behind Your Writing

Evelyn Klein
Saturday, September 28, 2024 - 10:30am to 12:00pm
Shorview Library, 4560 Victoria St N Shoreview, Minnesota 55126

Power Behind Your Writing: What Every Writer Needs to Know (Evelyn D. Klein) Author Evelyn Klein will discuss how and why this book came about in the course of teaching English, language arts and world languages for many years.

Cohousing--Living in an Intentional Community

Becca Brackett , Lynn Englund
Saturday, October 26, 2024 - 10:30am to 12:00pm
Shorview Library, 4560 Victoria St N Shoreview, Minnesota 55126


Becca and Lynn will share with you a housing model unfamiliar in the USA, Cohousing. 

It is a type of intentional community that will reduce our carbon footprint, reduce loneliness and get us a lot more fun in the process.
There are examples of about 180 cohousing communities across the US and we will share views of them.

A key element is that the residents form a group intending to be good neighbors, they participate in the planning, and run the community after it is built.

"Family Declassified": Uncovering My Grandfather's Journey from Spy to Children's Book Author

Katherine Fennelly
Saturday, November 16, 2024 - 10:30am to 12:00pm
At your location, via
Zoom Link  
Why do people keep deep secrets about their lives and ancestry?  In Family Declassified (Sunbury Press, 2023) Katherine Fennelly applied her expertise as a social science researcher to answer this question regarding her grandfather, a Jewish Hungarian immigrant who arrived in the US one hundred years ago and who became a high-ranking spy for the Allies in WWII.