Events
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History Study Group
via ZoomFor this meeting we will be beginning a new book, Destiny Disrupted: A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes (2010) by Tamim Ansary. This book can be had new in paperback for $15 - $19, and as an ebook for around $12. For the 5th, we'll read through chapter 7. To most people in the…
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Philosophy Study Group
via ZoomWe will be discussing a book by Victor Frankl, a Holocaust survivor and author of the noted book, Man's Search for Meaning. This new book, Say Yes to Life: In Spite of Everything (2020), is based on a series of lectures that Frankl gave less than a year after being liberated from a German concentration camp. He…
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Ginny Hanson Poetry Day: The Poetry of Philip Bryant
via ZoomEllingtonia, The Great Migration and The Promised Land This presentation will focus around two poems in my book, "The Promised Land." I will start with a short reading of the title poem of the book, "The Promised Land" and also read the poem, "Ellingtonia." I will then briefly discuss how I think the poems interface and…
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History Study Group
via ZoomWe will continue our discussion of the book, Destiny Disrupted: A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes, by Tamim Ansary. For this meeting we will cover chapters 8 through 11, which chronicle the ending of the Islamic Golden Age. Fortunately for you, the MISF History Study Group's Golden Age is continuing. Getting Goldener even.
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Philosophy Study Group
via ZoomWe are starting a new book, Knowledge: A Very Short Introduction (2014), by Jennifer Nagel. This book is a part of the Very Short Introduction series by Oxford University. A paperback costs about $12 and an ebook is around $7. For this meeting we will read the first three chapters, which cover the history of epistemology into…
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Cass Gilbert’s White Bear Cottages
via ZoomWell-known Minnesota architect Cass Gilbert spent much of his early career designing homes and other buildings around the White Bear area. Rheanna O’Brien of the White Bear Lake Area Hustorical Society will present an illustrated program as we discuss his early work. Some of those buildings still stand, while others have either not survived or were never built.…
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History Study Group
via ZoomThis meeting will cover the last chapters of the book, Destiny Disrupted: A History of the World Through Islamic Eyes, by Tamim Ansary. The author brings his story of Islam up to the present day. If you have an opinion about the Islamic world and the U.S., and the reason things are the way they are…
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Philosophy Study Group
via ZoomWe will conclude our book, Knowledge: A Very Short Introduction , by Jennifer Nagel. The last part of the book covers some of the major issues that are currently being debated in epistemology. Please come. With enough people and a little effort we should be able to take care of these problems in a couple of…
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History Study Group
via ZoomThe book we are tackling this time is From the Ruins of Empire: The Revolt against the West and the Remaking of Asia (2012) by Indian author Pankaj Mishra. A new paperback version of the book lists for $20, but can be found for less. An ebook is $13. This meeting will cover the first three chapters.…
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Philosophy Study Group
via ZoomZoom Link For this meeting we will spend our time discussing Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous by George Berkeley. First published in 1713, it has become a part of the traditional epistemological oeuvre. It is no longer in copyright and is readily available, both as a new book (usually with commentary) or used or for…
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Annual Picnic
Cherokee Park Picnic Shelter Chippewa and Winona Streets, St. Paul, MNThis is our annual summer picnic, resumed after a year off because of the pandemic. MISF will provide the drinks, plasticware, and grills, and St. Paul Parks & Rec will provide the electricity and more grills. You provide your own food, as sharing amongst the group is discouraged at this point in time, but that…
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