Branch Program 3/25/2013

9:30-10:30: Monday Interest Groups

  1. Book Discussion: The Weight of Silence by Heather Gudenkauf
    Heritage Room
    Discussion Leader: Lynne Benz

    Young Calli Clark and her best friend, Petra, disappear one night. What happened to them is trapped in the silence of unspoken family secrets. There’s a darkness to the author’s Gudenkauf’s Iowa heartland, and her take on the milieu manages to find some hope without being maudlin.

  2. Handwork/Crafts
    Dining Room
    Beading Leaders: Ann Vanvick and Elaine Braun

    Make a one-of-a-kind beaded badge holder for yourself ($5), or make one to be sold to raise funds for our branch.

  3. Great Decisions Topic: Threat Assessment
    Presidents’ Hall
    Leader: Barb Taft

    What threats and opportunities are presented by regime change in the Middle East and by the ascendancy of China?

  4. Tai Chi
    Minneapolis Room
    Leaders: Karen Ringsrud and Carol Saarela

    Experience Tai Chi with outside instructor Colin Snow – six sessions with fee.

10:45-11:45: Health
Presidents’ Hall

The Affordable Care Act: Looking Back, Looking Ahead
Lynn Blewett, Professor, Division of Health Policy and Management, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota

Lynn Blewett will provide an overview of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) looking back on the Supreme Court Decision and the election, which provide the context for where the ACA stands today. She will provide information on the next steps for the ACA in Minnesota, focusing on the access and coverage provisions.

11:45-Noon
Announcements

12:00-1:15
Luncheon

House Management: Association Room
International Guest: Heritage Room

1:15-2:15: The Arts
Presidents’ Hall

Creating New Theatrical Work in the Current Economic Climate
Dominique Serrand, Founder of TheMovingCompany

When our speaker announced the closing of Theatre de la Jeune Lune in 2008 he stated, “As this story ends, a new one begins. We live to create. Starting today we begin imagining a new way of working. What should a theatre generating organization of the 21st century look like? How can artists create truly groundbreaking art in a fast changing world? We are exploring ways to reinvent an agile, nomadic, entrepreneurial theatre with a new name.”