Unlimited Learning Programs

Unlimited Learning, Fourth Tuesday programs and Great Decisions schedule for  2021:
Programs coming soon
—Tuesday, April 13, 1:30 p.m. via Zoom: “New Happenings and Economic Development in the Crosby-Ironton Area” presented by Brielle Bredsten, Executive Director of the Cuyuna Lakes Chamber of Commerce.  Contact lonelake loon@gmail.com for an invitation.
—Tuesday, May 11:  Tuesday;  1:30  p.m. via Zoom:  “Sprout MN—an answer to Sustainable Agriculture”:   Presenter:    Ms. Fallon Ryan, SproutMN
—Tuesday, June 8, 1:30 p.m. via Zoom: “Wolves at Our Door”: Presenter: Staff of the International Wolf Center in Ely.
—Tuesday, July 13:  “Shifting Priorities in Foreign Policy”;  Presenter:  Tom Hanson
—Tuesday, Aug. 10:  Presenter:  Bill Marchel, wildlife author and photographer.
—Tuesday, Sept. 14:  “Walt Whitman—Poet of American Democracy”, presentor:  Jack Hickerson.
—Monday, Oct. 11,  1:30 p.m.:  “Hudson Bay Bound”:  Presentor  Natalie Warren will share her  Experiences traveling from St. Paul to Hudson Bay by canoe.
—Tuesday, Nov. 9:  To be announced.
A new program offering
—Tuesday, April 27:  Jacques Art Center, Aitkin, field trip:   Meeting at 11 a.m. at the Jacques Art Center, (Highway 210) and Barden Heft, of the JAC staff,  will be the guide and explain exhibits to the group.  There is no charge for the field trip, (although there is a donation box for anyone interested in making a donation).   Following the JAC presentation, there will be a gathering for lunch at the “Block North Brew Pub” with reservations made for around noon.  (Lunch is Dutch treat.)  For those attending, R.S.V.P.:  text or e-mail:  ruthann@ ksu.edu or 1-785-320-1059 by April 23.
—Tuesday. May 25:  “100 Things to Do In The Minnesota Northwoods Before You Die”  Local author, Julie Jo Larson, will talk about her recently published book, featuring nearby places to visit or experience.  The group will meet at 4 p.m. at Rafferty’s, Crosby, allowing a social time after, over pizza.  R.S.V.P. will be needed by May 20.
—Tuesday, June 22:  Small group discussion of an article on Foreign Policy by George Schulz.  This article is a good lead-in for the Foreign Policy presentation by Tom Hanson.
Great Discussions
Great Decisions meets on the third Monday of each month   from February through June and September through November, from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.  (if in-person) or 11 a.m. (if by Zoom).
—Monday, April 19:  “Brexit and the European Union”.
—Monday, May 17:  “Struggles over the Melting Artic”.
—Monday, June 21:  “China’s Role in Africa”.  
—Monday, Sept. 20:  “The Korean Peninsula”
—Monday, Oct. 18:  Roles of International Organizations in a Global Pandemic?
—Monday, Nov. 15:  “The End of Globalization”