Welcome and Upcoming Events
Welcome! Upcoming Events is where we highlight our September through May weekly Tuesday programs, as well as any evening programs, special events, and summer programs. Our AAUW Branch members will also find links taking them to pages where they can make reservations and attend our programs virtually when that option is available.
Anyone interested in joining our Branch will find more information on our Visitors Guide page.
Click HERE for the April to August 2024 QRC.
On this page: Tuesday Programs, Special Events, Evening Programs
Looking for something else on our website? Click HERE to use our searchable website map.
Important Branch Announcements
- Nominations: Nominations are open for Branch Officers and Committee Chairs who will be elected at our May 7 Annual Meeting. Use the form HERE to nominate someone for an open position. Contact a member of the Nominations Committee with any questions.
- Membership Renewal starts April 16: Most AAUW memberships are due to be renewed by July 1, 2024. Renewal packets will be available at the house during upcoming Tuesday meetings. Details HERE.
- AAUW National Bylaws Change: AAUW National has once again scheduled a vote on changing the bylaws regarding membership requirements. For more information on the proposed changes click HERE.
- Kelsey Waits, AAUW MN VP Public Policy, hosted a webinar discussing the upcoming vote. Go to our Tuesday Programs page for the link to a video recording of her presentation.
- Voting on the changes will start on April 3 and end on May 15. Online voting is encouraged, and will close at 12:00 pm ET on the 15th.
April 30, 2024
Please note the time change for the afternoon speaker.
To help us transition from lunch to the Great Room,
our afternoon programs will begin at 1:15 p.m.
April 30, 2024
9:30 a.m. – Mystery Book Club in the Gold Room (details HERE and in the 990 News)
10:45 a.m. – Branch Announcements
***Topic and speaker change for the 11:00 program (an addendum is in the 990)***
11:00 a.m. – Food: A Pathway to Cultural Understanding, Mary Ellen Schmider, Author
12:00 p.m. – Luncheon – SignUpGenius Link
1:15 p.m. – Celtic Junction Arts Center presents “Immigrants to Ambassadors: Reflecting a Modern, Multicultural Ireland Through Traditional Arts and Culture, Natalie O’Shea and Cormac O’Sé, Artists
Please Note: SignUpGenius links will be posted as they become available.
Additional details and Zoom links will be found on the Tuesday Programs page.
To mask or not to mask? Are you wondering about whether you should wear a mask when at in-person events during the coming cold, flu, and COVID season? Dr. Leana S. Wen, a professor at George Washington University’s Milken Institute School of Public Health, has some advice in a 9/7/23 column in the Washington Post that you can read HERE.
For any members-only, password-protected website pages, the password changed as of 5/5/2022. Leslie sent out this information. If you have questions, please contact JoAnne Tomczak at webmaster@aauwstpaul.org
Upcoming Tuesday Programs
Members will find more information about upcoming programs on the Tuesday Programs page and in the 990 News.
May 7, 2024 – Annual Meeting
10:45 a.m. – Details TBA
Special Events
Thursday, May 9, 2024
10:00 a.m. at The History Theater
Blended Harmony: The Kim Loo Sisters
Making their way from Minneapolis to the flashing lights of Broadway in the 1930s, experience the story of the remarkable Kim Loo Sisters who were known as “the Chinese Andrew Sisters”. Starting at a young age, this quartet gained popularity during the swing era and performed across the country, on the silver screen of Hollywood, and overseas at USO shows. This new musical is an homage to family, love, and the bond of these talented sisters through their lives on and off the stage. Co-produced with Theater MU and the History Theatre.
Thirty tickets have been reserved and the cost is $32 each.
Guests are welcome.
Deadline for signing up is Tuesday, April 9.
Find signup details on the Special Events page.
Evening Programs
No evening programs scheduled at this time.