Upcoming Events

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 February to March 2024 Quick Reference Calendar (QRC) or 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

  • Location and Time Change for March Mystery Book Club. Details HERE.
  • Minnesota Legislative Session: get updates and follow bills of importance to our AAUW mission and vision HERE. Specific issue areas that our legislative updates will follow include:
    • State and national ERAs
    • Reproductive Rights
    • Voting Rights
    • Equal Pay
  • 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.
  • 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, will be hosting a webinar for folks to discuss the upcoming vote and provide a chance to learn more on Thursday, March 28, at 6:30 p.m. Members will find the Zoom link on our Tuesday Programs page (even though the event is on Thursday).
    • 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.

Tuesday, March 19, 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.

March 19, 2024
9:30 a.m. – Great Decisions (details HERE and in the 990 News)
10:45 a.m. – Branch Announcements
11:00 a.m. – At Home with Jane Austen, Kim Wilson, Author
12:00 p.m. – Luncheon – SignUpGenius Link
1:15 p.m. – Descendant of Bad Luck Women, Kalia Yang, award-winning Hmong American author, public speaker and teacher

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.


House Closed
March 24-April 6

No Tuesday programs on March 26 or April 2

April 9, 2024 – Poetry Day
10:00 a.m. – Member Poetry Readings: Limericks and Odes
11:00 a.m. – Connie Wanek, Poet
12:00 p.m. – Luncheon – SignUpGenius Link
1:15 p.m. – John Minczeski, Poet

April 16, 2024
9:30 a.m. – Summit Avenue Readers in the Library (details HERE and in the 990 News)
10:45 a.m. – Branch Announcements
11:00 a.m. – The (Minnesota) State of Intellectual Freedom: Minnesota Libraries as Culture War Battlefields, Tamara (Tami) Lee, Minnesota State Librarian
12:00 p.m. – Luncheon – SignUpGenius Link
1:15 p.m. – Project REACH, a Saint Paul Public Schools Shelter and Street-Based Program Promoting Stability for Children Experiencing Homelessness, Heather Alden, St. Paul Public Schools Social Worker

April 23, 2024
9:30 a.m. – Great Decisions (details HERE and in the 990 News)
10:45 a.m. – Branch Announcements
11:00 a.m. – Scholarship Trust – Meet Our Scholars!, Scholarship Trust Committee
12:00 p.m. – Luncheon – SignUpGenius Link
1:15 p.m. – Discover What Makes You Soar, Heather Boschke, Professor, Metro State University

Wednesday, March 13, 2024

Foreign Policy, Politics, and the Media
John Rash, Columnist and Editorial Writer
Minneapolis Star Tribune

5:00 p.m. Valet Service Starts
5:15 p.m. Social Time
6:00 p.m. Dinner
7:00 p.m. Program

Additional details and signup information is posted on the Evening Programs page.

Special Events

2024 Book Sale

Thursday, April 18
Friday, April 19
10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Proceeds of the sale benefit the
St. Paul College Club, Inc. AAUW Scholarship Trust.


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.