Events

Dear Follow Rotarians:

The Club Executive Committee has decided to cancel the 5 regularly scheduled April meetings at Edina Country Club as part of the greater Minnesota stay-at-home and social distancing recommendations. We look forward to seeing you again in the month of May, and have many exciting things planned for you, including a vocational offsite meeting at the Discovery Nexus tech incubator at the University of Minnesota, and tours of the Walker Art Center permanent collection and sculpture garden.  As with everything, we will keep you informed as we get closer to May about the proposed schedule for meetings and events.  
 
In light of the meeting cancellations, we are increasing our regular member (non-senior active) 4th quarter invoice credit from $40 to $90. This reflects a combination of reduced meal costs and ongoing expenses, while balancing the best interests of our members with the current situation. Hopefully you can join us for our online meetings until we can meet again in person! These meeting can be accessed the following ways:

• Our club home webpage:  www.edinarotary.org   Click the arrow on the Facebook Live picture under Club Facebook Feed.
• Interactive Facebook Live session at www.facebook.com/edinarotary beginning Thursdays around 12:35 p.m. If you open this link and there is no picture or sound the meeting hasn't started. Please close the page and return a few minutes later.
• Watch via You Tube. Meeting videos will be posted as soon as possible on our Edina Rotary You Tube Channel at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPCy3nCK3gh7EgbHuvnlq_Q
  • March 26 Meeting https://youtu.be/PvIHNoFrm2k
  • March 19 Meeting https://youtu.be/jLrJYvSyM5A

We appreciate your trust, understanding, and commitment to the Rotary Club of Edina.

Warm regards,

Josh Sprague, President
Sam Thompson, President-Elect
John Flynn, Past President 
Michael Stanzak, Treasurer
Joe Hayes, Secretary 
 

Mick is a local musician who in 2011 founded The 30-Days Foundation. This foundation has assisted over 80,000 families with one-time financial grants made payable only to the service provider that needs payment. Through simple acts of kindness we provide assistance via our Keep the Key, A 30 Days House, Let's Move, Kindworks and Feeling the Future programs. These programs are only possible by generous donations from individuals, companies and revenue raised from events we produce.

Please volunteer to help prepare and serve lunch to the downtown homeless population through Lt. Grant Snyder's out reach program. The event is on Saturday, April 11 from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in an open lot in Minneapolis. The specific location will be determined soon. We need 10 to 12 people to sign up. Sign up here or check your email. 

Lt. Grant Snyder, MPD Homeless Liason brought to our club his message of homelessness and his efforts to build relationships and bring safety to those in need.  His words and actions had a profound impact on many of our members.  In a downtown Minneapolis open lot, we will help the Minneapolis Police Department and Sgt. Snyder prepare a hot breakfast, serve roughly 100 homeless individuals and families then clean up on a Saturday morning. This event is scheduled to be held outdoors. An inclement weather update will be emailed or texted to you.  Please contact Ann Platt with any questions

Tour of the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden & permanent collection exhibition, 5 Ways In. This is a small, 20-person group tour lead by an experienced and very knowledgeable Walker curator. There will be a total of 2 groups (40 people). Cost will be $13.00 per person for the two-hour tour. The Esker Grove restaurant serves cocktails, bar snacks and dinner until 9 PM, phone 612-375-7542 taking reservations before or after your tour. Meal accommodations and cost are member choice and not included in the tour price. Parking is available in the attached ramp for $6.00. Due to the Walker's advance planning policy, we are required to provide attendance counts by March 21st. If this event is of interest, please reserve your spot(s) as soon as possible. Contact Renee Harberts with any questions.

EXHIBIT INFO:

Does a portrait need to resemble its subject? Can a sculpture also be a landscape? The Walker’s newest collection exhibition takes a look at these and other questions through an exciting selection of works from the not-so-distant past and the current moment. The presentation is organized by five familiar themes: portraiture, the interior scene, landscape, still life, and abstraction. Each of these areas features a diverse range of artists whose approaches to their subjects are often unconventional, innovative, and even surprising.

With more than 100 works—painting, sculpture, drawing, photography, and video installations—the exhibition Five Ways In: Themes from the Collection invites us to become reacquainted with favorites from the collection and discover new pieces by artists who are reinventing genres we thought we knew.

Self
Long used by artists as way to explore the self, identity, and the body, portraits have a unique capacity to capture the essence of an individual. This section includes both traditional portraits and others made in unexpected ways.

Inside
The indoor space can be a reflection of the artist’s creative environment and a site for observing the complexities or pleasures of life. Highlighted here are various takes on the subject of the interior, from domestic settings to public places to artists’ studios.

Outside
Many artists have reconsidered and expanded the notion of the landscape to include deeper meditations on the natural world—detailed observations of the outdoor environment that range from the specific to the abstract.

Everyday
Considering work by artists who celebrate the ordinary, this section brings together intriguing still lifes, singular takes on everyday language, and works that make the commonplace seem unfamiliar through changes in scale or materials.

Everything
Line, form, color, and shape are key to artists who embrace abstraction. The works here explore pure gesture and the physical properties of materials in compelling and inventive ways.

Curator: Siri Engberg, senior curator, Visual Arts; with Jadine Collingwood, curatorial fellow, Visual Arts; and Alexandra Nicome, interpretation fellow, Education and Public Programs