Pop Wagner, a mainstay of the Minnesota music community, performed December 9, 2015 at a special event, sponsored by the University of Minnesota Friends of the Libraries. 

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Celebrated lion researcher and conservationist Craig Packer takes us into the complex, tooth-and-claw worlds of lion conservation and behavior in this September 30, 2015 event at Coffman Memorial Union at the University of Minnesota. 

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Noted cookbook author and internationally acclaimed proponent of vegetarian cooking, Deborah Madison was the featured speaker at the University of Minnesota Friends of the Libraries annual celebration. Formerly the manager of the farmers market in Santa Fe and co-founder of the Monte del Sol Edible Kitchen Garden, Madison has a long-abiding passion for local/regional foods and those who produce them.

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Michael Dennis Browne, poet and University of Minnesota Emeritus Professor, read from his new book, “The Voices,” and Kathy Saltzman Romey led a musical performance by the University Singers at the annual Pankake Poetry Reading event on April 16.

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Richard Moe presents Roosevelt's Second Act: The Election of 1940 and the Politics of War on November 18, 2014 at the Paul and Joan Nagel Lecture in Cowles Auditorium at the University of Minnesota. 

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Wendy Lehr, the celebrated Twin Cities actor, director, and teacher presented "My Life in the Theater: I Always Said Yes!" at the University of Minnesota Friends of the Libraries Annual Celebration on May 12, 2014 at the University of Minnesota Rarig Center.

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Will Shortz: An Evening with the Puzzle Master was presented September 12, 2013 by the Friends of the University of Minnesota Libraries at Ted Mann Concert Center. 

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Ed Bok Lee was the featured speaker at the April 17, 2013 Pankake Poetry Reading at Elmer L. Andersen Library. 

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