Programs 2026-2027
September 14, 2026: Kick Off Event! EVENING program 6:00pm-8:30pm Fall Fashion Preview
Arrive at Serge & Jane (4532 France Ave S) anytime between 6:00-7:00p for Shopping & Mingling with light appetizers and beverages. The official program will start at 7:00p with Board Announcements, followed by a fun Fall Fashion Preview led by Jamie Carl, MWC Member and Owner of Serge & Jane. End the evening with some additional shopping time. Everyone attending will receive 20% of any apparel purchases made during this evening event.
October 19, 2026: DAY program 12:30pm-2:00pm
Strengthening Your Gut Health with Functional Nutritional Therapist Elise Bohaty
Your microbiome drives nearly 70% of your immune function, shaping everything from digestion to mood. In this session, we’ll explore how to strengthen your gut health, the powerful role food plays in supporting a thriving microbiome, and the specific shifts that occur during menopause—including what you can do to stay resilient, balanced, and well.
Elise is a medical intuitive. Her foundational approach is based on functional healing and nutritional therapy. She has extensive training as a Functional Nutritional Therapist and she is a Restorative Wellness Practitioner. She began as a massage therapist in 1987 and over the years has training in other modalities such as cranio sacral therapy, integrative rehab therapy, myo fascial release neuro muscular therapy, to name a few. Her success and effectiveness is the culmination of 36 years of experience of caring and healing for others to help you.
November 16, 2026: DAY program, 12:30pm-2:00pm
History & Current Trends of Mah Jongg with Abbe Blacker, owner of Minneapolis Mah Jongg Club
Abbe Blacker is known to many as the “Queen Bee of Mah Jongg.” Abbe is a seasoned Mah Jongg teacher who has taught well over 1,000 students in Edina and SW Mpls. She now owns Minneapolis Mah Jongg Club, located right off of 50th & France (on Market Street). Join us for a history lesson on the popular game and everything currently hot on the topic! We even hope to start a Mah Jongg club amongst the MWC members, so come hear all about how to get in on the wildly popular game of Mah Jongg!
January 11, 2027: DAY program 12:30pm-2:00pm
Monica Nassif, Founder and Former CEO of Mrs. Meyer’s and Local Author of “I Bottled My Mother, The Mrs. Meyer’s Story: Grit, Grime & Growing a Business”
Monica wrote a gritty, hilarious, heartfelt origin-story behind Mrs. Meyer’s Clean Day, the cult-favorite cleaning line inspired by her real-life Mom, Thelma Meyer: a whip-smart, no-nonsense Midwesterner who raised nine children with little more than elbow grease, common sense, and a garden full of vegetables. Part startup manual, part memoir, this is the candid story of how one woman turned domestic skills into corporate strategy, and a small soap company into a household name.
February 8, 2027: DAY program 12:30pm-2:00pm Local Author, Glenn R. Miller
Glenn R. Miller is the author of the critically acclaimed and award-winning novel Doorman Wanted (“A comic novel that doffs its hat to master humorist P. G. Wodehouse”—Minnesota Star Tribune; “…sly, sophisticated wit…” The Miami Herald) and new novel, Rough Cuts (September, 2026). Miller launched his professional career by working on television soap operas and game shows on the back lots of NBC Burbank. He holds a master’s degree from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism and has served as a CBS-affiliate news producer, public television producer, and creative director at production agencies within the Twin Cities. His writings have appeared in NPR's Marketplace, Writers' Digest, LitHub, Historic Pastimes, and Minneapolis's Southwest Journal, among others. Glenn and his wife live in Minneapolis, MN, and are the parents of two grown sons.
Awards won:
American Book Fest -- Top Fiction Finalist
Royal Dragonfly -- First Place, Fiction Humor
March 8, 2027: DAY program 12:30pm-2:00pm Meet Me at the Movies: Spotlight on the Oscars with Film Critic Megan Feeney
Hear film critic and Morningside resident, Megan Feeney of the Minneapolis Film Society share her must-see movies the week prior to the 99th Oscar Award Show on Mar 14, 2027. Megan Feeney currently works part-time for the MSP Film Society, as coordinator of Cinema Club and MSPIFF@EdinaTheatre. She also writes film reviews for Cineaste and Sight & Sound. She has taught film classes at the University of Minnesota and Saint Olaf College.
April 12, 2027: DAY program 12:30pm-2:00pm Climate Change and Steps to Sustainability with Faith Appelquist
This presentation will explore how the changing climate is impacting how we garden. We will discuss the changes you may see in 2027 in certain insects, diseases, and new plant material as zone 5 moves north. The effects of native vs exotic plant selection, limited biodiversity, warming of our cities and overuse of pesticides and fertilizers we will also cover. Finally, we will learn how we can enhance sustainability to reverse these disruptive factors.
Faith Appelquist is founder and president of Tree Quality in St. Paul, Minnesota since 2009. She specializes in tree evaluation, problem diagnosis, risk assessment, tree appraisal and plant health care. She earned her B.S. degree in Nutritional Science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a Landscape Design degree from Dakota County Technical College.
She is an ISA Board Certified Master Arborist and Registered Consulting Arborist.
May 17, 2027: DAY program 12:30pm-2:00pm Meet our EHS Class of 2027 Scholarship Winners!