Fifteen men attended February’s brunch at Frank Brandon’s in St. Paul and 26 men (Cris, Mark, Ed, Harold, Daniel, Rick, Jim, David, Nathaniel, Andy, Tom, Ron, Jeff H., Tom Alan, Harry, Dave, Jeff S., Stan, Stephen, Dean, Waid, Jim L., Evans, and Jon) attended March’s hosted by Andy Mickel. The next brunches will be: Sunday, April 21 at Harry Greenberg’s, 2435 Garfield Ave S, Minneapolis, 612/870-9418 (one block east of Lyndale) and Sunday, May 19 at Rick Gravrok’s, 2925 Monterey Ave S, St. Louis Park, 952/926-6655 (on the west side of Lake Calhoun, off Lake St.). Eat and socialize at the next Monthly Men’s Sunday Brunches (bring something to share/cook up). Men hang out together and enjoy good food with no agenda whatsoever. These brunches are open to all men from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m; plan to come and chat and eat for a 1/2-hour to 2-hour period anytime – inevitably some men stay on until 2 p.m.
– Andy Mickel, 2002-03-18.

The next Minnesota New Warrior Weekend will be held by Mankind Project Minnesota, May 2-5 at a new site near Brainerd, MN. So far 21 men are registered. The fall weekend will be in November. FFI, Glen Stone: <mnenrollment@ix.netcom.com>, 612/827-6514
– Glen Stone, 2002-03-16.

The Gay and Bi-sexual Father’s Group meets for dinner at Davanni’s every other month. It ends up costing just 10 bucks apiece and Steve managed to arrange free parking for the group. The next Fathers Dinner April 26th. 7 pm, Friday, at the downtown Davanni’s (1138 Hennepin between 10th and 11th, 612-338-0000). Contact Steve at shumerickhouse@hotmail.com to RSVP or to get more info about the group. <http://www.gayfathersmn.com>
– Denny Siemers, 2002-03-11.

Organizing for the Men’s Center’s participation in June’s Gay Pride Minnesota has begun. Please contact Tom Perrault, TCMC Board Chair at 763/295-2446. We are also looking for an article for Men Talk about your experiences at previous Pride Festivals. – Tom Perrault, 2002-03-11.

“I’ll be interviewing Michael Gurian on KFAI’s Write On radio! program in May, and aside from alerting all our Men’s Center chaps to listen in, I’m wondering if there’s some sort of hook up we can make. I’m not sure what. Any ideas?” 612-825-7099 – Ian Graham Leask, 2002-02-14.

Men Who Work With Men (MWWWM) is a group of Twin Cities men who network at a breakfast meeting every month. Join us first Fridays at the Louisiana Café on the corner of Selby and Dale in St. Paul.<waid@nyfs.org>
– Waid Johnson, 2002-02-06.

I’m pleased to let you know that my new book, The Whole Man Program: Reinvigorating Your Body, Mind, and Spirit After 40 will be out in March. I believe it is a fine book and will help a lot of people. But I also need your help. Initial reviews [like the snippet below] have been great. {“The Whole Man Program is just what we need to ensure that men will live long and well. Buy this book, read it, and put it into practice. It is the perfect gift for every man over 40.” – Michael Gurian, author of The Wonder of Boys and A Fine Young Man}

Sales of the book in the first month often determine its ultimate success. If people are buying it, the bookstore orders more, and the publisher prints more and does more advertising. Here’s what you can do. If this book sounds interesting to you, put in an order at your local bookstore. If you’d like, ask others to do the same. When the book comes in check it out. If you like it, buy it. If not leave it for someone else. As my way of saying, “thank you” for taking your time, I will send you a free copy of one of my earlier books just for checking out my new one. I’ll send it to you whether you buy the new one or not. Simply E-mail me <jed@manalive.com> with your address or drop me a note and specify which book you would like.

I still have copies of the following: Inside Out: Becoming My Own Man (An autobiography of my first 40 years); The Warrior’s Journey Home: Healing Men, Healing the Planet; and Looking For Love in All the Wrong Places: Overcoming Romantic and Sexual Addictions. Thanks for all your help and support over the years. <http://www.menalive.com>
– Jed Diamond, Director MenAlive, 2002-01-13.

The next Minnesota Men’s Conference is September 10-15 at Sturgeon Lake, MN. Among the teachers are Robert Bly and Martin Prechtel. Call: Craig Ungerman, 1-877/333-3136 (toll-free) <http://www.hiddenwine.com>, E-mail: <hiddenwine@earthlink.net> – Mark Stanley, 2002-01-05.

I would like to alert you to the development of a conference on the topic of male sexual abuse that will occur in October, 2003. This is a topic I know the Men’s Center has an interest in and one that effects many men. I am attaching some information about the committee that is forming to organize this conference and a copy of the minutes of our first meeting. I invite you or anyone you know may have an interest in helping organize this meeting to contact me or to come to our next committee meeting. – Peter Dimock, U of M School of Social Work, 173 Peters Hall St. Paul, MN 55108, 612-624-3227, 2002-02-22

Our web site, <http://www.tcmc.org/> is still going strong, and we have some preliminary plans to expand it this year. George Muumbo and Bill Dobbs are looking into online interactive group participation. E-mail: <tcmc@tcmc.org> – Andy Mickel, 2002-03-19.