We're starting our monthly Film Night series next Wednesday with a screening of The Devil's Handshake, a documentary about director Andrew Wall's personal journey to uncover his family's secret connection to Nazism in the 1930s. March 5, 7 pm, EG Hall, UWinnipeg. Free admission.

How did Mennonites become a global community? On Apr. 10, Dr. Karl Koop explores the roots of this transnational community in the ninth annual CTMS Lecture. Learn more about the lecture by visiting ow.ly/GPE150Vg1yi. Centre for Transnational Mennonite Studies

Our next CTMS Film Night features Eurodonbas, a documentary exploring the European heritage of cities in eastern Ukraine, shot shortly before the 2022 Russian invasion. April 2, 7 p.m., UWinnipeg

Great story by Melissa Martin on #Mennonite and #Hutterite connections to #Ukraine. Some of my grandparents came from this region. winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/2…

TOMORROW!

Watch the recording of Karl Koop's lecture "When the Dutch Got Worldly" youtube.com/watch?v=Z0jbjT…

Our next CTMS Film Night is WEDNESDAY, MAY 21, at 7 p.m. We will be screening "Passage to Freedom," a documentary featuring powerful oral histories of Southeast Asian refugees who made dangerous journeys from Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia to Canada between 1975 and 1985.

If you subscribe to Preservings, check your mailbox – the latest issue (number 50!) might be waiting for you. Subscribe: plettfoundation.org/preservings/su…

Former Chair in Mennonite Studies Royden Loewen was interviewed yesterday by CBC London Morning to explain why there is vaccine hesitancy in some Mennonite communities. ctms.uwinnipeg.ca/senior-scholar…

"Faith, Loss, Renewal: The Russlaender Mennonites," a photo exhibit created by Aileen Friesen with designer Anikó Szabó, is on on display at Gallery in the Park in Altona, MB, until July 31. See galleryinthepark.ca for hours.

U of Winnipeg project aims to keep stories of Mennonite immigration to Canada in 1920 from disappearing cbc.ca/news/canada/ma…

If you've been thinking about applying for a Plett Foundation grant for your Mennonite history project, be aware that the next application deadline is SEPTEMBER 15. Details at plettfoundation.org/fundings/grants.