Over 450 MinnPost members and friends gathered at the Cowles Center in downtown Minneapolis on Tuesday, Nov. 15 to hear a post-election discussion between MinnPost columnist Eric Black and political scientist Norm Ornstein. Here are more photos from the pre-program reception at Cosmos honoring sponsors and their guests.

MinnPost photo by Jana Freiband

Rachael Scherer and Anniversary party sponsor Warren Kelly

MinnPost photo by Jana Freiband

Barb Epstein, Camila Kuntz and MinnPost Board member Margaret Nelson Brinkhaus

MinnPost photo by Jana Freiband

Anniversary party sponsor Lars Klevan and MinnPost Board member Becky Klevan

MinnPost photo by Jana Freiband

Mike and Rosanne Monten, MinnPost board member Barbara Klaas and Anniversary party sponsor Paul Klaas

MinnPost photo by Jana Freiband

Michael Luppi, Don Davies and Louise Gillis

MinnPost photo by Jana Freiband

Anniversary party sponsors Sam and Sylvia Kaplan, Terry Saario and MinnPost Board member Lee Lynch, and featured speaker Norm Ornstein

MinnPost photo by Jana Freiband

Peter Agree and Kathleen Hall

MinnPost photo by Jana Freiband

Wendy Wicks, Dick Senese and MinnPost Board member and Anniversary party sponsor Nancy Feldman

MinnPost photo by Jana Freiband

Jeana Aubinger, Nancy Cerkvenik, Donna Cerkvenik and Joyce Shea

MinnPost photo by Jana Freiband

Robin Thomas and Zeb Thomas

MinnPost photo by Jana Freiband

Anniversary party sponsors Mary and Jacques Koppel and Gay and Mark Herzberg