National Events Calendar
American Mensa offers a wide array of events to satisfy the interests of our diverse membership. Check the calendar for the next Regional Gathering, Mind Games®, or American Mensa Committee meeting.
Happening this week
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- Swimming at Lake Oologah
- Fun & Frivolity
- Eastern Oklahoma Mensa
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Starts
June 14, 2025
11:00 AM US/Central (GMT-06:00)Ends
June 14, 2025
4:00 PM US/Central (GMT-06:00) - More Information Add to Calendar
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- The Evolution of Audacity From Bach to Gershwin
- Virtual meeting
- San Francisco Regional Mensa
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This lecture proposes an engaging exploration of the groundbreaking experiments in music composition from the Baroque period to the early 20th century. It aims to celebrate the centenary of George Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" by tracing the lineage of musical innovation that led to its creation.
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Starts
June 15, 2025
2:30 PM America/Los Angeles (GMT-08:00)Ends
June 15, 2025
5:00 PM America/Los Angeles (GMT-08:00) - More Information Add to Calendar
Discover upcoming events
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- Irish Mensa Lecture and Discussion: Oumuamua - Our First Interstellar Visitor
- Virtual meeting
- No group assigned
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The unusual properties of the first interstellar visitor led some to suggest it may be an alien spacecraft - but the truth is that its oddness is already teaching us lessons about how solar systems form.
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Starts
June 16, 2025
1:00 PM US/Central (GMT-06:00)Ends
June 16, 2025
3:00 PM US/Central (GMT-06:00) - More Information Add to Calendar
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- Theodore Talk - How Corn Changed Itself and Then Changed Everything Else: The Role Agriculture Played in the Early Days of Chicago
- Virtual meeting
- No group assigned
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Thanks to corn, the Midwest was settled faster than any other region in history, and Chicago became immensely influential. From the Chicago Stock Yards to the Chicago Board of Trade, the city changed the way the world did business. However, vampires, whiskey, Henry Ford, time zones, Fritos, and the Chicago Bears are also part of this remarkable story. Cynthia Clampitt, author of Midwest Maize: How Corn Shaped the U.S. Heartland, will present what may prove to be the corniest Theodore Talk ever!
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Starts
June 22, 2025
2:30 PM US/Central (GMT-06:00)Ends
June 22, 2025
4:00 PM US/Central (GMT-06:00) - More Information Add to Calendar
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- Nonfiction Book Discussion
- Virtual meeting
- Mensa of Western Washington
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Please join us at 6:30 p.m. for a discussion of Advocate, by Eddie Ahn.
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Starts
June 25, 2025
6:30 PM America/Los Angeles (GMT-08:00)Ends
June 25, 2025
7:30 PM America/Los Angeles (GMT-08:00) - More Information Add to Calendar
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- Mensa Foundation Colloquium 2025
- National Meeting
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Join us July 1 in beautiful Chicago for the 2025 Mensa Foundation Annual Colloquium, Human Intelligence in the Age of AI: A New Perspective. Registration starts Nov. 1.
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Starts
July 1, 2025
1:00 PM US/Central (GMT-06:00)Ends
July 1, 2025
5:00 PM US/Central (GMT-06:00) - More Information Add to Calendar
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- American Mensa Annual Gathering 2025
- National Meeting
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Join us for Annual Gathering 2025 as we light up Chicago, July 2-6! Registration starts Nov. 1.
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Starts
July 2, 2025
9:00 AM US/Central (GMT-06:00)Ends
July 6, 2025
12:00 PM US/Central (GMT-06:00) - More Information Add to Calendar
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- American Mensa Committee Meeting
- Committee Meeting
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A meeting of the American Mensa Committee will be held at the Annual Gathering in Chicago on Thursday, July 3, starting at 10 a.m., Central time.
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Starts
July 3, 2025Ends
July 3, 2025 - More Information Add to Calendar
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- Annual Business Meeting (ABM)
- Committee Meeting
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The ABM will be held on July 4 at the Hilton Chicago starting at 9:00 a.m., Central time, and concluding no later than 12:30 p.m. The order of business will include reports from the Chair, Treasurer, Foundation President, and Executive Director, followed by motions and comments to officers.
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Starts
July 4, 2025
9:00 AM US/Central (GMT-06:00)Ends
July 4, 2025
12:30 PM US/Central (GMT-06:00) - More Information Add to Calendar
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- Irish Mensa Lecture and Discussion: Bach's Invention: The Divine Trickery of J .S. Bach
- Virtual meeting
- No group assigned
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Starts
July 21, 2025
1:00 PM US/Central (GMT-06:00)Ends
July 21, 2025
3:00 PM US/Central (GMT-06:00) - More Information Add to Calendar
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- Nonfiction Book Discussion
- Virtual meeting
- Mensa of Western Washington
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Please join us in discussing Bowling Alone: Revised and Updated: The Collapse and Revival of American Community, by Robert D. Putnam.
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Starts
July 23, 2025
6:30 PM America/Los Angeles (GMT-08:00)Ends
July 23, 2025
7:30 PM America/Los Angeles (GMT-08:00) - More Information Add to Calendar
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- Theodore Talk - Free Speech Opportunist: Elon Musk's Degradation of the Town Square
- Virtual meeting
- No group assigned
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Professor Stephen Wolgast, Knight Chair in Audience and Community Engagement for News and professor of the practice of journalism at the University of Kansas, will demonstrate how the man who calls himself a free-speech absolutist places a higher value on the dollar than others' ideas, and show how the notion that X is a town square fails on a number of counts.
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Starts
July 27, 2025
2:30 PM US/Central (GMT-06:00)Ends
July 27, 2025
4:00 PM US/Central (GMT-06:00) - More Information Add to Calendar
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- PANDEMIC 2025.... SPACE: The Final Fun-tier!
- Regional Gathering
- Metropolitan Washington Mensa
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Welcome to Space! The Final Fun-tier, where we embark on an intergalactic journey filled with innovation, creativity, and, of course, fun! As we gather in this cosmic arena, prepare to launch into a universe of ideas that will challenge your imagination and expand your horizons.
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Starts
August 8, 2025
3:00 PM US/Eastern (GMT-05:00)Ends
August 10, 2025
2:00 PM US/Eastern (GMT-05:00) - More Information Add to Calendar
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- Theodore Talk - Spotting the Signs & Preventing Child Sex Trafficking
- Virtual meeting
- No group assigned
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This Theodore Talk will focus on how children are lured into the dark world of sex trafficking and exploitation. Attendees will identify the dangers of technology, including strategies used by child predators, discover how to identify a child in trouble and learn some best practices on how to be a child's trusted adult or a trusted child advocate.
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Starts
August 24, 2025
2:30 PM US/Central (GMT-06:00)Ends
August 24, 2025
4:00 PM US/Central (GMT-06:00) - More Information Add to Calendar
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- RechaRGe 2025
- Community Event
- Mensa of Northeastern New York
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Come join us at the Northeast's only 4-day RG! For the cost of a regular 3-day RG, you get an extra day to hang out with friends and party!
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Starts
August 29, 2025
3:00 PM US/Eastern (GMT-05:00)Ends
September 1, 2025
11:00 AM US/Eastern (GMT-05:00) - More Information Add to Calendar
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- American Mensa Committee Meeting
- Committee Meeting
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A meeting of the American Mensa Committee will be held at the National Office in Hurst, TX, Sept. 13, starting at 10 a.m., Central time.
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Starts
September 13, 2025
10:00 AM US/Central (GMT-06:00)Ends
September 13, 2025
5:00 PM US/Central (GMT-06:00) - More Information Add to Calendar
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- Peachtreat
- Regional Gathering
- Mensa In Georgia
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Join us for the Atlanta Regional Gathering! This Year's Theme is History, AI and the Future.
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Starts
September 26, 2025
4:00 PM US/Eastern (GMT-05:00)Ends
September 28, 2025
1:00 PM US/Eastern (GMT-05:00) - More Information Add to Calendar
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- Theodore Talk - Antisemitism: Evolution and Escalation
- Virtual meeting
- No group assigned
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Dr. Shelly Cline, Historian and Director of Education at the Midwest Center for Holocaust Education, will examine the evolution of antisemitism from religiously motivated antipathy in early modern times to the economic and pseudo-scientific antisemitism of the 19th and 20th centuries, and finally to the politically driven antisemitism of today.
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Starts
September 28, 2025
2:30 PM US/Central (GMT-06:00)Ends
September 28, 2025
4:00 PM US/Central (GMT-06:00) - More Information Add to Calendar
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- Theodore Talk - U.S. First Ladies: More Than the Women Behind the Men
- Virtual meeting
- No group assigned
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Dr. Diana B. Carlin, Professor Emerita of Communication at Saint Louis University and co-author of Remember the FIRST Ladies: The Legacies of America's History-Making Women, will take you behind the scenes in the Washingtons' President's House and the White House and inform you how these women helped make history.
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Starts
October 26, 2025
2:30 PM US/Central (GMT-06:00)Ends
October 26, 2025
4:00 PM US/Central (GMT-06:00) - More Information Add to Calendar
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- HalloweeM 49 - It's Hip To Be (7) Squared!
- Regional Gathering
- Chicago Area Mensa
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Join us for the largest RG! Flashback to the awesome 80s with four days of RG fun featuring multiple speaker tracts, lavish hospitality, a pun-tastic costume contest, Pretentious Drinking, Epicurean Experience, 24-hour game room, tournaments, kid's programs, babysitting, and much more!
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Starts
October 30, 2025
4:00 PM US/Central (GMT-06:00)Ends
November 2, 2025
2:00 PM US/Central (GMT-06:00) - More Information Add to Calendar
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- Boston Mensa's Pilgrimage RG
- Regional Gathering
- Boston Mensa
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Mark your calendars for Pilgrimage! 2025 – November 14-16 at the Andover Massachusetts Doubletree Hotel.
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Starts
November 14, 2025
4:00 PM US/Eastern (GMT-05:00)Ends
November 16, 2025
12:00 PM US/Eastern (GMT-05:00) - More Information Add to Calendar
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- American Mensa Committee Meeting
- Committee Meeting
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A virtual meeting of the American Mensa Committee will be held on Saturday, Dec. 6, starting at 10 a.m., Central time.
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Starts
December 6, 2025
10:00 AM US/Central (GMT-06:00)Ends
December 6, 2025
5:00 PM US/Central (GMT-06:00) - More Information Add to Calendar
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- Party at Sea in Southeast Asia
- Multi-Day Meeting
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HELL's M's, the Party SIG of American Mensa, is planning a Party at Sea! Join us on Norwegian Cruise Line's Norwegian Sun for an exotic trip to Southeast Asia.
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Starts
February 24, 2026
12:00 PM Asia/Hong Kong (GMT+08:00)Ends
March 10, 2026
1:00 AM Asia/Hong Kong (GMT+08:00) - More Information Add to Calendar