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.
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- VML Fourplay
- Regional Gathering
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A Hell's M's sanctioned party hosted by Virginia and Mary Lee. Party all day Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, leading up to a 99.5 percent totality eclipse on Monday afternoon.
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Starts
April 6, 2024
10:00 AM CSTEnds
April 8, 2024
12:00 PM CST - More Information Add to Calendar
- St. Louis Area Mensa's Whodunit? Mini-RG
- Local Group Meeting
- St. Louis Area Mensa
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Join us on April 13, 2024, in St. Louis for the 2024 Mensa Mini-Regional Gathering, where we'll immerse ourselves in the captivating world of mysteries and crime. Unveil crime-solving insights with CSI experts, explore suspenseful tales with local mystery author Gregory Ashe, and gain an insider's perspective on real-life crime detection from an FBI speaker.
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Starts
April 13, 2024
9:00 AM CSTEnds
April 13, 2024
9:00 PM CST - More Information Add to Calendar
- Seeking the Force: Exploring the World and Spirit
- Webinar
- No group assigned
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Starts
April 13, 2024
2:00 PM CSTEnds
April 13, 2024
3:30 PM CST - More Information Add to Calendar
- Let's Talk About Money
- Local Group Meeting
- San Francisco Regional Mensa
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Starts
April 14, 2024
2:30 PM CSTEnds
April 14, 2024
5:00 PM CST - More Information Add to Calendar
- Mind Games 2024
- National Meeting
- Charlotte - Blue Ridge Mensa
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Hosted by Charlotte Blue-Ridge Mensa, Mind Games 2024 is headed to Charlotte, North Carolina! Join us April 18 - 21 for this four day board-game-judging marathon, during which the year's five best new-to-market games are chosen and awarded the coveted Mensa Select® seal.
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Starts
April 18, 2024
4:00 PM CSTEnds
April 21, 2024
5:00 PM CST - More Information Add to Calendar
- SPY GAMES 2024
- Community Event
- Mensa of Northeastern New York
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Gather your team (up to four) and step into your new role as covert agents! Your Mission: collect clues, solve puzzles, and have fun in this unique escape-room style adventure in downtown Troy.
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Starts
April 27, 2024
8:00 AM CSTEnds
April 27, 2024
6:00 PM CST - More Information Add to Calendar
- Theodore Talk: Why Black Baseball Matters
- Virtual meeting
- No group assigned
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Larry Lester, co-founder of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, located near the 2024 AG site, will discuss how men of color changed the landscape of American baseball and proved that they could play on even terms with their white counterparts – and draw just as much interest from baseball fans.
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Starts
April 28, 2024
2:30 PM CSTEnds
April 28, 2024
4:00 PM CST - More Information Add to Calendar
- Many Modes of Mind Virtual Discussion
- Virtual meeting
- San Francisco Regional Mensa
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Join in the discussion as our panel of four current science fiction writers discusses multiple possibilities in the realm of communication with beings sharing our world — and those that we may meet in our future explorations.
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Starts
May 19, 2024
2:30 PM CSTEnds
May 19, 2024
5:00 PM CST - More Information Add to Calendar
- San Diego uRGe 2024
- Regional Gathering
- San Diego Mensa
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Join us May 24-27 at the Holiday Inn San Diego Bayside, for San Diego uRGe 2024!
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Starts
May 24, 2024
4:00 PM CSTEnds
May 27, 2024
12:00 PM CST - More Information Add to Calendar
- MHM Games Day
- Regional Gathering
- Mid-Hudson Mensa
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Starts
May 25, 2024
12:00 PM CSTEnds
May 25, 2024
11:55 PM CST - More Information Add to Calendar
- Theodore Talk: Rags To Bebop: The Swinging Sounds Of Kansas City
- Virtual meeting
- No group assigned
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Chuck Haddix, Director of the Marr Sound Archives, will describe, through historic photos and recordings, what these halcyon days of Kansas City Jazz were like.
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Starts
May 26, 2024
2:30 PM CSTEnds
May 26, 2024
4:00 PM CST - More Information Add to Calendar
- The Mind & The Sense of Smell Virtual Discussion
- Virtual meeting
- San Francisco Regional Mensa
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How do we keep our memory alive and engaged as we age in the 21st century? Join us for an interactive session to explore how the sense of smell solidifies memories and helps keep a strong connection to our world.
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Starts
June 9, 2024
2:30 PM CSTEnds
June 9, 2024
5:00 PM CST - More Information Add to Calendar
- Theodore Talk: Bottoms Up! A History and Revitalization of a Cocksure Era Spirit
- Virtual meeting
- No group assigned
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This presentation will highlight the unique spirit and history of Kansas City's West Bottoms area and the West Bottom Whiskey Company, located near the 2024 AG site.
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Starts
June 23, 2024
2:30 PM CSTEnds
June 23, 2024
4:00 PM CST - More Information Add to Calendar
- Region 3 - Mini RG
- Regional Gathering
- Dayton Area Mensa
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Region 3 welcomes everyone to their 2nd Annual Young's Jersey Dairy Mini-RG. Everything is included in the price, so bring your appetites for food, ice cream, and fun outdoor activities.
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Starts
June 23, 2024
1:00 PM CSTEnds
June 23, 2024
9:00 PM CST - More Information Add to Calendar
- Annual Gathering 2024
- National Meeting
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Join us for the Annual Gathering 2024, July 3-7 at the Sheraton/Westin Kansas City Crown Center in Kansas City, Mo.! Watch your inbox for your invitation to register.
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Starts
July 3, 2024Ends
July 7, 2024 - More Information Add to Calendar
- American Mensa Committee Meeting
- National Meeting
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A meeting of the American Mensa Committee will be held at the Annual Gathering in Kansas City on Thursday, July 4, starting at 10 a.m., Central time.
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Starts
July 4, 2024
10:00 AM CSTEnds
July 4, 2024
5:00 PM CST - More Information Add to Calendar
- Annual Business Meeting
- National Meeting
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The Annual Business Meeting will take place on July 5 at the Annual Gathering in Kansas City and will be a hybrid meeting to include a video component.
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Starts
July 5, 2024Ends
July 5, 2024 - More Information Add to Calendar
- Testing Real Life Superpowers Virtual Discussion
- Virtual meeting
- San Francisco Regional Mensa
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Millions believe in the alleged ability to read minds, see into the future, move objects through mental processes, and more. But are these abilities real? Tune in as Jim Underdown from the Center for Inquiry Investigations describes the processes and detail-specific methods he and the CFI Investigations Group employ when designing scientifically controlled tests.
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Starts
July 21, 2024
2:30 PM CSTEnds
July 21, 2024
5:00 PM CST - More Information Add to Calendar
- Theodore Talk: A Horological Discourse: Mechanism, Risk and Wonder
- Virtual meeting
- No group assigned
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Through examining the connections between a diverse set of objects, we will trace the story of craft and the science of horology, demonstrating its pivotal role in design through the ages and why their preservation is vital to our future.
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Starts
July 28, 2024
2:30 PM CSTEnds
July 28, 2024
4:00 PM CST - More Information Add to Calendar
- Pandemic 2024: SO VERY LIT!
- Regional Gathering
- Metropolitan Washington Mensa
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We're looking forward to Pandemic (Metropolitan Washington Mensa's Regional Gathering)! We're back, after taking a year off to host the AG in Baltimore, and Pandemic is moving back to the beautiful Hilton Dulles and will be held from August 16 through 18. Our theme this year is So Very Lit! ... exploring themed programming, hospitality, and games connecting us to written work.
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Starts
August 16, 2024
4:00 PM CSTEnds
August 18, 2024
1:00 PM CST - More Information Add to Calendar
- AI and Society Virtual Discussion
- Virtual meeting
- San Francisco Regional Mensa
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Tune in to learn how AI is changing the way governments, companies, and individuals behave. By choosing the right sort of architectures for AI and for data, we can make this transition much safer and more likely to produce a healthy society.
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Starts
August 18, 2024
2:30 PM CSTEnds
August 18, 2024
5:00 PM CST - More Information Add to Calendar
- Theodore Talk: Resisting Misinformation
- Virtual meeting
- No group assigned
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Dr. Jevin West, Associate Professor at the University of Washington's Information School, will address some of the new challenges of generative misinformation and potential next steps to resist manipulation.
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Starts
August 25, 2024
2:30 PM CSTEnds
August 25, 2024
4:00 PM CST - More Information Add to Calendar
- RechaRGe
- Regional Gathering
- Mensa of Northeastern New York
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Starts
August 30, 2024
3:00 PM CSTEnds
September 2, 2024
11:00 AM CST - More Information Add to Calendar
- HELL's M's Party at Sea in the Baltic
- Local Group Meeting
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HELL's M's is going on a Party at Sea – in the Baltic – on Norwegian Cruise Lines on the Norwegian Dawn. Enjoy a 10 night trip with 10 port days. Explore the Baltic with a bunch of M friends.
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Starts
September 5, 2024
11:00 AM CSTEnds
September 15, 2024
10:00 AM CST - More Information Add to Calendar
- American Mensa Committee Meeting
- National Meeting
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A meeting of the American Mensa Committee will be held at the National Office in Hurst, TX, Sept. 20-21, starting at 10 a.m., Central time.
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Starts
September 20, 2024
10:00 AM CSTEnds
September 21, 2024
5:00 PM CST - More Information Add to Calendar
- Theodore Talk: No Way Out: Xi's Determination to Re-take Taiwan and America's Predicament
- Virtual meeting
- No group assigned
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Dr. John H. Modinger, retired U.S.A.F. pilot and Associate Professor at the U.S. Army's Command and General Staff College, discusses the likelihood of a direct Chinese attack on Taiwan and what the implications would be on a global scale.
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Starts
September 22, 2024
2:30 PM CSTEnds
September 22, 2024
4:00 PM CST - More Information Add to Calendar
- Theodore Talk: Above and Beyond: The James Webb Space Telescope
- Virtual meeting
- No group assigned
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Goddard Space Flight Center astrophysicist Matt Greenhouse will discuss the science instrument payload package of the James Webb Space Telescope and how these instruments are being used to accomplish the JWST mission and goals.
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Starts
October 27, 2024
2:30 PM CSTEnds
October 27, 2024
4:00 PM CST - More Information Add to Calendar
- American Mensa Committee Meeting
- National Meeting
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A virtual meeting of the American Mensa Committee will be held on Saturday, Dec. 7, starting at 10 a.m., Central time.
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Starts
December 7, 2024
10:00 AM CSTEnds
December 7, 2024
5:00 PM CST - More Information Add to Calendar