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JOHN ZMIRAK
"HOW TO BE REACTIONARY"

Thursday, January 17, 2002
(postponed from September 13, 2001)
7:30 - 10:00 PM

Dr. Zmirak is young, witty, charming and far to the right of Attila the Hun. With a B.A. from Yale and a Ph.D. from Louisiana State, he is the author of "Wilhelm Roepke," "Swiss Localist," "Global Economist" and the third volume in the Intercollegiate Studies Institute's prestigious "Library of Modern Thinkers." He is also the author of a literary study of Walker Percy and popular articles on network marketing.

Watch him do battle with the Mensa menagerie of evangelical atheists, raging Randians, and sentimental socialists at the ...

Soldiers', Sailors', Marines' and Airmen's Club
283 Lexington Avenue
(between 36
th & 37th Street)
Manhattan, New York City

Near public transportation. On street parking available after 7:00 PM, $5 members; $7.50 not yet members and guests.

For more information, please contact Frank Purcell at mentor@arisbe.net.


COME AND JOIN GREATER NEW YORK MENSA
FOR A SWEET PRE-VALENTINE TREAT
AT OUR DESSERT SOCIAL

Sunday, February 10, 2002
2:00 - 5:00 PM

Current members of GNYM who RSVP to Vice President Brenda Giammanco by Wednesday, February 6, 2002, and bring a dessert to share, will be admitted free. Members who do not RSVP will be charged $5. Accompanied guests will be charged $7.50, with or without an RSVP. Our party will be at the ...

Soldiers', Sailors', Marines' and Airmen's Club
283 Lexington Avenue
(between 36
th & 37th Street)
Manhattan, New York City

Near public transportation.

For more information, please contact Brenda Giammanco at brenda.giammanco@gnym.org.


TALENT SHOW!  **  OPEN MIKE NIGHT!
All performers will be admitted free.

Friday, May 17, 2002
7:30 - 10:00 PM

Do you sing, dance, play a kazoo, have a line of snappy patter? Do you have enough nerve to stand up in front of your fellow Mensans and display your talents? You are hereby invited to perform at GNYM's own Open Mike Night at the ...

Soldiers', Sailors', Marines' and Airmen's Club
283 Lexington Avenue
(between 36
th & 37th Street)
Manhattan, New York City

All you have to do is RSVP to Vice President Brenda Giammanco at brenda.giammanco@gnym.org by Friday, May 10, 2002.

Near public transportation. On street parking available after 7:00 PM. All performers will be admitted free, $5 members; $7.50 not yet members and guests. Refreshments will be served. Come have a good time!

For more information, please contact Brenda Giammanco at brenda.giammanco@gnym.org.


Annual GNYM Business Meeting
No admission charge, open to members only.

Wednesday, June 19, 2002
8:00 - 10:00 PM

The GNYM Board of Directors will conduct the annual Business Meeting in order to present to the members what Greater New York Mensa has been up to over the last year. Members are invited to attend and are urged to bring their ideas on where they want GNYM to go during the next year and the types of new events and activities in which they would like to participate. We will be meeting at the ...

Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
208 West 13
th Street
(between Greenwich Avenue & 7
th Avenue)
Manhattan, New York City

This is an accessable site. No admission charge, open to members only. There will be a dinner and Board of Directors meeting before the Business Meeting.

For more information or to put an item on the agenda of either meeting please contact:

Jim Wolin at _____
or
Cloty Cepeda at ____


GNYM's "JEOPARDY!" NIGHT

Thursday, September 19, 2002
7:30 - 10:00 PM

Greater New York Mensa is looking to bring out the best of the brightest for an evening of fun, friends and trivia. Come join us for our very own night of "Jeopardy!"-style Q&A (or should that be "A&Q"?) created by our very own Bob and Patty Buethe and hosted by Jared Levine. The first round will be a written test to help us whittle down the competitors to the Top 3, who will then compete in the "Double Jeopardy!" and "Final Jeopardy!" rounds.

Food and drink will be available, but it is strictly BYOP/P (bring your own pen/pencil). You should also bring something sturdy on which to write to the ...

Soldiers', Sailors', Marines' and Airmen's Club
283 Lexington Avenue
(between 36
th & 37th Street)
Manhattan, New York City

Near public transportation. On street parking available after 7:00 PM, $5 members; $7.50 not yet members and guests.

For more information or to RSVP, please contact Jared Levine at ____ .

So that we can have enough copies of the written tests available, you MUST RSVP for taking the test by Monday, September 16, 2002. There will be limited extra copies of the test available for walk-in entrants.


THE GREATER NEW YORK MENSA
ANNUAL OCCULT NIGHT
IS
BACK FROM THE DEAD

ON
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2002
8:00 PM - MIDNIGHT

The title, day and time say it all. Be in costume at the ...

Soldiers', Sailors', Marines' and Airmen's Club
283 Lexington Avenue
(between 36
th & 37th Street)
Manhattan, New York City

Near public transportation. On street parking available after 7:00 PM.
In costume: $5 members; $7.50 not yet members and guests.
Business and casual attire: $7.50 members; $10.00 not yet members and guests.

Read palms, cards or meters?
Need a ghoulfriend or want to be one?
Join Haunters of the Dark to make this the spookiest Occult Night ever.
Email ghoul@arisbe.net to enroll in the Secret Army of Darkness
(or for more information)
or call the evil Doktor Franck, if you know how.


THE GREATER NEW YORK MENSA ANNUAL
OPEN MIKE

TRIBUTE TO NEW YORK IN POETRY

Thursday, November 21, 2002
7:30 - 10:00 PM

BRING A POEM YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE
to the...

Soldiers', Sailors', Marines' and Airmen's Club
283 Lexington Avenue
(between 36th & 37th Street)
Manhattan, New York City

Near public transportation. On street parking available after 7:00 PM
$5 members; $7.50 not yet members and guests

For more information, please contact Frank Purcell at mentor@arisbe.net.


GNYM HOLIDAY PARTY

Sunday, December 8, 2002
2:00 - 6:00 PM

Get in the spirit as we welcome the winter solstice
and the new year with much merry-making.
GNYM will provide the drinks (wine, punch, etc.),
and you provide the food, potluck-style.
Also, we will have a holiday grab bag,
so bring a gift worth approximately $5 - $15 to get one.

Free admission for those bringing food to share (enough for 6-10 people)
at the...

Soldiers', Sailors', Marines' and Airmen's Club
283 Lexington Avenue
(between 36th & 37th Street)
Manhattan, New York City

Near public transportation.
Free admission for those bringing food to share (enough for 6-10 people)
Otherwise $5 members; $7.50 not yet members and guests.

For more information, please contact Greg Draves at greg.draves@gnym.org.

Admission Policy

Please bring your membership card, which will be checked at the door, to all Greater New York Mensa sponsored events. If you do not have your card, your name will be checked against the current membership roster. Non-members and lapsed members are entitled to come to only three (3) events through December 31, 2003.

The Annual GNYM Business Meeting (usually in June) is NOT open to the public. All GNYM members are encouraged to attend and there is no charge for admission that night.


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