events from prior years.
Sunday, December 7, 2008
The Annual Greater New York Mensa Holiday Party
Manhattan 2:00pm
At [the old place].
"It's beginning to look a lot like" that time of year when you get together with friends and family to eat, drink, be merry, exchange the warmth that good cheer brings and celebrate our hopes for peace on earth now and forever. Join us and have some food, a beverage or two, and a bunch of interesting conversations with some really cool people. We'll also be doing our annual Secret Santa Gift Swap, which works like this: if you'd like to receive a gift, bring a wrapped gift (valued at no more that $20 or so); the gift you bring will go in a bag along with gifts that others bring and the gifts are then redistributed. Pretty cool, huh?!
Admission to the GNYM Holiday Party is $5 for members, and $7.50 for guests of members and potential members. Be sure to bring your membership card if you have it! Contact scott.duprey@gnym.org or 212-964-5447 with any questions or for further info.
Saturday, December 6, 2008
Crack the Case: GNYM spends the afternoon with Perfect Crime
Manhattan 2:00pm
A special performance of the show PERFECT CRIME
Snapple Theater Center, 210 W. 50 Street (at Broadway), Manhattan
A secluded mansion. A would-be murderess. The perfect crime. Margaret Brent is an accomplished Connecticut psychiatrist -- and potential cold-blooded killer. When her wealthy husband turns up dead, she gets caught in the middle of a terrifying game of cat and mouse with a deranged patient and the handsome but duplicitous investigator assigned to the case. Perfect Crime has been called "a phenomenon" by Fox 5 News and "a true New York mystery" by New York magazine. Fans of Law & Order, Agatha Christie and Alfred Hitchcock won't want to miss PERFECT CRIME -- the longest-running play in New York City history.
Tickets for Saturday's performance of PERFECT CRIME are available to members of Greater New York Mensa at a reduced price of $40! To purchase tickets, contact the box office at 212-921-7862. Be sure to mention that you're with Greater New York Mensa in order to receive the special ticket price!
UPDATE: Originally, the performance was to be followed by a Q & A session. Regrettably, the post-performance discussion has been cancelled. However, the discounted ticket price will still be honored, and Mensans will be welcome to stay afterwards for a drink in lieu of the originally scheduled post performance reception.
Sunday, October 26, 2008
Greater New York Mensa Halloween Party!
Manhattan 2:00pm
Be sure to join us for great food, friends and fun at this popular and family-friendly event!
If you like, come in costume as your favorite character or create a unique look all your own.
Be warned: prizes will be awarded in categories, including:
- Best grown-up costume
- Best youth costume
- Most original and imaginative costume
This event is always well attended because it is FUN!
At [the old place].
Admission is $5 for Mensa members, $7.50 for guests.
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Speaker Meeting
Manhattan 7:30pm
LIFE IS PUZZLING
Full-time puzzle writer and GNYM member Mark Danna is the new co-author of American Mensa's long-running, page-a-day puzzle calendar from Workman Publishing. Danna will present a talk on various kinds of puzzles (crosswords, word searches, Sudoku), a Q & A, and a challenge featuring puzzles from the 2009 calendar. Prizes will be awarded. Thursday, September 25, 7:30-9 PM, at [the old place].
Sunday, July 20, 2008
Christmas in July
Manhattan 2:00PM
Please join us for one of our most popular events of the year at [the old place]. We will again be asking you to participate in helping NYCares. Please donate a clean, gently used coat so that someone will have a warmer winter this year (and you'll feel good about helping someone less fortunate than yourself). Adult and children's size coats will be appreciated. See the separate listing elsewhere in Mphasis for more details about the party. Refreshments will be served. Admission is $5 for members and $7.50 guests and prospective members.
Thursday, May 15, 2008
GREATER NEW YORK MENSA TALENT SHOW
Manhattan 7:30 - 10:00 PM (Doors open at 7:00 PM)
Come out and spend an evening socializing with and being entertained by your fellow Mensans! There will be music, dance, comedy and more! For further information and a complete line up of performers, go to <http://gnym.org> This event will be held at Joria Productions Main Stage Theater, 260 W. 36 Street, 3rd Floor (between 7th & 8th Avenues). Admission is $5 for Mensa members with card, $7.50 for non-members. For further information contact Scott Duprey, GNYM Program Director via e-mail: scott.duprey@gnym.org or voicemail: 212-964-5447
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
SPEAKER'S MEETING - Rolando L. Morales
Manhattan 8:00 - 10:00 PM (Doors open at 7:20 PM)
Join actor, writer and educator Rolando L. Morales as he performs his one-person show, The Last Will & Testament of Willie ShakespeaRican, in which Mr. Morales blends classic prose and modern vernacular to examine the works of Shakespeare and explore the world we live in through the Bard's timeless themes. After the 60 minute performance, Mr. Morales invites the audience to stay for a Q & A discussion. Refreshments will be available before the performance, so be sure to arrive early. This event will be held at Joria Productions Main Stage Theater, 260 W. 36 Street, 3rd Floor (between 7th & 8th Avenues). Admission is $5 for Mensa members with card, $7.50 for non-members. For further information contact Scott Duprey, GNYM Program Director via e-mail: scott.duprey@gnym.org
February 29, 2008 (evening), until March 2, 2008 (noon)
SnowBall XXXIV Regional Gathering
“Around the World in Two Days”
Our Central New Jersey Mensa neighbors to the West have consistently provided a top-notch RG experience. It would be hard not to have a great time. Snowball XXXIV will be held at the Woodbridge Hilton in Iselin, New Jersey.
Twenty-four-hour Hospitality, game room, wonderful hotel and excellent speakers are sure to impress!
See you there, at the longest-running and best RG the U.S. has to offer.
Registration $60.
Visit www.cnj.us.mensa.org/snowball.html
Sunday, February 10, 2008
Valentine's Social and New Members Party
Manhattan 2:00PM
Join us at [the old place], and convenient to public transportation. New members will be admitted at no charge with the postcard invitation, members pay $5.00, and guests pay $7.50. Refreshments will be served. Please feel free to bring a dessert to share with your fellow members.
Sunday, December 2, 2007
GNYM Holiday Party
Manhattan 2:00pm
Join us at [the old place], for our annual holiday party. To take part in our grab-bag, bring a wrapped gift valued at $12-$15. As always, refreshments will be served, and you can bring something to share if you like. Admission is $5 for members, and $7.50 for guests.
In addition to our usual merriment, we will be asking you to help those less fortunate than yourself in two ways. We will collect clean, gently used winter coats, in both adult and children's sizes, for NY Cares. The Give Back SIG will be having a toy drive for the children that take part in Kids Zone - one of the programs for the disadvantaged run by the Father's Heart Ministries. Please bring an unwrapped toy. Bring more warmth into your life by giving your coat to someone who is cold. Bring back some of your youth by giving a toy to a child who may have none. Khalil Gibran said, "It is when you give of yourself that you truly give."
Sunday, October 28, 2007
HALLOWEEN PARTY
Manhattan 2:00PM
Come in costume, if you like, and do bring children! This event is always well attended because it is FUN!
Members, $5.00, Guests $7.50. Refreshments will be served.
At [the old place].
Thursday, October 18, 2007
Speaker Meeting
Manhattan 7:30PM
Join us at [the old place].
Our speaker will be Mr. Douglas Hofsass, Federal Security Director of the Department of Homeland Security Transportation Security Administration.
Members admitted free, nonmembers and guests, $5.
Doors open at 7:30; speaker begins at 8PM.
Thursday, September 20, 2007
Game Night
Manhattan 8:00PM
Bring your favorite game, or come and play one of ours. We have some new games that were winners of MindGames last year. We'll provide the food, you come to play and eat.
We will meet at a lovely river-view room on the 3rd Floor of #1 River Place (650 West 42nd Street at 11th Avenue) at 8PM. Members free, Potential Members and Accompanied Guests $5. Come and enjoy the games, food and company. We'll be there, will you?
Thursday, May 17, 2007
Speaker Meeting
Manhattan 7:30PM
Recently published Carissa Villacorta will address some of the themes discussed in her book "Surreality". Her book is about "contemporary life in New York -- in all its forms and imperfections", which is written from the perspective of a young Filipina publicist. Doors will open at 7:30; the speaker will begin at 8 PM. Admission is free for members, $5.00 for potential members and accompanied guests. The meeting will be held at [the old place], Manhattan. For additional information, please contact Brenda Giammanco at 718-980-1686 or brenda.giammanco@gnym.org .
Thursday, April 26th, 2007
The Sixth Annual GNYM Talent Show!
Manhattan 8PM
[old place], Manhattan
Near public transportation. On-street parking available after 7:00 PM. All exhibitors will be admitted free; $5 members; $7.50 not-yet-members and guests.
This year's talent theme: The 2007 smART SHOW
Every year, we invite Mensans to exhibit a different talent at our annual talent show event. This year we're calling on all of you artists and artisans out there to show us your stuff -- photography, collage, painting, sculpture, printed word, multimedia -- whatever your art, we want to see it! All RSVP'ed exhibitors will be admitted free at 7pm to set up their art (we'll have tables and electrical outlets; bring your own display methods). Prizes will be given out by a panel of Mensa judges, and refreshments will be served. To reserve a spot in the 2007 smART SHOW please make sure you RSVP to GNYM Special Events Coordinator Leon Feingold at leon.feingold@gnym.org by Tuesday, April 24, 2007 -- and everyone, exhibitor or not, should feel free to write with any questions.
Come show off your smARTs, and have a great time!
Thursday, March 15, 2007
Speaker Meeting
Manhattan 8PM
Join us as we hear from our own member, Jan Bennett, at [the old place].
Jan is the leader of the Parapsychology and Psychotronic SIG, and her presentations are always lively. This presentation will offer you the opportunity to: "Be energized, not zapped! Absolutely anything, including watches, metal frame eyeglasses and sneakers located within a five-foot radius of a person will affect that person's energy. Plus, learn important info about cell phones. The truth of this will be demonstrated by using a muscle technique called applied kinesiology. You will learn simple things that will energize and not zap."
Sunday, February 11, 2007
Pre-Valentine's & Member Recognition Dessert Social
Manhattan 2pm
Join us for our Annual Celebration at [the old place].
Bring a dessert to share for free admission. New members with postcard invitations will also be admitted free. Otherwise, admission is $5 for members, $7.50 for accompanied guests and potential members.
Sunday, December 10, 2006
GNYM Holiday Party
Manhattan 2pm
Join us at [the old place] for an afternoon of FUN!!! If you would like to participate in the gift exchange, bring a wrapped gift valued at $10-$12. Admission for members is $5.00 and guests/non-members pay $7.50. Refreshments will be served.
Thursday, November 16, 2006
Member Forum Meeting
Manhattan 7:30pm
Join us at [the old place]. This forum is open to all members, and your participation is encouraged. What is on your mind? What do you have to share? What kind of activities would you like to see provided? What speaker/subject would interest you. What gripe would you like to share? This is your night to take the floor and say what you like or what bugs you about GNYM. We will provide the food and beverages. You come and provide the topic for discussion. Members admitted at no charge. Questions? Call Brenda at 718-980-1686 at least 24 hours in advance.
Sunday, October 29, 2006
Halloween Party
Manhattan 2:00pm
GNYM invites you to your Halloween Party.
Join us at [the old place], and convenient to public transportation.
Admission $5.00 for members, $7.50 for potential members and guests.
Thursday, September 21, 2006
Speaker Meeting
Manhattan 7:30pm
Dr. Kathleen Jantzen will explain ways for parents to get involved and address their child's additional needs at school; she will look both within and outside the scholastic environment to fill the gaps and encourage interaction for children at different intelligence levels.
Dr. Jantzen is a licensed clinical psychologist and neuropsychologist. She is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at New York University School of Medicine and also teaches and trains interns and externs at Bellevue Hospital.
We encourage all members and guests to attend and bring their school-aged children.
Coffee for the older ones and snacks for the younger ones (and young at heart) will be provided free.
At the Neighborhood Preservation Center, located at 232 E. 11th Street (between 2nd and 3rd Avenues).
Admission is FREE for all members and all children attending.
Admission is FREE for potential members and guests who are accompanied by their child.
Admission is $5 for potential members and guests who are NOT accompanied by their child.
For further information please contact: Brenda Giammanco at 718-980-1686 or brenda.giammanco@gnym.org
Thursday, May 20, 2004 7:30 - 10:00 PM
WHAT IS YOUR DOG, CAT, OR BIRD TRYING TO TELL YOU?
find out from Tim Friend
Tim Friend, author of bestselling Animal Talk: Breaking the Codes of Animal Language
Join us at [the old place]
Near public transportation. On-street parking available after 7:00 PM.
Admission $5 members; $7.50 not-yet-members and guests.
Thursday, March 18, 2004 7:30 - 10:00 PM
Promoting Literacy in New York
Elyse Rudolph, Executive Director of the Literacy Assistance Center
Meet Elyse Barbell Rudolph, Director of the Literacy Assistance Center and learn about community efforts to build literacy skills in children, adolescents and adults. Understand why people are illiterate and how you can help.
At [the old place]. 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 Greg Draves at Greg.Draves@gnym.org.
Thursday, February 19, 2004 7:30 - 9:30 PM
Post-Valentine Dessert Social and Member Recognition Party
Bring a dessert to share for free admission. Come and help us fete fellow Mensans for service well done.
At [the old place].
Near public transportation. On-street parking available after 7:00 PM.
Free admission if you bring a dessert to share (to serve eight to ten people.)
New members will be admitted free with their postcard invitation,
otherwise $5 members; $7.50 not yet members and guests.
Friday, January 16, 2004 7:30 - 10:00 PM
SPIRIT AS ARTIST with Angel Millar
Spirit as Artist: The Symbolism of Geometry in Freemansonry, Philosophy and Art.
Angel Millar is a professional graphic artist and a respected student of the esoteric symbolism of geometry. He was recently honored by an invitation to deliver a public lecture at the historic Livingston Masonic Library of the Grand Lodge of the State Of New York.
Join us at [the old place], Manhattan, New York City.
Near public transportation. On-street parking available after 7:00 PM.
Admission $5 members; $7.50 not-yet-members and guests.
Thursday, February 13, 2003
COME AND JOIN GREATER NEW YORK MENSA
FOR A SWEET PRE-VALENTINE TREAT
AT OUR DESSERT SOCIAL
At [the old place], Manhattan, New York City 7:30 - 10:00 PM
Near public transportation. On-street parking available after 7:00 PM.
Free admission if you bring a dessert to share (to serve eight to ten people.)
New members will be admitted free with their postcard invitation,
otherwise $5 members; $7.50 not yet members and guests.
Thursday, January 16, 2003 7:30 - 10:00 PM
GET YOUR WAR ON
with David Rees
Come hear controversial political cartoonist David Rees, author of Get Your War On, a deeply personal diary of the year that followed the attack on the World Trade Center. Get Your War On provides a different kind of testament to a year of fear, bewilderment, violence and death and contains the complete comic strips from Rees's website along with additional previously unavailable material.
Rees's royalties will be donated to landmine relief efforts in Afghanistan and Soft Skull Press will be directly contributing an additional royalty to rhe same cause.
Join us at [the old place], Manhattan, New York City.
Near public transportation. On-street parking available after 7:00 PM.
Admission $5 members; $7.50 not-yet-members and guests.
For more information, please contact Frank Purcell at ebsira@yahoo.com.
Sunday, December 8, 2002 2:00 - 6:00 PM
GNYM HOLIDAY PARTY
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 old place], 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.
Thursday, November 21, 2002 7:30 - 10:00 PM
THE GREATER NEW YORK MENSA ANNUAL
OPEN MIKE
TRIBUTE TO NEW YORK IN POETRY
BRING A POEM YOU WOULD LIKE TO SHARE
to [the old place], 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 www.arisbe.net .
Thursday, October 31, 2002 8:00 PM - MIDNIGHT
THE GREATER NEW YORK MENSA
ANNUAL OCCULT NIGHT
IS
BACK FROM THE DEAD
The title, day and time say it all. Be in costume at the [old place], Manhattan, New York City
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 ____ to enroll in the Secret Army of Darkness
(or for more information)
or call the evil Doktor Franck, if you know how.
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.
Thursday, September 19, 2002 7:30 - 10:00 PM
GNYM's "JEOPARDY!" NIGHT
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 old place], 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.
Friday, May 17, 2002 7:30 - 10:00 PM
TALENT SHOW! ** OPEN MIKE NIGHT!
All performers will be admitted free.
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 old place], 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!
Sunday, February 10, 2002 2:00 - 5:00 PM
COME AND JOIN GREATER NEW YORK MENSA
FOR A SWEET PRE-VALENTINE TREAT
AT OUR DESSERT SOCIAL
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 old place], Manhattan, New York City.
Near public transportation.
Thursday, January 17, 2002 (postponed from September 13, 2001) 7:30 - 10:00 PM
JOHN ZMIRAK
"HOW TO BE REACTIONARY"
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 old place], 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 www.arisbe.net .
Wednesday, October 31, 2001 8:30 PM - Midnight
The Great Pumpkin Party, Spook Jamboree,
Occult Night and Festival of High Weirdness
The title and time say it all. Be in costume at [the old place], 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.
For more information, please contact Frank Purcell at www.arisbe.net .
Thursday, September 13, 2001 7:30 - 10:00 PM
event was re-scheduled to Thursday, January 17, 2002
Greater New York Mensa's Long Hot Summer is proud to conclude with
John Zmirak: "How to be Reactionary"
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 old place], 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 www.arisbe.net .
Thursday, August 16, 2001 7:30 - 10:00 PM
Greater New York Mensa's Salute to the Arts continues with
An Evening with Kembra Pfahler
IMPORTANT NOTICE
In order to allow our guest maximum freedom of expression,
members and guests under the age of eighteen (18)
are respectfully requested not to attend!Supermodel, rock star, visual artist, producer, Kembra Pfahler is the spirit behind the notorious band The Voluptuous Horror of Karen Black. On August 16th she will offer her experiences, reflections, creations and engage us in a provocative conversation at [the old place], 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 www.arisbe.net or visit Kembra at www.karenblack.com.
Thursday, May 17, 2001 7:30 - 10:00 PM
Greater New York Mensa's Salute to the Arts continues with
An Evening with Victor Rangel-Ribeiro
Mensan Victor Rangel-Ribeiro was born in Goa and had a successful editorial career in Goa, Bombay, and Calcutta before moving to New York in 1956. He has taught in public and private schools and published two books on music, short stories, and the prize-winning novel, Tivolem. He is former music director of the Beethoven Society of New York. Mr. Rangel-Ribeiro will read from and talk about his work and engage us in a dialogue at [the old place], 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 www.arisbe.net .
Thursday, March 22, 2001 7:30 - 10:00 PM
JERRY DeMENNA, Ph.D.
a.k.a. Doctor DeMento
Esthetic Engineered Edibles or Chemically Correct Cooking
Born in a half-Italian / half-Jewish town, Jerry learned the essence of good cooking from his Neopolitan grandmother & his "adopted" Jewish aunt. He got his first chemistry set at age 5, graduated High School 2 years early and worked as a junior chef in New York City. While going to Rutgers NCAS to become a Pharmacist, he changed his major to Chemistry; getting his Ph.D. in Analytical Spectroscopy. He "analyzed" the foods he prepared to characterize them. Twenty-five years later, he designs foods & flavors for Frito-Lays and other mega-Companies. "Doctor DeMento", as he was christened long ago, maintains one of the most extensive collection of hot peppers (chilis) from around the world. He works for a scientific instrument company, BUCK Scientific in CT, so he can afford to play. Jerry travels a lot to obtain new "samples" and is currently working on his fourth passport.
The ART of Cooking is actually the SCIENCE of Organic Synthesis using edible chemical reagents. We are all of us nothing more than a satisfactory arrangement of various CHEMICALS and should not fear this simple word. Culinary chemistry will divulge the basic "essences" of kitchen chemistry & its reaction mechanisms (neutralization, condensation, pyrolysis, esterification, volatilization, phase extraction, a.i.). It will enlighten attendees to the magic (and simplicity) of analytical instrumentation (spectroscopy & chromatography). Lastly, it will delve into the miasma of mesmerizing morsels magically materialized from the masterful mechanics mentioned herein (i.e. - the recipes: Lemons & Fish, Peppers & pH, Parts of a Pizza, Fat Facts, "True Colors" of M&Ms, Toxic Cookware, Garlic & You without P-U, the Why of Fries, etc).
If you eat, feel free to come and maybe learn, perhaps enjoy (possibly nauseate). Rolaids on request at [the old place], 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 www.arisbe.net .
Saturday, February 24, 2001 7:30 - 10:00 PM
AN EVENING OF FUN AND GAMES
(BOARD GAMES, CARD GAMES, WORD GAMES)
The title just about says it all. What could be better? There is no cost to new members who come out to party with us at this event. Come and get to know our newest members at the [the old place], Manhattan, New York City
Near public transportation. On-street parking available after 7:00 PM.
Admission, $5 members; $7.50 not-yet-members and guests. This event is FREE to new members!
For more information, please contact Frank Purcell at www.arisbe.net .
Thursday, April 27, 2000
Speaker Meeting
7:15 - 10:00PM
Anthroposophy: Spirituality for the Intelligent
DOUGLAS SLOAN
How can an intelligent person lead a spiritual life? How could a spiritual person be intelligent? Douglas Sloan, a former Methodist minister who became a professor of history at Columbia, has devoted a lifetime of thought to these questions. The author of Insight - Imagination: The Emancipation of Thought and the Modern World and numerous other scholarly and philosophical works, Professor Sloan, Director of Columbia's Institute for the Spiritual Foundations of Education, is a leading authority on the life and work of the esoteric thinker Rudolf Steiner.
[the old place], Manhattan. On-street parking available after 7:00pm. $5 members, and $7.50 not-yet members and guests. Please bring your membership card to all Mensa-sponsored events. Inquiries: Frank Purcell, www.arisbe.net.
Friday, March 17, 2000
Speaker Meeting
7:15 - 10:00PM
MICHAEL ALLISON
In honor of St. Patrick's Day, Michael Allison, a NASA space scientist who teaches at Columbia and the American Museum of Natural History, will put the exploration and settlement of the universe in the context of the Celtic spirit of pilgrimage into the unknown. He will be joined by Wendy Sayvetz, a Princeton graduate who sings at Grand Central Terminal and other public places, for folksongs for spacefarers.
[the old place], Manhattan. On-street parking available after 7:00pm. $5 members, and $7.50 not-yet members and guests. Please bring your membership card to all Mensa-sponsored events. Inquiries: Frank Purcell, www.arisbe.net.
Thursday January 14, 1999
This month's topic will be Dining Out, a new book by Mensan Karen Page and Andrew Dornenburg. This should be of interest to most Mensans and anyone who enjoys dining on the town. Imagine learning secrets from America's leading critics, chefs and restaurateurs. Anybody who has ever dreamed of joining a restaurant critic's inner circle will thoroughly enjoy this gossipy, insider's view by the 1996 winners of the James Beard Award for Best Writing on Food.
Join us for an interesting and informative evening where you can meet the authors, buy their book, and ask lots of questions. Come and let the winter doldrums be gone, cheered up by this wonderful couple and their topic.
At [the old place], Manhattan
7:15 - 10:00 PM
Thursday, November 19, 1998
Making of the Movie Fargo
GUEST SPEAKER: Kristin Rudrüd
WHERE: [the old place], New York, NY
7:15 PM - 10:00 PM
Spend an evening in Fargo! Join us for an evening with Fargo co-star Kristin Rudrüd (Jean Lundegaard, the kidnapped wife in the movie). Along with showing scenes from the film, Kristin will talk about fleeing the violent extremes of life as an actor in New York City to hide in her home town of Fargo, only to be found by Joel and Ethan Cohn and cast into the hysterically violent extremes of life in their movie of the same name.
Kristin grew up under the tutelage of Rhoda and Dr. Delmar Hansen, in Fargo, North Dakota. Moving to New York, she was cast by Peter Hall in his Broadway production of Amadeus. She's worked for Nikos Psacharopoulos at the Williamstown Theatre festival with Christopher Reeve, Colleen Dewhurst, Richard Dreyfuss and Blythe Danner. Films scheduled for Spring 1999 release are Dairy Queens, with Kirstie Alley and Herman U.S.A.
Thursday, September 17, 1998
Monthly Speaker Meeting
7:15 - 10:00 PM
Please come and welcome our speaker, Dr. Richard Bernstein, speaking on Obesity, Diabetes and Carbohydrate Craving.
Dr. Bernstein, a member of Mensa since 1963, and the proud father of award-winning Mensan Lili Bernstein, specializes in the field of diabetes and peripheral vascular disease. He is an author, astronomer, flautist, and all-around Renaissance man.
Hope this piqued your curiosity, and you'll join us for a lively discussion plus question-and-answer period at [the old place], Manhattan
On-street parking available after 7 PM, $5 members; $7.50 not-yet members and guests.
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