Please arrive 10 minutes early to allow for registration. Please bring a printed copy of your voucher and your picture ID to the session. If you are under the age of 18, but at least 14, you need to bring a parent or guardian and complete additional forms. You must contact Richard A. Schaefer via … Continue reading Admissions Testing
Time: 1:00 pm Location: Power Up Arena in the Westfield Garden State Plaza Mall 1 Westfield Garden State Plaza Blvd. Paramus, NJ 07652 (Near Neiman Marcus on 2nd floor) Price: $20. Join us for ice cream afterwards at the food court! There will be a Mensa background-checked parent attending. RSVP Matthew Maniscalco … Continue reading Teen Mensan Virtual Reality & Meetup
In our extended celebration of St. Valentine's Day, let's talk about Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet! This play has been performed countless times and has been reinterpreted in opera and ballet. Here's the text, with side-by-side translation from Elizabethan to today's English: Romeo and Juliet Translation | Shakescleare, by LitCharts Here's a stage performance: Romeo and … Continue reading Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet
Adolf Hitler once referred to Munich as the "capital of the Nazi movement," a title he officially conferred on the city in 1935. Dr. Shelly Cline, Historian and Director of Education at the Midwest Center for Holocaust Education, will explore Munich's central role in the rise of National Socialism -- from its roots in the … Continue reading Theodore Talk: Munich and the Rise of the Nazi Party
Shakespeare's Othello deals with themes of race and jealousy. Here's a side-by-side version of the original version (Shakespearean English) and a modern translation: Othello Translation | Shakescleare, by LitCharts Here's a recording of the play, with Paul Robeson as Othello: Othello, Act I, Scene 1: Venice. A Street "Tush! never tell me" (2024 Remastered Version) Here's … Continue reading Shakespeare: Othello
This will be a reprise of our Leadership Development Workshop from September. Join us by Zoom to learn about how to use a free online graphics design program and how to add pages, posts, and events to our chapter's WordPress website. You can prepare for the workshop by watching the videos here.
Mary Wollstonecraft was an English writer and philosopher. In 1792, she wrote A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: with Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects. In this essay, Wollstonecraft argues that women are neither mere ornaments nor property to be traded in marriage. Rather, women are human beings deserving of the same fundamental rights … Continue reading Mary Wollstonecraft: A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
Philosopher Bertrand Russell was a supporter of Israel but took an interest in Palestinian issues and worked with Israeli leftists, leading to his final statement of February 1970. This Zoom conference will be presented by John Lenz (a classicist from Drew University) and Thom Weidlich (an independent scholar), both of whom are active members in … Continue reading Bertrand Russell on Israel and Palestine (1917-1970)
Agatha Christie is one of the best-selling authors of all time. Her And Then There Were None is the seventh best-selling book (100 million copies) of all time. Christie is famous for her 66 detective novels, some of which featured the fictional Belgian detective Hercule Poirot or an elderly English spinster named Miss Marple. Christie … Continue reading Agatha Christie: And Then There Were None
Please arrive 10 minutes early to allow for registration. Please bring a printed copy of your voucher and your picture ID to the session. If you are under the age of 18, but at least 14, you need to bring a parent or guardian and complete additional forms. You must contact Richard A. Schaefer via … Continue reading Admissions Testing
