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					0 events 1 0 events, 1	2 events 2 2 events, 2 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Spy Games 2026 May 2 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Spy Games 2026 Mensa of Northeastern New York is sponsoring another Spy Games. MISSION: HIDDEN SPIES Location: Mechanicville, New York Threat Level: CRITICAL Objective: Identify and apprehend deep-cover enemy operatives before their mission activates. Mechanicville doesn’t make headlines. A quaint little city with friendly people — not the kind of place you'd expect to become a battleground for … Continue reading, 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm Geoffrey Chaucer: The Knight’s Tale and the Miller’s Tale May 2 @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm Geoffrey Chaucer: The Knight’s Tale and the Miller’s Tale The Miller's Tale is one of Geoffrey Chaucer's Canterbury Tales. These tales were supposedly stories that a group of pilgrims told each other as they were on their way from London to Canterbury Cathedral, to visit the Shrine of St. Thomas Becket (also known as Thomas à Becket). Nevertheless, some of the tales told by … Continue reading
0 events 3 0 events, 3	0 events 4 0 events, 4	0 events 5 0 events, 5	1 event 6 1 event, 6 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Northern New Jersey Mensa Zoom chat May 6 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Northern New Jersey Mensa Zoom chat Join us for an informal chat on Wednesdays, Laurie Thomas is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Join Zoom Meeting https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89573003912?pwd=hxBmwVGy1EaEHnKSWuXwQsOmIQy54z.1 Meeting ID: 895 7300 3912 Passcode: 436580 --- One tap mobile +16465588656,,89573003912#,,,,436580# US (New York) +16469313860,,89573003912#,,,,436580# US --- Join by SIP • Join instructions https://us06web.zoom.us/meetings/89573003912/invitations?signature=NqtKj2yRl2WAJRZtEm3NFaKVLYtZgCbkJCFbvsLU6jw	0 events 7 0 events, 7	0 events 8 0 events, 8	2 events 9 2 events, 9 10:00 am - 11:30 am Northern New Jersey Mensa Executive Committee Meeting May 9 @ 10:00 am - 11:30 am Northern New Jersey Mensa Executive Committee Meeting The Northern New Jersey Executive Committee meets by Zoom the second Saturday of each month, except for August, when it is held in conjunction with the annual picnic. Please download and import the following iCalendar (.ics) files to your calendar system. Monthly: https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/tZ0ofumqqjwrHNOhGbFsv9vtp2caZZcMW77c/ics?icsToken=DD-Gc3YAANjZCmeMHAAALAAAANjkS_rNaC6ZT1AwtDh-8NAQ9u62Dfkm9vIHPzMo4BGajotga5J_yOqP9rNh6MU6A3taqgf7cDjdiY5xZDAwMDAwMQ&meetingMasterEventId=nq63tF_OSImkbYrI7WLZUw Join Zoom Meeting https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89590247167?pwd=MVO3wgLRzlvRCopCqIwNTzdIIbYLNq.1 Meeting ID: 895 9024 7167 Passcode: 698189 --- … Continue reading, 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm Euclid’s Elements May 9 @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm Euclid’s Elements Here's an interlinear Greek/English translation: farside.ph.utexas.edu/Books/Euclid/Elements.pdf Here's a series of videos: Euclid's elements: definitions, postulates, and axioms Euclid's Geometry was built on assumptions. But what if you altered one of those assumptions? Nikolai Lobachevsky: Non-Euclidean Geometry and Euclid's Fifth Axiom - Kronecker Wallis
1 event 10 1 event, 10 9:00 pm - 10:30 pm Brainstorming May 10 @ 9:00 pm - 10:30 pm Brainstorming Ken Lawrence's Brainstorming group meets by Zoom each Sunday at 9PM Eastern Time to discuss how to build Mensa. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82908600785?pwd=Kzl4YUhFbklwSnpCTTl4TDdHN0Jsdz09 Meeting ID: 829 08600785 Passcode: 1234	1 event 11 1 event, 11 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm French Conversation May 11 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm French Conversation Are you interested in French Language and Francophone Culture? All levels of French welcome. Interested Mensans, please contact: . We meet virtually on Zoom every Monday at 7pm.	0 events 12 0 events, 12	1 event 13 1 event, 13 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Northern New Jersey Mensa Zoom chat May 13 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Northern New Jersey Mensa Zoom chat Join us for an informal chat on Wednesdays, Laurie Thomas is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Join Zoom Meeting https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89573003912?pwd=hxBmwVGy1EaEHnKSWuXwQsOmIQy54z.1 Meeting ID: 895 7300 3912 Passcode: 436580 --- One tap mobile +16465588656,,89573003912#,,,,436580# US (New York) +16469313860,,89573003912#,,,,436580# US --- Join by SIP • Join instructions https://us06web.zoom.us/meetings/89573003912/invitations?signature=NqtKj2yRl2WAJRZtEm3NFaKVLYtZgCbkJCFbvsLU6jw	0 events 14 0 events, 14	0 events 15 0 events, 15	2 events 16 2 events, 16 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Admissions Testing May 16 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Admissions Testing 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, 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm Homer’s Odyssey: Scylla and Charybdis May 16 @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm Homer’s Odyssey: Scylla and Charybdis The Odyssey is an account of how Odysseus made his way home to his wife Penelope after the Trojan War. (The Trojan War itself was discussed in Homer's Iliad.) At one point, Odysseus must steer his ship between two perils: a sea monster named Scylla and a whirlpool named Charybdis. The whirlpool was probably inspired … Continue reading
1 event 17 1 event, 17 9:00 pm - 10:30 pm Brainstorming May 17 @ 9:00 pm - 10:30 pm Brainstorming Ken Lawrence's Brainstorming group meets by Zoom each Sunday at 9PM Eastern Time to discuss how to build Mensa. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82908600785?pwd=Kzl4YUhFbklwSnpCTTl4TDdHN0Jsdz09 Meeting ID: 829 08600785 Passcode: 1234	1 event 18 1 event, 18 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm French Conversation May 18 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm French Conversation Are you interested in French Language and Francophone Culture? All levels of French welcome. Interested Mensans, please contact: . We meet virtually on Zoom every Monday at 7pm.	2 events 19 2 events, 19 6:00 pm Smart Company SIG Dinner May 19 @ 6:00 pm Smart Company SIG Dinner The cost will be roughly ~$100 per person, excluding drinks. There is a limited menu, so RSVP with dietary restrictions to by May 12, 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Friendship, Fellowship, and Rotary’s Four-Way Test May 19 @ 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Friendship, Fellowship, and Rotary’s Four-Way Test Mensa's Armchair Conversations are an opportunity to have friendly conversations about serious topics. This conversation will be about Rotary's 4-way test. In 1932, when Herbert J. Taylor's Club Aluminum Products company's sales were hit hard during the Depression, he thought about ways to save his company. One thing was to address the ethical standing of … Continue reading	2 events 20 2 events, 20 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Northern New Jersey Mensa Zoom chat May 20 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Northern New Jersey Mensa Zoom chat Join us for an informal chat on Wednesdays, Laurie Thomas is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Join Zoom Meeting https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89573003912?pwd=hxBmwVGy1EaEHnKSWuXwQsOmIQy54z.1 Meeting ID: 895 7300 3912 Passcode: 436580 --- One tap mobile +16465588656,,89573003912#,,,,436580# US (New York) +16469313860,,89573003912#,,,,436580# US --- Join by SIP • Join instructions https://us06web.zoom.us/meetings/89573003912/invitations?signature=NqtKj2yRl2WAJRZtEm3NFaKVLYtZgCbkJCFbvsLU6jw, 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Dinner at Brasserie Mémère May 20 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Dinner at Brasserie Mémère Join us for dinner at Brasserie Mémère for great French food and perhaps some French conversation. Any level of French compentence, even beginners, are welcome!	0 events 21 0 events, 21	0 events 22 0 events, 22	2 events 23 2 events, 23 11:00 am - 12:30 pm Presby Memorial Iris Garden May 23 @ 11:00 am - 12:30 pm Presby Memorial Iris Garden Visit the rainbow on the hill Come see one of the best public gardens in the United States. The Presby Memorial Iris Garden has more than 14,000 irises of approximately 3,000 varieties and produces more than 100,000 blooms over the course of the season. (Iris was the Greek goddess of the rainbow, and irises come … Continue reading, 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm Rene Descartes: Discourse on the Method May 23 @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm Rene Descartes: Discourse on the Method Rene Descartes' Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting One's Reason and of Seeking Truth in the Sciences was published in French in 1637. It was later translated into Latin. This discourse is famous for Descartes' assertion Je pense, donc je suis (I think, therefore I am--cogito ergo sum). The discourse was intended to serve … Continue reading
1 event 24 1 event, 24 9:00 pm - 10:30 pm Brainstorming May 24 @ 9:00 pm - 10:30 pm Brainstorming Ken Lawrence's Brainstorming group meets by Zoom each Sunday at 9PM Eastern Time to discuss how to build Mensa. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82908600785?pwd=Kzl4YUhFbklwSnpCTTl4TDdHN0Jsdz09 Meeting ID: 829 08600785 Passcode: 1234	1 event 25 1 event, 25 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm French Conversation May 25 @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm French Conversation Are you interested in French Language and Francophone Culture? All levels of French welcome. Interested Mensans, please contact: . We meet virtually on Zoom every Monday at 7pm.	0 events 26 0 events, 26	1 event 27 1 event, 27 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Northern New Jersey Mensa Zoom chat May 27 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm Northern New Jersey Mensa Zoom chat Join us for an informal chat on Wednesdays, Laurie Thomas is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Join Zoom Meeting https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89573003912?pwd=hxBmwVGy1EaEHnKSWuXwQsOmIQy54z.1 Meeting ID: 895 7300 3912 Passcode: 436580 --- One tap mobile +16465588656,,89573003912#,,,,436580# US (New York) +16469313860,,89573003912#,,,,436580# US --- Join by SIP • Join instructions https://us06web.zoom.us/meetings/89573003912/invitations?signature=NqtKj2yRl2WAJRZtEm3NFaKVLYtZgCbkJCFbvsLU6jw	0 events 28 0 events, 28	0 events 29 0 events, 29	1 event 30 1 event, 30 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn: Cancer Ward May 30 @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn: Cancer Ward Cancer Ward is a semiautobiographical novel by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, who won the Nobel Prize in Litrature "for the ethical force with which he has pursued the indispensable traditions of Russian literature." Like Solzhenitsyn, the protagonist of Cancer Ward is a Russian World War II veteran who served time in the Gulag (Soviet forced labor camps) … Continue reading
1 event 31 1 event, 31 9:00 pm - 10:30 pm Brainstorming May 31 @ 9:00 pm - 10:30 pm Brainstorming Ken Lawrence's Brainstorming group meets by Zoom each Sunday at 9PM Eastern Time to discuss how to build Mensa. https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82908600785?pwd=Kzl4YUhFbklwSnpCTTl4TDdHN0Jsdz09 Meeting ID: 829 08600785 Passcode: 1234