General
Feel life is passing you by? Activities with fellow Mensans will turn this around. Think coffees, martinis, movies, dinners, quizzes, anything that ravels up the tired sleeve of care. We’re informal and unstructured, on occasion intellectually stimulating. Mensa Calgary is a community where members interact, network, support each other, and enjoy each other’s company. For further info, contact Patricia at kathleen4057@yahoo.ca ["There's no pleasure on earth that's worth sacrificing for the sake of an extra five years in the geriatric ward of the Sunset Old People's Home." (John Mortimore)]
MensaTest
June date not selected yet. Contact Vicki Herd for further info: vherd@shaw.ca
MensaGenerationX
An under-30ish group is starting up, with a wing night to get the ball rolling. Viz Sunday, June 15th, at Bootleggers, 3444 – 32nd Ave NE at 7pm. Bootleggers has 45 different flavours of wings, including trad and non-trad. Branch out into herb and garlic, dill pickle, etc etc or the HOT flavours! Leslie Forward has also started a special Facebook group, Mensa Calgary Under 30’s, so feel free to check it out. The FB group doesn’t have much on it at the moment, but now’s the time to make it grow. Let a hundred flowers bloom, was that the expression? Email Leslie at august_83@hotmail.com with qs or comments, RSVP for the wings, or look her up on Facebook.
CoffeeFests
Diverting discussion at The Purple Perk, 2212 – 4th St SW, 7:00pm, Thursdays June 12 and 26. No subject too hot, no view too contentious, no humour too sublime. RSVP not needed. Look for Patricia’s Harry Potter book on the table.
DinnerNight
Saturday, June 7, 2008 @ 6:30 pm at Il Chianti, 277 – 20th Ave NE. A great resto for atmosphere and flavours. RSVP Patricia by June 3rd (kathleen4057@yahoo.ca).
BookClub
Recent books include Night, The Alchemist, Water for Elephants and A Thousand Splendid Suns. We’ll meet Friday, June 20th at 7:15. Place will be Emma’s home. The book is Daughter of the Forest, by Juliet Marillier. No more info available as at transmittal of this text to Beijing for the gnomes to load. Contact Patricia at kathleen4057@yahoo.ca or 212-1461.
SecondTuesdays(of the Month)
June 10th, for the calendar watchers among us. This is our monthly coffee and conversation chez Vicki Herd, 2469 Sorrel Mews SW (a couple of blocks south of 33 Ave, east of Crowchild Tr), 7:30pm. BYOB.
SpecialEvents
Tour of Johnston Canyon with adventurer extraordinaire Jeff Pugh, on Saturday, June 14th. Do not miss this. Contact Patricia fmi: kathleen4057@yahoo.ca Here’s a photo of the upper falls:
Some members are taking the Alberta Ballet House and Garden Tour, the version on Saturday, June 21st. Purchase tickets through Ticketmaster and contact Patricia at kathleen4057@yahoo.ca for meet-up information.
Note: a fabulous time was had on Jeff Pugh’s excursion in May. Great social occasion and insights gathered on Dry Island Buffalo Jump, the Ellis Bird Farm, Bleriot Ferry (is this the fabled river Lethe?), Rosedale Swinging Bridge, and the Last Chance Saloon.
For other and general event queries, email Vicki Herd (vherd@shaw.ca).
