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
The next Mensa testing session will be Wednesday, July 2, 2008 at 6:30pm. Testing should take just over an hour and is not at all intimidating.
The testing fee is $90. This covers the cost of writing two tests, receiving feedback on eligibility for Mensa membership, plus the first year’s membership fee if you qualify. You write two tests so you have two chances to qualify for Mensa. Full time students pay only $70.
A pictorial test is available if your mother tongue is not English and you do not want your test scores to be disadvantaged by language.
You need to score in the top 2% of the population in one of the two tests to qualify.
Please contact Vicki Herd if you have questions about Mensa and the testing procedures. Let Vicki know if you want to write the tests at our July session, so she can plan resources and give you directions to the testing site: Meeting Room 2, Basement, W R Castell Central Library, 616 Macleod Trail SE, Calgary.
Wednesday, July 2, 2008, 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm. Email: vherd@shaw.ca Telephone: 243-6144
MensaGenerationX
The under-30’s sig is hot! hot! Rendezvous at the Atlantic Trap and Gill which is located in the Days Inn on 3828 MacLeod Trail SE. Saturday, July 12, 2008. Where is it? If you get off the C-Train at 39th Avenue S, you walk to MacLeod Trail (1 Block West), then 2 Blocks North and you’re there! Or…from the LRT station, walk to Macdonald’s and go one block north. They have live music by Prairie Schooners, $5 cover (which we hope doesn’t increase for Stampede), traditional East Coast Brews, and it’s a fantastic time! Leslie will be there at 7:30 so show up whenever you like, but there is usually a line-up if you come too late as it’s a pretty popular place. There’s a table reserved under Leslie’s name near the dance floor. If you aren’t sure which rowdy swirl is Mensa, feel free to text her and she’ll let you know! (403-870-6033). ALSO…wing night Sunday July 20 at Bootleggers, 7:00pm, 3444 32 Ave NE, which is a ten minute walk from the Whitehorn C-train station. For more info, contact Leslie Joanne at august_83@hotmail.com or try her on Facebook.
CoffeeFests
Diverting discussion at The Purple Perk, 2212 – 4th St SW, 7:00pm, Thursdays July 10 and 24. No subject too hot, no view too contentious, no humour too sublime. Confirm with Patricia at kathleen4057@yahoo.ca or not, as you like. Look for the Harry Potter book on the table.
DinnerNight
The next Mensa dinner evening will be Friday July 18, 6:30 pm, at Jacqueline Suzanne’s Bistro, 1219 - 9th Avenue SE (Inglewood). We’ve booked a table in the dining loft. Please RSVP to Patricia @ almostp@shaw.ca
Jacqueline Suzanne’s Bistro is a charming European restaurant offering fusion cuisine in an Inglewood heritage building. The menu is creative, including sake poached salmon with wasabi aïoli and Grand Marnier scallops. Enjoy the antique, romantic décor with cozy dining loft and player piano. An experience that transports you to Paris!
Review:
http://www.calgarysun.com/cgi-bin/publish.cgi?p=132838&x=articles&s=dine
BookClub
Mensa’s book club selection for July is Literacy and Longing in L.A. by Jennifer Kaufman and Karen Mack. Marie will host the occasion, set for Friday July 25. Marie has made it easy by picking up a "Book Club in a Bag" from the library, so it’s unnecessary to purchase the book.
Jennifer Kaufman was a staff writer at the Los Angeles Times and is a two-time winner of the national Penney-Missouri Journalism Award. This debut novel, Literacy and Longing in L.A., was a #1 Los Angeles Times bestseller and has won the 2006 Southern California Booksellers Association Award for Fiction. For a review, check http://www.powells.com/cgi-bin/biblio?isbn=0385340176
For more info (and a loan-copy of the book), contact Patricia at kathleen4057@yahoo.ca or 212-1461. Previous Mensa Club choices have included Night, The Alchemist, Water for Elephants and A Thousand Splendid Suns.
SecondTuesdays(of the Month)
July 8 for the calendar watchers among us or those clever enough to diarize important dates. Our monthly gabfest chez Vicki Herd, 2469 Sorrel Mews SW (a couple of blocks south of 33 Ave, east of Crowchild Tr), 7:30pm. No RSVP required. BYOB.
Movie Night
To be decided. Watch this space.
For other and general event queries, email Vicki Herd (vherd@shaw.ca).
