In 1941, the British army was short of men, equipment and ideas. Whenever they fought the Germans, they lost. But out in Egypt, one man had a plan to turn things around. Lt. Colonel Dudley Clarke, a soldier, spy and writer, realized he could use the stage magic principles he'd learned as a boy… Read More »Inquiring Minds: Magic At War: The True Story of the Illusionist Who fooled hitler
Register for this presentation at https://tinyurl.com/2rz27nfa In 2003, Eric Larson's book, The Devil in the White City, sparked widespread popular interest in the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition, 1890s Chicago, and world's fairs, generally. While readers were enthralled with the grisly details of the murderous H.H. Holmes, the world's fair was more than just a setting… Read More »Theodore Talk — When the World Came to Chicago: The World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893
The book we'll be discussing is 13 County Road 666 by C.L. McCollum. Save $1 by buying the Kindle version of 13 County Road 666 from Falstaff: =AT0lqmUSZTM18FD3xf4RiwHGJT1XC_qgPZq3oNLm-99L1N2In5Tj2hqAeUILy08qgcZOURfIuyJo5AgBKnO3Ba-IC-AI0GjD3YdJC1aaUzV-glwvQskXFmgLBJ0FQ0K5RPoHFCSQSqmXs8-L3yT_wIfnn6FpUSltkCQ5i5ThHUeUViAWaeV0iSkjkb2Va0vF_QgSfHHNiU2mk3u7cArp7_6ItLwuALH1lN9xbUWATpTv9Q" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://falstaffbooks.myshopify.com/.../13-county-road...](https://falstaffbooks.myshopify.com/.../13-county-road...) The Book Club will be meeting in person and also via Google Meets for those who wish to attend virtually. The Meets link will… Read More »Book club – Speculative Fiction
April Gourmet SIG delayed by 1 week. The menu this month is Turkish food. Join us for good food and conversation. All members and guests are welcome. Please RSVP to Becky Kumar at kumarbecky@hotmail.com or Nancy Campbell at mensanancy@gmail.com and let them know what you would like to bring. (Location and phone numbers will be… Read More »Gourmet SIG
Held at Kathi Rich's house in Mint Hill. The topic for May is the history of South Africa. Different topics in history are presented each month. To submit questions, get directions, or for more information, please contact Kathi at ksariches@yahoo.com.
Saint Louis Area Mensa is starting a monthly online game event.We will meet on the second Sunday of each month at 6:30 pm CDT. Thisshould not conflict with other events.We will use Zoom for communications and a gaming platform for thegames. Join the meeting by going to this clickable link:https://us04web.zoom.us/j/4901825334?pwd=OWN0bHRwZndGdDZtU29zaGtiODQyUT09We will use the Boardgamearena.com platform… Read More »Online Game SIG – Hosted by St Louis Area Mensa
Casual dinner meeting. Join us for good food and good conversation. Contact Ruth Green-Waite at greenwaite@hotmail.com for more information.
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Please Register: https://livepresentation.link/MAY In the months prior to the Holocaust, 10,000 children left their parents and escaped the Nazis on the Kindertransport, a series of train rides to safe havens in Europe where good Samaritans took them in. One of those kids was 7-year-old Manny Korman who, along with his brother, made it to England and… Read More »Escaping the Nazis: The Untold Story of the Kindertransport From Someone Who Was On The Train
Members of SEMM have recently started a virtual book club. We meet the first and third Tuesday of every month at 7 pm Eastern time. If you’d like more information, please email vickymariestout@gmail.com or just check out our next meeting by registering using the following link: You are invited to a Zoom meeting.Register in advance… Read More »Virtual Book Club for Mensans – Hosted by SEMM
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Casual dinner meeting, usually with a speaker. Come at 6:30 pm for dinner. Speaker will start at 7:30.The restaurant is off of NC-51 on the road which runs beside the Matthews TARGET shopping center. Independence Pointe Parkway runs from Matthews Township Parkway (NEW Rt 51) to Matthews-Mint Hill Road (OLD Rt 51).Contact Robert Smyre at… Read More »Main Monthly Meeting