Mensa Admissions Testing at Mind Games 2024. Come take the test and stay and play games with current members. Register for the test at Mensa Testing. Enter promo code MindGames for 50% off! For more information, contact Nancy Campbell at mensanancy@gmail.com.

Registration is full, but you can still volunteer for this National event hosted by our local group. If you'd like to volunteer at this event, sign up at Mind Games 2024. All volunteers donating at least 6 hours of their time will get a free volunteers only T-shirt!

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 Meghna Lamore at… Read More »Main Monthly Meeting

In 1920 Andrew "Rube" Foster established the Negro National League in Kansas City, Missouri. Featuring teams in Chicago, Cincinnati, Dayton, Detroit, Indianapolis, Kansas City, and St. Louis, the NNL adopted the slogan, "We Are the Ship, All Else the Sea" as a pledge to set its own course. Many teams discovered financial success coming out… Read More »Theodore Talk: Why Black Baseball Matters

Our 'Gardeners and Pollinator Friends' SIG is a local, in-person group which will meet quarterly in Belmont, NC to discuss seasonal gardening topics. The SIG will be hosted by Teddi Daniels, an NC State Certified Beekeeper and an enthusiastic gardener who enjoys growing her food in addition to flowers! As a group, we will have… Read More »New Mensa SIG — ‘Gardeners and Pollinator Friends’

This month we'll read House of Hunger by Alexis Henderson, a dark, historical fantasy novel.You can buy it in ebook, print or audio here: https://amzn.to/4aH2FGD We will be meeting in person, as well as joined via Meets for those who can't make it. The Meets link will be shared here the day of the event.… Read More »Book Club – Speculative Fiction

The topic for May is Ethiopia. Event meets at a member’s house in Mint Hill. Attendees take turns presenting various historical topics. To submit questions, get directions, or for more information, please contact Kathi at ksariches@yahoo.com.

The Dining Out SIG visits various restaurants to try something new. This month will be Ethiopian food. If interested in joining us for dinner, please contact Becky Kumar at kumarbecky@hotmail.com so that the restaurant can be given an accurate head count for the reservation.

At this meeting, we will be discussing Warriors #2: Fire and Ice (Warriors: The Prophecies Begin, book two) by Erin Hunter  Meeting Link: us06web.zoom.us/j/... For more information, contact: Bill Rock: (972.396.8160, william.m.rock@gmail.com) 

The topic for June's History SIG is the history of weapons. To submit questions, get directions, or for more information, please contact Kathi at ksariches@yahoo.com.

Board Game Arena (www.boardgamearena.com) has a nice facility for playing games with friends on-line. It includes a chat feature, and I'll also set up a Zoom meeting for those that want to talk outside of the game. Login to the web site before the event, and tell me your username so I can send a… Read More »gifted youth virtual board games