Events

News & Notes

IMPORTANT NOTICE:  The weeks ahead will likely pose unknown challenges as we deal with the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Imagine if you will how the limitations of this new normal will continue to effect MAM’s scheduling interests. For example, the Board...

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KCAG20

KCAG20

IMPORTANT UPDATE RE: KCAG 2020, as noted May 12th, 2020 on the American Mensa AG website: After careful consideration for the health and safety of everyone, we've made the difficult decision to cancel Annual Gathering 2020. What is the American Mensa Annual Gathering?...

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News & Notes

The leaves around here show that Spring is about to spring upon us. March brings the vernal equinox for us in the Northern Hemisphere. So, day and night should be exactly twelve hours long in terms of our clocks. Now, let’s take a look at what is happening in...

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News & Notes

Once falling at the end of the Roman year, February was made with less days than the other months. This year, while February is still frosty and cold, it offers an extra day just so we can all ‘leap’ into the next month with a good measure of levity and luck. Here’s...

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Cabin Fever 2020

Cabin Fever 2020

Do you feel the lethargy that winter weather can bring on us all and, maybe, do you have that feeling of being pent up indoors? Can you see a weird change in the way that people - including yourself - function while getting along with something of a daily routine? Is...

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News & Notes

January, not unlike the entire calendar that we know, resulted from a great amount of political juggling (and work) by Romans including the highest priest(s) of Roman religion, political rulers of the age like Julius Caesar, and astronomers of the time. It was/is more...

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News & Notes

Symbolic trapping or shopping fun, whichever way you approach the month of December it can be a much appreciated, beautiful time of the year. Decorative lights and ornaments go up on celebrated trees. Children prepare their wish lists for the approaching visit by that...

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knowledges

knowledges

Mensans from Topeka, Lawrence, and the Kansas City area met at the Spencer Museum of Art on the KU Lawrence campus on October 27th to visit the exhibit knowledges, rethinking the roles university research and art play in our collective consciousness. Four installation...

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MAM Wins Emerald Award!!

Today in History

1598: The Merchant of Venice is entered on the Stationers' Register
1793: Alexander Mackenzie reaches the Pacific Ocean
1908: Fisher Body Company is established
1933: Wiley Post flies solo around the world