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Please see the November ChiMe for all the details.
Also sign up for the
Event email list to get regular emails about upcoming events, including any that did not make it into ChiMe,
and to get notified of any special events or last minute changes.
Or join http://www.meetup.com/ChicagoMensaMeetup.
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American Mensans can also download ChiMe from the
National website.
Activities Bulletin
November 2009
You may also view the
November 2009 PDF Calendar in grid format.
Or, if you’ve joined, check out the
Chicago Mensa Meetup Calendar.
1/Sunday
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ChiMe Editorial Deadline.
Last day for editorial submissions to the December ChiMe.
Please see the December ChiMe for the email address and/or phone number of the
Editor.
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HalloweeM Until early afternoon. The last day of this must-attend event of the year at the Sheraton Chicago Northwest,
3400 West Euclid Avenue, Arlington Heights. If you didn’t preregister, Mensans can
still register at the door but no credit cards will be accepted.
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Celebration/Memorial for Helen Kupper
11:30 AM. At the Sheraton Chicago Northwest,
3400 West Euclid Avenue, Arlington Heights.
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Mensa Testing 2 PM. Anyone interested or who knows someone who is interested, please view
the test information.
3/Tuesday
5/Thursday
7/Saturday
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Saturday Night Firsts (SNF) 5 PM - Movie; 6:45 PM - Dinner.
Hooray! The first of two movies this month:
“Men Who Stare at Goats” - psychic soldiers, starring Ewan McGregor & George Clooney - comedy/war flick.
Please meet up in the lobby of the theater located in Skokie at 4:30 PM (½ hour before the movie starts).
Meet for dinner
afterwards at the nearby restaurant between 6:45 and 7 PM. Some people attend just the movie or just the dinner.
Please sign up for the
SNF email list
to get all the specifics about the locations of the movie and dinner.
Bring a friend! Please RSVP so the coordinators can keep an eye out for you and save you a seat at the
movie as well as to let the restaurant know the headcount.
The second movie is Friday, Nov. 13th as described below.
Event not in ChiMe!!
8/Sunday
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Future and Fantasies SIG 2:30 PM. We will discuss Earth, by David Brin.
Title is library-, bookstore-, and dot-com-available. The SIG coordinators will host in an apartment near
7300 S. South Shore Drive. BYOB and munchies.
Guest parking available — pull up in half-circle driveway in front of building and ask the doorman.
For more information, contact the SIG coordinator.
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Potluck Dinner 5:30 PM. At the coordinator’s home in Wood Dale.
Please join the
Potluck email list.
Please contact the coordinator to RSVP and possibly to coordinate what you’ll bring.
10/Tuesday
12/Thursday
13/Friday
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Rockford Mensa Dinner 7 PM. Join the coordinator and other Rockford-area Mensans for an
Indian dinner near
6400 E. Riverside Blvd.
For more information or to get on our e-mail list, contact the Rockford Area
Coordinator.
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Saturday Night Firsts (SNF) 7:30 PM.
Yeah, it’s a Friday, and better yet — it’s Friday the 13th —
so naturally, the movie is “2012” with mind-blowing special effects fulfilling
the ancient Mayan’s prediction about the End of the World.
Please meet up in the lobby of the theater in Skokie at 7 PM (½ hour before the movie starts).
Buying tickets at Fandango is recommended just in case it’s a sell-out.
Dinner
afterwards at a nearby restaurant. Some people attend just the movie or just the dinner.
Please sign up for the
SNF email list
to get all the specifics about the locations of the movie and dinner.
Bring a friend! Please RSVP so the coordinators can keep an eye out for you and save you a seat at the
movie as well as to let the restaurant know the headcount.
Event not in ChiMe!!
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The Sounds of Spacetime: Black Holes, Early Universe, Cosmic Strings, and Holographic Noise 8 PM. Tickets $7
If you want to come out to Batavia for this talk, our LocSec can recommend some restaurants, including a Mexican place very close with utterly top-notch food.
Using lasers and mirrors, it is now possible to measure distances between things a mile apart to a precision ten thousand times smaller
than an atomic nucleus. This amazing capability will, in the next decade, lead to a completely new way of studying the universe, by directly
sensing the vibrations of spacetime caused by motions of distant bodies. The talk will survey the new technology and some of the sources,
including the most powerful, such as mergers of binary black holes, as well as the most exotic, such as vibrations of cosmic strings.
In some theories these machines may also detect "holographic noise" caused by the quantum character of spacetime.
There is some evidence that this noise may have already been detected;
if so, we may be able to directly measure the fundamental interval of time itself.
Non-Mensa Event!!
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Poetry SIG Discussion 8 PM. Bill has been our group’s researcher, bringing backgrounds of the poets to
the meetings. Perhaps this digging arises from his work as a computer systems analyst.
His varied interests (he once wrote poems and recited them in a coffeehouse, created ceramic sculptures,
and still sails a small boat) should lead to interesting poetry selections for discussion.
The event will be hosted in Wilmette.
For directions to the location, copies of the poems or more information,
see the November edition of ChiMe for the contacts’ phone numbers.
14/Saturday
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West Suburban Games and Conversation 7 PM. Every 2nd Saturday of the month.
On this date in 1889, Nellie Bly begins her travel around the world; her journey lasted fewer than 80 days.
You only need to drive to Winfield to have fun playing games.
A “munchie” donation is appreciated. Please call on the day of the event to RSVP and for directions.
Non-smoking event, one friendly cat.
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Second Saturday Coffeehouse 8 PM.
Please join the event coordinator at the Second-Saturday Coffeehouse featuring
folksinger Andrew Calhoun. There will be no open mic to allow him to perform two long sets. $7 donation includes refreshments.
This takes place at The Ethical Humanist Society, 7574 N. Lincoln Ave. (at Howard) in Skokie.
More info at www.ethicalhuman.org or phone the event coordinator.
15/Sunday
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NIBBLERS Brunch 12:30 PM. The NIBBLERS Brunch bunch will meet at the Kankakee Railroad Museum, 197 S. East Avenue in Kankakee (815-929-9320).
There is also the possibility of adding an earlier seating, if we have a large enough crowd. Brunch is held in an elegantly restored 1947 Pullman car.
The cost is $21 per person (includes coffee, juice, water, tax, and gratuity – cash only, please).
Please note that the dining car is NOT handicapped-accessible.
After brunch, those who wish may tour the adjacent small museum (admission).
There is also a bed-and-breakfast nearby that serves afternoon tea, for those so inclined.
RSVP to the event coordinator no later than Sunday, November 8th; reservations will not be accepted after this date.
Please see the article in the November ChiMe for full details about this extraordinary event.
Why not sign up for our e-list?
You’ll get the latest information on upcoming NIBBLERS events,
along with the chance to recommend your favorite restaurant for a future outing.
Time Change!!
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Math SIG 1 PM. Join us at the event coordinator’s place in Evanston. BYO.
Come with your math puzzles and imagination. This will be a joint meeting with The Chicago Math Meetup
Group. Look for problems and puzzles in the
message board.
Sign up for the
Chi-Math email list or view details at
Chicago Mensa Meetup.
The event coordinator will provide location information to attendees.
16/Monday
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Morgan Park Monthly Palaver 7 PM.
Casual conversation on whatever topics happen to come up.
Our usual location is Walker Library, 11071 S. Hoyne Ave., but please call ahead to confirm time and place.
We meet on the 3rd Monday of every month. Call the
Beverly Area Coordinator for more information
(he does not check his email daily).
17/Tuesday
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Downtown Lunch 1 PM. We meet at the corner of Madison and Clark.
Make reservations before 11 AM with the event coordinator.
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Near West-Southwest (WSW) Mensans 6:30 PM.
This month we enjoy Thai cuisine on Ogden Ave. in Brookfield.
Spouses, dates, and significant others are also welcome.
Reservations are not required, but please contact the guest host so he can give the
restaurant fair warning.
21/Saturday
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Conservatives Lunch 11:30 AM. Join other members of the Mensan cell of the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy for
lunch and secret planning at Sweet Tomatoes Buffet, 2820 Highland Ave. in Lombard.
Sweet Tomatoes is on the NW corner of Butterfield and Highland, but you can only enter from Highland.
Lunch costs about $12 (watch for coupons). Meet near the entrance. If you’re late (please don’t be!),
ask for the Mensa Conservatives Lunch group. RSVPs appreciated.
Open to non-Mensans; bring a conservative friend. For more info, contact the event coordinator.
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Nutcracker Suite 2 PM. Have a galloping good time and see the Nutcracker Suite as never before.
This unique event is on horseback, presented at the historic 1871 Noble Horse riding hall, 1410 N. Orleans, in the heart of Old Town Chicago.
Buy your tickets directly from the box office at 312-266-7878;
identify your party as part of the Mensa group for the discounted rate of $20 for adults or $14 for children 12 and under.
Each Mensan and eligible guest will receive a 50% GOBS rebate, as long as funds last.
Bring your paid-up membership card or a current ChiMe as identification.
Children of all ages are encouraged to bring carrots and/or apples to feed to the horses after the show, to meet the riders,
ride in carriages around the hall, and see the stables. (Horseback rides available for $5 each.)
Soda, chips, and candy only are available for purchase at $2 per item but you may BYO.
This venue allows visitors to time-travel to when city transportation was by horse.
Make the journey with your fellow Ms, and have a sweet time.
More info at www.noblehorsechicago.com.
Do not book tickets online or you'll miss out on our discount.
Dinner afterwards in Old Town.
*If you need handicapped parking, say so when you phone to purchase your tickets. Reserved parking is on the south side of the building.
You should arrive by 1:30 PM to claim available handicapped spots.
Visit the Members page for contact information.
Event not in ChiMe!!
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Chinese on Saturdays 6 PM. The restaurant is in Downers Grove on Ogden, just
a few blocks west of Main St. Come for good food, good conversation, and somewhat warped humor.
Each month we present a selection from the Darwin Awards,
News of the Weird, or similar. Please RSVP by noon Saturday so the event coordinator can notify the
restaurant.
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South Bend Dinner 6 PM. Contact the event coordinator for location information.
24/Tuesday
26/Thursday
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Downtown Lunch Cancelled due to holiday. Happy Thanksgiving.
Schedule Change!!
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A Very Mensa Thanksgiving 2 PM. Looking for someplace to go on Thanksgiving and don’t want to
deal with cooking or with your biological family? Well, then, come celebrate Thanksgiving with your Mensa family
at the hostess’ place on the north side of Chicago near Clark and Montrose. Turkey and Thanksgiving staples will be provided.
Entertainment, side dishes, and good stories are welcome. This is a non-smoking, non-child-proofed home with
3 cats. RSVP to the hostess or via Chicago Mensa Meetup
by Sunday, November 22nd, however, space is limited. So please let the hostess know if you can’t make it
so someone else can participate.
Address and directions will be given out once an RSVP is made.
27/Friday
28/Saturday
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1 December/Tuesday
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ChiMe Editorial Deadline.
Last day for editorial submissions to the January 2010 ChiMe.
Please see the December ChiMe for the email address and/or phone number of the
Editor.
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Downtown Lunch 1 PM. We meet at the corner of Madison and Clark.
Make reservations before 11 AM with the event coordinator.
3 December/Thursday
Note: The Monthly Meeting will be held at
the
Countryside Unitarian Universalist Church,
1025 N. Smith in Palatine. And the December admissions price will be discounted
to encourage you to come and check out the new venue.
5 December/Saturday
Thanks for being our 267th visitor to the November Events.
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