To protect our members’ privacy, contact information has been
removed from this listing but isavailable on our website for members only.
Each of the CAM events has a link to the host’s RSVP information which
also takes you to this same information.
You must use the AM password reset which you can access by tapping/clicking
here.
If you forgot your id (e-mail address), contact the National Office.
Their phone number and e-mail address are at the bottom of AM login page.
Event E-Mails
CAM members will get periodic
e‑mails about upcoming events, including ones that did not make it into ChiMe,
or to get notified of any special events or last minute changes.
Both indoor and outdoor dining are allowed but at lower capacities and subject to an explicit
maximum number of people as well as no party of more than 10 and a time limit
of 2 hours.
Restaurants and bars are free to impose even stricter group or time
restrictions.
You must wear a mask except when seated, and also during any interaction
with staff and anyone who is not part of your group.
RSVPs -
Always contact the
CAM event host
as specified in the event details —
e-mail ,phone , or
Meetup .
About Meetup
About the CAM Meetup Closed Group
Meetup often includes events that are not in the
November ChiMe.
So consider
signing up
for this great tool — an active Mensa number will be requested to verify your
Mensa membership before you can be added to our CAM Meetup group.)
Meetup will have the same RSVP contact information that is on
our website
and in ChiMe.
RSVP, but you should always contact the CAM event coördinator
as specified. A few CAM event
coördinators are not members of Meetup, so for those events,
your RSVP there only lets other CAM Meetup members know you are attending,
plus you benefit by getting reminders.
It’s easy to use Meetup to add the
event info to your personal calendar.
Set up notifications and Meetup will e-mail you about
upcoming events. (You can adjust your Meetup e-mail
settings to limit notifications to one e-mail/day.)
Chicago Mensa Meetup -
All our events are listed; see who signed up, get notifications,
and add the event(s) to your personal calendar. Check out the
November calendar.
Facebook -
The following CAM area- and youth-related groups have their own closed Facebook
groups which may have events not listed here nor on Meetup
(contact them to join):
Meetup often includes events that are not in the
November ChiMe.
So consider
signing up
for this great tool — an active Mensa number will be requested to verify your
Mensa membership before you can be added to our CAM Meetup group.)
Meetup will have the same RSVP contact information that is on
our website
and in ChiMe.
RSVP, but you should always contact the CAM event coördinator
as specified. A few CAM event
coördinators are not members of Meetup, so for those events,
your RSVP there only lets other CAM Meetup members know you are attending,
plus you benefit by getting reminders.
It’s easy to use Meetup to add the
event info to your personal calendar.
Set up notifications and Meetup will e-mail you about
upcoming events. (You can adjust your Meetup e-mail
settings to limit notifications to one e-mail/day.)
Chicago Mensa Meetup -
All our events are listed; see who signed up, get notifications,
and add the event(s) to your personal calendar. Check out the
November calendar.
Facebook -
The following CAM area- and youth-related groups have their own closed Facebook
groups which may have events not listed here nor on Meetup
(contact them to join):
The organizers of the events listed on this calendar have expressed willingness
for members elsewhere in the world to join in. Please don’t give them a
bigger crowd than they can handle, and do be careful about time zones.
The displayed time zone is GMT! If you add them to your own calendar,
the time zone should convert to your specified time zone.
To have your virtual event added to this calendar, contact Matt C., the CAM Morning Coffee contact.
1/ Sunday
ChiMe Activity Bulletin and Advertising Deadlines.
Last day for these submissions
to the December ChiMe.
Interested in organizing and hosting a virtual
or in-person event? Find out how by tapping/clicking here.
ChiMe Editorial Deadline.
Last day for editorial submissions
to the December ChiMe.
Please submit original articles, insights, puzzles,
brain teasers, or short poems. Your fellow Chicago Area Mensans
would love to hear from you.
Daylight Saving Time
ends at 2 AM. Remember to reset your clocks back and sleep a bit longer.
HalloweeM 44½: A WeeM-Away Continues! until 4 PM.
Join us for the program,
games, awards and more.
Find out
which of our CAM members will receive service awards for their CAM volunteer work as well as who was voted to be the Hell’s M’s WeeM Party Animal.
Plus check out the
program and
tournaments.
For this vitural RG, we are using a WeeM-customized version
of Discord to make it easy to move about and view programs, play, and converse with all the attendees.
Although there are no scheduled activities after 4 PM, attendees may continue to play online games, puzzles, and trivia, as well as chat.
Mind Games® 2021 Judge Registration. Join American Mensa members for Mind Games
Thursday, April 22nd through Sunday, April 25th,
in Portland, Maine, at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel located at
363 Maine Mall Road in Portland, ME.
Visit the website for all the details.
The registration cap has been met and if you register now, you’ll be waitlisted.
Annual Gathering (AG) Rate Increase Alert!
Sunday, January 31st is the last day to register before the rates increase.
See the AML 2021 AG website
for details about the “Multifaceted Minds” AG held
Tuesday, August 24th through Sunday, August 29th
as Mensa celebrates its 75th anniversary in Houston, Texas.
And register now
for the Colloquium exploring “Advances in Food Science” presented on Monday, August 23rd.
2/ Monday
CAM Morning Coffee 7 AM & 8 AM.
As work-lives move back toward the status quo ante, an additional
early morning group has spun off.
Both of these online events are
not hosted which simply means when you dial in,
you may be the first — wait several minutes and give the
others a chance to join you. Attendance is spontaneous and can be sporadic
— no individual is present every day, some days there are
several people, but there are days when no one participates.
You can expect casual conversation on
any topic you and the others would like to explore.
On Thursdays, the 8 AM CAM Morning Coffee group joins the 8 AM Conversation
with London Mensans so use their access info instead.
You can join this event as a video
teleconference or just by phone. Access information is
here on our website.
In the mood for some interesting conversation?
It’s easy to check in any weekday and see who else is up for a chat.
Starting in December, Discord will be used rather than Zoom.
Contact Matt C.
for any general info. Both events will recur every weekday until further notice.
Virtual Downtown Lunch 1 PM.
Perhaps Mensa’s longest running event anywhere, Chicago’s
Downtown Lunch has gone virtual! Join us for conversation,
laughs, and attempts to define words you’ll never use again.
The Zoom access info is included as part of your host
Jon G.’s
contact information.
You may also RSVP via Meetup.
Dinner at Jimmy’s Charhouse in Libertyville 6:30 PM.
We will be dining at the
Jimmy’s Charhouse,
home of the most delicious steaks and chops,located at
1413 Peterson Rd. in Libertyville
(in a strip mall on the south side of Route 137, ~1 mile west of Milwaukee Ave. (IL Route 21)).
Mask use is determined by governmental regulations and restaurant policy.
RSVPs are mandatory.
Use Meetup,
but if not on Meetup,
RSVP to Ken L. via e‑mail.
Ken will let you know if you are confirmed or not.
Illinois COVID-19 Group & Mask Restrictions Apply!!
5/ Thursday
CAM Morning Coffee 7 AM.
As work-lives move back toward the status quo ante, this early morning group has spun off.
This online event is
not hosted which simply means when you dial in,
you may be the first — wait several minutes and give the
others a chance to join you. Attendance is spontaneous and can be sporadic
— no individual is present every day, some days there are
several people, but there are days when no one participates.
You can expect casual conversation on
any topic you and the others would like to explore.
On Thursdays, the 8 AM CAM Morning Coffee group joins the 8 AM Conversation
with London Mensans so use their access info instead.
You can join this event as a video
teleconference or just by phone. Access information is
here on our website.
In the mood for some interesting conversation?
It’s easy to check in any weekday and see who else is up for a chat.
Starting in December, Discord will be used rather than Zoom.
Contact Matt C.
for any general info. This event will recur every weekday until further notice.
Conversation
with London Mensans including CAM Morning Coffee 8 AM.
Join a video chat with our kin from across the big pond
in London at 2 PM BST. I [Carey] participated previously, along with a few other CAM members, and had a very nice chat with some
of our “siblings” in the London area.
RSVP to receive the Zoom sign-in information
(via Meetup preferred).
The London host is Ian David Moseley.
RSVP for SwAG Session
held on Saturday, November 14th no later than
Saturday, November 7th.
Use Facebook to RSVP.
7/ Saturday
Games and Conversation 7:30 PM.
G&C at the virtual WWHfWM. We’ll gather for
conversation and then split into breakout rooms as desired for games. I don’t know what games we’ll be playing, but we teach!
We’re using the Discord app again, so if you haven’t got it, be sure to
download the app
ahead of time, register, and check out the
CAM Introduction to Discord doc.
Access information is available as part of host Beth W.’s contact info.
Join us.
Virtual Event!!
8/ Sunday
Futures & Fantasies
2 PM.
We will discuss Winter of the Gods by Jordanna Max Brodsky.
It is the second of the Olympus Bound trilogy and it finds private eye Selene DiSilva in
a foul mood. Once hailed as Artemis “The Huntress” or “The Chaste
One” before the Gods (abandoned by Europe), immigrated to New York City, she
specializes in women’s cases. Lacking worshippers, the strength she needs to
deal with assorted dickheads is visibly waning. “But when a dead body is
discovered sprawled atop Wall Street's iconic Charging Bull statue, it’s clear
the NYPD can’t solve the murder without help. The murder isn’t just the
work of another homicidal cult—this time, someone's sacrificing the gods
themselves.” See Steve’s article in our September ChiMe.
If COVID is still an issue (and I suspect it will be), we will meet via zoom.com
(whose anteroom feature prevents unwanted intruders from getting in). If it is no longer a problem, we hope to meet
in Conference Room G on the
3rd floor of the Oak Park Public Library,
834 Lake Street in Oak Park.
Water, soda and light snacks are acceptable. Parking is available under the building.
To RSVP , or for more information about this event and/or SIG,
contact Steve M.,
the SIG coördinator.
The number of in-person attendees is limited, so you must RSVP. If held via Zoom, the link will be provided in response to the RSVP. You may also RSVP on Chicago Mensa Meetup.
F&F usually meets on the second Sunday of most odd-numbered months.
RSVP for Murder Mystery
held on Saturday, November 14th no later than
Monday, November 9th.
You may RSVP via Meetup.
Northern Exposure Dinner 6:50 PM.
Join us for dinner at a venue TBD in Lake County.
Please RSVP (no later than 10 AM) to our
North Suburban Coördinator
Michael B., so he can reserve a big enough table; also let
him know if you need to cancel, even if it’s last minute
(by texting),
so the restaurant can change the seating and doesn’t wait
until everyone shows up to take orders. The number of attendees is limited, so you must RSVP.
Illinois COVID-19 Group & Mask Restrictions Apply!!
Rockford Mensa Dinner 6:30 PM.
Join Dave and other Rockford-Area Mensans for dinner at
the Thunder Bay Grille,
7652 Potawatomi Trail in Rockford
(NE corner of State St. and Bell School Rd., in front of the Holiday Inn,
across the road from Ruby Tuesday’s).
To RSVP , for more information, or to
get on our e‑mail list,
contact Dave L.,
our Rockford-Area Coördinator.
The number of attendees is limited, so RSVPs are mandatory.
Do not RSVP via Meetup since Dave is not a member.
This event is usually recurs on the second Friday of the month. Illinois COVID-19 Group & Mask Restrictions Apply!!
Poetry Discussion 7:30 PM.
Our poetry group is now using Zoom for meetings.
Interested persons who are not currently members of the poetry group can
contact Joe D.
,
and he will have the poems and contact information sent to them.
Do NOT RSVP via Meetup.
This event is usually held on evening of the second Friday of the month.
Virtual Event!!
Virtual Mixology with Mister Tootsie 7:30 PM.
Mister Tootsie will be leading us in a “Mister Tootsie’s Choice” mixology class,
using the liquors (vodka, rum, bourbon) we’ve used in previous classes.
Participants will get a list of needed ingredients and equipment,
as well as the Zoom info, by e-mail prior to the event. This is a GOBS-subsidized activity.
The subsidized cost is $10 for up to 2 people per Zoom login where one person has to be a CAM member.
Participation maxes out at 15 Zoom logins.
RSVPs are required; to RSVP,
e-mail and pay Beth W.
$10 via PayPal . Payment required to hold your spot.
Virtual Event!!
SwAG Session 4 PM.
Join the Southwest Area Group for its monthly, laid-back time together
with food and talk of any imaginable topic.
We meet at Kevin’s home (aka SwAG HQ) on Windstone Dr. in Plainfield.
RSVP by one week prior (Saturday, November 7th)
is required.
Please see the Southwest Area Group Facebook page to RSVP and for information about this
and other SwAG events; contact the
Southwest Area Coördinators
to find out how to join (Kevin’s contact information is also on
our website).
We’ve been meeting on the second Saturday of most months.
Hope to see you there!
Murder Mystery: Bullets on Broadway 7 PM.
It’s opening night of Murder in the First on Broadway, and nerves are high.
The cast and crew are all abuzz backstage with the excitement of the lights, the sounds
— and the dead body of a big-shot Broadway Producer. There lies Jack Bialystock,
shot in the back center stage before the curtain could rise. Was the murderer a cast
member, like Anita Part, who’s making her Broadway debut tonight, or seasoned
performer Sienna Stealer? Was it the snooty theatre critic Bob Blandley or a member of
the audience like Megan Phan, who somehow wandered backstage?
There’s only one way to find out: play the game Bullets on Broadway! But
hold onto your overpriced wine—the murderer may be YOU!
Join us for this GOBS-subsidized (in this case: free), virtual Zoom event lasting for
about two hours. There is no charge to attend. We will need between
6 to 20 character players, so RSVPs are
required to play one of the roles. Reply via
Meetup
and send or message your e-mail address to
Karen G.
by Monday, November 9th, if you are interested
in playing a character. Sometime before the event, your character information will be
e-mailed to you. Costumes appropriate to your character are encouraged but not required.
If you want to join us just to be in the audience and watch the mystery play out,
you’re welcome to do that too! The Zoom id is listed as part of host
Karen G.’s contact info.
Let’s get together virtually and have some fun figuring out who murdered Jack Bailystock!!
Virtual Event!!
Dinner at Tony Spavone’s Ristorante in Bloomingdale 6:30 PM.
We will be dining at the
Tony Spavone’s Ristorante,
where the style of Italian cuisine is from Naples; located at
266 W. Lake St. in Bloomingdale
(on the south side of Lake St., east of Springfield Dr., ~1.2 miles west of Bloomingdale/Roselle Rd.).
Mask use is determined by governmental regulations and restaurant policy.
RSVPs are mandatory.
Use Meetup,
but if not on Meetup,
RSVP to Ken L. via e‑mail.
Ken will let you know if you are confirmed or not.
Illinois COVID-19 Group & Mask Restrictions Apply!!
CAMBeer 7:30 PM. The clamor is real, so I declare a CAMBeer. Camber (n): a slight curvature of a
surface so that liquids flow off the sides. CAMBeer (n): a gathering of Chicago Area
Mensans in the presence of alcohol so that stressors flow off the sides.
We’ll use CAM’s Discord platform. If you’ve not yet joined CAM’s Discord server, see hostBeth W.’s contact info
for the Invitation Link. If you’re already a member
of CAM’s Discord server, just find us in the CAMBeer channel.
21/ Saturday
Conservatives Lunch 11:30 AM.
Join other members of the Mensan
cell of the Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy for lunch and “secret planning” at
The Patio,
2780 S. Highland Ave. in Lombard.
The Patio is on the NW corner of Butterfield
and Highland, but you can enter only from Highland. Look for a table
with a red Meetup sign. RSVPs are appreciated.
Open to non-Mensans; bring a conservative friend. For more info,
contact Jim Z.
the event coördinator.
You may also RSVP via Meetup.
Unless COVID regulations have changed, masks are required to enter the restaurant and order food, but are not required at our reserved tables.
Illinois COVID-19 Group & Mask Restrictions Apply!!
Beverly Area Saturday Salon (B.A.S.S.) ~Noon.
Spontaneous conversation in far SSW Chicago, approximate vicinity of
103rd St. & Western Ave. Please
contact Rick E. the
Beverly Area Coördinator, for
this month’s location and the exact time as well as more
information; if e‑mailing, put “BASS” in the subject line.
This event usually recurs on the 3rd Saturday of the month, about midday.
South Bend Mensa Dinner 6 PM.
Contact Gary L., the
South Bend Area Coördinator of Fort Wayne, Indiana Mensa,
for location information.
His contact information is also available in the
November ChiMe.
Do NOT RSVP via Meetup since Gary is not a member.
Breakfast in Mount Prospect 10 AM.
Breakfast and conversation at Jelly Café
located at 1784 W. Golf Rd. in Mount Prospect
(northwest corner of Golf Rd. and Busse Hwy.),
featuring a large and diverse menu.
Separate checks are available.
Attendance is limited. RSVP required
in case of possible cancellation or changes in venue.
Use Meetup,
but if not on Meetup,
RSVP Ken L. via e‑mail
by 6 PM Monday, November 23rd.
Ken will let you know if you are confirmed or not.
Illinois COVID-19 Group & Mask Restrictions Apply!!
ChiMe Activity Bulletin and Advertising Deadlines.
Last day for these submissions
to the
January 2021
ChiMe.
Interested in organizing and hosting a virtual
or in-person event? Find out how by tapping/clicking here.
ChiMe Editorial Deadline.
Last day for
editorial submissions to the
January 2021
ChiMe. Please submit original articles, insights, puzzles,
brain teasers, photographs, or short poems. Your fellow Chicago Area Mensans
would love to hear from you.
Annual Gathering (AG) Rate Increase Alert!
Sunday, January 31st is the last day to register before the rates increase.
See the AML 2021 AG website
for details about the “Multifaceted Minds” AG held
Tuesday, August 24th through Sunday, August 29th
as Mensa celebrates its 75th anniversary in Houston, Texas.
And register now
for the Colloquium exploring “Advances in Food Science” presented on Monday, August 23rd.
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