In works ranging from Bram Stoker’s seminal 1897 book Dracula to Blaxploitation-era films like Blacula, vampires have long held a place in popular culture, tied inexorably to the subject of sexuality whether subtly or explicitly.
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It’s Mensa Membership Month, and we’re celebrating with half-price testing all month long. Take the official Mensa Admissions test for just $30 throughout October.
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Wondering if you're Mensa material? With this test, you'll know in 30 minutes the likelihood of success on our official Admission Test. Still wondering?
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With a nudge and some notes from his beloved, a widow attempts to move on with his life while again cherishing the life he once had. Husband and wife no more — nevertheless, she attempts to make him whole.
In the future, it is decided that all cars will have to be self-driving. Just before the new mandate is to go into effect, one man wants a last turn behind the wheel — a last turn at real freedom.
Incredible as it may seem at first thought, practically every sentence that you speak and write during your lifetime has never been spoken or written before in human history. Without realizing it, we all spend most of our waking hours inventing language.
San Diego Comic-Con wanted to know “Why Geek is the New Cool,” and Mensa gladly helped provide the answer. American Mensa hosted a Comic-Con panel to explore the recent surge in popularity of quirky, intelligent — yet relatable — protagonists in pop culture.
Parents I speak with are often reluctant to tell their children they’re gifted. But when it comes to raising gifted kids, the most important thing to remember is to trust your instincts.
From the northwest coast to the southern shores, common allergies can affect our eyes at different times of the year. We’ve got a list of common allergies — by region and season — and simple ways to protect your eyes against them. (Sponsored by EyeMed)
The high IQ organization American Mensa kicks off its annual Membership Month today, celebrating its passionate member community and the anniversary of the organization’s founding on Sept. 30, 1960.
Events
National
Mind Games
Join a few hundred new and longtime board-game friends at Mind Games at the Galaxy Banquet Center for a weekend of playing new-to-the-market games. After a weekend of nonstop game play, you decide which games earn the coveted Mensa Select® seal.
Foundation Colloquium
This one-day educational symposium provides a forum to explore, debate, and evaluate a major issue of long-range importance to society. Colloquium 2019 will explore thee inherent intertwine of privacy rights and information technology, the balance between personal privacy and public security, and what privacy looks like in the 21st century.
Annual Gathering
The largest yearly confab of Mensans anywhere, this event spans five days and features a sprawl of talks, games, and entertainment unlike any other. In Phoenix, you can beat the heat with the company of cool people, exciting tours, and a dizzying array of fascinating programs and special events.
Regional & Local
WeeM 43 - Ready for Prime Time
October 25-28
Join us for four days of the biggest RG out there. We'll have speakers, games, lavish hospitality, dances, our epic pun-filled costume contest, pretentious drinking, excursions, camaraderie, and so much more!
Wicked Good! 2018
October 26-28
We're taking over the Great Wolf Lodge for the fourth year with games, tournaments, crafts track, two speaker tracks, puzzles, a costume party, adult coloring books, and our famous Hospitality.
Brilliance by the Bay
November 16-18
We're back in the City by the Bay! This November, we bring you three days of programs, games, crafts, tournaments, and Hospitality at the Sheraton Fisherman's Wharf Hotel.
Phoenix Phiesta XXXVI: Phoolin' with Phriends
November 22-25
Join us Nov. 22-25, 2018, for 30-plus programs to designed to inform, stimulate, and amuse; interesting and interested speakers on many subjects; games galore; an awesome, all-day kids track; and more!
