Mid-America Mensa (MAM) will be electing a new Board of Officers soon. MAM’s Nominating Committee has chosen the following board member nominees for their slate of board officers: Loc Sec — Tony Jackowski 1st Vice President — John West 2nd Vice President —...
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MAM Wins Emerald Award
Mid-America Mensa (MAM) received some well-deserved recognition during the recent 2024-2025 Mensa National Awards. In Class II, MAM was awarded an EMERALD for a variety of its activities and accomplishments – which are points we earned as the whole local group....
MAM at Planet Comicon 2025
MAM at Planet Comicon Weekend of March 21st thru March 23rd, 2025 Mid-America Mensa (MAM) once again will participate at Planet Comicon, one of the leading science-fiction Comicon in the U.S. This year will be the 26th Anniversary show of the event, held across...
Ethan Hirsh: His Historic Interview Revisited
Unflappable Texas Teen Goes One-on-One with Iconic Cuban Revolutionary Che Guevara in Lead-up to Historic 1964 UN Address December 10, 2024 -- United Nations Headquarters, New York City With unusual solidarity, journalists around the world today united in totally...
Annual Gathering 2025
What is Mensa? Mensa is a social club and educational organization for people who have scored in the top 2% on a recognized and accepted standardized intelligence (IQ) test. What does Mensa stand for? Yes, it is possible to think of Mensa as a social organization...
Election Soon of MAM’s 2025-2026 Board Members
Mid-America Mensa (MAM) will be electing a new Board of Officers soon. MAM’s Nominating Committee has chosen the following Board member nominees for their slate of board officers: Loc Sec — Anthony 'Tony' Jackowski 1st Vice President — Jean Matzeder Plumb 2nd...
J. Theodore ‘Ted’ Johnson
J. Theodore 'Ted' Johnson, Emeritus Professor of French at the University of Kansas, a longtime Mensa member, and namesake of the Theodore Talks lecture series, passed away in the quiet moments of dawn Sunday. Mary, his bride of 65 years, asked me to share this with...
AML Jewel: MAM Wins Ruby Award!
Mid-America Mensa (MAM) received some well-deserved recognition during the 2024 American Mensa Annual Awards. In Class II (400-1099 members), MAM was awarded a RUBY for a variety of its activities and accomplishments – earned by the whole local group all together....
Ethan Hirsh Announces Audiobook Release
An audiobook version of My Search for Jazzbo Jones: A Real-life Memoir Adventure by Ethan Hirsh is now available from Amazon’s Audible as well as many other audiobook sources. Narrated by Los Angeles-based actor Jack Nolan, the voice of more than 200 audiobooks,...
Art of the Imagination: Q&A with Stephen T. Johnson
1A/ How are word elements important for creating art and for cultivating our imaginations? Stephen/ If I may use my series called Literal Abstractions as an example, for over two decades, I have selectively chosen particular words from various letters of the alphabet,...




