The Calendar Page has our scheduled events (many with a linked map) and the Events Page provides a general description of our recurring events. You can get to the Events Calendar Page by clicking on the calendar image on the left.

PLEASE NOTE: RSVPs are highly recommended unless the calendar listing for a particular event says otherwise. Any activity may be subject to last-minute cancellation due to circumstances beyond the host's control.

04: Wednesday: 7pm. Cafe Sci at Cox Arboretum Metro Park. Please meet us at 6:30 PM on the first Wednesday each month at the park, 6733 Springboro Pike, Dayton. Explore science in a relaxed atmosphere with friends and neighbors from the Miami Valley. Increase your science savvy and join an open discussion following the topic introduction. Refreshments available by donation. Wine, cheese, cookies, coffee and other snacks are available. Mensa host is to RSVP or for more information.

05: Thursday: 11:30-1. Lunch Bunch at China Garden Buffet, 112 Woodman Drive, Riverside (Dayton) OH, 937-781-9999 in the Airway Shopping Center at the southeast corner of Airway and Woodman. Restaurant is next to the Firestone Tire store. They offer a wide variety of excellent Chinese fare plus Japanese sushi, Korean kimchi and several desserts, all you can eat. We will be at a large table in the main dining room and will have a yellow Mensa table tent to help members find us. RSVPs are desired, but don't hesitate to drop in at the last minute if you find your schedule has become open. Contact .

6-8: The Regional Gathering has been cancelled for this year because we have been unable to locate a hotel to host the gathering. Instead we're going replaced by a VML gathering at the Blue Ash Double Tree Hotel, 6300 Kemper Road. Please see the VML Flier for the details.

09: Monday: 6:30pm. DAM Steering Committee Meeting at 39 Vinway Court, Dayton, OH 45415. For more information, contact . Come and see your governing committee at work.

12: Thursday: Deadline for submissions for the May Calendar. Please forward your submissions to the .

15: Sunday: Deadline for submissions for the May MPULSE. Please forward your submissions to the .

16: Monday: 6-8pm. Think Tank at Day Air Credit Union Dayton Lebanon Pike, Centerville OH 45458, phone (937) 619-0143. We will meet in the lobby/Community Room of Day Air Credit Union in Centerville on Route 48 just south of the Centerville Kroger for our regular monthly discussion group. DAM will provide a couple of pizzas, you bring your beverage. No alcohol or smoking is permitted. The topic of the month will be how to reduce violence, in schools and other places.

17: Tuesday: 6pm. Mystery Book Club is meeting at the Kettering-Moraine Branch Library, 3796 Far Hills Avenue, Kettering, OH 45429, (937) 227-9509). We will meet to discuss Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowicz. This is a non-MENSA event so everyone is welcome. You do not have to RSVP. Point of contact is

17: Tuesday: 6:30. New Members Welcome Dinner. Please join us at Chili's 2762 N Fairfield Rd. in Beavercreek, 937-429-3979, across from the Fairfield Commons Mall. Active members, help us welcome new members to DAM. New members, please come on out and meet us – learn about your organization: what's happening, where's THE place to be, and how you can get involved. New members, your dinner at your first attendance at a New Members Welcome Dinner is on the local group's treasury (alcoholic beverages excluded as a legal liability issue but you can buy your own beer or wine) as our welcoming gift to you. The restaurant can accommodate gluten free, vegetarian, kosher and halal dietary needs. Please RSVP so we’ll have a count and will know what size table to ask for. To RSVP or for more information, contact . Ask the restaurant staff for Mensa or look for the yellow table tent with black Mensa logo on our table. If you have mislaid the green coupon a free dinner that came with your new member's welcome packet don't fret. We’ll have extras at the event. If you didn't RSVP, please come on out anyway and we'll make room.

21: Saturday: 12noon. Third Saturday Lunch Bunch. Please join us for lunch on the third Saturday each month at a reasonably priced restaurant in the greater Dayton area. Location will move around the area so there's a chance one will be near you from time to time. All Mensans and accompanied guests are welcome. If you know someone who may be qualified for Mensa membership, please bring them along. For information or to RSVP please contact host by 11 AM day of event. RSVPs appreciated, but not required. It will help to know how many are coming, even at the last minute while you're on your way, so we can ask for a table the right size. Look for a yellow "table tent" with black Mensa logo or ask the staff where the Mensa group is. This month: Linh's Bistro, 5332 Airway Rd. in the Page Manor Shopping Center in Riverside (Dayton 45431), phone 937-252-1857. They serve excellent, reasonably priced Vietnamese and Chinese dishes. We've had gatherings there before and all were well attended and everyone had a good time. Dick highly recommends any of the Vietnamese noodle dishes.

21: Saturday, 7pm. Cincinnati Area Mensa (CAM) Games Night At Wooden Cask Brewery, 629 York St, Newport, KY 41071. Wooden Cask serves draft beer, hard cider, and Coca Cola products. Pizza can be ordered and delivered from a pizza place on the same block. They often also have a food truck. Wooden Cask is only 5 min from downtown Cincinnati! Directions:
1. Take I 471 S into KY
2. Take exit 5 toward KY-8/Newport/Bellevue 0.2 mi
3. Merge onto Park Ave 482 ft
4. Use the left lane to turn left onto Dave Cowens Dr 0.1 mi
5. Use the left 2 lanes to turn left onto Washington Ave 364 ft
6. Use the right 2 lanes to turn right onto E 3rd St 0.3 mi
7. At the traffic circle, take the 3rd exit onto York St
8. Destination will be on the left

28: Saturday: 9:30-11:30am. Membership Testing at the Kettering-Moraine Branch Library at 3496 Far Hills Ave., Kettering, OH. Point of contact for additional information or pre-registration is our Testing Coordinator,

02: Wednesday: 6:30pm. Cafe Sci at Cox Arboretum Metro Park. Please meet us at 6:30 PM on the first Wednesday each month at the park, 6733 Springboro Pike, Dayton. Explore science in a relaxed atmosphere with friends and neighbors from the Miami Valley. Increase your science savvy and join an open discussion following the topic introduction. Refreshments available by donation. Wine, cheese, cookies, coffee and other snacks are available. Mensa host is to RSVP or for more information.
Program: Wild Edible Plants. Discover the delicious world around us. Wild plants of all types are not only an important part of our environment, but in many cases are edible, nourishing and delicious. Learn what plants are edible and when the best time is to give them a try.

11: Friday: 6:30pm. DAM Steering Committee Meeting at 39 Vinway Court, Dayton, OH 45415. For more information, contact . Come and see your governing committee at work.

12: Saturday: Deadline for submissions for the June Calendar. Please forward your submissions to the .

15: Tuesday: Deadline for submissions for the June MPULSE. Please forward your submissions to the .

15: Thursday: 11:30-1. Lunch Bunch at China Garden Buffet, 112 Woodman Drive, Riverside (Dayton) OH, 937-781-9999 in the Airway Shopping Center at the southeast corner of Airway and Woodman. Restaurant is next to the Firestone Tire store. They offer a wide variety of excellent Chinese fare plus Japanese sushi, Korean kimchi and several desserts, all you can eat. We will be at a large table in the main dining room and will have a yellow Mensa table tent to help members find us. RSVPs are desired, but don't hesitate to drop in at the last minute if you find your schedule has become open. Contact .

15: Tuesday: 6pm. Mystery Book Club. We will meet on April 17 at 6 pm to discuss A Head in Cambodia by Nancy Tingley. Mystery Book Club is meeting at the Kettering-Moraine Branch Library, 3796 Far Hills Avenue, Kettering, OH 45429, (937) 227-9509). This is not a MENSA event. Everyone is welcome. No RSVP required.

16: Wednesday: 6-8pm. Membership Testing at the Beavercreek Branch Library at 3617 Dayton-Xenia Road, Beavercreek, OH. Point of contact for additional information or pre-registration is our Testing Coordinator,

19: Saturday: 12 noon. Third Saturday Lunch Bunch. This month: Let's go south to Amar India Restaurant, 2751 Miamisburg Centerville Rd, (State Route 725) Dayton, OH 45459, 937-439-9005, in Mad River Station Shopping Center across Miamisburg – Centerville Rd. (SR 725) from the Dayton Mall. They have a very good all-you-can-eat lunch buffet. Most of the fare is mildly spiced, and everything I've tried there is either delicious or very good. You can add the chutney of your choice. The mint and tamarind chutneys are mild, but if you try the onion chutney keep a fire extinguisher handy.

21: Monday: 6-8pm. Think Tank at Day Air Credit Union 3655 Dayton Lebanon Pike, Centerville OH 45458, phone (937) 619-0143. We will meet in the lobby/Community Room of Day Air Credit Union in Centerville on Route 48 just south of the Centerville Kroger for our regular monthly discussion group. DAM will provide a couple of pizzas, you bring your beverage. No alcohol or smoking is permitted.

05: Tuesday: 6:30pm. DAM Steering Committee Meeting at a location to be determined. For more information, contact . Come and see your governing committee at work.

06: Wednesday: 6:30pm. Cafe Sci at Cox Arboretum Metro Park. Please meet us at 6:30 PM on the first Wednesday each month at the park, 6733 Springboro Pike, Dayton. Explore science in a relaxed atmosphere with friends and neighbors from the Miami Valley. Increase your science savvy and join an open discussion following the topic introduction. Refreshments available by donation. Wine, cheese, cookies, coffee and other snacks are available. Mensa host is to RSVP or for more information.

07: Thursday: 5:30-8:30pm. Jazz Series at DAI. Come join us on the second Thursday for the 2016 Bob Ross Auto Group Jazz and Beyond series at the Dayton Art Institute, 456 Belmonte Park North, Dayton. Doors open at 5:00. Admission for museum members is free; non-members $8. Performances are in the Gothic Cloister. No RSVPs, no Mensa host. A cash bar is available where we can meet afterwards for food and alcoholic or non-alcoholic beverages. Read this Season's flyer.

12: Tuesday: Deadline for submissions for the July Calendar. Please forward your submissions to the .

15: Friday: Deadline for submissions for the July MPULSE. Please forward your submissions to the .

16: Saturday: 12n. Third Saturday Lunch Bunch. This month, let's try some good Columbian/Soutn American fare at Columbiana Ristorante, 2495 Commons Boulevard, Beavercreek, OH. 937-306-8096

19: Tuesday: 6pm. Mystery Book Club. We will meet on April 17 at 6 pm to discuss Under the Harrow by Flynn Berry. Mystery Book Club is meeting at the Kettering-Moraine Branch Library, 3796 Far Hills Avenue, Kettering, OH 45429, (937) 227-9509). This is not a MENSA event. Everyone is welcome. No RSVP required.

06: Friday: 6:30pm. DAM Steering Committee Meeting at a location to be determined. For more information, contact . Come and see your governing committee at work.

11: Wednesday: 6:30pm. Cafe Sci at Cox Arboretum Metro Park. Please meet us at 6:30 PM on the first Wednesday each month at the park, 6733 Springboro Pike, Dayton. Explore science in a relaxed atmosphere with friends and neighbors from the Miami Valley. Increase your science savvy and join an open discussion following the topic introduction. Refreshments available by donation. Wine, cheese, cookies, coffee and other snacks are available. Mensa host is to RSVP or for more information.

12: Thurdsay: Deadline for submissions for the July Calendar. Please forward your submissions to the .

12: Thursday: 5:30-8:30pm. Jazz Series at DAI. Come join us on the second Thursday for the 2016 Bob Ross Auto Group Jazz and Beyond series at the Dayton Art Institute, 456 Belmonte Park North, Dayton. Doors open at 5:00. Admission for museum members is free; non-members $8. Performances are in the Gothic Cloister. No RSVPs, no Mensa host. A cash bar is available where we can meet afterwards for food and alcoholic or non-alcoholic beverages. Read this Season's flyer.

15: Sunday: Deadline for submissions for the July MPULSE. Please forward your submissions to the .

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STEERING COMMITTEE ELECTION
Added 01/01/2018 by
Your new Steering Committee was elected at the Annual Awards and Election Party, Saturday December 9th.

THE 2018 REGIONAL GATHERING IS APRIL 6-8.
Updated 01/01/2018 by
The 2018 Regional Gathering, DAMNations 31 - 31 Flavors, will be here before you know it. Registration is open to book now and avoid the rush.

NEW POSITIONS HAVE OPENED UP IN DAYTON AREA MENSA
Updated 04/30/2017 by the
We have new posisitions for which we are seeking the right candidate(s). Please check out the full news article and get involved in your Mensa.

THE WEBSITE HAS BEEN COMPLETELY REBUILT FOR 2018
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We went live with a complete rebuild of the Dayton Area Mensa Website on January 1st.