Hi Everyone! Welcome to our group. After attending several events and meeting some wonderful people thru meetup Liz, Sheila and I formed this group in March of 2008. Little did we know that this group would turn out to be the most popular in the western suburbs and with that form many new friendships along the way. Without the initial help & suggestions and input of the original members this group would not be what it is today. Many thanks should go to them and to Liz & Sheila who stayed focus o …

Build a tight community of moms to share advice, tips and most importantly laughter. Support and connect with other like minded moms by participating in: * Innovative and creative playgroups - fun for mom, fun for baby! Enjoy a relaxed and positive environment with other moms while playfully interacting with your babies (once per week). * Entertaining moms night outs - this is your time. It's easy to put yourself on the back burner during the first few years of motherhood. We feel focusing on yo …

Meet other local country music fans to plan trips to concerts, discuss favorite artists and listen to some great music. Visit Country Music Chicago. Become a fan of CountryMusicChicago.com on Facebook: http://facebook.com/countrymusicchicago Follow us on Twitter:  http://twitter.com/countrymusicchi Sign up for the CountryMusicChicago.com e-mail list: Express Pigeon

Meet with local and regional dancers of all shapes, sizes, spots and stripes to practice 15th and 16th century Italian, French Bransles, and English Country. Learn the works of Playford, Arbeau, Caroso, and others.

You're invited to join like minds in preserving what our founding fathers established in the Constitution. If you're unsettled, uneasy or just disgusted with the direction our country is headed...we're here for you. 9/12 stands for the day after Sept. 11, 2001 when we as a country came together putting aside our political affiliations for the betterment of the United States of America. It also represents the following... THE 9 PRINCIPLES 1. America is good. 2. I believe in God and He is the c …

Want to meet other women who love to travel, share travel stories and intercultural experiences, try ethnic dining, find travel companions or join other women on a trip. Then this is the group for you. It is open to women of all cultures, countries, ethnicities, religions, creed, sexual orientation, etc.

Network After Work - Networking Events for Professionals is a national business and social networking event company that launched in June 2009. We currently host events in 19 cities across the country. Events are created for professionals who want to expand their network and create new business opportunities, events range in size from 150-600 professionals and take place in each city's top nightlife destinations. Events draw a diverse mix of professionals from all industries and career levels a …

Sacred Harp singing is a form of 'a cappella' singing that regularly takes place in communities across the United States and beyond.  It has brought people together to sing in living rooms, churches, and community centers since 1844.  It is rich in history and tradition, and it continues to be a thriving form of American shape note singing.  Its distinctive melodies and harmonies attract many singers for a lifelong journey of singing.  Sacred Harp singing made its way to Chicago thirty years ago …

Technori Meetup is a group of impassioned entrepreneurs, developers, designers, tech companies, investors and general tech enthusiasts who have a deep love for Chicago and who want to see our emerging tech community flourish. By way of editorial content and an assortment of events throughout the year, Technori is dedicated to fostering relationships and celebrating those who make the Chicago tech scene what it is.  One of the group’s primary events is Technori Pitch; held on the last Tuesday of …

Would you like to make a difference abroad? Explore new cultures… meet new people…or just have some fun? Join over 20,000 volunteers abroad and make a difference while creating memorable experiences that will stay with you forever! The range of supported volunteer projects, challenges and meaningful tours is endless. Volunteer vacation travel programs in 24 countries for, over 15 years, is owned by First Choice/TUI Travel and is the worlds largest volunteer vacation travel company. We also offer …

Chartered in 1922, the Chicago Heights Rotary Club is a service club of men and women dedicated to the community and the world. The club meets for weekly lunches at 12:15 pm, at Olympia Fields Country Club, 2800 Country Club Drive, 60461. Guests and prospective members are welcome. Current projects include the sponsorship of clubs at Bloom High School (Interact) and Schrum Memorial Jr. High (EarlyAct), an extension of Rotary ideals for young people. An Eye Clinic and mobile classroom bus in Indi …

We are the local chapter of American Singles Golf Association (ASGA) and we hope to use this as a way to both draw in new unmarried members and also to help communicate with current members.  If you would like more information on our chapter please visit us:http://www.ASGAChicago.org  or call 1-888-golfmate to join the club. Annual membership dues entitle you to join all local and national events. Meetup members can attend 1 local golf event before joining. The National ASGA organization plans e …

Love the French Language? Your French getting a little rusty? Just looking for people to practice your French and make friends? Vous avez envie d’apprendre le Français dans une ambiance détendue tout en vous amusant? Meet friendly nice people in  a small group with high quality of Conversation. Anyone can speak. That's very calming, relax, and simple. We learne a lot while speaking French. Come have French immersion, and networking,  by joining us now. You will   connect with Native French speak …

Our group's aim is to play for people at nursing homes, hospitals, community centers - any place where we can brighten the day of people who otherwise would not be able to listen to live music. Everything we do is completely volunteer. We are simply a group of individuals who come together and share our music with a deserving audience. Here is how a "typical" gig has worked in the past: We get a group of people together, usually around 5 or 6. We play songs from our group's songbook, or from any …

Grab your shoes, a bottle of water, and let's get a move on! This group is for 30 somethings in the Naperville area who are on the lookout for fun and active things to do in the area. While going out for dinner, drinks, and movies is fun (and likely to show up on the group calendar every now and then), the main purpose of this group is to get people off the couch and outside doing something active! Meetups include walking/jogging on the riverwalk, bike riding, hiking, kayaking, tennis, etc in …

This group is for Chicago ladies, married/relationships or single, in their 40s who are looking to expand their circle of city friends and enjoy Chicago city living at the same time. Vogue magazine writes:"You could say that your 40s are an age when you pivot--into an acknowledgment that you are no longer exactly young, into some sort of idea of the rest of your life" (August 2011, in an article written about Sarah Jessica Parker). This feels like an appropriate introduction for this group. More …

We are the Midwest Chapter of an on- and off-line business networking group founded to harness the collaborative power of the Irish wit and gift of gab to make new freinds and business connections. Founded in SoCal by our esteemed President, Mr. John Richards, our parent organization is 3000+ strong in more than 22 countries, more than 500 of whom reside, work and play in the Greater Chicago area. All those of Irish descent are welcome to join us for pints and craic at a local pub, great live mu …

Underwater WHAT? Underwater Hockey is a co-ed, non-contact, water sport played on the bottom of the pool. It is a very unique game in that it is 3-dimensional and requires you to play while holding your breath. Players wear fins, for speed, as well as masks, snorkels, and protective gloves and headgear. The sticks are short -- about one foot long -- so players can move them quickly through the water. Sticks flick and flash as players maneuver the puck on the bottom, shoot the puck past (or over …

B.I.G. is a support, education and networking group for smart women (and let's face it -we're all smart!) Mission -- To create an environment where women empower each other toward their personal and professional goals and dreams. We currently host meetings in nearly 60 local communities throughout the country and we're expanding rapidly. We're also available to all women on-line via our http://www.believeinspiregrow.com website. What is B.I.G? B.I.G. is a community based support group that pro …

Let's watch live International Futbol (soccer) and Rugby matches! Chicago has a huge International community that supports Soccer and Rugby teams from all around the world. Let's go to the many different Sports Pubs around the city and watch the matches live and have breakfast. And since Chicago is a big sports town in itself and we have many people from around the country living here...we will also plan to watch American sporting events! So, come on out and support your country, your city, your …

The Nomad Ski club is a Chicago-area not for profit skiing, snowboarding, and social club, established in 1961. The club is composed of over 200 members dedicated to offering the most economical and hassle free ski/snowboard trips for our members during the winter and we offer a year-round schedule of activities to keep us active. Annual favorites include a camping/biking trip, concerts, dancing, and music in the park picnics. Each year we organize an extensive bicycling schedule that our member …

The Chicago Drupal community has a long and colorful history. It is one of the most vibrant around the country, and possibly the world. We have been long time attendees and members of the Chicago Drupal Meetup Group. We see a need in the Chicago community for an advanced Drupal meetup.  Somewhere we can get together and talk about solving the problems developers face.  In addition we wanted to help ramp people up to contribute to Drupal core using the Drupal Ladder program.  Finally, we wanted p …

Greetings- This Paranormal Group has been created in Loving Memory of My ChildHood Best Friend Curtis P who Passed in 1983 and is Buried at The Ridge Wood Cemetery near Central and Milwaukee Roads in Des Plaines, Illinois. I was Introduced to the Paranormal by My Best friend after him visiting me at my home after going to the cemetery in 2000 for the first time. yes this is a fact, i did not document the exact time and dates considering i have never experienced such things before and at first i …

This group has merged with Gen X/Y Social between the cities - please join our group on that meetup site instead.  Thanks! I have found it difficult to meet young people in their 30s and 40s along the Illinois/Wisconsin border. It seems that most groups in this area are under 40 or over 50 and forgot about the awesome kids who grew up in the 80 and 90s listening to grunge and alternative. Whether single, divorced, newly separated, or in a relationship, we often don't have enough time to find pe …

Tee Connections provides our members with the unique opportunity to meet and play golf at some of the most beautiful courses in the Chicagoland area. Our community hosts: weekly co-ed 9-hole golf leagues, tournaments, golf clinics, lessons, social and business mixers, group travel to luxury golf resorts. Leagues begin in May with special pricing available until March 15th- so do not delay and sign up today at http://www.teeconnections.com Tee Connection members have access to 9-hole Co-Ed weekly …

Calling all those who are ready to give back! As Gandhi said: "Be the change that you wish to see in the world." I started this group for folks 21 and over specifically for volunteering with a not-for-profit organization called Feed My Starving Children. I want to rally up support for what they do because I really believe they have gotten it right. Through donations they have created a really cost effective way to make nutritious meals consisting of vitamins, veggies, soy, and rice for starving …

TOGETHER WE CAN REACH A BILLION ACTS OF NONVIOLENCE We dedicate ourselves to a peace so profound that it inspires everything we do: from the games we play, to the words we speak, to the way we relate to ourselves and our neighbors. We are offering the world a vision of peace. Now, more than ever, we need the courage and compassion to believe, and live, and love, and work, as men and women of non-violence. There is No Higher Calling! Attend the Launch Event for “Non-Violence – No Higher Calling, …

Outdoor Afro is a social community that reconnects African-Americans with natural spaces and one another through recreational activities such as camping, hiking, biking, birding, fishing, gardening, skiing — and more! Outdoor Afro disrupts the false perception that black people do not have a relationship with nature. We remember our history in nature, leverage social media, and support relevant local leadership to create interest communities, events, and partnerships that support diverse partici …