LIVE CHATROOM too! Join us for savory silver screen classics! Whether it's Blockbuster films, Indies, Documentaries, or Classics... COME JOIN US as we tour the city & suburbs visiting different theaters as we watch great flicks and dine out! Participate in theater going experiences of all kinds..IMAX, drive-ins, home theater, cinemas--as well as live theater from time-to-time. PROMOTERS: for free screenings, please email information to: playfulwithyou33@yahoo.com instead of contact organizer. We …

The Greater Chicago Dutch Language Meetup is a young and growing club in the Chicago area. We facilitate meetings of Dutch, Belgian, American, Indonesian, Dutch Caribbean, and other natives with interests in Dutch language and culture. We meet every month at restaurants with some of the above cuisines, pubs, private homes, parks, forest preserves, and the beach! This club was founded in August 2009 and already can boast impressive statistics: It is by now the largest Netherlands and Belgium-orie …

Creatively Caring provides opportunities for families to get involved in hands-on community service projects that help people, animals, and the environment.  Families with children of all ages are encouraged to participate in our projects.  By taking an active part in community service, our youth develop self-confidence and cultivate a greater sense of responsibility, tolerance and empathy for others.  When we plant these values as seeds in our children, they grow with our children and eventuall …

The LORD God said, "It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him. For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh. Genesis 2:18, 24. (NIV) Our group is created to provide social events in which Christian men and women can meet in order to pursue friendship, dating and marriage. This groups is for singles of all Christian faiths, our group is about faith, a shared love for Jesus Christ, and not relig …

Meetup at lakes, rivers and streams around Chicagoland to Paddle board/Paddle surf and meet others interested in this great sport and lifestyle.  Come and learn how if you have never tried, or just come out and paddle!

Hi fellow introverts. Please read guidelines below, before joining this group. (Thank you) We schedule most of our meetups in Lake County, but since we've been getting more members from all over the place, we've been scheduling more meetups in Chicago, Cook County suburbs, and a few north of the border in Wisconsin, or a bit West in McHenry County, just to give you an idea of locations. For those of us who are introverts/loners and/or "live inside" our heads, making new friends can be more of a …

Our new chapter is up and running with new leadership! We are dedicated to furthering feminist issues for the women in our area including employment, sexual harassment, pay equity, reproductive choice, sexual violence, and educational issues. Our intention is to make a difference in the lives of the women in our area by dedicating ourselves to several key projects each year, and through community outreach and political activities Educating and empowering the women of Chicago's North and Northwe …

Welcome to this working parents' group for people living in the North and Northwestern suburbs of Chicago.  The members of this group typically live around Northbrook/Glenview/Skokie, but come from as far south as Evanston and as far north as Libertyville.  Locations for events are chosen primarily for infants, toddlers and preschoolers, with occasional events for young school-aged children.  This is intended to provide a forum to meet other parents in a similar stage of life in places that the …

We engage in a variety of fitness, leisure and community activities in the North Shore suburbs and occasionally in Chicago! Meetups are approximately bi-weekly in the warmer months and monthly in the winter months. Anyone can join and -thanks to our gracious sponsors- we do not charge for membership or activities. Just press the button and join the fun!

Launched in February 2011, the North Side Freelance Network is a collaborative resource and community-building tool for current and fledgling freelancers and solopreneurs. NSFN aims to create a community on the far northeast side of Chicago and the near North suburbs that will: Create both online and in-person spaces for people to meet Help freelancers sustain or grow their businesses Be a resource for those who are contemplating the leap to self-employment Offer mutual support as well as oppor …

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 …

LIVE CHATROOM too! Join us for savory silver screen classics! Whether it's Blockbuster films, Indies, Documentaries, or Classics... COME JOIN US as we tour the suburbs visiting different theaters as we watch great flicks and dine out! Participate in theater going experiences of all kinds..IMAX, drive-ins, home theater, cinemas--as well as live theater from time-to-time. PROMOTERS: for free screenings, please email information to: playfulwithyou33@yahoo.com instead of contact organizer. We see ev …

Tennis Player, We're connecting players on the tennis courts throughout Chicago from North Suburbs, North Chicagoland, Mid Chicagoland, West Chicagoland and South Chicagoland. We allow players to put post meetups. So feel that it is acceptable to promote an event that you will take ownership of and we'll let the meetup group know about it. We'll be running certain tennis socials, weekend tournaments and get togethers for the passion tennis players who want to play competitive tennis. If you want …

The Jewish community in the northern suburbs appears to be quite diffuse. There is the JCC, the JYCS, the BJE, JUF, the various temples, the PJ Library and so forth. This website is intended to be a non-synagogue specific resource for people who are interested in exploring a variety of Jewish activities. Please post events for families with children from infants to middle school and contribute to what I hope will become a robust discussion board (for example discussing suggestions for kosher lun …

We are a group of LGBT men and women who enjoy meeting and socializing with others who live in the north and northwest suburbs of Chicago. Our brunchers are all ages, singles and couples, and yes, we have people who come from from the city, far north & western suburbs too - all are welcome. Have an idea for a great get together?  Suggest a new meetup (an event) or post it on the discussion board or email me!

The Chicago Padmasambhava Buddhist Center practices Tibetan Buddhism according to the wishes of Venerable Khenchen Palden Sherab Rinpoche and Venerable Khenpo Tsewang Dongyal Rinpoche. We practice at the Truc Lam temple on Chicago's North Side every Tuesday. We also host webcasts of Ven. Khenpo Rinpoches giving teachings from various PBC Centers, and meet at various locations throughout the city and surrounding suburbs for additional practice, discussion, potlucks, and to view Tibetan and Buddhi …

Looking for like minded people in your neighborhood? Live Food North Shore Community is located in the Northern suburbs of Chicago and we welcome everyone interested, no matter where you live! Want to connect with people who have chosen to live a plant-based, mostly raw/live food lifestyle? Are you simply raw curious? Please join us for classes, potlucks, lectures and networking so we may support each other on this path!

Hi ladies! I reside in the Lake County, IL. area, & have found that there are not many if any interesting groups on this site for those of us in the far north west suburbs. All the great groups of people appear to be located in Chicago! I myself did not wish to travel all the way to the Chicago land area on a weekly or monthly basis to meet new people, or to make a new friend, especially being that the individuals in the group that I had attended did not wish to do the same for me! NO bueno! Thu …

The group is meant to bring together Europeans and friends of Europe to socialize and connect in a relaxed and friendly setting. People originally from Europe or those that have a link to Europe are welcome to join. Perhaps you've lived or traveled there and fell in love with the culture. Maybe your family, friends or significant others hail from Europe. Either way please join us each month, in the North and Northwest suburbs for drinks, conversations and outings. Chicagoans are also welcome to …

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 …

Feel Good-Giving Back Volunteer Group is a group of volunteers that assist in preparing & prepping supplies for community service events for families with children. We work directly with Creatively Caring.org, a local non-profit whose mission is to provide opportunities for families to get involved in hands-on community service projects that help people, animals, and the environment. We will also work with other organizations such as Adults with Disabilities, Animal Shelters, Senior Homes, Chil …

We are the Chicagoland chapter of The Transition Network.org, (www.thetransitionnetwork.org) a national group of active, intellectually curious women who meet for many reasons: exploring the changing terrain of life after 50, meeting in small groups for common interests like books, movies, travel, artisan crafts, and culture. Occasionally we have programs about technology, health, nutrition, finance—anything Chicago area senior women might want to know. Our events may be in the city, the Western …

The mission of Jewish Single Parents Chicagoland will be for Single Jewish Parents in the Chicago area and their children to come together. The emphasis will be on all single jewish parents. Everyone is welcome. The group activities will evolve at the group grows. All suggestions will be welcomed.

This is a group for anyone interested in witchcraft, Wicca, heathenism, and other forms of pagan spirituality. We (Thrakos and Akasha) are new to the Chicago area and are interested in meeting others with an interest in learning and sharing information related to paganism as well as possibly circling for sabbats and esbats over time.