Are you interested in exploring the great cultural events that are available in Chicago and the surrounding area? Have you missed one too many exhibits because you were trying to find someone to attend with and share the experience. Let's seek out the interesting and unique exhibits at the major museums and also explore some of the museums and exhibits that are off the beaten path. Be sure to head over to the Chicago Museum Blog to get the latest scoop in Chicago's museum scene and join our VIP …

Meet other Wargamers who are interested in historical gaming. We have a small wargaming group located in North Riverside (1 mile North of Brookfield Zoo) with a focus on historical miniatures. Our miniatures include WWII (skirmish, armor, air, and naval), Civil War (land and naval), American Revolution, Napoleonic, Crimean War, Franco Prussian War, French Foreign Legion, WWI (air and naval), Ancients, Medieval, and Renaissance. We are also both interested and open to other periods. We belie …

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.

Meet others in your local area interested in the history of Chicago's northwest side neighborhoods. We will accomplish this through discussion at meetings, public tours and events, and dissemination of historical documents and photos though publications. Additionally, we desire to collaborate with others in the community to continue to maintain and preserve the history of our collective neighborhoods. By linking the past with the present and the future, we will provide awareness and create …

Discourse cheers us to companionable reflection. Such reflection neither parades polemical opinions nor does it tolerate complaisant agreement. The sail of thinking keeps trimmed hard to the wind of the matter. -- from "On the Experience of Thinking," Heidegger "Philosophy is not a theory but an activity." -- from "Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus," Wittgenstein Join us soon for friendship, cooperative discourse and mental exercise, all organized around an interest in our own engagements …

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 …

Meet other local Adobe InDesign, InCopy and Acrobat users. Our meetings will focus on the core-capabilities and synergy between Adobe InDesign, InCopy, and Acrobat. We will discuss current best-practices for design and production and develop new strategies for multichannel projects. We will also have interactive industry leaders and guest speakers/presenters. The Guest-speaker presentations contain meaningful tips for all experience levels. Case-history and member presentations are encouraged …

Powerful, beautiful, successful and feminine! Do you think of yourself as a Professional Lipstick Lesbian and wonder where all the other Chicago lipstick lesbians are? Well we hope to meet and congregate here with this group. The first and foremost aim of this group is to have fun! Do you enjoy mani’s and pedi’s, current fashion trends, local trendy restaurants, make up, heels, fine wine, live music, an occasional night out dancing? We are a very small, selective group of attractive, 25 - 50, fe …

We like reading compelling books on feats of science, technology and engineering derring-do! If you love reading about the amazing lives of radical inventors, laboratory wizards, eccentric investigators, audacious builders and their triumphs and tragedies, then you've found your club! We'll pick out a book, devour it cover-to-cover, and then meetup to discuss what we really liked about it. We'll pick different meeting places in or around Chicago, so everyone's welcome!

Are you interested in the ancient heritage and beliefs of Northern European heathenry? Are you interested in Northern European history before the arrival of Christianity? Are you interested in the cultural contributions of Northern Europeans (Germans, Scandinavians, Saxons, Dutch …)? Do you value the Norse/Germanic virtues of loyalty, independence, responsibility, and honor? Are the Norse gods (Odin, Thor, Freya …) a part of your life? Do you want to discuss these interests with like-minded folk …

Art Appreciation is the understanding of the timeless qualities that characterise all great art. So too is philosophy concerned with universality and truth. What is your relationship to art? Why is art meaningful to you? This group explores the great world of art, aesthetic experience, and its relation to philosophy.  We will be looking at all types of media from painting to music, poetry and film. Also see these other philosophy groups in Chicago: Greek Philosophy: http://www.meetup.com/So …

In Search of the Miraculous is a group of dedicated group of seekers who are committed to the process of Awakening the Soul.  Based upon the work of philosophers, artists, mystics, theologians and scientists throughout the centuries who have left a legacy that offer one the practical tools to live enriched life. During our meetings we discuss different topics related to the Awakening process; with a special emphasis on learning how to observe the parts of us that create obstacles to being presen …

The goal of Gruppo di Motori Italiani is simple; To bring together Italian automobile and motorcycle enthusiasts from the Chicagoland area. Whether a vintage FIAT 500, a Ferrari 599, or anything beyond and in between is our member base.  The group consists of beautiful low mileage show cars, track cars, project cars and daily drivers. The members of GdMI pride themselves on a friendly open atmosphere. Ideas are not to be criticized, but listened to and courteously and thoughtfully responded to. …

Are you a professional from Europe living and working in Chicago? Or are you a professional American or from some other part of the world who has European heritage, loves to travel to Europe or just wants to meet some new people and learn about their cultures! There are lots of meetups here dedicated to foreign cultures and languages but they all seem to meet in the same places every month with not much diversity or it is aimed at speaking the language. I wanted to start a casual and friendly me …

23 years ago we started a movement to bring a focused effort to have an Asian presence in Chicago's nightlife. Over 2,500 events later and over 2 million attendees, we're just getting started. This Meetup group is less about being informed about such events, and more about finding like minds within the events. With social being so synonymous with digital nowadays, it only follows that we have a proper medium to organize a party within the party. Whether you are new to Chicago or have been here y …

The objective of the Big Picture Book Club is focus on and discuss books addressing the big questions of human history, science and technology, social and political issues, the future, and how we, as individuals, can flourish and even make a difference in the Big Picture. You can check out an initial list of books we're interested in here. No one can read every book for every meeting. In each meeting notice, there are at least a few online "book content cheats," including links materials about t …

Soccer/Futbol/Football are just some of the names our "God" is called around the globe. We could not live without it and that is why we are starting this organization. This is the new home of soccer in Chicago. Kick It Social! Become a member and enjoy the most beautiful game in history with friends, meet new people, play hard, go out and celebrate, play beautifully! Our organization is committed to bring to the players what belongs to the players: the feeling of importance on and off the field. …

It all started with Roman Polanski's "Chinatown" (1974) in October 2011. Since then we've really evolved (still evolving) in to a unit of Chicago film lovers who can't stop talking about all the things we love about film. Right now we have two meetups a month, one that's more structured by focusing on talking about one film, like "Chinatown", at Argo Tea, then we also have a "social" meetup where we can go wild at Wilde Bar & Resturaunt, with no structure or limit to our discussion. What we have …

Let's explore all the wonderful Italian restaurants, films, language, wine, history, culture and people that are in Chicago. If you are from Italy and are living in Chicago, have Italian ancestry or just love the country and its food and culture, this group is for you. We will have a restaurant outing and social event every month. We will be having some events will other Italian and European meetup groups, so there will be a wide variety of people to meet!

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 …

Our History Our group was founded in 2008 by a dedicated group of moms in La Grange Park looking to provide social activities for moms and their kids. We also wanted to support our communities by participating in a variety of service projects.  At our first meeting, we had no idea how many moms would show up.  Here we are 4 years later with a group that has blossomed into what is now the Greater La Grange Area Moms Club (GLAM) with nearly 50 active members. Who We Are Our members mainly live in …

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 …

Trains! Chicago Meetup Returns! Hello, this meetup is for anyone who is a fan of trains either as a railfan or as a hobbyist.

Let's get together to discuss the fascinating story of Chinese History from Xia and Shang through Reform and Opening. We could discuss books we have read, listen to guest speakers and lecturers, and debate ideas.

The Project Chicago Lair is a non-commercial dating, relationship, and sexuality support group for adult men in the Chicagoland area. We seek to help men become more successful in achieving their goals in their sex lives and relationships with women by fostering a community in which men can come together for beneficial discussions of these, and related issues, in an atmosphere that is both honestly critical, yet supportive and non-judgmental, as well as one in which men can form lasting friendsh …

Let's meet to speak and teach Cantonese, share culture, history, and have fun together.  (Please sign up for the group and you'll automatically be a member!  We only made this a Private group, to balance a little privacy with the publicity Meetup provides.)

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 …

"Calling all neighborhood explorers. This is a group that looks to explore the some of the neighborhoods' hidden gems. This group's aim to explore neighborhoods, one at a time, but go beyond and learn some things about such places, whether stopping to eat or discovering the history of some places you are curious about. While we cannot cover everything in a neighborhood, we will make this worthwhile for the time we have. "