Just trying to get some regular card playing scheduled. Whether you are a tournament card player, never played spades and need to learn the rules, or just want a brief refresher - join us for a meetup event! The plan is to make the main focus Spades and try to get in some monthly games scheduled in Chicago. Check out the "about us" section for the house rules we play with. We're also adding some other card games now that we've got a good membership... look for Canasta games, Cribbage, Euchre …

Meet friendly, local working moms to talk about your kids and have fun! Come to a Moms Meetup to share experiences, find advice, give support and make new friends. We meet up at local parks, museums, indoor playareas and in members homes. We also enjoy 1-2 moms only events per month including dinners out, movie nights and game nights! Let's get together and support each other in this challenge of working in and out of the home!

Are you more Silicon than silicone? Did you play saxophone instead of point guard in high school? Gay, single and ready to mingle? Get your geek on with other sharp LGBT singles at our monthly Dating for Gay Nerds and Dating for Lesbian Nerds singles mixers– where trivia quizzes and ferocious board gaming wins you fun nerdy prizes as well as hearts! Here's how it works: after each round of games and trivia, the host will rotate the groups until all the singles have met. It's like speed dating, b …

Privet! Thank you for the interest in out meetup.  This meetup is for RUSSIAN speaking people residing in the city of Chicago and nearby suburbs!  And we ask you not to apply, if you do not speak Russian language. Our activities range from theater outings, picnics in local parks, game watching to a monthly BOOK CLUB meeting in a peaceful home environment. I encourage all members to be active and to make use of "suggest a meetup" feature available on our home page.  I hope that once you become co …

Meet, network, socialize with and get to know other single professionals near you! Come to the SinlgeSync New Single Friends Meetup and develop new friends...and maybe more! We generally host 4-6 social events in Chicago and the suburbs each month for singles in their mid-30s through early 60s. These include cocktail parties, dinner parties, dinner dances, theme parties and dances, "big game" gatherings and other low-key social events. Attendance varies widely by event, from anywhere around 20 s …

Are you a Euchre or Spades player looking for a game?  Come join us in Palatine. Our group includes Euchre and Spades players who like to get together to play regularly.  Veteran players make up the core of the group, but beginners are welcome to come out and learn to play. It's a relaxed, social atmosphere and a great way to meet others and get out for a night of fun! We play on Monday evenings at Durty Nellies at 180 North Smith Street, Palatine, IL.  The establishment is not charging us for …

LIVE CHAT too!  Meet other playful active singles in the city and suburbs that like going out and having fun meeting new people. Whether it be for beach volleyball, mixed doubles tennis, bowling, ice skating, sleigh riding or anything else sporty. Join us for live music events or dining, wining, dancing, romancing! It's mostly for fun and meeting new people, so you don't have to be a pro at anything! We also have ice breaker games at some events to get things off to a more comfortable start. …

Science fiction, fantasy and speculative fiction fans getting together to have fun! Isaac Asimov, Harry Potter, Dr. Who, Pern, Star Trek, Lord of the Rings, Battlestar Galactica, Valdemar, Star Wars... the list of our interests and enthusiasms goes on and on. Come join us at our monthly social at Dave and Busters to meet fans from all over Chicago and suburbs who have equally wide-ranging interests. Order off the menu, pay before you leave and have fun! Our focus is relaxed socializing. We …

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 …

Fun, Frugal, Females............. Are you committed to a relationship but find yourself looking for something to do during a given afternoon or evening???? Maybe you are an empty nester or soon to be one??? Perhaps you are looking for a group that likes the word inexpensive? You do not like staying home, but going to lunch every week is taking a toll out of your budget. Well you may have found what you are looking for. It can be quite a challenge to keep up the social life without spending much …

If you are a gay male 21 and older and live in Northen Cook, Lake or McHenry counties in Illinois or southern Kenosha county in Wisconsin, you may feel isolated from other gay men who live nearby, because you do not know how to get in touch with them. If you are tired of driving 50 miles south to Chicago or almost as far north to Milwaukee just to be around other gay people, then this is the local group for you. This is primarily a gay male social group, but we are open to all positive attitude …

We are a smaller group and like it that way. We want to get to know you and your kids. So to help keep our group small, we require that members attend at least one meetup every 4 months. And we would love for you to host as many meetups as you would like to! Just email the organizers to have your event added to the calendar. Our dues are $10/year and are due within 30 days of joining. This covers our meetup costs as well as paying for parties and service projects throughout the year. A little bi …

Being bored means you're boring.... get out of the house and Mingle! We host hot singles parties, fun social events and free singles mixers every month in Chicago and the suburbs. Over 8,000 members for you to mingle with on facebook, the official website and here on meetup. Our events are both tame and insane...we leave the decision up to you what ones to RSVP for. The events are held in both Chicago and the suburbs, so don't be shy to join if you live in Joliet, Niles, Skokie or Oak Park. …

Have you moved to Milwaukee in the last two years, two months or two days?! If so, this group is for you! Brew City is a wonderful place, but with any city it can be challenging to meet friends and to get acclimated to a new area. (LOVE the snow.)  This group is perfect for meeting and socializing with others. It's an active group for men & women in the Milwaukee area who are new or just looking to expand his/her network of friends. The goal of the group is to bring people together while experie …

Are you more Silicon than silicone? Did you play saxophone instead of point guard in high school? Single and ready to mingle? Get your geek on with other sharp singles at our monthly Dating for Nerds parties where trivia quizzes and ferocious board gaming wins you prizes as well as hearts! After each round of games, the host will rotate the groups until all the singles have met. It's like speed dating, but way more fun and relaxed.

A group of RPGers who like to get together and game once or more a month.  It doesn't matter where you fall into the gaming collective; experienced gamer, new, just starting again after a long hiatus, or anything else. Currently we have one campaign running but looking to start more.  So if you live in or around the Grayslake area and are interested in RPGing and more join and start having fun.

We will try each of these coffee shops 1. BRIDGEPORT COFFEE HOUSE The coffee-roasting operation on the corner of Morgan and 31st Street is a point of pride for Bridgeport and a source of jealousy for almost every other neighborhood. Housed in a prototypically warm-toned, wood-heavy coffeehouse (only without the fleabag couches and drum-circle vibe), Bridgeport Coffee sets itself apart by roasting its own beans and brewing them with levels of respect usually reserved for presidents. The pour-ov …

Explore your options from A to Z. Join us on an adult version of the Alphabet game. We will visit a different bar in order each month starting with A, ending with Z. Come only if you want to have fun!

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 …

We are a Group of New & Active Real Estate Investors who meet regularly to Discuss, Educate and Empower People to Take Action in Today's "Perfect Storm" of Real Estate Investing. We host monthly meetings on the 1st Wednesday night of every month in the Crystal Lake Area. Go to www.re123.info to find out more

This is a group for anyone interested in playing scrabble. I am starting this group because I am interested in meeting other scrabble enthusiasts.

This group is for anyone who loves YA, fantasy, paranormal, sci-fi, romance, chick lit or all of the above!!! Reading the book prior to a meetup is never mandatory, but be prepared for spoilers! Meetups will be scheduled once a month, maybe more in the future, at different locations around Oak Creek, Franklin and the surrounding areas. While this is primarily a book club meetups will include movies and other fun events that seem fitting as well! Book swaps are also encouraged to open everyone up …

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 …

Chicago Social Events will be putting together tons of events for 20-30 somethings that focus on one thing: Meeting people and having fun. Well, that's kind of two things...Our group will live by the motto "A good time is all about who you share it with". I've been putting up our events in other Meetup groups for the past several months and have seen amazing turnouts with such great people, so now it just makes sense to create my own! We'll be organizing groups to do things like happy hours, tr …

Dominion, Lords of Waterdeep, etc. For anyone interested in getting out and enjoying some good gaming every month. We'll start out meeting at Alley Cat Comics. BYOB.

Just like the classic television show that everyone adores, The Golden Girls is an Exclusive Women's Group filled with various personalities and great energy. Some of us are sassy and extroverted, while others are more demure and unassuming, but we are all GROWN *** WOMEN and we act accordingly. We are between the ages of 30-40yrs old, educated, independent, and confident. Believing that living a life that's golden is impossible without great friends, we're dedicated to growing our relationships …

For individuals who like to play partnership double deck pinochle - maybe monthly or even weekly get togethers Serious and not so serious players are welcome - let's see if we can get this started

The Chicago JavaFX User’s Group is here to help developers and others learn about JavaFX and related tools, as well as really cool applications that are built with JavaFX!  Occasionally, we will also have presentations of hardware and devices that can benefit from JavaFX technology. JavaFX is the next step in the evolution of Java as a rich client platform, shortening development time and easing deployment of data-driven business and enterprise client applications. We generally meet monthly in p …