Looking for a challenging and fun new hobby? Growing weary of the standard bar scene? Ready to embark on a lifelong learning journey? Contract Bridge is the most played card game in the world, with immense popularity in the USA, Canada, the UK, Turkey, China, France, South America, and the Netherlands, to name a few. Contrary to popular belief, Bridge is not just played at our Grandparents' retirement homes. It, along with chess, is an offical olympic mind game. Its popularity stems from its com …

Live in or around Evanston IL? Enjoy playing Star Wars The Card Game from Fantasy Flight Games? Well, hop on your speeder bike and come join our new meetup! We'll shoot for meeting up once a week at a cafe (cantina?) in the downtown Evanston area. It'll be a great opportunity to try out new deck ideas, hang out with fellow fans and enthusiasts, and just enjoy this great card game. If you feel like this meetup is not for you, well then I find your lack of faith disturbing... Join us, it is your d …

The Chicago Rebel Craft League is a meetup group organized to inspire women who love arts and crafts of all kinds and have different interests and passions to get together to create, share, talk and learn about art... If you'd like to get together to craft, get inspired, and learn from others with a DIY aesthetic, then this group is for you! We will have open studio time where you can just come, hang out, create and have fun, and more specific classes where we will do projects together. Ideall …

Hey Evanston Social Game Players! Come to a Friendly Games Meetup to play old favorites with new friends. All games and skill levels are welcome. Bring your favorite board games, card games, word games, etc. You can teach us or we can learn that new game together. You can also just hang out and socialize with a fun group of people.

We are a social organization of like-minded people who enjoy the game of Euchre. Our members come from all walks of life, and while most of our members are gay/lesbian, everyone is welcome at the Euchre Club. Although we are new to meetup.com, our club has been around for over 20 years. We have over 100 active members who play on a regular or semi-regular basis. We meet to play euchre 4 times a week and on an average night 15-30 euchre players attend. Many of them are not on meetup.com so we usu …

Learn to play the ancient Asian game of Go, also known as Wei Chi and Baduk. Go is the oldest board game in the world, estimated to be 4,000 years old. It is a game of pure skill. The rules are simple, and can be learned in a few minutes, but mastering the game can take a lifetime. The Evanston Go Club is the oldest Go club in the Chicagoland area, having met continuously every week for the past 15 years. We have a wide range of players, from novices to strong amateurs. We are a free club, we we …

Hello, and welcome to the newly renamed and reorganized Chicago Novice Poker Player Club previously known as Aqua Poker. I have taken over this Meetup Group after the previous Organizer resigned. The new purpose of this Meetup group is to help beginning to intermediate poker players improve their tournament and cash game play. We will hold Meetups on Tuesdays that will cover a specific aspect of poker. This is a new Meetup idea so we will only hold Meetups when we have the required minimum numbe …

BREAKING NEWS Jan. 16: Francesco "Cheech" Barbaro wins the historic 2010 Quad-States Poker Mixed Games Championship at the Majestic Star Casino and Hotel. Barbaro faced 45 of the regions toughest veteran Mixed Games players and finally won it all with a 9-high straight in No-Limit Texas Holdem. For the complete story, still breaking across the poker wires, visit: http://www.ChicagoPokerNews.com The Chicago Texas Holdem Meetup Group was proud to be a part of this incredible tournament, congratul …

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This group is hosted by the Furies MC - a women's motorcycle club that aims to encourage women riders in a safe, supportive and educational environment. Learn more about us at www.furiesmc.com. We are a diverse group of women and we welcome women of all ethnicities, lifestyles, orientations and backgrounds, no matter the brand of bike or experience level.  You do not need to be a member of the Furies MC to participate in our rides or in this meetup! Although we have great respect for our scooter …

Just what you've been waiting for! A game group in Rogers Park! Perfect for drivers (there's parking!) and bikers. We will play party games and/or strategy/euro games. Whatever the group brings. Starbuck's in Dominick's closes at 7 pm so plan accordingly.

GENERATE MORE REFERRAL BUSINESS! The goal of this group is to give Gay & Lesbian and Gay-Friendly Business Professionals the opportunity to build relationships with Entrepreneurs, Small Businesses and other like–minded Professionals to collaborate, share ideas and help each other Grow their Businesses and build their Referral Network. In our Community we have hundreds of Business Owners, Sales professionals, Entrepreneurs and Start-Ups, ready to network and engage in business with others. We a …

Are you a single professional age 40-49 and you want to do WEEKEND activities? Restaurants, games, walks, hiking, canoeing, sledding, weekend road trips, weekend day trips , beach day, potlucks, festivals, concerts, cards, movies, last minute plans? Then this is the group for you! There are many other meetup groups for all of you out there who are under 40, or 50 and over, but there seems to be not much out there for those of us in our 40s, and for those of us who prefer weekend events. So, all …

Who ever said not to mix business with pleasure?! We are a group of lively young professionals (under 40) located on Chicago's North Shore that want to truly build relationships with our community. If you're tired of the same old 'sit and exchange business cards' networking events, why not try our group? Have a family to tend to after work? No worries, we have family-friendly events too! We are the NEW way to network... INFUSEd with our spirit, our knowledge, our drive, and our passion to see th …

Online marketing is more than just selling stuff on eBay! In fact, online marketing has finally come to the forefront, as companies big and small discover the value of shifting more of their marketing budgets online. Online marketers have proven that you can generate more leads and deliver more sales than traditional marketing--with higher ROIs and lower CPAs. But online marketing is a rapidly developing arena, with specialties now evolving as fast as new opportunities and technologies emerge. W …

Bring Your “MUG” Club! Join this national Meet-up for a new and different kind group! Bring your "MUG" to meet other like-minded "MUGs" interested in putting a new flavor in their connections. It's about helping people make those connections with "great taste". The agenda is a different twist to build connections and great conversation. The forum is simple, yet structured and requires that you only have an open mind and the willingness to have fun! MUG Club: When: Check your local MUG Club for a …

Let's play games!  Board games (the old ones; Scrabble, Monopoly, Sorry, etc.) card games, and whatever.  Just going out to have fun and maybe a little dinner and spirits. We'll mainly meet either on Tuesday nights at Rockwell's Neighborhood Grill, or Monday nights at Bowman's Tavern & Grill.  We're also open to suggestions. You can either arrive at the posted time for dinner and drinks, or about an hour later to join us for games.  Drinking while playing is strongly encouraged. :) Please try …

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.

Are you looking for a low pressure environment to meet other singles that share your passion for geeky things? No need to hide your love of whatever it is in order to meet people. Any jerk can love a thing. It’s the sharing that makes geekdom awesome. The key here is low pressure. And no event costs. Just meet, have a couple of drinks (if you are so inclined) and play board games. Focus on having fun and meeting interesting people and perhaps the rest will follow.

Authentic Connections Networking is about the true basis of networking - creating relationships. For years I avoided networking events because although I had read about building relationships, when I went o an event all I seemed to find were people that handed out business cards and made sales pitches. One day though, I came across people that practiced what I was reading and my view on networking changed dramatically...I went from hating it to LOVING it! My love for it has driven me to creat …

This group is designed for Germans, people of German descendant and people from all around the world who are interested in German culture. Our meet ups are about an up to date Germany which is way more than oomptata music, beer and brats. It is about theater, literature, music and a modern and ever changing culture. Join the fun - wir beißen nicht :)

This bimonthly networking event provides a chance for filmmakers to meet and collaborate on projects. Are you a screenwriter looking for a producer? A director looking for a director of photography? This event is open to all talents and disciplines who are interested in making independent media: editors, actors, art directors, composers, make-up artists... Bring your resume and business cards, and we’ll handle the rest.

In Chicago, there are millions of Business Professionals, Entrepreneurs and Small Business Owners ready to network and engage in business with others. A business network like this has been anticipated for some time now and we are now in existance... welcome to the Chicago NEW RICH Professional Networking Club. Mission: To empower Professionals & Entrepreneurs through networking, social and business connections. Who are we?: A networking group of upscale business professionals, entrepreneurs an …

Do something.  Learn something.  Share something. Change something…. and play games!  We remember times we've had game night with friends, and now, perhaps game night with Meetup friends works even better.  Join for an easy evening of board games.  We plan to hang at a bar, sip at a coffee house, lounge on a friend's sofa with sparkling conversation and a languid competitive effort.  Break out.  Toss some dice.  Join us for some family-fun styled adult diversion.

Meet other local bridge players in your area to play social bridge, make friends and learn from each other. Okay, okay, we have the emphasis more on social, but we have some great and generous bridge players as well as rank beginners. It's an easy group to be with.

GENERATE MORE REFERRAL BUSINESS! The goal of this group is to give Gay & Lesbian and Gay-Friendly Business Professionals the opportunity to build relationships with Entrepreneurs, Small Businesses and other like–minded Professionals to collaborate, share ideas and help each other Grow their Businesses and build their Referral Network. In our Community we have hundreds of Business Owners, Sales professionals, Entrepreneurs and Start-Ups, ready to network and engage in business with others. We are …

We welcome bridge players of all levels. We do not play duplicate, but Chicago (4-deal) bridge. At times we may play rubber bridge.

Time Together is on break for the summer!!  We thank you for another great year of playing, making new friends and spending some quality "Time Together!"  We will open again on Tuesday, September 10, 2013 at 9am!  Have a great summer!!! Hello! Spending time with your child is important to every parent.  At the Chandler-Newberger Center, we mix that important childhood memory with a large welcoming atmosphere big enough for your newborn to bounce, your toddler to crawl, and your preschooler to r …