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 …

NERP provides a place for learning, discussing, and experimenting with the Raspberry Pi. Although our main focus is on using the Pi, other relevant topics include embedded devices, Open Source Hardware and Software, interfacing to the real world, development tools, circuits, and so on. Topics can be of general interest or advanced and highly focused. The NERP wiki lists many resources for learning and using the Pi. NERP meets every other Monday at Pumping Station:One. The meeting is free and ope …

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 …

The purpose of this group is to help promote belly dancing and belly dancers in the Greater Chicagoland area. This provides a cohesive effort to let other bellydancers know of great workshops in the area, dance benefits, dance performances, and cool cultural events that may benefit for the greater good and interest of this dance and the cultures of the countries from whence it comes.

This group will meet to discuss and discover the d'Odalisque lifestyle. Taken from the Gild of the Black Pearl "Code d' Odalisque is a genre or style of non-violent consensual slave play engaged in by willing adult men and women. It is a modern revival of aspects of the historical institution of odalisque (female sexual servant) in a consensual form. Play is guided by a written code of rules, etiquette and protocols. The genre or style is an alternative sub-culture within the broader BDSM commun …

Have you ever felt insecure, powerless, or like you could use a huge boost of confidence at your job, with men or women, or just in life in general? Have you ever felt stuck, procrastinated, or got in a pattern where life kind of seems boring? Have you ever dreamed of living the most amazing, passionate, awesome life but don't know what steps to take to change, or felt you just can't seem to get a break, almost like you have the worst luck? If you answered yes to any or all of the above question …

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 …

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 …

Aggrego hack night - for all the times you wished you could have hacked on something in the Chicago Sun-Times building. Now you can. Aggrego aims to use data collection, data analytics, visualization technology to create the next generation of digital media. Come hack with us!

We're here to explore social networking outside of the bars except during special events, such as Scot's Easter brunch. All races, genders, and orientations are welcome. Our main purpose is to bring people together and have fun. Along the way, you may find cool places to go that you may not have tried otherwise. Come on in!

Meet other local Software Developers interested in the Scala programming language. Discuss the advantages of Scala, such as full support for Object-Oriented and Functional Programming, a succinct syntax, and other improvements over Java and C#. Discuss the pros and cons of Scala compared to other languages. Learn how to use Scala in Java and .NET environments.

I started this group to fill a personal void that I know isn't uniquely mine-- authentic friendship! Are you in your late 20's or 30's? Are you married or in a committed relationship and need more social time than your partner? New in town? Kinda new in town? ... most importantly... are you looking for honest and authentic women to connect with? Ideal elements of this group include: open minds, wine, conversation, laughter, connection, companionship, support, validation, authenticity, inspiratio …

The meditation classes, groups, and courses offered at the Inner Metamorphosis University Chicago meditation center include a variety of ancient and new practices using dance, expressions of different emotions and feelings, awareness oriented activities such as hiking meditation, breath-awareness, and periods of silence. Many of our classes are free or donation based as we are a non-profit organization. We also offer Yoga, Tai Chi, Chi Gong, Feldenkrais, and Inspirational Movies on a weekly basi …

Are you seeking a healthier approach to the process of trying to conceive? How about motivation to start a yoga and relaxation practice and improve your diet? Perhaps you're looking for a place to share the stresses of trying to conceive and learn postive strategies for coping with negative thoughts. Our Fully Fertile Book Groups are all that - the information, motivation and support you need to create a healthier, more balanced you! Fully Fertile groups are free, peer-led, book clubs will follo …

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.

Come to a to Goth Meetup and be introduced to other Chicago-area people with shared musical, fashion, creative & life interests! Good company, conversation & fun assured! If you do not consider yourself a goth, aren't into the music or know anything about the subculture, we may not be the Meetup for you. This is NOT a group for people curious about goth; this is a group for people who *already* associate themselves with the genre in some way to meet others who do as well. This is also not a "dat …

Official OpenHack group in Chicago. http://openhack.github.com/chicago/ We get together and code. . . on anything . . . for any reason. Rules of the Group: You must hack No hate coding, we prefer to call it design/refactoring recommendations No recruiters, period! You must use your actual name so we can get you in the building

This group is for relationship minded singles who are looking to make genuine connections with other singles. We will have regular meetups categorized by interest including goal oriented singles, vegetarian singles, spiritual singles, entrepreneurial singles, foodie singles etc. There will also be "wild card" meetups where singles with diverse interests and experiences will be invited to all come together to meet each other. Our outings will range from dining out to exloring museums to going to …

Connect with others Catholics in your local area in a safe, spiritual and enjoyable way. We will accomplish this through social events, bible studies, movie nights, outdoor activities and other exciting events. We welcome everyone. Our events being social, spiritual, and community oriented are intended to be fun and inspiring. We hope that people take away a deep sense of camaraderie and unity as we seek to be the bridge to create new friendships and good connections. Most importantly, we also h …

All parents of City Garden Early Childhood Center are welcome to join this private meet up group. An important aspect of Waldorf education is community. In the words of Rudolf Steiner, "A healthy social life is found only, when in the mirror of each soul the whole community finds its reflection, and when in the whole community the virtue of each one is living". This group was created to provide parents at City Garden easy access to other families, school events, Waldorf educational opportunities …

The intent of this group is to encourage and develop relationships between small business owners and suitable investors. Monthly meetings will be focused on short presentations that provide timely and applicable lessons for starting, developing, and funding new business concepts. This group is solutions-oriented, and it embraces a no-nonsense approach towards immediate and actionable relationships, partnerships, and conceptual fruition.

For users of the non-relational, open source, document-oriented database MongoDB.

Chicago Adverlytics is for digital media and ad analytics professionals. It has a unique educational and networking purpose: provide a peer-oriented forum where digital marketing minded professionals can meet, learn and share from other Chicago-area and visiting analytics leaders. The group will offer members a chance to discuss the latest trends, tactics, and techniques related to the measurement of online media, ecommerce and Internet advertising. CHICAGO ADVERLYTICS HAS A ZERO-TOLERANCE POLIC …