Thanks for your interest in joining the "Photo Portfolio Building". This Group is merged with "Chicago Stylish, Fashion, Glamour & Portrait Photography" and we organize multiple meetup through out the year to help to build the portfolio. So Please join http://www.meetup.com/We-shoot-Fashion-Portraits/ Existing Members - We will eventually Close this Group & Merge it with Chicago Stylish, Fashion, Glamour & Portrait Photography (Parent Group), So if you are part of the Parent Group, please remov …

Hi, I'm Sifu Sajid. From last 17+ years, I have been into Martial arts, Fitness & Personality Development industry to help people just like you. If you are a beginner or a pro, you will find coaching, training, certifications, and resources that help you reach your personal and professional goals fast. Thanks for the opportunity to help you. We Offer: Personal Fitness Training, Tai Chi, Qi Gong, Wu Shu, Wing Chun, CMMA (Mixed Martial Arts) Interested members can contact @ 630-477-8388 or ema …

Auriel and Donna 513 W 87th St. Naperville, IL 60565 (located inside The Healing Place) We are in the Office: Tues:   12-7pm Wed:    2-7pm Thurs:  12-5pm Fri:      Skype/FaceTime/Phone Appts Avail Sat:     12-3 Sun/Mon:  Closed To Schedule a Reading, or Energy Healing Session, visit our SPECIALS page at Elevated Delights We are Wheelchair accessible, guide/helper dogs are welcome too. Text - Donna: 630-418-1138 Text - Auriel:  630-730-7938 We have created "Free Tuesday Events" in Naperville …

Are you looking to meet some non-judgemental, kind, friendly and helpful homeschooling/unschooling families?  Are you looking for fun social outtings, or weekly playdates? Then this group may be for you. This secular homeschool group provides both unstructured and structured social activities, field trips and some group learning activities to families in the Wheaton area with children ranging in age from infant to 14. Our members live from Downers Grove and Lombard to Naperville and West Chicago …

If you are seeker of the truth, working to reach the self realization of your internal real being, looking to develop the latent powers of your divine and human soul and better comprehend the unlimited mysteries of nature, if you are thirsty for the wisdom that illuminated the minds and warmed the hearts of many sages and saints through the ages... then this meetup group may be for you. Although the spiritual path must be walked individually by each one of us, in our way we enjoy the company of …

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 …

This group exists to provide the time and space for creators to create. We will have open studio dates with the opportunity to to meet others with shared interests and roll up our sleeves and get messy with art materials. Think of your time much deserved self-care and spiritual empowering. Look forward to a wide array of opportunities to get involved and satisfy that hunger to stimulate the imagination.

We are committed to engage one in the creative endeavor, cultivate the spiritual life, encourage sacred conversations, promote growth in one’s faith journey, and nurture those engaged in personal transformation

Fox Valley area established 2+ year group also called Aurora Business United is comprised of business owners and employees, entrepreneurs, non-profit, arts, government and others who are interested in networking. We meet the first Friday of every month at various locations and have forty minutes of networking followed by a program of 2 speakers and feature one non-profit organization, and then anyone who has an announcement, event or fundraiser is invited to announce it to the group.

As Dr. A.R Bernard says, "we don't grow in isolation, we grow in community". This group is being formed to create a community of African American women in the SW suburbs of Chicago. We have a lot to share...friendship, wisdom, kindness, laughter and FUN!. Let's get together to enjoy some great books, fab food, shows, travel, and other excellent adventures. If you are a mature woman who is married or single, working or retired, you are welcome. Just be positive minded and open to new friendships. …

Meetup with other Theater Goers to experience great local theatre. There is great local theatre in Chicagos's western suburbs. Join today and become part of a community of people who love to see and support live theater. This group is for anyone who enjoys live theater, musicals, comedy shows, and all types of the performing arts.

We are the Lisle, Illinois chapter of Toastmasters International, a non-profit organization which gives its members the opportunity to develop and improve their public speaking and leadership abilities through local club meetings, training seminars and speech contests. We are open to anyone wishing to learn the art of public speaking, listening and thinking, from the novice who wants to overcome their fear to the pro who needs to sharpen their delivery. Our programs cover many different areas of …

This Meet up is part of a group that currently meets in an art gallery in West Chicago. There are currently anywhere between 4 to 7 knitters that are not meet up members that meet every Thursday.  I started this meet up group to make this already running knitting group available to more people.  I am very passionate about knitting and crochet.  I have taught knitting and crochet for around 15 years. Bring your own project. There is plenty of help with both knitting and crochet available. If ther …

Modern Arnis is a Filipino Martial Art in which we employ the use of weapons which include Double Stick, Single Stick, Stick and Dagger, Dulo (Pocket Stick), and Empty Hand. Modern Arnis training provides practice not only in self defense concepts, but also grants the practitioner a better sense of timing, distance, and what we refer to as flow (or the ability to move from one thing to the next). Not only do classes provide training in martial arts, but DBFMA also stresses the importance of lear …

We would experience how creating art, with spiritual consciousness and scientific understanding can lead to living in harmony with the universe and mother nature...

If you have never had an energy healing treatment before, it could very well change your life.  For those who practice energy healing, you are welcome!  We use a technique known as Chios.  Feel free to google Chios healing if you've never heard of it, but it is like Reiki or Therapeutic Touch in that many energy healing types are similar. It is a very comprehensive energy healing modality and this group is created just so practitioners, students, and those who are just honestly curious can come …

Discover Photography! is for people who are interested in getting together with a group of like-minded people and learning your camera.  We all have to start somewhere to learn photography, so the main focus of our group will be a friendly learning environment where you are free to ask questions and feel supported.  Some things you can look forward to: *A community of friends and fellow photographers who share your passion. *A friendly environment to learn your craft. *Occasional classroom-style …

This group is for the beginner to professional, and everything in-between, for both Digital Photographer Teachers& Instructors and Models. We have a lot to learn in both industries, and they depend on each other for great imaging. Many photographers have been asking how-to create mood lighting, or simply how-to direct a model. Models have been asking how-to find a photographer, or how-to take direction from a photographer. Both Photographers and Models are asking about Make-up styles, set design …

We are super excited to start a group that is focused on socializing, having fun and traveling! This group is for anyone that wants to have fun; young, old, married, single, families . . . anyone! We will be planning numerous events in the Western suburbs and beyond! We will go out to dinner, movies, plays, concerts, fairs and festivals, bars, have house parties, game nights, Ladies only events, day trips, weekend trips and big trips and a whole lot more. We have been organizing meetups for the …

Saturday Morning Mini Retreat... Living Peace, Love, and Joy. Refresh, Re-energize, and Renew, as we utilize music, guided meditation, delve into inspiring texts, and share our gifts of joy through sharing of music, art, poetry and creativity. Join us as we AWAKEN the divine spirit within ! A morning coffee/tea chat by fireside or on the patio depending on the weather.