If you're a homeschooling parent living in the Fox Valley area who is looking for fellow homeschoolers to connect with then this is the group for you! We have families with all ages 2-teen. Most of our meet-ups are random days and times. Usually we have field trips, crafts for ages 2-12, as well as other park and in-home meet-ups. We also have meet-ups at other fun centers, and waterparks as well.  You will usually see 3-5 meet-ups posted per week.  During the summer we have potlucks at the loca …

It's a new year, 2013, so lets raise the vibration of love, live boldly, be extraordinary, share in laughter, with community, all while opening to our deepest nature through creative expression. Wow! This Women’s Circle is about building a community of women that come together to create spiritually inspired works of the hand and heart. With intentions for fun, laughter, silence, stories, music, meditation, healing exercises, creating and gifting, all bringing together an exchange of ideas and …

Workshop 88 is a hackerspace (also know as a makerspace) located in Chicago’s western suburbs. Focused on science, technology, mechanics, culture and the digital arts we offer a space were people with diverse backgrounds can socialize, collaborate and learn. Through shared resources, knowledge and ideas we strive to create a space that promotes community and learning. Workshop 88 is located in 481 N Main St. Rear Building Unit B, in downtown Glen Ellyn, IL. If you are interested in learning mor …

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 …

"New Funky Funk Millennium". N.F.F.M. Welcome music lovers of all genres, If you are serious about your music career and like to meet-up to discuss some ways to enhance your singing or performance abilities with one another, let's meet-up and have a forum. I engineer digital music and I am looking to meet others who can contribute towards their own creativities because Music comes from everywhere and whether it is coming from the likes of Rap, Rock, Soul, Classical, Funk, Pop Instrumental, scori …

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 …

The Proposal from Alfred & Jenni on Vimeo. We have started this group to encourage people to get out and dance! If you have participated in Flash Mobs or would like to participate in an upcoming Flash Mob, just join our group and we will keep you informed of every practice and location for 2012! We have performed at many local festivals, Enclave, Buckingham Fountain, Union Station, Navy Pier, Wedding Receptions, Father/Daughter dances and more! We recently performed for a Flash Mob for an ABC s …

Greetings, thanks for your interest in A Deeper Connection. Before you join us, please consider that this is NOT a social meetup group, it is an educational one. I started A Deeper Connection because practicing tantra set me free and now I want to share this amazing technique with all of you. Most groups in the area will teach you what to do, in this group you will learn actual techniques that will assist you with achieving a higher state of awareness. Tantra is entirely relevant to the present …

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 …

I started this group because I want to make more Pink Lady friends to go and do things with that have similar interests. This group is for the married, widowed or single ladies! Ages 35 years and up!  If you enjoy movies, dinner out, shopping, wine tasting, day trips, scrapebooking and the like. Then this is the group for you! Also, if you're a photographer or just love taking pictures let me know! Love to learn new things!  Who should join? Anyone who loves to build lasting friendships, do thin …

A call to all artists… If you would love to get to know other area artists, talk about your ideas, projects, or dreams… come join us! We will meet at 7pm on the second Saturday of every month in the Garden Gallery & Studio. Bring a snack, a drink and join us to talk about art and all that goes with it. Inspire and be inspired!

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

Are you ready to have some fun? This group is for women interested in getting out of the house and getting together to participate in a number of activities including karaoke nights, dance classes, dinners and movies, comedy shows, plays or concerts, shopping trips, fitness classes; you name it!  The opportunities are limitless to the journeys we can unlock and discover as a positive group of freespirited, diverse women. If you are looking for fun and adventure, let the good times roll. Members …

Do you love paper 'art' like I do? Then join this fun group to make lovely things out of paper: greeting cards, scrapbook pages, beautiful 'paper' cakes, beautiful baskets filled with daily inspirations, holiday ornaments. Can you think of something else you'd like to try? Let me know. I can't wait to meet you!

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.

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 …

Meetup Group for people interested in learning about American Kenpo, based on Ed Parker's system of self-defense.

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...

Team Tri Smart is a friendly, talented group of athletes who enjoy all things triathlon. Team Tri Smart members like to train, race and socialize and most of all, have fun. Our membership includes all levels of talent and experience so from newbies to veterans, back of the packers to elite athletes, everyone is welcome. If you're looking to join a group to train with, come on out to one of our scheduled workouts and give us a try. Triathlon is NOT just a science it is also an ART and is meant fo …

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 …

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 …

HI, my name is Lynne and I am a junkie, an ART JUNKIE. I started this group to meet and create with other women artists who are "junkies" like myself. Ever want to try an art medium or make a craft project, but didn't have all the supplies, or didn't have the confidence to do it alone? West Suburban Art Junkies is a meetup group where women can be inspired, can create and share their art. Each meetup will feature a project workshop that we will do together from start to finish, talk, laugh, lear …