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21 Meetup Groups match “Friends Outside” near Chicago, IL
The Chicago Business Development Forum brings together small businesses, entrepreneurs and start-ups to help each other with business development by sharing unique expertise, experience, and encouragement in an inspiring and collaborative environment: Business strategizing - using your valuable time wisely Networking - Growing win-win relationships Marketing - Getting the word out about your value in a big way Sales - Establish value to people in such a way that they want to hire you immediatel …
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Welcome Asian Pros! We are an exclusive group for Asian Professionals and Entrepreneurs to meet and network with other Asians in the community. This group was started in 2005 by a few people with the passion of providing a place for our local young professionals to get together and to have fun activities. Our members are between the age range of 21 - 45 and are the workforce and masterminds of their industries. With a great idea, this group became the "go-to" for many new professionals to call …
The Chicago Black Professionals Meetup is a group primarily made up of men and women over the age of 21 here in the Chicago area whom share an interest in ethnic heritages rooted in the African diaspora. We come from broadly diverse educational, professional, and social backgrounds, but we have a common interest: to come together for social networking. We strive to promote social connections between our members, and to promote a healthy and free exchange of information and ideas between the memb …
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Quality , Fun, Exclusivity Chicago Social Elite hosts events at various locations around Chicago. We'll host wine tastings, parties, and art, music, fundraisers and other events. We will even offer special discounts on products and other events exclusively to our members. We'll partner with other meetups to create great experiences. Our audience and our choices are diverse. We will reflect that in our choices. We create an interaction with other meetups and the general public creating a much b …
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We are a group of fun-loving gay professional women of all ages and races. We primarily focus on organizing women-only events outside bars and non-traditional gay & lesbian venues. If you are not into bars or clubs, new to Chicago, disappointed with online personal sites, feeling too "straight" for the glbt community and/or seeking real women who can hold a conversation, this is a place to start. Our members' age distribution is as follows: Under 25: 2.1% 26 - 35: 22.9% 36 - 45: 33.3% 46 - 55: 2 …
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We are the owners of Chicago Party Animals a venue that is pet friendly, located in Historic Fulton Market/ West Loop. This meetup group is the official Canine Club of Chicago Party Animals. It is free to be a member and we have no monthly membership fee's. You must be a member to participate in any of the events posted on this page. We have monthly seperate mixers that are size specific under 30 pounds, large dog and a Pit Bull only. We have pool parties in the summer at a nearby facility and y …
We are a high energy all ages (but mostly 40+) group of about 450 - singles and couples - in the Chicago area. Started 55 years ago as a ski club, we're now active in biking, hiking, tennis, social activities such as outdoor concerts, dances, and plays. Our annual August picnic is fanastic! If you've a love of living, good friendships, and being out and about - that's what we are. Many of us have been members for 20+ years and have made life long friends. We do lots of things together in small …
This is a group for folks who have just moved to Chicago, or who aren't originally from here. If you've chosen to make Chicago your home, it's a great place to be- there's lots of friendly faces, tons of culture, and so much to do. Join us for chances to meet new people and get to know this new city. If you've been here a while, or even if you're a native Chicagoan, you are certainly welcome. After all, it's nice to have a bit of a guide in checking out this wonderful, cosmopolitan city. For t …
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!
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This group is for people who are ready to step outside the box when it comes to dating. If you are a Black woman interested in a Caucasian male, an Asian man interested in a Latina woman, or any other wonderful combination... this group is for you! If you're ready to step outside the club scene and mingle with people in a comfortable environment you should join. Whatever race of the opposite sex outside your own intrigues you, then this group is for you. So let's come together, have some fun, me …
Are you an indie girl wandering the cold streets of Chicago? If so, you've come to the right place. We want together a group of music loving, bike riding, artistically inclined, pseudo weird girls to have fun! For me this group was born out of the desire to escape mainstream culture, how many times have I stood around in a group of women and felt like wow I just don't relate to you: no, I don't care if the Cubs won last night, not really interested in what sorority you were in, and NO I didn't …
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Get to know your neighbors in the West Loop of Chicago and explore local hangouts together. Make some new friends, find a potential dating interest, and just have some fun! Events will include brunches, happy hours, and other outings that may be outside the West Loop.
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EXPANDING RAVES and ELECTRONIC DANCE MUSIC- Make new friends in the scene and keep the circle of plur ever expanding! Whether you are in it to have fun with some great people, explore music and your personal creativity, or have an experience of ecstatic oneness with the universe, this is the group you've been looking for! Raves may one day trance-form the planet. Enough energy has been generated that we could expand to a higher level. Electronic music styles have create different effects on the …
Think of it as inviting yourself to a neighbor's backyard BBQ. We facilitate fun, relaxing and intimate environment for professionals who work or live in or around Lincoln Park/Lakeview to socialize outside of their usual work and collegial circles. We organize frequent but small events in the neighborhood, such as brunch, after work drinks, dinner, picnic, so everyone has chance to get to know everyone else. Also, through our connections with Ivy League alumni members we announce events of so …
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This group is for professionals who have grown up outside the U.S. The goal is to have a social networking and support platform. We will share and learn the ropes together, make the holidays less lonely, explore the U.S. or simply just hang out. You’re welcome to join if you closely identify with the life in any way.
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If you're someone who has lived formative years and significant periods of time in two or more cultural environments outside the US, and developed ties to several but claim ownership to none, forge bonds and form friendships with others just like you.
This group is for queer people (Gay, Lesbian, Bi-, and Trans*, GNC, Genderqueer, Allies, and all in between and beyond) who are interested in exploring the many neighborhoods of our city through amateur photography, meeting others with like interests and identities, and having a good time. We will try to meet up once or twice a month in various locations to take pictures, socialize, and end with a meal or drinks. Photographers with all levels of experience are welcome. From iPhone shooters, to t …
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It's not easy to get a New Yorker to relocate to another US city, but we've done it. We are born-n-raised New York City residents who've arrived to the Chi for a new job or a change of pace and a lot more space. Join us on our search for good thin-crust, good bagels, good music and good scenery. Walk through the concrete jungle or trek outside it in the expanse that is the Midwest. Whether you've been here for two days or two years (or more), we wanna meet and greet and share Chicago with yo …
LeTip Union Station is a Chicago Loop chapter of LeTip International. A national organization where non-competing business professionals meet weekly to learn about our businesses and work to pass qualified leads. We're looking for you! If you're looking to gain more clients and grow your business, our chapter currently seeking to fill select open categories to pass leads. To learn more about how our business networking chapter works, visit letiploop.com and contact Scott Winterroth for more info …
Looking to find other other fun sober LGBT people? This is a great way to connect and meet new friends outside the "scene". We're looking to do fun things like movies, museums, parks, concerts, festivals, and much more. Always open to new and fresh ideas too! This is not a 12-step group! It's just a place for sober-minded people to meet and have fun.
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Sometimes it's great to be in a women only environment and do something sophisticated, fun, interesting, unique, or just plain hang out! All the better when it's free or inexpensive! If you know of something happening in the downtown area and would like a group of women in their 20's & 30's to join you, post it here. If you are an organizer of a women's only meetup and would like to invite ladies outside of your meetup to an event, please feel free to post it here as well! I only ask that you …
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