Rogers Park parents and kids have much to learn from and give to each other. This meet-up is a place to learn about events happening for children and parents in the nearby area, to discuss parenting issues and related neighborhood concerns, share kid-friendly local hot spots, and plan play groups.

Connecting children and families in the Edgewater-Rogers Park community to nature

Chicago Japanese Language Meet Up group is for... Practicing speaking Japanese, finding out more about the culture or just hanging out and trading travel stories from Japan.  It is a very relaxed group with speakers of all levels. To join our Meet Up group, please send your photo, self introduction and answer a few basic questions. Once you are accepted, you will have full access to all the member profiles and access to our discussion boards. You will see some of the events we offer below... p …

From Andersonville to Winnetka and from East Rogers Park to Des Plaines, we are women 40+ socializing and shopping, eating, drinking and playing together because everything is more fun when done with friends.

Women living with the chronic pain of vulvodynia wil find support, encouragement, comradery, and information at our meetings. The meetings are run on the guidelines provided by the National Vulvodynia Association (see nva.org) and we meet in the Evanston/Skokie/Rogers Park area. I organize the group but the group's leadership and agendas are run by its members. I started organizing vulvodynia support groups because of the unmet need I see as a licensed clinical social worker in private practice. …

مرحباً بكم جميعاً We meet in Rogers Park to discuss everything related to Arabic and the Arabic speaking world. Come join us if you want to practice Arabic or if you are interested in the Arabic world. The meet up organizer provides teaching, translation and business services related to Arabic. www.ArabicExperts.com

Launched in February 2011, the North Side Freelance Network is a collaborative resource and community-building tool for current and fledgling freelancers and solopreneurs. NSFN aims to create a community on the far northeast side of Chicago and the near North suburbs that will: Create both online and in-person spaces for people to meet Help freelancers sustain or grow their businesses Be a resource for those who are contemplating the leap to self-employment Offer mutual support as well as oppor …

Let's get together to discuss some excellent books over fantastic food. We'll meet monthly on a weeknight in the Evanston/Rogers Park area. No background in lit crit necessary, but we will all try to read the books and have thoughtful insight. And a joy of eating is perhaps a must. Fiction and non-fiction are on the table. Initial book ideas include Fic: The Known World (Edward P. Jones) Tenth of December (George Saunders) Telegraph Avenue (Michael Chabon) Vampires in the Lemon Grove (Karen Russ …

Welcome to the Friends of Bill Morton meetup group!

I'm a new mom in Edgewater who would like to meet other first-time moms and dads in the area. I'd like to get together, not only to share our experiences with parenting, but also to simply enjoy time with others. I know that life can be crazy right now, but I think a group like this has the potential to help all of us maintain just a little bit of sanity.

There are several book clubs out there but they either seem to be disbanding, specialized or for women only so I decided to start this one. I am the former organizer of a large book club in Nashville which, I'm proud to say, is still going strong and I hope to bring that same success to this one. I had the opportunity to read a lot of great books I may not have picked up on my own and I hope to be introduced to even more! This is a co-ed bookclub that will meet once a month, at local coffee sho …

This is a group for anyone who speaks some French and would like to discuss en francais a host of interesting topics from politics, to food, to theatre to philosophy. While we welcome all levels of French, it does help if you have a good basic knowledge of French so that you can participate in conversations.