This group will promote ballroom dancing and great dance venues. The site will also include Latin (including Salsa), Argentine Tango, and Swing. The Chicagoland area has a lot of great dancers but few really good places for dancing. This group will also provide a forum for dancers of all levels, beginner through professional, to connect and learn about great places to show off their talents and dance or practice.

Meet with local dancers of all shapes, sizes, spots and stripes to discuss and practice social dance. Chicago has an incredible number of great places to go dance, so let's get together and have a great time dancing. Whether you just want to learn how to dance social dances like Salsa, Swing, Tango or Samba! , or just want to move those hips and gyrate in your own, sexy way, this Meetup is for you. Do you find yourself sometimes stuck at home bored or alone when you would rather be out doing s …

Every Thursday night, Chicago Israeli Folk Dance group meets at Temple Judea Mizpah, 8610 Niles Center Road, Skokie, IL. Teaching for beginners is at 7:30PM. General teaching at 8:15. Requests from 9-11:30PM. Cost is $9 and admission is open to all. No partners required. Predominant age range is from 20-50s but we get 'em younger and older too. Also, please be aware that our group has been dancing for a number of years, so most people found us well before Meetup.com existed. People join us from …

After spending several months recently in Guatemala, I developed a love for all things salsa!  I experienced the music, the dance and the culture.  I made a lot of great friends and memories learning Latin dance while abroad.  Now that I'm back, I've found that there's not much of an outlet here in the south suburbs to practice and learn Latin dance.  I want to keep up the skills I've learned, learn and share with others and have fun with others who share my passion for Latin dance and music.  O …

My Life has changed since I have started a daily meditation practice 14 years ago. More balance, more acceptance, deeper relaxation, just a feeling of “now I am looking in the right direction”. The new direction is that I am now taking responsibility for all of my experiences, thoughts and emotions. When something seems to go wrong, of course the first tendency still may be to blame someone or something not being the way it should be. But now with the meditation practice, the remembrance kicks i …

… Annual favorites include a camping/biking trip, concerts, dancing, and music in the park picnics. We often have dinner nights at various Chicago restaurants. The annual Season Kick-off Party is the ideal time to sign up for trips taking place in August.  The End of Season Dinner Party is also a great opportunity to relish in the season's "powder stories." We have skiers and snowboarders at all levels: racers, mogul monsters, cruisers, terrain park masters, and raw beginners. We offer racing t …

The Nomad Ski club is a Chicago-area not for profit skiing, snowboarding, and social club, established in 1961. The club is composed of over 200 members dedicated to offering the most economical and hassle free ski/snowboard trips for our members during the winter and we offer a year-round schedule of activities to keep us active. Annual favorites include a camping/biking trip, concerts, dancing, and music in the park picnics. Each year we organize an extensive bicycling schedule that our member …