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Summer Dance! (a MoMu15 event)
Come learn to Mambo and Cha Cha with us while listening to Ricardo Lemvo & Makina Loca play some great music. [more inside]
Riddle Me That! Redux Redux Redux Redux Redux Redux - CHANGE OF LOCATION!
CHANGE OF LOCATION! Riddle Me That! is leaving Town Hall Pub for greener pastures, so as a fill-in event, let's challenge Reddit for trivia supremacy. [more inside]
20 ft from Stardom -- (a MoMu 15 event)
Let's watch a movie at Millenium Park and picnic outdoors. 20 feet from Stardom is an Oscar winner from last year. [more inside]
Janelle Monáe / Gary Clark Jr. at Taste of Chicago: MoM15
I was going to buy tickets for the bandshell but have realized that outdoor Janelle Monáe calls for claiming some lawn space and dancing. [more inside]
Tuesdays on the Terrace: MoM15
Tomeka Reid is the featured musician on July 22. Tuesday is free admission day at the MCA (if you have an ID that says you're an Illinois resident) and the concert is free with admission to the museum. They kick everyone out at 8:30. [more inside]
Like a (Chicago) bridge over (fairly un)troubled waters... it's another MoM15 event!
Join us for a tour of Chicago's moving bridges! Jim Phillips, retired civil engineer and author of the e-book "Two Miles – Eighteen Bridges", will take us on a walking tour of six of the Chicago River bridges before boarding a water taxi and gliding under 12 bridges on the way to Michigan Avenue. [more inside]
MetaFilter's 15th Anniversary Month of Meetups Kicks Off... IN THE DANGER ZONE
Did you know it's been FIVE YEARS since the MeFiChi block party? So how can we top that for MeFi's fifteenth anniversary? A WHOLE MONTH OF MEETUPS!
We'll kick things off July 1st in Millennium Park to watch the beloved bro classic: Top Gun. [more inside]
Metafilter 15th Anniversary Pop-Up MiniGolf Chicago Classic - Round 2 AND Afterparty
For those of you with a friendly competitive streak (you know who you are and I know who some of you are), I will be organizing the MetaFilter 15th Anniversary Pop-Up Mini Golf Chicago Classic -- two separate days where we play mini-golf at the pop-up courses run by City Mini Golf. [more inside]
Metafilter 15th Anniversary Pop-Up MiniGolf Chicago Classic - Round 1
For those of you with a friendly competitive streak (you know who you are and I know who some of you are), I will be organizing the MetaFilter 15th Anniversary Pop-Up Mini Golf Chicago Classic -- two separate days where we play mini-golf at the pop-up courses run by City Mini Golf. [more inside]
Speaking of. . .GOAT FROG MoMu15
It's next week, folks. It sneaked up on me; don't let it sneak up on you. Join fellow MeFites in Chicago for our Month of Meetups celebrating MetaFilter's 15th anniversary EVERY! DAY! OF! JULY! [more inside]
MINt Improv
Music Improv Night-- I'll be going to the Improv Wednesday where an Awesome friend performs. BYOB. $5 to get in! We can go to Cheesie's for food before/after or something, if y'all want. [more inside]
Chicago meetup evening of June 11th or 12th?
Hi, folks - I'm in Chicago for some business and was wondering if anybody would like to do an evening meetup? I've never been to a meetup before and since I'm coming into a bigger city I thought maybe...? I'll be staying in the Near North Side area, not far from MCA Chicago.
The Annual Ritual of Blowing Things Up (now a MoMu15)
AKA USA! USA! USA!
Winnemac Park in Chicago has the BEST illegal fireworks display in the city. You should join us to watch things go BOOM. [more inside]
June Goat Frog
I've got an idea: let's celebrate the longest month of sunlight in the Northern Hemisphere starting out in a dark basement bar and ending up in a different dark bar. [more inside]
Kubb at Winnemac Park (Chicago)
I like you like white people like brunch. (a MoMu 15 event)
Let's go to the Ronald McDonald house in Hyde Park and make brunch for the families of sick kids. [more inside]
Anvil of Bacon Crom
Ok, that bacon bomb was pretty good. As we discussed, let's do it again next year. Act now, seats are going fast!
B-B-B-B-Bacon Bomb
We meant to do this last month. Instead we're doing it next month. Join us as we share one or more bacon bombs at Paddy Longs. [more inside]
taoG ylliB|Billy Goat
On behalf of the Chicago Chapter of the Cabal*, I repudiate the current rumor that there is "a rampant pro-billy goat prejudice" on Metafilter. Mr. quidnunc's allegations are scurrilous, pernicious, libelous, and, what's more, categorically untrue, and I reject them with the utmost strenulosity.
That bit of business concluded, I'm pleased to announce our seventieth or so monthly meetup, to be held on the first Wednesday of March at the famous Billy Goat Tavern! [more inside]
How is there not a February Goat on the books yet?
The first Wednesday of February is fast approaching. LET'S DO THIS.
Oh and hey guys by the way look what I found. [more inside]
Ronald McDonald House Hyde Park Dinner -- Fed men tell no tales.
RMH March DINNER: We continue to have a great time cooking dinner for people at the Hyde Park Ronald McDonald House (5444 South Drexel Avenue, Chicago, IL) so we're doing it again on 1/11/14 starting around 4:30 and finishing around 8:30 with dinner served at 6. It's like a potluck that we all make together at their kitchen, and also feed families of sick kids. [more inside]
Poutine Maintenance*
It's starting to grow a bit chilly. Let's warm ourselves with another poutine meetup!
Post Turkey Glut Goat
December Chicago meetup! [more inside]
It's Mary Mac's Birthday!
Wish Mary Mac a happy birthday and sing your face off next week at the Blue Frog. [more inside]
Ronald McDonald House Hyde Park brunch -- The Brady Brunch
RMH Feburary brunch: We continue to have a great time cooking for people at the Hyde Park Ronald McDonald House (5444 South Drexel Avenue, Chicago, IL) so we're doing it again on 2/9/14 starting around 8:30 and finishing around 11:30 with brunch served at 10. It's like a potluck that we all make together at their kitchen, and also feed families of sick kids. [more inside]
Ronald McDonald House Hyde Park Dinner -- A New Hope
RMH Janurary DINNER: We continue to have a great time cooking dinner for people at the Hyde Park Ronald McDonald House (5444 South Drexel Avenue, Chicago, IL) so we're doing it again on 1/11/14 starting around 4:30 and finishing around 8:30 with dinner served at 6. It's like a potluck that we all make together at their kitchen, and also feed families of sick kids. [more inside]
November Rain Goat
Inquiring minds want to know if the Metafilter Last Supper picture is hanging on the wall at the Goat still. Why don't we check it out and also have a meet-up? [more inside]
A Book Swap. For swapping books.
What say we have a bookswap-type meet-up? Bring a few good books you're willing to part with, and maybe take some new ones home. Like a clothing swap, but with fewer reasons to undress and, hopefully, no embarrassing stains to explain. [more inside]
MeFi Riot Fest Pre-Game?
Surely there must be other MeFites going to RiotFest in Chicago this year. Anyone want to meet up before the Saturday or Sunday show and get some lunch and/or beers before heading in festival?
Billy Goat Gruff
I have a great idea! Let's get together at the classic Chicago bar, the Billy Goat Tavern! [more inside]
November Brunch at Ronald McDonald House
RMH brunch: We're becoming old pro's at this now. Let's do it again and keep that ball rolling. [more inside]
August: Goat County
(Coming up on time, so I figured I go ahead and post this before people started getting anxious.) This is our monthly Chicago meetup as the Billy Goat for those who don't yet know that this is what this is. You should definitely come to this if you did not already know this. It is good. (You should also come if you have already attended and did know this, but I'm not as worried about making you feel comfortable.) [more inside]
Fall Chicago MeFi Formal
This past weekend, EamonDaly and McMikeNamera came up with a great idea -- a Fall Formal where we can put on our fancy duds and have a night on the town together. [more inside]
Pride Parade 2013 LET'S DO IT
Although the Illinois State Senate flaked out on us this year (booooooo), SCOTUS just gave us two more reasons to celebrate equal rights, rainbow flags, and drinking at Pride on Sunday. [more inside]
To the firing range we go!
I got my FOID card a couple of months ago and would like to gauge MeFiChi's interest in an outing to the shooting range. You don't have to own a gun to participate. [more inside]
Get Drunk Blow Things Up
The first Wednesday of July is the 3rd, which means that we have a pre-holiday goatup! I don't know if this means there will be a small showing or a magnificent karaoke fest, but it's TRADITION, so. July 3. GOAT. [more inside]
MeFi hangout during ALA?
Hi all - the American Library Association conference is happening here in Chicago June 27-July 2. IANYL - hell, IANEven*A*L - but it sounds like the type of thing where significant MeFite repping is possible. Should we try for a meetup during the conference?
Goat Song
Goat Song : Chicago is the story of a year in the life of a group of mefites who abandoned their one-bedroom apartments in Chicago to live under Michigan Avenue raise Billy Goats. In poetic, reverent detail, EvilSpork talks of our ancient relationship to the land and our gradual alienation from the Billy Goats that feed us. His fascinating account traces his journey of the choosing of the billy goat, and learning how to breed, brew, and curse the cubs with them. [more inside]
Cooking Dinner at RMH Hyde Park -- tokyo drift
RMH August DINNER: We continue to have a great time cooking dinner for people at the Hyde Park Ronald McDonald House (5444 South Drexel Avenue, Chicago, IL) so we're doing it again on 8/31/13 starting around 4:30 and finishing around 8:30. It's like a potluck that we all make together at their kitchen, and also feed families of sick kids. [more inside]
Meetup
This is last minuteish, I know, but would anyone be interested in a meetup on Wednesday evening?
UPDATE: Confirmed. Looking forward to meeting folks!
Scav 2014?
The University of Chicago's annual scavenger hunt - alternately known as Scav - is an exciting festival of high-weirdness. I really enjoyed this year's incarnation, and would like to field a MeFi team for next year's if that's feasible.
EDIT: I probably can't do this anymore since it's the same time as Eurovision. Alas! [more inside]
Gays of Chicago (and friends)...
So, my mom's dealing with her second round of cancer, and I'm flying back from L.A. to Chicago for a week to deal with all that. I'm going to need a good night of hedonism to take the edge off. It looks like Chances is the place to be, so I'm planning to show up sometime between 10 and 10:30 on Saturday the 4th to werk it out.
(Note: I'll have my brother and my family to help process the heavy stuff, so this night is all about fun and camaraderie and celebrating life. Don't be afraid!)
Gapers Block Annual Karaoke Get-Together
Meet MeFi's own me3dia at Brando's Speakeasy for his annual karaoke get-together! Join Gapers Block staff and readers for drinks and singing after work. [more inside]
National Grilled Cheese Month
April is National Grilled Cheese Month. Let's celebrate together at Cheesies (958 West Belmont Avenue Chicago, IL 60657). [more inside]
Remind me to thank John for a lovely weekend.
JURASSIC PARK IMAX 3D LET'S DO IT PEOPLE. [more inside]
Come Drink with Me!
I used to live in Chicago. I come back a lot, but I've never been to a Chicago meetup. Would anyone like to go out for drinks on Sunday, March 24, at Half Acre Tap Room? [more inside]
Cooking brunch at RMH -- Hyde Park
RMH brunch: Dinner is great and all, but brunch is even better. So let's cook brunch for familes of sick kids at Ronald McDonald House in Hyde Park. [more inside]
Cooking dinner at RMH -- Hyde Park -- electric boogaloo
RMH DINNER: We had a great time cooking dinner for people at the Hyde Park Ronald McDonald House so we're doing it again. It's like a potluck that we all make together at their kitchen, and also feed families of sick kids. [more inside]
March Goat-Up (crush, you can stop twitching now)
OMG! It's my first goat/frog IRL post! [more inside]
Back in Chicago - Thursday 31st
Rossi's It Is!
A last minute trip has me in Chicago this Thursday night. I am staying at the Marriott on Magnificent Mile downtown. I haven't seen you guys in over a year. [more inside]