Are you interested in the ancient heritage and beliefs of Northern European heathenry? Are you interested in Northern European history before the arrival of Christianity? Are you interested in the cultural contributions of Northern Europeans (Germans, Scandinavians, Saxons, Dutch …)? Do you value the Norse/Germanic virtues of loyalty, independence, responsibility, and honor? Are the Norse gods (Odin, Thor, Freya …) a part of your life? Do you want to discuss these interests with like-minded folk …

This 5K Run and 2 mile Walk brings together over 2,600 people to help support the Capuchin Franciscan's ministry to feed the hungry. Over 100,000 meals are provided each year through St. Ben's Community Meal and the House of Peace's Emergency Food Pantry. The 5K run is on a USATF Certified Course, chip timed & scored by CARRS. The non-competitive 2 mile walk goes through Lakeshore State Park (separate course from the running course). After the Run Walk there are drawings for prizes and then all …

This group is for German speakers of all levels. Even non-german speakers, but those who are interested in learning or just the culture. There are more than monthly meetings!

This is a weekly playgroup to encourage kids of all ages to speak German. It is an opportunity for your children to practice speaking German with other children and their parents, and for you to practice your German with native and non-native speakers. Because of the size of the group, it is a generally disorganized but is always a fun and educational playgroup for kids, and a pleasant social activity for the parents. Parents take breaks from their coffee to read a book to the kids in German, an …

Are you a professional from Europe living and working in Chicago? Or are you a professional American or from some other part of the world who has European heritage, loves to travel to Europe or just wants to meet some new people and learn about their cultures! There are lots of meetups here dedicated to foreign cultures and languages but they all seem to meet in the same places every month with not much diversity or it is aimed at speaking the language. I wanted to start a casual and friendly me …

The purpose of this group is to have meetups and exchange our members' language knowledge. We want to invite speakers with an intermediate-to-advanced command of a pair from a list of seven European languages to speak with interlocutors bearing a reciprocal command of such pair and have fun while refreshing/improving their own knowledge.