PLANNING PARTY - with Pizza! (Uptown)

Calling All Volunteers! 

We are looking for new volunteers who can bring fresh ideas and energy to our current events while encouraging more club members to get involved. 

Let’s continue to move forward with innovative events and ideas.

Below are some areas where we would greatly appreciate member involvement:

Existing and New Events:

• “Urban Coffee Culture” This is a NEW event for Coffee Lovers
• Dine-Outs: A dinner favorite that will stay on our calendar.
• “Just Lunch”: NEW name, same lunch events.
• “SunnySide Up”: NEW name, but different fun and interesting breakfast events.
• Monthly Open-Social: We will keep this regular monthly event at Ann Sather’s, until further notice.
• Bar Night:  Monthly Sunday Night Social Big Chicks, Food & Cocktails.
• Let’s go to the Movies:  Kick a NEW Tagline for Movie Events.  These will stay, with additions of independent queer films, local plays, and comedies.
• Whats’s Free Events: We will look for more free events to keep costs down.
• Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert Series: A favorite that will stay on the calendar for Wednesday Afternoons.
• Mexican Train Dominoes: Status on this monthly group.  Is it ever open to others to learn how to play for beginners?
• Chicago PrimeTimers BookClub:  Is this something we could do on our own, no one signs up for it when it is not our event.
• Summer Trips: Possible trips, Saugatuck, MI. Day Trips.
• Multi-Chapter PrimeTimers^® Events: PTWW has created guidelines and is encouraging different types of events with nearby chapters.
• Summer Picnics
• Holiday Events:

Federal holidays of 2025

• Monday, May 26: Memorial Day?
• Thursday, June 19: Juneteenth?
• Friday, July 4: Independence Day?
• Monday, Sept. 1: Labor Day?
• Tuesday, Nov. 11: Veterans Day?
• Thursday, Nov. 27: Thanksgiving Day Done.
• Thursday, Dec. 25: Christmas Day Done.

Non-federal holidays of 2025

• Wednesday, Jan. 29: Chinese New Year.. NEW. We should do something for this.
• Friday, Feb 14: Valentine's Day..  Joey. I will think about this again for 2025.
• Tuesday, March 4: Mardi Gras..  NEW. This could be way to fun.
• Friday, March 14: Holi
• Monday, March 17: St. Patrick's Day..  MAYBE. All those Irish members.
• Sunday, April 20: Easter Sunday… NEW.  Eater Bonnets Competition.
•  Monday, May 5: Cinco de Mayo… NEW. We really need to do this.
• Sunday, May 11: Mother's Day
• Sunday, June 15: Father's Day
• Monday, Oct 20: Diwali
• Friday, Oct 31: Halloween… NEW. A party or gathering somewhere, inside.  
• Sunday, Dec 14: Hanukkah begins
• Thursday Dec 25: Christmas Day… We got this covered.
• Thursday Jan 1: New Year's Day.. Something NEW.  Could be fun.

Register to join us today!