Camaraderie, Fun,
Learning & Sharing

SAM is a non-sectarian social group of men who are retired or semi-retired.  Members participate in a variety of activities with other men who have similar interests.  Our members come from all over the northern suburbs and Chicago.  Although our meetings are held primarily in the Evanston area, events take place throughout Chicagoland.

C'mon Out

To join SAM all you need is a desire to mix and share and an active e-mail address.  If you would like to attend a couple of our events with no obligation, just send a note to info@samgroupil.org

Get Involved

Activities are started and implemented by members themselves.  Have an activity of special interest to you?  Just put out the word to the group, find others also interested, plan your event and GO.

All Men Over 55
are Welcome!

In addition to the regular focused activities, the entire membership can participate in select social activities and meetings with special topics and speakers.  Your level of participation is based strictly upon your interests.
Click here for a full
list of our activities
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The Roundtable Discussion
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Film Discussion Group
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Book Discussion Group
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Ethnic Lunch Club

General Meeting

When:  March 17
Time: 1:30pm
Where: Beth Emet Synagogue, 1224 Dempster St, in Evanston

Please join us on March 17 at 1:30pm at Beth Emet Synagogue.
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Guests are Welcome

Guest Speaker: Peter Slevin​

Topic: The role of the media – never more important or more fraught - during Trump 2.0

Peter Slevin is  a professor at Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism.
He has spent much of his career writing for newspapers, spending seven years in Europe for The Miami Herald and a decade on the national staff of The Washington Post, where he wrote about foreign policy and later traveled the country with an eye to politics. His portrait of Michelle Obama--Michelle Obama: A Life--was a finalist for the PEN America biography prize and rated as one of Booklist’s top ten biographies of the year.​
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Click here for more information
​and to RSVP.