Chicago Leather Club has a lot going on in 2012! With our decade dash celebration scheduled for September 1st, thats now less than 9 months and time is ticking! We're all busy planning lots of fun and excitement, and of course, the cocktail parties! More information will be coming in February about registration and scheduling. We're also very excited to have our calendar updated through 2012 to the Dash. We're still in planning for an educational event or a fundraiser, bar night or two. You...

It's the holidays and that means it's time for CLC's Annual General Meeting! This year, we're meeting on Dec 4th (Sunday) from 3pm onwards and we'll be having it at a private home. Come meet the 2012 officers, hear about our great 2011 and enjoy some holiday cheer and FOOD! We're also excited that we'll be announcing something special for our decade anniversary in 2012! For more information, contact info@chicagoleatherclub.org for RSVP and location information. Hope to see all of our members...

 Last night at the LRA semi-annual Member's Meeting, Chicago Leather Club presented their colors to the LRA. We are grateful for the support that the LRA has given us over the years, as well as their continued educational and outreach programs to the greater Chicago leather/levi/kink community. Establishing these bonds within our community are important, as CLC and LRA share similar missions and goals. We are very proud to identify the LRA as a place we support and feel a...

Chicago Leather Club and friends helped organize Tribe Remembrance Day in Chicago on Sept 23d. We had a remembrance book, candles and people who were there to talk to others and help them to feel welcome. CLC is grateful that  a number of people came out to be with us and share their thoughts and memories and leave messages in the Remembrance Book. We're going to leave the Remembrance Book at the Leather Archives & Museum and do this again next year. In 2012, the first day of...

As part of a group of clubs and bars nationwide, the Chicago Leather Club is organizing the Chicago participation in the TRIBE DAY, a Day of Leather Remembrance and Celebration on Friday, September 23rd, the first day of autumn in the United States. Autumn is a season of change and death, as well as a celebration of Life and nature. We all have lost friends and family within our Leather Community, and as a community. As a community, we can come together to ensure those lost are memorialized...

 The next business meeting will be at Saturday, July 9th, from 4 to 6pm, which is open to all members - associates, full, honorary and friends of the club. (Contact Master Michael or angie for location details.)    After that, we'll be going to dinner and having another fun night out with a visit to the local drinking holes. All are invited! We had a blast last time and a bartender got some nice welts from belts, so who knows what might happen!

 CLC is planning a roadtrip in July! We'll be heading up to Minneapolis on July 15th/16th/17th to hang out and party with the Knights of Leather. All members, associates and FoCs are invited - let's make the CLC/Knights reunion a great one! Contact us for details.

Yesterday, CLC held its 8th Annual General Meeting at the LRA. We had a few folks brave the cold wintry weather to come join in a potluck dinner, lots of conversation and laughs. Thank you to all who came and shared, it was so much fun! CLC would also like to thank the LRA and it's Board for graciously allowing us to host our AGM. CLC had a great year in 2010 - we had members attend three runs: Spring MACC - Conductors, Nashville TN, Fall MACC - Corn Haulers, Des Moines IA and the...

CLC will be holding the Annual General Meeting at the LRA on December 12th from 4pm to 6pm. We'll be having a potluck dinner and presenting the new officers at this meeting, as well as talking about plans for 2011, and reviewing 2010's accomplishments. To that end, we'd like to get a tentative headcount on who will be joining us, as well as any dietary concerns and what you would be willing to bring to the potluck? Please feel free to bring significant others, friends and interested folks...

Our next business meeting will be November 13th from 6pm to 7pm at Jackhammers (Clark/Devon). All members are encouraged to attend, associates and full alike. We'll be discussing the Annual meeting in December as well as plans for 2011. After that, we'll be doing a dinner/pub crawl from 7pm to whenever! Come hang out and have a fun evening checking out the late autumn nightlife! We'll be looking for all the fun places to hang out, some come with recommendations! Michael S is collecting toys...

CLC is sharing a bar night with the Rodeo Riders this Friday at Touche. This will be one of the last bar nights that the Rodeo Riders will have as they are hanging it up this year. It would be really great to see people come out and share some fellowship and CLC-leather-spirit with our brothers from the Rodeo Riders. Here's the details: Chicago Leather Club is having a bar night with Rodeo Riders Chicago on Friday September 24, 2010, around 10 p.m. or so. The hosting bar is Touche,...

We're gearing up for a lot of things going on this year! April 23rd, CLC will be presenting "What are Back Patch clubs" at the LRA's "What is Leather" monthly education class at 9.30pm. Michael has been doing some research on the history of back patch clubs and DaddyT will be talking about her experiences as well. This is a great time to come out and represent! All CLC members/guests can be guested to stay at the LRA following the presentation. April 24th will be a...

We'd like to thank our brothers from the Conductors for hosting a wonderful run! It was a great event, filled with meeting old friends and making new friends with all who attended. We're counting days till September when we'll be heading to Iowa for the Corn Haulers' 34th anniversary run and Fall MACC meeting. Also, special congrats to our run virgins who "cleaned up" the games awards! Here are some pictures from the event Daddy T, slave angie, Master MichaelS angie, Michael...

Congratulations to Master Rick for being honored with the Leatherman's Heart Award presented at South West Leather Conference in Phoenix, AZ the weekend of January 22-24, 2010. Your brothers and sisters in leather are very proud of you!

Chicago Leather Club is pleased to announce a new addition to the CLC website - the Chicago Leather History Timeline. "The purpose of this timeline (as a subset of the Leather History Timeline found at the Leather Archives & Museum) was to focus on the history of leather within Chicago, and research/include as many sub-communities to be found within. As an ongoing service to the Chicago community, CLC will host the Chicago Leather timeline and update it periodically."...

2009 has been a tough year! Come join us Sunday, January 10th from 3pm to 7pm for a potluck dinner as Chicago Leather Club celebrates another full year and all of us making it through these really tough times. We will be presenting our two newest full members as well as the new slate of officers serving CLC in 2010. We'll also be having a "Hard Luck" (white elephant or dollar store) gift exchange. The dinner will be held at the LRA - 6525 North Clark Street, in the Rogers Park...

In November 2009, Chicago Leather Club donated $200 to the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation [http://www.toysfortots.org]. In past years, CLC members have participated in the Chicagoland Toys for Tots Motorcycle Parade. This year, we continue the tradition of giving back by giving directly to the Foundation to provide toys to help the Marines stand behind their "Every Child Deserves a Little Christmas" pledge. For more information about the Chicago chapter of Toys for Tots, visit...

CLC is still alive and kicking! We've updated our website and we're still going strong. We hope you like the new look. We've got a new calendar to the left where you can quickly find our next meeting, event or fundraiser!

The next Mid-America Council of Clubs (MACC) meeting will be held in Akron OH at the Iron Eagles & the Rangers run - Leather Bowl 2009. The run goes from Fri. Oct 16th through Sun. Oct 18th. Join us as we travel to Ohio for a great time!