Chicago Rubbermen

Sheesh...this newsletter is LITTERED with links! Must be a busy month.

Chicago Rubbermen Meet & Greet at IML
IML is upon us! To help you start it off right, join us at our annual Meet & Greet party at IML. Our event is on Friday, May 25 from 7PM to 9PM in the Acapulco Room at the Hyatt Regency Chicago. There will be a cash bar and your Chicago Rubbermen will be there to lube you up and make you slick and shiny for the fun weekend ahead. We created aFacebook Event Page for it, too. We look forward to seeing you there! Additional IML weekend details can be found on the IML website.

Mister International Rubber at IML
Mister International Rubber is off and running! Check out the MIR booth at IML, visit with the current MIR 2012 Sly Hands, and get more information about the contest weekend and buy your weekend package early. And I bet there will be lots of rubbery eye candy...there always is. Mmm, shiny.

Mister Midwest Rubber Coming July 20-22
Work is already underway for this summer's Mister Midwest Rubber contest, hosted each year by Touché bar. Save the date(s): Fun kicks off on Friday, July 20, contest on Saturday, July 21, and Beer Bust on Sunday, July 22! Interested in competing? YOUcould be the next Mister Midwest Rubber! Contact us by email or send us a direct message on Twitter and we'll make sure you get an application. We hope to have more information up on our website soon, too.

Chicago Rubbermen Turn Six! July 14
We can't believe it's almost time for our 6-year Anniversary! Join us on Saturday, July 14 at the Cell Block for a hot and sweaty night in rubber. More information will be coming soon - check out our website and look for your June newsletter for details.


Stay shiny, Rubbermen - I can see my reflection!

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April Bar Night ...Aaaaand we're back! Happy spring to all, now let's get geared up! Our next bar night is on Saturday, April 21 at Mary's Attic. That's right - a new bar to explore! The upstairs bar located at 5400 North Clark Street is a great venue and they are super excited to host us this month! Enter via the purple door next to the restaurant on Clark and climb to the top of the stairs. Looking forward to seeing everyone there! The fun starts at 10:30 PM. (here's a nifty map) Rubber Action From Around The World Congratulations to Jason, your new Mr. New England Rubber. And Sly, the current Mister International Rubber is on the move, too! Sly recently blogged our way from over in Amsterdam. Check out his blog and Facebook page - he always has such hot adventures...And what's going on here in the Midwest? Mister Midwest Rubber, of course! Work is already underway for this summer's Mister Midwest Rubber contest, hosted each year byTouché bar. Save the date(s): Fun kicks off on Friday, July 20 for the meet and greet, Saturday night contest, and a Sunday beer bust. Interested in competing? YOU could be the next Mister Midwest Rubber! Contact us by email or send us a direct message on Twitter and we'll make sure you get an application. We hope to have more information up on our website soon, too. IML Is Coming! Don't forget to start your International Mister Leather weekend off with us at our annual greet the meat cocktail party. We're proud to host in the same place at the same time as last year: Acapulco Room of the Hyatt on Friday, May 25 from 7 to 9 PM. Cash bar provided by the hotel and gear shining services courtesy of the Chicago Rubbermen. We look forward to seeing you there all shined up! The event is listed on our Facebook page, too.

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March Bar Night
Our next bar night is on St. Patrick's Day this year! I'm sure you think of rubber when you think of St. Pat's Day (clearly) so we've added a liquid latex demo to the evening. Come out to Touche (click here for a map) on Saturday, March 17 starting at 10:30 PM for some rubbery fun and see how to paint on liquid latex! We will be treated to the expertise of an out of town guest It's a fun sight to watch the transformation from unassuming hottie into a slick rubber kinkster, so come on by and watch the fun!

Mister Florida Rubber Recap
From the awesome crowd over at Leatherati: Saturday night, the finale of the contest was hosted by the Depot. Andy Segaloff, co-owner of Mr. Florida Rubber made the Wet Rubber scene possible as contestants took the stage to compete in the new MFR shower. The evening ended with the Mystery Bag competition and the announcement of Bronte as the new Mr. Florida Rubber and Pup Mud as 1st Runner Up." Check out Leatherati's site for more coverage of the weekend and congratulations to all who participated, we bet it was good, hot fun!

New Chicago Rubbermen Photos
We had some hot times at the February Bar Night! Our night out was on the same night as the Pig Troff Gear Party and we had some good times! Check out our photos page for a taste of how the evening went.

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February Bar Night
Our next bar night is coming up! Join us on Saturday, February 25 at the Jackhammer (click me for a map if you're into that sort of thing). And you're in luck: the party is on the same night as Jackhammer's Pigs At The Troff party, so get ready for a pigfest. Cover is $10 - be prepared for some hot sweaty fun!

Mr. New England Rubber
Are you headed to Mr. New England Rubber? Check outwww.mrnewenglandrubber.com for details about the weekend and get to know some of the hottest kinksters on the East Coast! The two-day event begins on Friday, March 30 in Boston. They've also got an event page on their Facebook group page.

New Chicago Rubbermen Photos
Check out our photos from the January 2012 bar night up now on our photos page! If you have photos from past events, send them to us. We are happy to put them on our site if you have permission to share them with us.

And as always, stay shiny, Rubbermen.

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January Bar Night & Rubber Jock Strap Contest
It's time for our January bar night! If you haven't been able to join us in January, you're in for a treat: our annual Rubber Jock Strap Contest is a great way to start our rubber bar night year off with some rubber and some skin. Join us on Saturday, January 28th at the Cell Block (Map: 3702 North Halsted) for a fun night of showing off your favorite rubber jock and win some cash! First, second, and third place cash and bar tab prizes will be awarded. Fun starts at 11PM and we look forward to seeing you there!

Mid-Atlantic Leather Weekend
If you're going to Mid-Atlantic Leather this weekend of January 13-16 in Washington, DC then you know there will be plenty of rubber guys out and about. If any of you are headed that way, be sure to send us your photos to chicagorubbermen@gmail.com and we'll post them on our site. If you haven't checked it out lately, our photo page is growing! Check it out and enjoy the weekend in DC!

Mister International Rubber's Blog

Yours, mine, and our Mister International Rubber, Si ( we made the title red on purpose >:) ) has launched his new blog! We couldn't be more proud of him and we're excited to see what he's up to. Check him out here and put him in your feed reader, your website, your pants... It's a great read and we'll keep updating you on our Facebook page and on Twitter.

Our Events Calendar Goes Live!
If you haven't seen it already, we got our events calendar lined up for all of 2012! We know you like to plan ahead so check our our public calendar! You can export it to your own Google calendar, iCal, or Outlook. Visit our website or use tany of hese public links: XML | iCAL | HTML. (Oh and if anyone wants to embed our calendar on their website we'll totally be your best friend.)

And as always, stay shiny, rubbermen.

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