I just moved from Chicago and am curious.
Relatedly, a data science meetup in Broomfield, CO has a half Spark / half Julia night <http://www.meetup.com/Data-Science-Business-Analytics/events/211746812/> coming up Wednesday Nov 5th, with Galen O'Neil running the Julia half. No idea what the crowd is like, but I'm sure it wouldn't hurt to show up.
