Chicago, IL reporting in.
DJSend of Naperville,
There are a couple of good venues where you can play - Q's Billiards in Darien, IL (not too awfully far from you) has weekly DYP's and there's also Mullin's Bar in the Wrigleyville neighborhood in Chicago proper - they usually have practices every Tues. evening. Avoid it like the plague, however, if there's a Cubs game going on - it's about 1 1/2 blocks south of Wrigley Field on Clark - forget parking anywhere in the vicinity and be prepared to deal with suburban (no offense!) drunken idiots if you are brave enough to venture into that area.
For local foos postings, try this site:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/chicagolandfoosball/I hope you make it out to Q's, which really is the best place for you to get the most practice - good tables and excellent players hang out there. You really should try to spar against these folks - this is home to PM's Terry Moore, Tiffany Moore, Tony Bacon, Don Chalifoux, Frank Kronkowski, Pros John Merkel, Rob Pianovski, Mike Belovesick, Don Hines etc, as well as a whole slew of up and coming Rookies who are looking very good. Welcome to the Windy City - hope to see you out and about!