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Volume 2026 ◆ July 11

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For Beginners

A Chicago brewery sets a beginner mah jongg night

A Mahjong 101 session for first-timers is on the calendar at Dovetail Brewery for July 22.

A beginner-friendly Mahjong 101 class is scheduled for Dovetail Brewery in Chicago on Wednesday, July 22 at 6:30 p.m., per a listing on The Mahjong Society's public event calendar.

The evening is pitched at newcomers, one more entry in a summer where learn-to-play sessions keep turning up in unexpected rooms, from senior centers to breweries.

Prim's read: the door to the table is opening a little wider this year, and that is a welcome thing. A first hand has to start somewhere.

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More from the table

At the Table

A Longboat Key charity tournament debuts this month

The Paradise Center will hold its first mah jongg competition on July 24 and 25, a Florida community paper reports.

July 11, 2026 · Your Observer

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