"Where Europeans and Europhiles can meet and make friends" The aim of this group is to bring together internationally-minded people with a European affinity. Through convivial cross-cultural social gatherings we are building a vibrant circle of cosmopolitan friends who meet, talk, exchange experiences, practice their language skills, or just relax and feel at home. Anyone born in Europe or who has lived there or has some other strong European connection is welcome. If an expatriate, you might ha …

Welcome to Bay Area Social! The purpose of our meetup is to make new friends, have good times and support the arts, charities and local businesses.  What makes our meetup so extraordinary?  Our members!  We have a core group of loyal Bay Area Socialites who continue to build community through regular attendance.  Think carefully about joining our meetup.  Only do so if you intend to participate!  Adding new faces into the mix keeps the group dynamic. Past events have included: **Dining Out (slee …

Meet with people interested in Energy Healing,Reiki,Spirituality,Consciousness,holistic culture and community. Come to various activities in SF +East Bay to heal,learn,connect,play,dance,move,sound,work service projects,help design a better world, and create a community with a holistic model. Some activities that take place at gatherings are: -meditation -dyadic and small group sharing -bonding activities and sharing -learning about energy healing -receiving energy healing/energy healing ex …

Meeting other fabulous and fun girlfriends to hang out with! New in town, make new friends. Happy Bay Area girlfriends, women's social. Girls just wanna have fun. Join our circle of genuine 20s and 30s females, and let's have a good time! We are fun loving girlfriends. We have big hearts filled with passion and love! We are ladies who enjoy cocktails, girls night out, dancing, music, happy hour, and having fun in life! We are professional women with substance Who are willing to make a difference …

Meet other locals to discuss your spiritual path. Share your most profound and transformational personal experiences and talk about ways to incorporate spirituality into your life. Open to people of all faiths and cultures! This group's purpose/mission is to promote spiritual awareness. About Maria Haswell (The Organizer): http://www.mariahaswell.com

This group is to bring together kindred souls interested in learning about and meeting people from different parts of the world while doing activities around the bay area that differ from just the ordinary Bar/club scene. There might always be the occasional happy hr, but our avenues will also be range from food, books, music, movies, museums, or Lectures, and all the while, stimulating conversation. The goal is expanding knowledge of the beautiful area we live in, as well as possibly thru cultu …

Friendships, family and community are some of the most precious things to me. This group is about forming new friendships, enriching our everyday lives and sharing who we are with each other and the community. This group offers a wide range of activities, including; game nights, potlucks, cooking demonstrations, meet and greet nights, movie nights (at home and at the theater), inspiration, crafts, volunteering, book clubs, cultural events, trips to Calistoga, Reno ext. a yearly murder mystery pa …

Come to practice English or any foreign language. We gather informally to chat, make new friends, learn about other cultures and maybe find a language exchange partner. Come share your English or foreign language skills while socializing and meeting interesting and worldy people. Languages you may hear at our events are English, Spanish, Korean, French, Chinese, Portuguese, Japanese, Turkish, Italian, Arabic, German, Thai, Russian and much more!

The aim of the monthly Men's Wisdom Circle is to encourage men of all cultures, faiths and backgrounds to come together as brothers to explore, deepen, share and enjoy the spiritual beings that we are. Through these conversations we will break down barriers that exist within and between us so that we can play our part in creating a peaceful, authentic and loving world. Eventually, we expect self-awareness programs for men to become just as common and popular as women's programs. Men's need for s …

Zumba Building Bridges and Community Circles This meetup group includes Zumba Teachers, DJs, Zumba Fans and Community Circles Fans in the San Francisco Bay Area who are building and becoming a part of unique cultural groups centered around Fitness and Music. It is sponsored by Building Bridges, a California non-profit organization that supports music, arts and fitness in our schools and community. What is Zumba? Zumba a registered trademark of Zumba Fitness LLC.   Zumba teachers train and re …

We are a group of people live in palo alto, menlo park, silicon valley area. We are a circle of friends: Who are interesting in exploring in Palo Alto/silicon valley, making new friends, involving in startups, networking with professionals, passionating about body+ soul, giving back to community, finding our neighbors, and more. We are gathering together: For food & drinks, themed events, outdoor activities, games, professional networking, etc. Cool? Join us and be part of our circle, And please …

Rhythm connects us to ourselves, to community and to life! Let's have fun learning FUNdamentals of rhythm theory, basic rhythms from other cultures as well as ways to create and improvise rhythmically and musically. These Meetups are usually twice a month in the Terra Linda area of San Rafael. No previous experience or drum required! Master drum facilitator, Mika Scott will provide a variety of percussion instruments along with clear instructions that can be used by beginner or experienced drumm …

We read and discuss books that are rooted in or inspired by history in all its shapes and colors. Fiction and non-fiction, both scholarly and popular. Stories that re-create the past. Journalists who tell us "what happened". Interpreters who openly argue a point of view or seek to illuminate the present through the past. There are also many opportunities to leave our armchairs for fun history-focused field trips to museums, walking tours, films, theater, author lectures, etc. For our book discus …

Do you have connections and roots to the Caribbean? If so, please join Caribbean Connections, a group of Caribbean friends in the Bay Area!  In addition to other events, we have a monthly potluck in Golden Gate park to share food from our communities, dance, and make new friends. Our group reflects the diversity of the Caribbean...from Puerto Rico to St. Lucia, everyone is welcome!

Meet, greet, draw, paint and sketch at parks, gardens, museums and cafes. Occasionally we might take a trip to San Francisco, but primarily, this will be centered in the East Bay.

Whether you're young or old, we have a story. Telling your story or  reading a play aloud together can be lots of fun and a great way to meet new characters. Our goal is to bring people of different backgrounds together to experience the fun, drama and the joy of story-telling. Whether you want to tell a story, read a play, take on a big role or you want to listen along, you're welcome here!

I hope to use this meetup group to act as a one stop shop for Native American themed events happening in the Bay Area including Pow Wows, conferences, concerts, ceremonies, seminars, festivals, and any other gatherings. The group is open to everybody and please feel free to submit your event to me directly to add to the calendar!

This is a group of those interested in the Latin language - i.e. the Language spoken in the Roman empire and the great poets Cicero, Virgil, Ovid and Lucretius. The idea is to meet, read in Latin and experience this great language.

The Endeavor Foundation for the Arts seeks to support the arts in the GLBT community through individual grants and scholarships. Our aim is to not only support artists and students of the GLBT community, but also to educate the larger population about talented GLBT persons by bringing their artistic expressions to life and to help provide them with a pathway to successful careers

We are Latinas in the East Bay interested in friendship, socializing, networking and supporting each other. Open to all who are new to the bay, those who were born and raised here, and everything in between.  This group is for those who want to expand their circle of friends with other Latinas who can share and relate to their life experiences, goals and interests.

Friendship Circle is about real women developing real friendships. We are fun loving, down-to-earth, upbeat, and want to develop and maintain long lasting bonds. Our goal is to host 3 to 4 events per month. Most events will be for smaller groups up to 10 people in order to provide a more comfortable setting to get to know each other. About 4 to 6 times per year we will host a larger event so we can all come together. The majority of events will take place in the East Bay, from Oakland on down to …

We are a group of mothers, daughters, healers and artists who treasure wellness as the most precious gift and believe that healing comes from many different places: from the sun, rain, wind; from beauty and love; from art and poetry; from plants and kind hands; from knowledge and intuition; from indigenous culture and scientific minds; we are beautiful women who gather to share, to learn, to rest and to inspire. please watch our video from the 2012 conference http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLHim …

We gather monthly to spend time in community with those who are interested in chanting from various global cultures. We chant in various languages, such as Sanskrit, Arabic, English, Latin, etc.... We invite various musicians from the surrounding bay area to lead and to co-lead chants. It is a sharing circle, so we encourage you to bring and share a chant of your choosing. We have potluck for the first hour 7 - 8 pm and chant from 8 - 10 pm in a cozy home atmosphere. We meet in a private residen …

Calling All Cosplayers! Let's get together between conventions - we can hang out, talk about our costumes, sew together, make props together, teach each other, and meet new people! This group will mostly be for cosplay-related outings: sewing circles, prop days, fabric hunting trips, and things like that. Maybe we can even have lectures from local awesome costumers? After all, there's always something new to learn!

I am interested in having a group where people can exchange ideas, offer support and hold each other accountable. I called this meet up thrive or die because that's my motto for 2013 and I am looking for some like minded individuals to join in the fun. This group is perfect for anyone who wants more out of life. It really doesn't matter what project or goal you are working towards as long as you are committed to it. I think sometimes it helps to get outside of your everyday routine and immediate …

In this group we will come together to write true stories from our lives.  In our writing we will hold the intention of connecting the external events playing out in the stories we tell with our internal experience. Our aim is to unearth our interior selves and to realize we are not alone in our joys and our struggles. Each meeting will be structured with multiple timed writing sessions followed by a period to share what we have written and receive feedback if we wish. The group will take place …

Emerging Arts Professionals/SFBA is a network focused on empowerment, leadership, and growth of next generation arts and culture workers in the San Francisco Bay Area through knowledge sharing, learning opportunities, and partnerships. Emerging Arts Professionals/SFBA’s events connect Bay Area arts and culture workers to each other, to the field at large, and to emerging ideas within and around it. Attendees can develop their skills, connect with peers, and find ways to sustain their commitment …

This is a group started with the express purpose of trying to create a network among the many Probashi Bangalis living in the Bay Area. They all seem to congregate during a Durga Pujo celebration and mysteriously thereafter, go into hibernation for the rest of the year. At least that is the way I feel. Maybe it is a function of the fact that their numbers are so low that the probability of running into someone at random is exceedingly low. I, for one, refuse to believe that. Maybe it is my own f …