Sharing our dreams, ambitions, skills and works. All levels of interest are encouraged, from those just curious about "the arts," to amateurs and published or shown artists. We all have something to teach, a unique gift for the world, drawn from our personal life experience. This community is about learning how to - Express ourselves more completely and comfortably - Develop our craft, techniques and presentations - Support one another in being successful An open and supportive group of Cr …

This group was created to join together sound healers and musicians who play freely from an intent of peace, joy, love and healing. If you're a sound artist, musician, sound healer, and spiritual creative type, then join. Together we will create and share songs, improvised performances, and exchange our services and resources.

Coming together to support our businesses and self-care, thereby enriching our ability to be of service to our constituents. Networking for collective wisdom and knowledge around business strategy, customer development, marketing, internet and social media, collaboration across disciplines, jobs listings and more. A focus on holistic, preventative, integrative, lifestyle offerings: Nutrition, Life Coaches, Yoga, Movement, Acupuncture & Chinese Medicine, Naturopathic doctors, Ayurveda, Expres …

Welcome to SF Weekly's Signature Events! You will now be in-the-know first hand on what's coming up that is local, fun and for a good cause. Please do not hesitate to contact me with any questions! See you on the scene! Event Organizer for other groups including Asians Eat Drink Laugh and Repeat in San Francisco. http://www.meetup.com/Asians-EDLR/

The purpose of this group is to provide a fun atmosphere  to share  activities like movies, happy hours, hikes, and wine tasting etc.. with new and old friends.

LOOKING FOR A WOMEN'S NETWORK REFERRAL GROUP TO CONNECT WITH? The San Mateo Women’s Leads Club is a well established group that has been meeting over 15 years. The sole purpose of the Leads group is to assist women business owners increase their business through weekly networking referral meetings. Since meetings are 1 ¼ hour, a minimum of time is expanded to accomplish this goal. ABOUT US We attract friendly, dynamic, success-oriented business women who are devoted to not only increasing their …

Wondering what "life coaching" is all about? Are you standing at a threshold and asking, "What's next?" for you in your life? Wanting to connect with some clear-minded, sincere, and supportive people? Come into the circle! After years of Ivy-League education and living my life based on Other People's Expectations, I have finally learned some tools that work for bringing me in touch with my own source of inner peace, joy, and freedom, to live life on my own terms. I'm excited to share these with …

Norcal Self Defense is a group open to all who wish to share, learn and practice simple, realistic, practical techniques and mind set for the purpose of self defense and personal safety. Anyone who wishes to join us is welcome. All ages and levels of fitness can participate. No prior martial arts training is needed. All of us have the right to feel safe and to avoid harm from anyone who seeks to control or injure us. Anyone who would like to join us to practice and share is most welcome. I began …

Welcome! We are a diverse group of open-minded people with interests that are somewhat unusual.  Our hope is for the Geek Club (Peninsula Chapter) to be a place for meeting like-minded people with which to go on adventures or just hang out.  Most of our events are very laid-back, so don't be afraid to jump right in. Our group definition of geeky is fairly broad.  Anything off the beaten track:  anime, computers, science and science fiction, cult films, unusual art processes, fighting robots and …

Do you wish you were making more art, or even any art at all? Does your stomach turn inside out at the thought of a blank canvas? Or do you have a heck of a time completing a project? Do you find the artistic process at times absorbing and gratifying and at other times miserable and uncertain? Do you want to keep making art anyway? Would you like a bit of support from others who struggle with the same issues? This is not, I repeat, NOT a group for critiquing each other's work. This is a g …

This group is for Asian men and women  to make new Asian friends while dining out (restaurants, potlocks, picnics, and fine dining), exploring and participating in indoor as well as outdoor adventures and activities, (hiking, camping, fishing, kayaking, tennis, soccer, golf, volleyball, basketball, badminton, rock climbing, paintball, billiards, karaoke, ballroom dancing, archery, horseback riding, sports events, movies, concerts, musicals, museums, art exhibits, coffee socials, wine tasting, ph …

WELCOME to the PTK-Peninsula meet-up. This group has been established to provide training in the combat system of Pekiti-Tirsia kali and to promote the Filipino warrior culture in the Bay. We train with discipline in weaponry (long blade, knife, and stickfighting) as well empty hand combat (pangamut, dumog). Our focus is self-preservation, survival, physical and mental fitness. PTK-Peninsula is the only group authorized by Tuhon Tim Waid and The Pekiti-Tirsia Kali Global Organization to offer th …

This group is open to all people interesting in learning or extending their martial arts.  Xin Yi Dao is a training system rooted in Che and Dai family Xingyi Quan.  Exercises from Old form Bagua Zhang and Taiji Quan are used to emphasize body mechanics vital for correct technique. Each practice session, one of the group leaders will take the group thru drills for a specific martial skill (ie sticking, bridging, twining). The group leaders are senior students of Grand Master Li Tailiang. More in …

Catch up, hang out, exchange ideas. This is a really chill no fuss meetup for all film, video, art, music people. Meetup with some peeps talking about your project or listen to works in progress.  This is nothing heavy.  We just want to create a crash pad for people in the Bay. We like El Rio - $1 PBRs and $2 Wells

We gather in each other's homes to foster life-long friendships, while teaching each other how to make treasures from trash. Always $5 ~ ALL AGES WELCOME! ~ YELP REVIEWS:  http://www.yelp.com/biz/diamonds-in-the-rough-a-creative-cooperative-meetup-daly-city Past projects:   paper beads, records to bowls, earrings/bracelets/pins, clocks from objects, succulent living wreaths, coil baskets, shaggy rag rugs, no sew table runners, make a lamp, rain chains, starburst mirrors, garden candle lanterns, …

Welcome to San Francisco I Liq Chuan practice group. The training is intended for students of all levels interested in learning the art. I Liq Chuan, martial art of awareness, is an art of cultivating consciousness based on Tai Chi and Zen principles, in other words the practice of moving meditation. The philosophy underlying I Liq Chuan involves the very simple concept of making an active choice to be fully aware of the present moment, by being aware of the sounds around you, your breathing, yo …

We are San Francisco’s premiere destination for learning how to become a great photographer while touring San Francisco’s incredible neighborhoods. Walk San Francisco and learn about its iconic history, and the culture behind each neighborhood. Are you tired of not having your photos turn out? Then get the five basic techniques for taking awesome photographs. In just two short hours, you will not only be visually inspired to learn the history of San Francisco and the beauty of each neighborhood, …

To all the painters, and those who wish they could paint, in the Bay Area, join this group and participate in paint sessions and workshops in the spacious and sunny Studio Teobi, San Francisco. Take painting classes with former Artist Fellow of the de Young Museum Todd Thomas Brown (workshop series "The Art of Not Knowing"), and also join the painters club every Tuesday... All in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere with good music!

If you do any kind of Embroidery or needlework you are most welcome. We will be meeting monthly often with organised workshops for you to perfect your current skills or learn a new one.

Welcome! We are a group of tai chi (taiji) and chi kung (qigong) enthusiasts who gather together in a beautiful park setting in Belmont to practice the ancient arts of tai chi and chi kung for health, meditation, and martial ability. When practiced with consistency the arts of tai chi and chi kung help to strengthen the body, the internal organs, and the immune system, improve balance and agility, build up the protective qi (energy) field, and bring quietude to the mind, ultimately helping promo …

Do you love the art of glass fusing? Then this is the group for you. My hope for this groups to to bring glass lovers together of all ages to discuss new products, techniques and try hands on experiments. If you have a home studio, external studio, no studio or just an enthusiast this is the group for you.. I look forward to meeting you.

Graphic Designers, Illustrators, Advertisers, Photographers, Sculptors, Animators and the rest... STEP AWAY FROM THE [Computer, Canvas, Sketchbook, Camera, etc.] and come out for some socializing and networking with like minded creative types. Our intention is to have a friendly environment where we can all share stories of our artistic passion, network for possible collaboration and hopefully make some real friends with similar interests.

This group is created to facilitate Growth Hacking practices to allow businesses to accelerate growth in a defined metric. Growth hacking is the art and science of creatively fostering awareness, traction, adoption, engagemant, new customers and advocacy using unorthodox and surprising means (many digital). It’s quite literally a hack for traditional processes to accelerate business. The vision of this group is to hold events and meet ups where entrepreneurs with established businesses get toget …

Calling all Bay Area Seniors! Welcoming 60 and above, ASMCS will have activities of hi and low level adventures and events. Such thing like; art walks, coffee shop, chess, park strolls, playing golf, hike, movies and a bite. All with good comfort and lots of fun. We are based in San Mateo, but call the whole Bay Area our home. We look forward to meeti

Nature designed our bodies to climb mountains, outrun predators, nourish itself from the Earth and defend itself from virus. So why do so many of us spend our lives sitting in traffic or at a desk? Walk in shoes that hurt our feet? Eat foods manufactured with toxins? Pop pills when our body is sick? We are starting this meet up to reconnect with a lifestyle of wellness, rooted in knowledge and wisdom of ancient health and healing traditions. We want to get people together to participate in activ …

I love crossfit but it is so expensive. I also like yoga and boot camp stuff. Those workouts more than anything have made me feel so good. There is nothing better than good health. I am looking for other like minded people who want to do a taxing workout. I am no workout guru, not certified for anything. I have been trying to join a gym or something to get more fit and the workout that I want is up to $250-300 a month... But seriously, that is my budget to live on AFTER I pay the rent. Like most …

Hi! This group is for those creative types interested in expressing their three dimensional dreams into way cool videos using Adobe After Effects. Our primary focus is on creating beautiful worlds in 3D with AE, not so much on compositing and green screens. Not big on war on violence, just projecting our visions of sanity and beauty with a big "wow" factor for those who see our work. We welcome all skill levels to the wonderful world of 3D animation in Adobe After Effects. Come join the laughter …

Join us on a fun film project! Its a party we serve free food and drinks at every meet up! Our way of saying thanks for your interest in our project. As a response to challenged books listed in the Huffington Post, like Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, along with Twilight, Captain Underpants, Harry Potter and many others, we have decided to produce a documentary/drama on HD video to address banned books in U.S. This film project will demonstrate how books become challenged and eventually banned …