MISSION The Artists' Rights Movement's (ARM) mission is to strengthen laws that protect artists, improve working conditions for artists, increase funding for the arts and protect free speech. We are building a national network to change public policy about art in America. This is a great group for artist, art professionals, students, art enthusiasts, lawyers, and retirees who want to be involved in cutting edge art, politics, law, media, and government. Artist = Anyone who sings, photographs, …

Come and draw the models, drink and mingle with other artists! Each workshop will be themed.  You don't have to be a professional artist to join, just someone that wants to try figure drawing and likes to mingle with other artists.   Some of the events will feature different people's art.

Bare Bones is an art space and gallery in Bristol, CT. We host exhibit receptions, open mic nights, poetry and prose readings, and other cultural events. We display and sell art from local artists. Bare Bones' mission is to create and to grow Bristol's arts community. Our address is 156 School St, Bristol, CT 06010 and you can visit our facebook page /barebonesbristol, tweet us @barebonesct, or view our website at barebonesbristol.com

Be the artist of your life, We are about new friendships through the common interest of art and creativity! Creativity is not valued in this society, but it should be.  It is time to strengthen that part of our brains, and express ourselves as a community and as individuals. Help yourself find a new quality of life. Live Out Loud!!!

Welcome. Centerline Jeet Kune Do is a group devoted to the study of Jeet Kune Do, the martial arts, and practical self-defense.Multiple classes are offered each week and taught by a certified JKD instructor.This group is open to all who are willing to learn, regardless of martial arts experience. www.centerlinejkd.com

Do you love scrapbooking or rubberstamping or paper crafting in general? Do you like spending time with other women who like to do the same? Do you like glitter and stickers and papers galore? Me too! I have been teaching arts and crafts for 8 years and have recently started my own independent crafting business with a company called Stampin Up (www.stampinup.com). We have a group of about 19 wonderful ladies now and are always looking to expand. If you like these crafts, please join us for month …

Are you Creative? Do you feel like Connecticut is draining your creativity, fast? You are not alone!!! Join this group and find other creative individuals living in Connecticut who are tired of the 9-5 and looking to make a living off of or share their creativity. Together we can inspire one another!

Let's get together to see films that most people don't want to see because... You have read subtitles or... the actors look like you and me and not the beautiful Hollywood stars. Hartford has at least 7 screens in the area dedicated to alternative cinema (Bow-Tie Cinema City (4), Cinestudio (Trinity College), Aetna Theatre at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art and Real Art Ways). There arte also fioreign films shown in Bloomfield and at Wesleyan (a great movie secret place). Most of the fi …

This is a group intended to facilitate a network of Irish Expats and friends who enjoy getting together for a chat, attending Irish events, reminiscing about Ireland and all things Irish. I started this group to connect with fellow Irish countrymen and women in the Hartford area and beyond. Suggestions welcome.

THIS IS A GIRLS ONLY GROUP! - Designed to meet other women in your community for friendship! Let's go places, shopping, drinks, dinner, theatre, museums, wine tasting, or weekend trips.... Just think what women can do in numbers!! The possibilities are endless... The Only thing I ask is for you to respect the other members. If you RSVP Yes to an Event please ensure you attend, if you cannot attend please cancel in sufficient time or send the organizer an email to let them know what happened. If …

Hello, Photography Enthusiast! Thanks for visiting the Shutter-Buds! We're people of all levels of expertise with a variety of cameras who love to take pictures...and have a lot of fun doing it. We do serious traditional photography (landscape, sunsets, urban, still-life, portraits, etc.) BUT what makes us unique is that we are often very C R E 8 T I V E in our approach to photography. One of our guiding principles is: “People look at ordinary stuff all day long, so why not make a picture look e …

Meetup with parents in your local area that want to get out and live life while raising children. Based at The MusicMakers Academy in Manchester, in a beautiful Victorian music school, the Meetup Group promotes parent/child bonding, arts and cultural activites, play activities, parent support, and keeping life balanced so we can be the BEST parents we can be!

Do you enjoy the movies? We do too! Join us to see a wide range of movies with other movie fans. We usually include time after the movie for discussion over a bite to eat or a drink.

To make a Hartford MakerSpace ( http://makerfaire.com/ or http://makezine.com/ )  a HackerSpace ( http://hackerspaces.org ). Also - ArtSpace , CraftSpace, CodeSpace, some Co-WorkingSpace and some perhaps - StartupSpace. A workshop, meeting place, shared space to make, to learn, and to Co-Operate. Lets get out of our garages, studios, meetups at bars, and temporary spaces. A permanent place to share a drill press ( instead of each of us having separate tools and space) and much more. We want to f …

CT Hackerspace 30 Echo Lake Road Watertown, CT CT Hackerspace is the name of a group located in the US State of Connecticut . Our Mission is to provide a physical location where community members interested in technology can gather to collaborate on projects both physical and conceptual. To provide infrastructure to the community in the form of education, tools and equipment that will allow members to transcend from being interested in technology to implementing technology in actual physical man …

Exploring  is nurturing your curiosity, curiosity makes you grow intellectually and emotionally. It's a an amazing and very colorful world and everyone experiences it differently. So in a way every person is a gateway to a different world. So let's get together and explore to our heart's content “I would rather be an artist than a leader. Ironically, a leader has to follow the rules.” ― Criss Jami Our activities will span from casual chat and chews to hikes, to game nights. And of course we will …

Axis901 – Start Us Up! Axis901, the newest coworking space in the Hartford area, is starting up. We have the space, technology, amenities, location and affordable pricing. Now we need entrepreneurs, innovators, artists, designers, marketers, telecommuters, and anyone else with a desire to collaborate and willingness to be part of a creative, energetic scene. Axis901 – Where We Are Axis901 is on the second floor of 901-903 Main Street in the core of Manchester’s historic downtown. Our first floor …

The Connecticut Yankee Chorale is a community choir located in Torrington CT. We are a non-audition group that is always looking for new members. We have members from all over Western Connecticut. The Chorale puts on two concerts a year, in December and May. This will be out 28th year. If you like to sing and have fun, we hope you will join us! Amelia Nagoski- Director/Conductor Amelia has been director of the Connecticut Yankee Chorale since 2006. She received her BM in music education with a …

Are you in touch with your creative side? Would you like to be? Do you have a secret desire to draw, write, invent, design, dance, fabricate, contemplate, etc., but doubt that you have what it takes? If so, join us for group discussions, meditations and simple exercises meant to help you discover your creative self. Regardless of your experience, you will find support, guidance, encouragement, and camaraderie as you learn about your innate abilities. We will meet every other Monday from 6:30-8:3 …

Hartford County area men and women ages 30s-50s looking to meet new people and get together for evenings out for happy hour, dinner, drinks, live performances including plays, music, comedy, etc. Activities will be based on suggestions from members. I think Saturdays are a good meeting day considering Saturday nights seem to be "date nights" for most people. Let me know if any night is better. I welcome all input. Please feel free to message me about where you are going, any interesting venues, …

This is a group for women in their 20s and 30s who are interested in making new friends, trying different things, volunteering, and just having fun. I started this group to hopefully make some new friends and branch out of my usual routine. I'm really up for trying anything at least once so please feel free to suggest different ideas!

F A M I L Y DHARMA C ome to learn together! Connecticut’s only Buddhist Sunday School 10:00 a.m. to 12 noon. Twice a month At the Buddhist Faith Fellowship in Middletown Designed especially for families interested in learning to live the Buddha’s Way It’s free of charge but donations are appreciated to cover cost Pre-school, Kindergarten, & 1 st to 12 th grades Registration is simple. Just let us know the name, age, grade of your child, If they have any special needs, if they have some prior kno …

Looking to meet other intelligent interesting fun ladies 30-50 for friendship and fun while wearing a pink hat? Then this group is for you! This group is based on the red hat society, but for younger ladies. The group does a variety of fun activities such as museums, movies, walks/hikes, concerts, wineries visits, theater trips, fairs, weekend trips and tea parties. Suggestions welcome! Come join us for interesting outings, good conversation and fun!

This group is for business owners and entrepreneurs who are interested in networking in a fun, social community focused on building authentic, meaningful relationships. Meetings and activities will be casual, creative and "out of the box." Networking is all about collaborating with people who are truly aligned with you and your business services and offerings. Referrals, jv partnerships and other collaborations happen naturally when you know, like and trust one another. Business absolutely IS pe …

Are you a Mom in the Simsbury area who is looking for friends and fun with and without their children in tow? Let's get together for fun activities in our neighborhood, as we explore our world, like story-time at the library, picnics at the park, play-dates in our living rooms, exercising, crafting, reading, etc.

Calling all awesome, fun people in Hartford and the surrounding area who are into crafts of all kind - sewing, quilting, knitting, crocheting, scrapbooking, book making, paper crafts, embroidery, needlepoint, etc. The idea is to meet a couple times a month, preferably at an adult beverage-serving establishment, and get our craft on! Maybe field trips to local museums or stores for stash-building, too.

Hello friends: I am looking to begin and grow a Tai-Chi group in the greater Bristol area. We will begin with basic Tai-Chi, learning a simple and easy to follow form. After we've gone through that form we will move on to a intermediate Yang form and begin working on Qigong, and Push Hands. I working with Qigong and Push Hands we will develop sensitivity to energy and do simple exercises only, we will NOT do competitive push hands. I would like to develop a group that will enjoy attending Tai-Ch …

Volleyball for All!! Thursday @ 4pm & some Sunny Sundays @ 1pm come play with us in the park around the corner from ShocknAwe 1069 Huntingdon Ave. Waterbury CT 203.757.8874 Just one of the free recurring events presented each month like drum circles, free expression salons, music events, etc. Be a part of the FUN!