Meet with other people who create and sell handcrafted products, arts, and/or crafts. If you are an artist, artisan or crafter this will be a great opportunity for you to meet similar talented creatives! Each meeting we will focus on something we need to know, like websites and ecommerce, accounting, pricing, shows, exhibiting our work... etc. We will also plan the Artisan Gift Market 2013, a holiday gift fair in December. Our 10th year!!! Join us on Facebook. Subscribe to our website.

Escape for awhile in the romance of Beauty and the Beast, the fantasy of Wicked, the comedy of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels...well, you get the point. We are a group designed for those who enjoy seeing a great show, a new band, or the latest comedy act. We will be exploring the theaters of NJ as well as an occasional jaunt to NYC.

Northern NJ Women ages 35-55 who enjoy traveling locally to NYC and elsewhere for independent films, cultural events and making friends Our focus is to develop close personal friendships by spending one weekend day a month of quality time. We will begin in Northern New Jersey to get to know each other and eat and then using public transport as a group go to a scheduled event in New York City and see a film, go to a museum or other cultural activity. Making friends is about connecting and gettin …

"Don't do mornings", come join us!   Meet new friends to share afternoon 1-4 hour, easy to moderate, with some more challenging, local nature walks and hikes, plus other arts and entertainment activities. Don't forget to check the day of an event for any changes. Please give yourself plenty of time to find us, since we only wait an extra 10 minutes before starting an event to be fair to everyone. We will occasionally post a "Dog Friendly" event, which is the ONLY TIME  when friendly, well behave …

We are here to preserve and practice the martial philosophy which encompasses, but in no way binds, the essence of Jeet Kune Do as professed by the late great founder Bruce Lee. It is our contention that Bruce Lee was a superior martial artist not because of how he chipped away at his own martial art tradition but rather because he actually had deep roots in a tradition to subsequently able him to chip away from. So, rather than focusing on Bruce's later result, the philosophical concept of JKD, …

"AlterNet / By David Rosen Salons: A New Intellectual Culture is Taking Shape Throughout the Country Amidst the long, drawn-out recovery from the Great Recession, an unprecedented flowering of intellectual life is underway." Join us for monthly discussions about the arts, sharing of artistic events, sharing of music, the written word, the painted image or whatever else crosses our minds and our paths. This Salon is for people who wish to join with other artists or people who love the arts and d …

Join us and practice Nei Qigong (Internal Qigong).  With a  blend of gentle movements and relaxed meditation, this ancient practice is very effective for helping both the body and mind.  Unlike gym classes or jogging where people merely spend “fuel”, the ancient arts like Qigong and Yoga are so well-balanced that you can generate Qi, or life-force energy, and retain a surplus of this energy after the exercise is finished (more than you began with!) This helps people remain in superior health.  C …

Welcome to 2's of a Kind. This group is a way for young couples in the Union county area to meet and socialize. We will have a variety of different activities and outings in Scotch Plains, Fanwood, Westfield, Garwood, Cranford, Springfield, Summit, Mountainside, Warren, Berkeley Heights, New Providence, Basking Ridge, Watchung, Greenbrook, Bridgewater, etc.  If you're in the surrounding area we hope you'll join us! We are Max and Dana, your group organizers. We are newlyweds and live in Scotch P …

Come join us and learn extremely effective ways to defend yourself in the street, in a bar or crowded building. Training is based on the instructors study and interpretation (though not limited to) of Native Russian Martial Arts, which are based on the science of natural human motion, or bio-mechanics. We also train some basic grappling. Easily learn to at least double your striking power with no more than half the effort. Though we take training serious, the group is very laid back and easygoin …

When you're young, making new friends is easy - the opportunities are everywhere! However, as an adult, it can be much more difficult. Are you a woman that ended a relationship or marriage to find out you have no close female friends anymore? Are you new to the area? Did you put all your energy for years into work or education and now want to broaden your social circle? Did you spend years focusing on having children or starting a marriage or relationship and are now missing the companionship of …

Susan Meyer who is a seasoned working professional Photographer for over 30 years and Photoshop Retoucher for over 10 years would like to share her years of experience and knowledge to Photography and Photoshop Lovers. It is open to all levels, but especially those who are just starting out and intermediate levels. We will also do some advanced shoots and projects with this group involving models. The group will meet at The duCret School of Art in Plainfield, NJ where Susan has taught for over 1 …

Get the ultimate mind, body workout with martial arts. No experience is necessary. Karate is a safe, fun activity that offers life saving self-defense skills, increased confidence and focus, therapeutic stress release, a full body workout and much more. We offer a traditional, structured, comprehensive, and highly developed curriculum of Karate instruction that is easy to get involved in.  We are family friendly, so bring your kids or a relative. . . we welcome all ages.  You are never too old t …

This group is open to anyone who would like to learn more about scrapbooking and altered art and jewelry making. We will meet to help one another in our scrapbooking and beading adventures by sharing techniques, swapping ideas and supplies and just friendly camaraderie. I am personally new at this and I hope to make some new friends who share my interest. Please join with me.

Eskrima Kali Arnis of Essex and Bergen County offers training in the Filipino Martial Art (FMA) of Eskrima Kali Arnis. Welcoming committed and dedicated individuals (male & female) who want to explore this beautiful and diverse weapon art. FMA training is for individuals looking to expand their training with weapons, and for the uninitiated looking for a solid battle tested martial art. FMA translates very well to tournament fighting promoting competition and camaraderie.

Are you interested in making new friends, having a close-knit group who are there for you through it all, laughing, playing, sharing secrets, doing whatever we want to do? Sometimes it's difficult to make new friends unlike when we were in our '20s and just starting out on our own. Now that we're all grown up (?), let's create a new support system of sisterly love, joy, and support and lifetime friendships. Can't wait to meet you! NO NO's Please RSVP YES when you are attending an event. Some ev …

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What we believe: We believe there is profound beauty and value in the act of creating. We believe it takes a community to sustain creativity. We believe Newark deserves to be a community of creators. What does our name mean? Brick City = Newark, NJ Creators = People who bring something into existence. Catalysts = People who incite activity or change. BC3 = A spiffy acronym for the group! What we aim to accomplish: We aim to be a organizing, educational and networking platform in the greater Ne …

These seminars amply illustrate with a wealth of images the techniques used to create a sense of design, composition and imagination in this highly aesthetic and sultry branch of photography. I embrace a plethora of important tactics that when blended together successfully disclose a true work of art. These seminars will discuss all the principles and techniques used to create stunning images of the female in fashion and the female form itself. Including but not limited to: Equipment, Lighting, …

Welcome to North Jersey Outdoor Artists Meetup Group.  We invite and welcome all ages from kids to seniors and all levels of creating art from the outdoors. An outdoor artist is simply fascinated with nature.  We draw our creative ideas from the incredible natural world that we all are a part of.  Whether you paint, draw, photograph, write or even design clothes, the outdoor world is a windfall of inspiration and subject matter at every turn. We have some great places to visit and meet up in New …

Local culture around Madison NJ area. Join me for movies, live theater, concerts and socializing over good food. The gaherings for this Meetup group will be small, up to 10 people for each event made up of Single Adults over 45. The purpose is to have a local gathering with people who like the same leisure activity of enjoying good theater and food. I hope to create a relaxed, welcoming, fun, time for all those who attend.

Welcome to MANA Science "CMA" Combat Martial Art! (MANA Science Ju Bunkai Karate Do) "Train with Best of the Best"... Grandmaster Deems Smith MSCMA "MSCMA" MANA Science Combat Martial Art Karate is a real martial art If You Are A MMA Fighter That Want To Step Up Your Fighting Game! Check out Grandmaster Deems Smith's "MANA Science CMA"! Grandmaster Deems Smith believe in true teaching of real applicable martial arts and not misleading people to believe in martial arts that do not work in real li …

If you are ready to change your life, you are in the right place. Come and have a unique experience by using outside of the box concepts-assessing your inner self and exploring the endless possibilities in you. I believe in YOU!! Do you?? Come and “Create, Heal and Grow” with me and you will discover your true self. In your transformation, “Harmony, Peace and Love” will follow. I cannot wait to guide you on your path. Learn more about this group by clicking on the "Pages" above.

"If you wish to be a writer, write." - Epictetus ...The concept of this meetup is simple: meet up with others in a cafe ...and write.  Carve out one sacred hour per week to bring your project to life.  Working in the company of other creative writers will provide you with the motivation you need to move forward and write that story, novel, or chapbook of poems you have inside you.  Our group is about creative companionship...no critiquing, exercises, lectures, ego, competition or feeling guilty. …

Let's get together to keep the Portuguese language and culture alive in our children lives. In this group we want to create a fun environment for our infant and toddlers. So we will have play dates indoor and outdoor, music, art and dance classes to teach them our culture and create long term friendship for the grown ups Benefits of this group 1. Your children will be motivated to speak and learn Portuguese 2. Provide art, music, dance classes in Portuguese. Our aim is to make affordable classe …

You have to be able to sing the music before you can truly hear it and play it. Sight singing is the art of singing from notated music. It is the ultimate ear training. It provides musicians with the keys to a rich musical vocabulary . It is a great way to learn sight reading. It is a great way to study rhthym. Beginners or veterans are welcome. Let's sight sing together!

Hello, we are a NPO performance and exhibition space located in Teaneck, NJ. The venue is called the Puffin Cultural Forum and we are a project of the Puffin Foundation LTD. We host performances almost every weekend including Jazz, Classical Music, Theater, Poetry, Book Discussions, Film Screenings, Lectures, Exhibition Openings, etc.. It's our mission to provide a community space where arts and the struggle for human rights intersect as we seek to realize in our local community the Foundation's …

Board game geek fanatics! We love everything about games and being geeks. Arts and crafts; fun and food; death and destruction; pain and GLORY( ouch paper cuts ); crocheting and knitting we haz it all. It is not easy to take an idea and bring it into the world. It is hard to explain to people that you just want to make something for fun, for people to sit down together and enjoy. The kind of games we all love. The games that families will always remember playing together, the games that your bes …

As Artists and Writers of all kinds, we need to find a balance between creative self-expression and quality time spent with our children. This group is a venue for artists and parents to form a community in which our school-aged children can play, and we can take time to talk in person with other creative people. This emerging group is for parents interested in making caring friends, sharing our talents with children, and relaxing in a supportive group. Let us find places to visit with our child …