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.

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 …

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 …

Come and join the Zumba party!!!! wooo hooo Get fit, have fun and leave all the stress behind! Every age and fitness level are welcome to join the party! Come check us out at Unique Performace Arts Center (West Orange, NJ) and Dancesport4 You (Maplewood, NJ) Starting in March 2011 - Friday 7:30pm - 8:30pm Space limited to 30; reserve a spot $7/walk-in; $50 for 10 class card Bring a friend  - get a free class Dancesport4 You Inc. Danceposrt4 You Saturday 10am – 11am $7/walk-in; $50 …

For artists who love to work in colored pencils, this group is for you! We are artists who love to draw and create with colored pencils. Each week we get together and draw with our pencils. Starting with still life for a few weeks, we can move to portraiture and figure drawing. Models can be in the studio if we wish. Let's get together and draw!

Calling all Vegans, Vegetarians, veggie curious, and healthy-minded people! it's time to get together to make new friendships, and have some fun!  If you like socializing, eating healthily, being socially conscious, protecting animals, game nights, parties, pot-lucks, live music, dinners out, movie nights, art, picnics etc... then you've come to the right place! Looking forward to getting together for some good times!

Meet with others in your local area who love to draw. This is a great meeting group of all skill levels.  We draw a life model each week!  Bring your own materials, we have easels and tables.  An instructor/facilitator is on site for each of our meet ups, step up and introduce yourself and if you need some instruction let them know! Bring your friends, bottle of wine or soda, and have a relaxing 2 1/2 hours of drawing!

Short of passion lately? Try a little flamenco on for size. There's nothing more soulful, rhythmic, commanding and liberating. This is a group for people who want to learn, watch and experience first hand the best flamenco in the area. Antonia, the director of VivaFlamencoNJ, teaches, performs, studies in Spain, and knows the area's best flamenco artists, bringing them together for her own shows and workshops, and introducing newcomers to the art. Who wants to join?

Socrates Cafés are gatherings around the world where people from different backgrounds get together and exchange thoughtful ideas and experiences while embracing the central theme of Socrates: that we learn more when we ask questions along with others. Learn more at http://www.philosopher.org/en/Socrates_Cafe.html. Rediscover the art of conversation and civilized inquiry. Come join us for great discussion. All are welcome; no philosophical background is necessary. Although we meet every wee …

http://bethannandtara.com BETH ANN SCHROEDER, Advanced Yoga Teacher, is a professionally trained classical singer, who has re-discovered her voice through the practice of devotional music and chanting after a 10 year departure from performing. In 2005, she began studying yoga and mantra recitation with her teacher, Raji Thron, and the healing affects of chanting changed her life and the way she would use her voice going forward. For the past 5 years, Beth Ann has been studying all forms of mantr …

This African American Genealogy Meetup Group was started to support and share sources of information for researching one's family tree. Multiple sources include the census and  DNA.  The group's name is "Sankofa," a Ghanian word meaning " to go back for that which you have forgotten." We go back to our ancestors to find our true selves.

Meet others interested in taking their life and health to the next level with Raw, Live Vegan Foods. This is an amazing space where you can: Connect with others. Share and receive raw food recipes, tips etc with other members of the group at our potlucks. Discuss and overcome your challenges of staying raw. Share raw vegan meals at our monthly potluck meetings. Learn how to prepare delicious gourmet raw food with our professional raw food preparation classes. Learn about Super Foods and how …

Have you always wanted to couple dance like they do in the movies and television, but didn’t want to spend the countless hours needed to learn to do so?  Well now you can!  In this class you will be taught a simple foundation step and almost 20 classic and improvised dance moves to do along with it.  By the end of the first session you and a partner will be able to move gracefully and artfully together.  With a minimum of memorization and no specific footwork.   The course distills dancing into …

Hola y bienvenidos! We meet at a Montclair area cafe. We speak ONLY SPANISH! "El profesor/facilitador" will nurse us into flowing (Latin American) Spanish when necessary. Topics? Anything of interest to members: popular culture; Latin American studies; arts; literature; science; health; news; politics (carefully); etc. We chip in to pay a market rate gratuity to the "professor/facilitador;" we also cover a light meal or dessert for “el profesor/facilitador.” We accept 6 people maximum, i.e., onl …

Calling all comedy lovers and people who need a good laugh! This is a group for anyone interested in relaxing after work with a drink and some laughs. All are welcome. I started this group to meet new people, comedy lovers, and to support the live arts. Looking forward to meet with everybody.

WE ARE OPEN TO ALL STYLES IF IT RHYMES WE GET SMILES. 'A moth undergoes metamorphosis, To become a beautiful butterfly. Rhyming Poets make melodies. So, why don't you give it a try?' - S. Basu. Rhyming Poetry is the mother of all songs. It calms agitated minds even in adults. It takes extra effort but not talent. We want to revive the fine art, sharpen skills. If you are new we will help you. We read, revise and rhyme. We discuss different styles and read famous examples. We learn from famous po …

Although my 4 year old daughter is pre-registered for camp at the really amazing Temple/Preschool by our house, I really wanted to find something fun and engaging for my very bright and active son. After searching for some local, summer camp-like activities for my 2 year old son, I've decided to host a kind of mini camp of my own house! Yey! I'm currently stay-at-home mom and am organizing a few MORNING hours a day/2-3 times a week of water play, sandbox fun, sensory table fun, puppet shows (t …

These workshops are for beginners who would like to get a handle on interpreting charts and also for intermediary students who would like some quick, clear, easy methods to discern the essence of a chart. Astrology is a very precise, complete and flexible “scientific art”. This symbolic language works so well because of its subtly and complexity. However, without years of practice, this complexity can lead to confusion. Every chart has a basic foundation. We will look at some simple methods for …

Our workshops are dedicated to presenting the artistic side of glamour and figure photography. We concentrate on lighting techniques, posing the model, creative sets and locations, and using a concept for the shoot. We welcome accomplished professionals, serious amateurs, and beginners that are new to picture taking. If you are interested in photography, and photographing models dressed up and undressed, this group is for you. The Photo Workshops will be held on the third or fourth Sunday of the …