Following the theatre improv principles of "Yes, and...", non-judgment, and deep listening/participation, we have FUN with sound and music, made from instruments and our own bodies. This is like an adult PLAY group using music. So what does this have to do with CREATIVITY, TECHNOLOGY, INNOVATION, ENTREPRENEURSHIP, COLLABORATION, and KNOWLEDGE SHARING? Improvisation requires MAKING THINGS UP, MAKING DO WITH WHAT YOU HAVE, LISTENING, and PARTICIPATING. Give and take. Offer and receive. Lead and fo …

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 …

The Journal Workshop offers classes in the art of personal journaling, as well as on-going women's journal circles. Journal writing is one of the most powerful and accessible tools we have to heal, expand, and transform our lives.  Each class includes a presentation of carefully-crafted prompts, questions, guided imagery and other explorations designed to help even the most reluctant journal writer to express herself and experience the benefits of personal journaling. You will learn dozens of cr …

A few of us (well, two) aspiring science fiction/fantasy writers were looking for a serious critique and write-sharing group to join. We thought, hey, lots of people in Berkeley must love sci-fi...we just have to find them and get them in a cafe. The group is open to anyone who is writing in the genre or who enjoys it enough to read other people's writing and provide serious and supportive critique. What kind of writing? Screenplays, novels, short stories, YA...you name it. We share our writing …

This group is for those who love to draw, doodle, illustrate or generally be creative! There is no level of drawing expertise that you specifically need to have to participate. Stick figures are most welcome, and in fact, can be quite hilarious and awesome! Its challenging to find time to do art when you are busy living life, and if you love art and wish you did more then these meetups will be a solution for you. There will be time for free drawing at each meetup, but mostly there are themes fo …

We are a social and arts community of Asian Pacific Islander queer women and transfolks in the South Bay. We come together as Lesbian, Bi/Multi, Queer women, Trans & Gender Non-Conforming folks of Asian Pacific Islander ethnicities and have FUN. We go hiking, watch movies, have potlucks, go out to eat, go dancing, paddling/kayaking, visit museums, etc. If you are of mixed/West/South/East/Southeast Asian and/or Pacific Islander heritage AND are Trans/Queer woman/Lesbian, come up to one of our mee …

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All about Art! By being a part of this meetup you will be responsible for your own safety and well being. You must use your own common sense and not hold the leaders of the group liable for any mishap.

If you play an instrument or sing or both and are looking for a group to play music with lets see what we can create. I play a little harmonica and like to sing and have written a couple of songs. I have no formal training and don't read music. So if you are adventuresome and want to explore you musical side lets get together and make music . Acoustic instruments only at this time.

As a woman trying to conceive or going through the adoption process, you have probably felt any or all of these: impatient, frustrated, stressed, "am I doing this right?", scarcity and lack, afraid, worried, doubtful, alone, jealous, scattered, unsure of yourself. The purpose of this group is to cultivate inner stillness, peace and calm surrounding you and the choices you make on your fertility journey. By doing this, we teem the soil and create rich, fertile ground in ourselves so that we can g …

A monthly meetup to share portfolios, bounce ideas around, and get to know each other as creative individuals. Bring whatever you want to share! Finished work, concepts, sketches... Also feel free to bring your sketchbook -- as this is a meetup for drawing stuff, we intend to do some drawing. xD Bring something that says something interesting about you and what your art is about -- doesn't matter if it's not sequential art. Because there tends to be a revolving door of new and old faces at these …

Fashion-knit East Bay Knitting Group has Knit night's and workshops that are fun for all levels of knitters. Our Knit night's have been a great success and we have had excellent turnouts!  Don't miss out, bring a project, and join us for a creative evening moderated by Brenda Patipa.  Knit Night is FREE!  The purpose of our Thursday Knit Nights is simply to get together with other like-minded fiber addicts and enjoy a relaxing evening of creativity and camaraderie.  Feel free to bring a snack, d …

(Please note: This is a women-only gathering) Ancient Belly Dance was once a sacred, sensual dance, made by women for women, to honor and invoke the mysteries of life. It was a space for women to safely express their wild beauty and desires, and sacred emotions of joy, sensuality and even grief. The ancient dance was a pathway to invite and channel the Divine, and prepare and celebrate a birthing mother-to-be. I teach ancient belly dance as an embodied spiritual practice of sensual movement, med …

Within each one of us resides a fierce sexual spirit. Unfortunately, today's American culture has relegated sexuality to a place appropriate only in the bedroom, under the covers with the lights off. It is often inappropriate to discuss not only sexuality but how our sexuality ties together with our spiritual health and wellbeing. Restore balance to your spirit and vitality. Reclaim your Sacred Sexual Power! Tap into your own life essence and embody your most Radiant Self! Yogi Ramadin's Sacred …

Calling all who know that making art in community is the best way to nurture yourself, and that well-led workshops can free a flood of good work. Class time is spent on mini-lectures, demonstrations of technique, journaling, painting, drawing and meditation with limited discussion. As artists the work is our journey. Safety is established through clear guidelines and confidentiality. Pack a snack. 30% off when you buy 3 Art for Personal Growth workshops in advance ($90.00 value). About the Leade …

Create art from that wild place within, free from worry and perfection! Enjoy the company of like-minded people, who love arts & crafts with some self-exploration thrown in to keep things interesting! Projects include batiks and felt-making, book-making and paper play, intuitive painting, dream boxes, multi-media vision collages, life journey time lines, and many more brilliant ideas. This group is perfect for the beginning artist and experienced pro. Some instruction will be given with plenty o …

Tell me if any of these sound familiar: “I just wish I had the time — then I’d do my creative thing.” “I want to… but I don’t have the talent. I’m not creative..” “My stuff just isn’t good enough.” “How can I justify spending time creating, when there are so many really important things I have to get done?” “I want to create so badly, so why do I always end up procrastinating?” “I’m a very creative person but unable to find a way to express myself.” “I have lots of huge, long term projects start …

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 …

This is a group for contemporary artists in the Silicon Valley area who desire to meet other artists for the sake of fostering artistic community. Silicon Valley is a tough area to work in as a contemporary artist. With the exception of a few galleries and museums, and some small collegial art programs, meeting other artists so as not to be creating is a vacuum is difficult at best. Engaging with other artists is key to sustaining an art practice, both for the purposes of moral support, getting …

Calling all Alameda Artists! Have you ever wanted to head over to the ferry to sketch the boats, cranes and bright colored shipping containers? Or simply sit in the coffee shop and make quick studies of the patrons? The Alameda Artist Group is for artists in all creative media and practicing at all skill levels. (And you don't have to live in Alameda! we usually meet in Alameda but anyone who wants to sketch and draw and make art is welcome) Inspire others or be inspired, learn new techniques to …

Are you an artist? Filmmaker, actor, writer, creative type? I lead a monthly meet-up for encouragement and collaboration. This crew is for artists of all kinds (filmmakers, actors, poets, writers, painters, sculptors, photographers, dancers, musicians, etc). It’s mostly directed toward adults, but we welcome those older teens who are serious about their craft! WE MEET AT FRESH TAKES: 2221 Broadway St., Redwood City, California 94063. THE 3RD SUNDAY NIGHT of every month: 4/21, 5/19. 7:30pm .We me …

Feeling Arranging is a primitive form of Shamanism, which is nature based and very ancient. It’s about finding our original self through arranging our feelings. This group is for the adventurous and the fearless. Feeling Arranging is uniquely different from the shamanism and healing methods we know such as journeying, soul retrieval and meditation. We use darkness as a positive force to heal ourselves and to connect with our ancestors and nature. Like a seed needs a dark place to incubate before …

We are excited to share our Lunar Creativity Circle Saturday, March 23, 4:30 - 6:30 p.m. Garden Gate Creativity Circle 2911 Claremont Avenue. Berkeley, CA $20 pre-registration/$25 door celebrating the Full Moon, the first in a series, for women to explore, share and support our artistic, radical and ground-breaking endeavors within a community of like-minded women. As artists, innovators, entrepreneurs and activists we seek to channel our powerful selves towards improving the world we live in. T …

This is a group for women 50+ in the Fremont and surrounding areas, who want to build new, positive-focused friendships with other like-hearted women. Perhaps you are like me and have lived in the area for some time, but worked elsewhere and have not had the opportunity to meet other women in the East Bay? I am missing that sense of community and support that great lady friends offer. Women have so much wisdom, love, and compassion! Let's talk about the lives we lead and share what we have learn …

If you enjoy knitting I would love you to join the group and help knit for a cure. Make one of a kind designer head bands and donate them to the group to raise money to help support leukemia and cancer patients. They can be worn on the head to help keep your ears and head warm or worn over a fedora hat to dress it up. We can also knit  matching dog collars for pets too. They would make wonderful one of a kind Birthday or Christmas gifts. Join in on the creative fun, sign up and knit for the cure …

This meet-up is for people who are currently working through or are interested in working through The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron. The goal of this group meetup is to provide a safe and supportive space where people can discuss and share their personal experiences related to the 12 week course. In other words, it's like a group Check-In (as referred to by the book itself ;) As you can imagine, I created this group because I'm currently working through the Artist's Way (third times a charm)and …

I dream of gathering a bunch of wildly creative fiber people and working on the same object at the same time somehow. The goal would be to see just how uniquely we could combine our talents and create something unusual, funny, bizarre - but mostly have fun playing with possibilities by connecting fibers. I think of the quilt circles where all the quilters are working on the same quilt. Well, they are usually kind of working independently but they are working on the same object. And it's more int …

For all artists wanting to meet and work with fellow creative people in Northern California! BAAU (Bay Area Artists Unite) is an organization dedicated to building a network for current, former, and potential SF Bay Area Artists who are interested in meeting, collaborating, and hanging out with other creative and like-minded people. We’ve been around for over ten years now welcoming artists from all creative disciplines and all walks of life! Our ultimate mission is to stimulate and enrich the B …