These mission-to-mission walks are open to all who enjoy nature, art, history. And walking. Though many of the walks are between 16-22 miles, they're set at a reasonable pace and are easy to train for. Why'd You Start the Group? Long story short: In March 2011 I walked 330 miles of the Camino de Santiago, a 1,200 year-old pilgrimage route in Spain. I lived with very little for 3 weeks. I experienced nature, art, and history. I met people from all around the world on the same simple quest - to r …

Hello all, my name if Fan Lin. I am a young professional working in the clean tech industry. An old Chinese saying putsit "You learn the world more by traveling ten thousand miles than by reading ten thousand books. To me, traveling and reading carry the same weight and I wish my life will be a more interesting journey full of reading and thinking on the road. I hope to organize reading and travel activities for people who are seriously interested in reading and in exploring the beautiful landsc …

Asian American of The Bay Area,(AABA) is a vibrant and exciting community of Asians and Asian Americans living in the bay area. There are no age limits to join this group. We are engaged in variety of activities that range from casual gatherings, such as casual dinning, group potlucks, picnic and BBQ's , movie nights out or trying out a new local restaurant, check out new groupon deals from local community events to larger events, such as attending concerts or cultural activity. Outdoor activi …

Welcome to VLAB on MeetUp, an extension of www.vlab.org. Established in 1990, The MIT/Stanford Venture Lab (http://www.vlab.org) is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the growth and success of high-tech entrepreneurial ventures by connecting ideas, technology and people. We host one of the leading ongoing gathering of Silicon Valley's leading entrepreneurs, industry experts, venture capitalists, private investors and technologists to exchange insights about how to effective …

Hi there - and Welcome to our Meetup group! My name is Rick Haffner... a long-time South Bay, professional actor, director, vocalist and clown. LIVE Theatre is my passion! I earned a Master of Fine Arts degree in Acting & Directing many years ago and enjoy sharing my knowledge of theatre history, literature, and any "insider information" I may know, with others. Join us and Meetup with other FUN people in the South Bay and the greater SF Bay Area who enjoy LIVE theatre! Let's share some great sh …

Welcome to Morehouse (Operated More University 1977-1997) "Fun is the goal; love is the way."  —Victor Baranco Inspired by its founder, Dr. Victor Baranco, and now by his widow, Dr. Cynthia Baranco, Morehouse has been a successful group living experiment for over 40 years. The cornerstone of our philosophy and life-style is the concept of perfection. Our working premise is that people and situations are right the way they are and include the potential for change. Our research, started by Vic B …

The Honorable Order of American Co-Masonry is a fraternity including men and women of every race, nationality and religion. Wishing to do away with all cause for division and strife, it continually seeks the means which to help all human beings to unite and work together for the perfection of Humanity. This discussion group meets monthly to discuss subjects important to humanity. From philosophy and religion to science, history and politics, this group ponders any subject which helps us to bett …

Imagine… In a flash of insight your inner critic dissolves, the inner conflict ceases, and your yearning heart ignites in freshness. In broad daylight, you realize your Original Nature, breathe your Original Breath, and stand firm in your Original Posture. As your awakening further developes, you feel physically vital, sexually sacred, spiritually free, emotionally balanced, and mentally clear. You blaze forth into the emerging moments of your life...offering your unique gifts in every circumsta …

The mission of this group is to facilitate non-judgmental experimental constellations (which are a form of energetic explorations) on various topics of interest of the group members,  who would like to explore consciousness in a creative playful way. This group is not for healing personal issues but rather for exploration of the world's events, hidden dynamics of general importance, general curiosity, history, politics, scientific discoveries and similar; all on a basic energetic level. The bene …

Hi there - and Welcome to our Meetup group! My name is Rick Haffner... a long-time South Bay, professional actor, director, vocalist and clown. I have a passion for both Film and LIVE Theatre! (Be sure to check out our LIVE theatregoing group - Bay Area Theatre Lovers - http://theater.meetup.com/173/) - if that interests you! I earned a Master of Fine Arts degree in Acting & Directing many years ago and am a current Screen Actor's Guild/AFTRA member. I love to attend all kinds of movies and enjo …

Hi there - and Welcome to our Meetup group! My name is Rick Haffner... a long-time South Bay, professional actor, director, vocalist and clown. LIVE Theatre is my passion! I earned a Master of Fine Arts degree in Acting & Directing many years ago and enjoy sharing my knowledge of theatre history, literature, and any "insider information" I may know, with others. Join us and Meetup with other FUN guys of all ages in the South Bay and the greater SF Bay Area who enjoy LIVE theatre! Let's share som …

Sanyok Gallery is a Non-Conformist Post Avant Garde gallery located in Sausalito, CA. Since its inception in 2009, Sanyok Gallery continues to pave the way for new art movements and makes its mark in contemporary art history. The mission of Sanyok Gallery is to introduce artists whose artistic worlds are a breath of fresh air, and whose artworks have not been saturated with and impacted by stylized and common images we so often see. Sanyok Gallery creates a link between artists and viewers that …

I am a graduate student finishing an MFA in Creative Writing at Goddard College. I love leading groups and being in the company of people who want to explore the world through writing and reading. This July I'm leading a writing workshop for two weeks in mid- July M, W, F with the hopes it might spin into something more. WHAT Family Matters: Fiction and Memoir Six 21/2 hour sessions helping you mine your family history as well as the histories of others for rich material. Explore creative writin …

This is a group for Spanish and non-Spanish speakers alike who are interested in exchanging ideas and gaining a greater depth of understanding about what is/has been happening in such Latin American countries as Venezuela, Bolivia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Brazil, Argentina, Honduras, Nicaragua, Uruguay, Haiti, Mexico, Chile and more. Though the group is fairly free-form, we will also seek to introduce a variety of relevant, mutually agreed-upon books, articles, information on political/military/civic …

Well, let’s just dip our toe shoes into the water, here, and see if there’s any balletomania afoot, for a new meetup now. Amid the epoch of “Black Swan" at the movies, and with the Giants having won the World Series (yes, whipping through 32 fouetté turns is almost as hard as hitting a Lincecum fastball), and now the first book ever published about the entire history of ballet (“Apollo’s Angels,” by Jennifer Homans), and, ta-dah, most important of all, with the world-class San Francisco Ballet …

Join us in creating a new future for Energy Use. The California Energy Commission has given us in California an outstanding opportunity to determine how the future unfolds. The CEC recommends, in its Integrated Energy Policy Report, that in 2020 all new residential buildings be required to meet zero-net-energy performance standards, and in 2030, all new buildings are required to meet the Zero Net Energy standard. This means that all new buildings, averaged over a year, take no more energy from t …

Dear Friends: I decided to start this group for bay area people that need help around Real Estate and Property Investing. The first couple of months, I'll be covering: “How To Short Sale” their home; Homebuyers for the first time; and people needing help with Credit Repair. I will bring in great speakers, we will send out great information relevant to real estate and help educate you big time! You will get monthly workshops, webinars and great content around real estate, I would appreciate y …

CLINE was established to encourage and facilitate the scientific exploration of the intersection of computation, language, information, complexity, and intelligence as they are influenced by, and influence, the process of evolution. Of particular interest to this group is the development of self-evolving systems. The assumption is that apex systems evolve toward greater and greater complexity-handling capacity. Some call this "artificial intelligence," but we have trouble with the term as it: 1 …

Bring a lawn chair and a friend and explore what lies beneath mainstream programming. Discover the history never taught in schools... or just drop by to heckle and challenge those who have dared to venture into the esoteric. As long as everyone respects one another's point of view, we can all have fun as we learn other perspectives in this crazy world. Videos will be shown with at least some relevance to current events.

During our meetups you will learn engaging art lessons for your children. Learn it through us, and then teach it at home with your child. This is great way to bond with your child and have them learn directly from their most loved person in the world! I have been teaching art to childenn for nearly 5 years and have created lesson plans that are in depth and not too crafty. This way the lessons still teach classical art techniques. I often place art history into the lessons in order to teach cult …

WELCOME to EARTH WISDOM and THE MICHAEL TEACHINGS CHANNELING GROUP!Earth Wisdom and the Michael Teachings Open Channeling Group meets every other Wednesday in Penngrove for an alternating OPEN TOPIC format channeled meetup group, where any and all questions are welcome, and a TOPIC BASED format, which is chosen by the group members each month at the 1st OPEN TOPIC meetup of the month. Both newbies to The Michael Teachings and seasoned Michael students are equally welcomed and respected in this m …