Hi, TGIF singles & couples, were Matt & Christyne Pritchard and this group is for those who love the Active, Social, Music, Independant Arts & Geek Culture and who have a busy Monday-Friday schedule. Most of our events will be scheduled on the weekends and as early as FRIDAY...(unless it's something REALLY awesome to do then we can push a meet into a weekday). We do everything fun & interesting there is to do in the South Bay & Bay Area: Movie nights of all genres, karaoke, game nights, open-mic …

Pleasanton Poetry League offers a supportive and guiding hand in opening doors to Creativity through Poetry. There will be Weekly Challenges and at times Awards will be given. Workshops and Publishing opportunities will also be available. This is a New Group with an Experienced Group Leader. The Best Award without a doubt, is the growth you see in yourself and in the eyes of those around you who take note of these changes. All those interested in Poetry through Writing, Reading, Listening and Re …

Open Poetry Reading: Read your own, or someone else's, poetry, listen, discuss.

We read and discuss spiritually enlightening poetry written by poets and mystics around the world, ancient to contemporary, regardless of the tradition, religion or culture. Occasionally, we will also participate in other spiritual literary events conducted around the bay area. We can apply to our own spiritual quest the invaluable insights that we learn from this process. Share your favorite spiritual poems and have awakening discussions with us. Spiritual prose and quotes are welcome as well. …

You should join this group if you love and involve yourself with standup comedy.  An ideal member is someone who writes, produces, and performs comedy in the Bay Area, Southern California, and onward.  We are looking to network with other comics, producers, and writers.  Though we respect mime, poetry slam, puppet, and magic show art forms, this group is focused strictly on standup comedy only.  We love the Jeff Dunhams and Carrot tops, just not in our showrooms. Hello! We are a group of comedi …

Attention all enthusiastic International Singles and anyone who has a interest in meeting new friends from around the world. INTERNATIONAL Singles who are interested in affordable and fun activities in our scenic areas of the East Bay. I started this group to meet other singles  ( ages 30s and40s ) who may be looking forward to exploring outdoor activities, Napa wine train, day trips to old downtown Sacramento, beach activities, happy hour TGIF in EAST BAY, Music festivals, fundraisers, concerts …

Love a good story? Our eclectic swap group welcomes stories and poems that are told, sung, read and danced. Ecstatic listening is another requirement for attendance. We meet on the Third Thursday of every month in the El Sobrante Library, from 7-9 PM at 4191 Appian Way, El Sobrante CA

Where beginner's to intermediates meet up to help each other learn how to play the guitar. Whether it's playing that impossible rhythm in your favorite song or needing to practice playing in front of other people. Statistically speaking eventually there will be someone who can help you for anything. Meet music lovers, go to concerts, play in front of a campfire and just enjoy music. So if any of that sounds fun, make sure to meet up with us!

We dig poetry, spoken word, creative thought/writing and discussion.

As of September 22, 2012, this meetup group is on hold. Feel free to contact me regarding further meetings or activities. A group of writers seriously interested in creating, refining and publishing fiction, non-fiction, poetry, lyrics, screenplays, etc. Meeting biweekly for mutual support, critique and developing their writing/editing skills. Each member who RSVPs and whose membership dues are current gets an allotted time for reading and critique at each meeting. Please, when you join, do not …

The Center SF is a communal hub that offers classes which teach you practices to support the transformation, joy, and healing of your Self and your communities. Whether your interests are physical, mental, emotional, interpersonal or spiritual, we have classes and special events that give you the opportunity to explore what's possible when we embrace and operate from expanded paradigms that acknowledge the influences that energetic, spiritual, and mental factors have on physical and emotional he …

We're a group of guitarists and luthiers, professionals as well as amateurs, of all ages and levels, who enjoy getting together, playing for one another informally, meeting for open mics and occasionally going to concerts together. We welcome acoustic guitarists who play any music in fingerpicking style. (Image by Made Underground, from flickr)

I'm inspired by people like Cathy Nguyen, AJ Rafael, and others and the fun videos they post of getting together and just jamming and singing together. I've always thought it'd be so cool to have a group of musicians and singers in their 20's and 30's who would want to get together in a house or public place and play some awesome music together!

The Art Beat Writers' Society http://ArtBeatFoundation.org Mondays, 7-9:30 starting July 30th @The 25th Street Collective, 477 25th Street, Oakland, CA (Between Broadway and Telegraph) Taking Bart? 19th Street stop in Oakland. Walk up Broadway toward 25th. Set in a working arts warehouse right in the heart of the historic Oakland Arts District, the Art Beat Writers' Society is a weekly two and a half hour writing and performance workshop designed to generate new material, workshop pieces, focus …