Do you enjoy museums and gallery walks? Are you looking for someone to attend a film festival with? This is the group for you! This group is for film, literature, music, arts and culture enthusiasts in the SF Bay Area.

Welcome Brainiacs! We meet for museum and nature exploration, historical tours, literary and art events, games, and more. This is a fun and casual group - everyone is welcome to join. If you're single try: Brainiac Dating Hope to meet you at an event soon, Lawrence

The National Association for Interpretation (NAI) is an internationally recognized association that promotes leadership and excellence for professionals and volunteers in the interpretive field. We  endeavor to connect people with the natural and cultural world around them in parks, museums, schools, zoos, communities, and other special places. Region 9 (the Sierra Pacific Region) of NAI's Meetup Group will help members and non-members of the association gather to share ideas and experiences at …

This group is to bring together kindred souls interested in learning about and meeting people from different parts of the world while doing activities around the bay area that differ from just the ordinary Bar/club scene. There might always be the occasional happy hr, but our avenues will also be range from food, books, music, movies, museums, or Lectures, and all the while, stimulating conversation. The goal is expanding knowledge of the beautiful area we live in, as well as possibly thru cultu …

[color=green][b]WELCOME![/b][/color] Our events are for all us singles who want to GET OUT and have some FUN! Not that we don't love our couple friends too, but they always have to leave early (or can't come at all) because of the kids, the house, etc.  This group is for those of us who have more free time and want to make some new friends while having some FUN! There are more of us single people in the bay area than you think, so leave all your friends who are couples at home and come out to …

We are a group coordinating educational field trips for at home toddlers through Prekindergarten students in the Bay Area. We are a group of stay at home moms who welcome small at home programs who would like to band together to take our kids on field trips that are afforded to the larger institutions this may include museum and zoo presentations, or just group rates. Please join us as we attempt to share as much as is available with our kids and students, from nature explorations through city m …

Bay Area Friends (BAF) is a social group for people with genital herpes (HSV1, HSV2) who live in the greater San Francisco Bay Area. With @ 3000 members (combining our Meetup and Yahoo Groups), we are one of the largest Herpes social groups in the USA. We welcome everyone over 18 who is interested in making new friends, sharing fun activities together, and meeting others who share our surprisingly common situation. BAF has NO DUES, NO officers, NO social directors and NO budget. Instead, we rely …

We are a community of moms desiring to build friendships with other moms in the East Bay and provide regular playtimes with our little kiddos. We are mamas with kids born between 2006-2012, and would love to make new friends in the East Bay. If your kids are older or if you're expecting, you are certainly welcome to join this Meetup group. We like exploring and finding fun and free places to hang out with our toddlers and infants in 4 cities in the East Bay - Berkeley, Emeryville, Oakland, and …

East Bay LGBTQQ Fun Group rocks! We're all about making amazing friends, doing awesome, queer-centric stuff in the Bay Area, exploring and having fun! Come one, come all, if you're a member, friend or ally of the LGBTQQ community! Our mission is to find queer-friendly stuff to do that's relatively close to public transit. Ideas include, but are not limited to, restaurants, festivals, music shows, comedy, volunteering, museums, hiking/camping/backpacking, dance parties, clubs, sports, game nights …

Laid Back Lively Ladies--it's a bit of a contradiction, isn't it? But it couldn't be more perfect. Most women have incredibly diverse interests--enjoying an occasional night on the town but also loving a casual movie night or a girl’s night in. This group is for women for whatever reason have looked around and realized, “Hm--I don’t have many girlfriends anymore.” Perhaps you are in this funny stage between college and marriage, or post-divorce. Or maybe through the years your friendships ha …

Who: Parents with young children (primarily aged 2-7, but older and younger welcome) What: Exploration... outside playtime... learning through experience... nature walks... museums, zoos, aquariums... farms... beaches... redwoods... nature classes... etc... there are so many activities for our children to enjoy here in the Bay Area! When: Primarily weekdays, but also try to schedule at least two weekend events per month Where: Outdoor, nature-oriented locations throughout the San Francisco Bay A …

This group is an experiment to create a free exchange of modeling and drawing for artists, like myself, who love drawing from life. Group members take turns doing some of the modeling (lightly-clothed or nude) and will have plenty of time to draw. I have drawn from life on and off for the last 15 years or so and also have experience modeling for life drawing classes in the University setting. I think the experience of being on both sides of the coin is valuable and interesting. Details: - All m …

Saw that it's difficult to meet other Colombians in the bay area and wanted to create a group where Colombians in the San Francisco Bay Area can meet up. Non Colombians are welcome if you just like our culture. Happy Hours, Hikes, BBQ's, Parties or Museum days. Basically anything we set our minds to. En un palabra cosas que son chéveres. See you soon. EVENT HOST GUIDELINES Members and Co-hosts, If your throwing a meetup you must provide instructions on how members can find one another.  At …

This Meetup group is for at-home dads in San Francisco! We're all about our kids and doing fun stuff with them during the "work week" (M-F): walks and hikes and playgrounds and sports and art and beer and books... anything really. All of us play a sizable caregiving role with our little ones, but some of us balance that role with part-time work, working evenings or weekends, consulting, project-based work, looking for a job, etc. Our meetups tend to occur on Mondays at 10am (rotating between Dol …

Let's meet up and do fun things in the Bay Area together! Activities can range from movies, dinners, foodie events, conventions, tours, game nights, karaoke, museums, bounce houses, anime events to MMA/UFC events. Anything and everything interesting we can think of! So come and join if you're in you're 25-45, and looking to make awesome friends and have a great time!  :)

Are you a foster/adoptive parent in Contra Costa County, California? Thinking about becoming one? Welcome to our Meetup Group where we get together in-person to offer support and friendship to one another and our families. Benefits of this Group: -Regular Events/Get-Togethers in Contra Costa County, CA -Small Group where we truly get to know one another -Our foster/adopted kids get to meet other kids in their shoes and get to make friends, knowing they aren't alone and are normal, too! -Our par …

Who we are: It’s difficult to meet other people while caught up with our careers, in grad school, or while in job transition. So instead of staying in, why not go out, meet new people, make new friends, try new things, and see new places? This group is for Young Professionals (single or not) in their 20s and 30s who are keen to expand their circle of friends, have a good time socializing, appreciating good conversation and enjoying the area. Although a majority of our members are single, thos …

Want to make a BIG difference on global warming? Volunteers have the power to do incredible things. Choose your scope -- reach millions of people through websites, tens of thousands through educational events and programs, or smaller groups of influential people. Work with institutions like The Exploratorium, California Academy of Sciences and The Tech Museum of Innovation. Local schools. Cities and California agencies. International programs. Kids, students, families, adults -- ways to …

What is this group about? This is a fun group of people in their 20s to 30s that want to meet new friends from different countries and ethnicities. The bay area is home to many people from across the globe who are here to pursue their dreams, either working here or going to school here. Our main purpose is to foster an awesome community of such friends by consistently getting out together and doing fun things in this fun city. Let's share our experiences and provide social support to each other …

We're a group of working and stay at home moms who enjoy play time with our kids as well as having a social mom connection.  Our group welcomes all types of families and caters to both the stay at home mom with weekday events and those of us with more of a weekend availability.  Our events are family friendly and dads are ALWAYS welcomed! To give you a sense of what are group does we typically have a mixture of Park play dates Baby in home playdates (under 1yr crowd) Toddler playdates Craft ev …

Aloha  New members; Please read all of this important information. Backroads Wine & nature Adventures is a unique combination of wine viticulture, physical fitness, art, photography, & nature adventures. I conduct full time activity to research, trail blazing, Exploring, volunteering, & networking with Wineries, Recreation equipment providers, Land owners, & providing donations to various NP organizations. Come join the fun of exploring seldom visited and little known places of interest, such as …

Hey Ladies! Married or single, kids or no kids, this is a group to bring thirty-something women together to share some fun times with great girlfriends. This is a group for women to come together and enjoy a wine night, dinner downtown, trips to the city, visits to museums, etc. I hope we can get a great group of women together to experience all the fun things that the tri valley has to offer. Can't wait to meet some new girlfriends and enjoy life long friendships? Join us!

We are a group of moms (and a few dads!) from the Walnut Creek/Concord/PH/Martinez Area who meet Monday mornings at different parks and museums. We also gather as moms and women without our kids on occasion to enjoy a night out! Our group started as a support for moms with small children and has grown into so much more.

This is a group for seeing and being part of the city! Meeting young women and friends with simiar interests. The events will be anything and everything from rock climbing, running, cooking, dining, girls night, museums, and beyond. There are so many fun and exciting neighborhoods around to be expored with fun people. Looking forward to meeting you!

Keeping it simple, this is what we're all about: socializing with 20- and 30-somethings of different cultures/ethnicities in the Bay Area. If you're looking to make a diverse group of fun friends, we're the group for you! We like salsa dancing, eating Indian food, visiting art museums, checking out cultural street festivals, and more. And yes, sometimes we just get together for drinks :) But participation is key, friends! One of the beauties of our group is that anyone can propose an event. So, …

East Bay Dad’s Group is a group of working and nonworking dads who are interested in meeting other dads who are happily married and trying to tackle the challenge of raising a child or children and continue to be happily married. There are a lot of groups out there for divorced Dads or single dads etc., what about Dads that work and at the same trying to be involved with their families? The intention of this group will be just that. To have a place in which Dads can be men and men can be Dads. E …

Happy days, Just thought I would throw this out as a posting board for things to do, people to meet and just not be alone during the holidays, and the winter months. The concept is post day trips, outings, movies, public events, not just one type. Thinking a train trip to Old Sacramento, the ferry to the city, ice skating at Embacadero. Walnut Creek. throw in a lunch or dinner, maybe drinks, dancing. Open to suggestions, or recommendations for people new to the area to see or do. Maybe you would …