This group will be a writer's support group. We will meet once a month (or more depending on the group size and needs) and discuss our works in progress. While this won’t be an official “workshop critique group” I hope that members can swap work and get familiar with each other’s writings for when we meet up. The idea here is for all of us to be familiar with other’s works so that when we meet up we can offer insightful comments, support, feedback, and motivation. We will also give suggestions o …

Meeting of writers: to share, to encourage and to practice our art. We will gather once a month to write together. There are many great tools and practices we can use to stimulate our brains and open doorways into the writer within. I believe that together we can learn how to express ourselves fully, and freely, and experience the true joy of writing.

We are 3 women starting play writing and are looking for more like minded people to join. You don't need experience or success, just a creative will to try something different. Out goal is to write a 10 minute play and submit it to the Artist Workshop for production this fall. Our next meeting is in Santa Cruz Thursday, May 23 at 6 PM Contact me: Judy Wachs at judywachs86@gmail.com

This is a group for anyone interested in erotic artistic expression. My background is photography and I have a studio in Santa Cruz, CA. I love collaborating with other artists and exploring all aspects of erotica in a non-judgemental way. My personal interests include photo and video production, glamour and boudoir art, fine art nudes, reading and writing erotica, shibari, and artistic study of the kink community. All posts will be kept private. Join me in celebrating erotic art in all of it's …

A Collaborative Environment for Actors/Filmmakers will consist of: Actors, Writers, Editors, Cinematographers, Sound Techs, Producers, Directors, Film Lovers, and whoever wants to have fun! Lets get together, find/write scripts....film them....make a demo reel. Everyone will walk away (hopefully come back) with something they can use. Finding gigs can be stressful. Here we will make it happens ourselves and create something from nothing AS A TEAM. Are you in?

This is one of the oldest groups on meetup.com and we still welcome new members! Our organizer, Bill Belew, is The Traffic Professor = his primary source of income is from blogging AND he pays his sizable Silicon Valley mortgage from his blogging revenue. He is also the author of the best-read How to Blog for Money and Web Traffic series. We are writers and aspiring writers. We are bloggers and wannabe bloggers. We meet regularly to interact with serious and not-so serious bloggers. Our organize …

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 …

I am inspired and awestruck by listening to the first recordings of Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estes' "Dangerous Old Woman", an on-line series I purchased and downloaded from Sounds True. I would love to share these profound recordings in community with other 'wild women'. This collection is six recordings of an hour each. We can gather, listen, share some cheese, chocolate and wine. From there I have a vision of deciding together where our exploration of reading and story listening takes us, explorin …

This is a group for anyone who wants to make short funny clips for YouTube and make some money from it. I am looking for following skills, storytelling, writing, lighting, editing, acting, promoting, directing, sound , etc... If you love movie and want to learn and help out, this would be the group for you. We meet few-times a month come up with creative funny ideas and makes some short clips. After making these clips we would upload them to YouTube and see some profit from it.  I have learned t …

Emerging media has redefined how people consume videos and new technology has even changed the devices we use to watch our videos. No longer are we parked on a couch in front of a tv watching shows and commercials, we are on our smart phone waiting at the bank watching a video someone posted on Facebook or re-posting a really funny Old Spice commercial we just saw. What makes videos go viral and what can we do to increase the odds of our content breaking that 1 million-view mark? In this group w …

We are a gathering of wellness-focused women and men who enjoy socializing with other light-hearted folks, cooking and eating healthy, and creating a nurturing community who values feeling naturally uplifted. Dance, yoga, writing, photography, surfing, meditation, art-making, energy work, gardening, and/or drumming may be a part of how you focus on your wellness. Let's gather together in joyful company to meet like-minded friends, share good food, and share and learn about beneficial wellness pr …

Virginia Woolf, Sylvia Plath, Toni Morrison, Jeanette Winterson, Ursula Le Guin +++ ... join a group that celebrates the feminine voice and seeks to explore & magnify it. If you are a reader, a writer, or a philosopher...please join this group. Men welcome as well, though you will be thoroughly vetted for your contributive potential. :) This is a safe haven for those who seek to nurture and grow the many faces of femininity. Please bring yourself and your inspiration, unbridled. I look fo …

A 0cognito meeting for Santa Cruz software developers who are writing software for the Apple iOS and other handheld operating systems such as Android and Windows Mobile. This will be primarily a technical discussion group. Discussions will be held on what's cool in iPhone and comparable technology. Discussion will include Objective-C, Cocoa, Graphics, Animation, Augmented/Virtual Reality and other development technologies and techniques. Tips for application submission and distribution will be …

A few years ago, I decided to write a book for women focused on building a general understanding of car maintenance and repair, and what to watch out for when dealing with unknown mechanics and auto repair. Why the book? My mother took my car in for a simple recall.  After a few days, I ended up with a "check-in" light... I could tell the mechanics did something to the engine, and I therefore knew she was taken advantage of... the morale of the story, be prepared, understand the basics and know …

A Cuddle Party is a three and ½ hour communication workshop centered around touch and affection that teaches adults new ways to connect with one another.You can wear your PJ's, eat snacks and tea, and meet some new fun folks. Expand you kindness quotient, connect with your compassion, and know that what you choose will be honored. Together we will create a safe space for ease of self –discovery. There is a 45 minute introduction and 2.5 hours of 'free style' cuddling. There is no requirement to …

This is a group for those who enjoy getting together with other Scrapbookers and PaperCrafters and spending time working on projects and sharing ideas. I love to see what others are working on. I host workshops and crops for scrapbooking, card making and other papercraft projects. Once a quarter I host day of card making for Operation Write home, a group that supplies home made cards to our deployed troops. Most fun of all....I am part of a group of ladies who host a 3 or 4 day scrapbook retreat …

Wild Child Freeschool is an affordable nature-awareness program that seeks to build community through nature immersion, fun and learning. We started out in Silicon Valley offering weekday programs for homeschool families. We are now expanding our program to Santa Cruz families, and will be offering WEEKEND exploration days, and Permaculture learning days that are open to homeschoolers and schoolers alike! Founded on a cooperative model, the program is currently being built around input from pare …

Welcome! This group is a supportive space for women to connect, converse, and expand our awareness of MONEY matters.  Why?  Because, like it or not, money currently rules our world, and we can't make positive economic change without talking about the challenges we face and having a clear vision for the better future we wish to create. This group is about exploring realistic and creative solutions for saving, spending, investing.  How do you want to spend your life?  Where do you want to invest y …

Explore your natural ability to find love, wisdom, and freedom in your life. We will explore a contemplative method of "Spiritual Exercises" to unlock and begin to understand our true nature as Soul. A lighter form of going within than meditation, it uses the ancient name of God, HU, as a Spiritual Key to better understand our daily lives. In this group, we will learn how to: * Recall and resolve past-life lessons to help you today. * Interpret your dreams with help of a "Dream Master" your p …

The goal of this Meetup is a healthy and happy family.  Where the parents are relaxed and happy and the kids are happy and stress free.  In order to do this we come together most Sunday afternoons, to have some fun, release stress and learn ways to keep it that way. So we are happy and our kids thrive. Workshops are led by experts in their fields.  Parents can leave their kids in a structured environment for an hour or two while they get some R&R of their own. Kids topics: Art Writing Drama Game …

The Primary Objective of the group is to explore What is working online. Right at this time on the internet. Discussions would range from CPA Marketing, Affiliate Marketing, Tracking & Testing, Copy Writing, Blogging etc. Anyone looking to create a Residual, Passive, Secondary, Primary income from the internet are welcome to join the group A little bit of passion and commitment would help you achieve your dreams faster

Pool, Jacuzzi, Trampoline, Dancing, & Food, Plus a Variety of Party FUN! INTRO: This fun and uniQué venue is a great way to meet new people in the Bay Area, so come enjoy yourself in a private backyard oasis of FUN! Swim in the large 8-foot pool, soak in the adjacent in-ground heated Jacuzzi, jump on the 12-foot trampoline, dance if you feel it, munch on yummy food, meet new fun people, or just lounge around and get some sun while socializing. Clothing or a bathing suit is required At All Time …

For young adults 18 to 25 who would like to meet at local libraries to share work and ideas for animation projects, short film ideas, colabrative work, voice acting ,and just hang out.

LocalBizNetwork, LLC is an organization for small business owners. We teach small business owners web marketing. Our teachers are good at using everyday analogies to explain concepts in Internet Marketing. In this 2 hour intensive course you will learn: * Learn how to setup your website for your business * What is CPC? * How much should you spend on Internet Marketing? * What are Landing pages? What are Link Exchanges? * What is Social Media marketing? * What is Twitter? Why is everybody …

This group has the purpose of reversing the social decay that threatens our societies by resolving the worst problems that plague man today — drugs, crime, illiteracy and immorality. Using the unique materials and methods based of the research and writing of L. Ron Hubbard we can make a difference. Join this group, and create a better future for your children and communities.

The Morgan Hill Mom’s MeetUp is a diverse and active group of moms & kids that primarily live in Morgan Hill and the surrounding areas. The MH Mom’s MeetUp serves as a play-group and social network for moms & kids. We have a full calendar of interesting and creative events each month. The Morgan Hill Mom's MeetUp is geared towards moms with children with infants through early school-age. We have several “Break-Out” groups that focus on children at certain ages/stages, but we generally have act …

We start off by Networking with fellow Entrepreneurs. Then we have: 1) Talks by CEOs who have had "trials & triumphs". 2) Discussions on Boot-Strapping, Marketing, Building a Team, etc, 3) Startups come in and do their "pitch" for Funding . Members ask questions, advise. If you need help, just contact me for limited “free” Consulting. If you just want to come and see how it's done, you're welcome. Our Schedule will be: 7pm Dinner & Networking, 8pm Startups do their Pitch, 9pm end. PS: I can writ …