I love songwriting & songwriters & want to Meetup with people who have a passion or interest in songwriting: Lyricists, composers, musicians, et al. We'll share/present/play our creations to and for each other, provide feedback when it is requested, and share wins, challenges, techniques, tools, resources, related news, and ideas with each other as we explore possible ways that we can collaborate, support each other, and work/play together.

Come and meet other local readers and followers of The Artist's Way, by Julia Cameron. We'll have creativity classes every month or so--some focused on writing, some on art. NO experience is necessary! There will also be the opportunity to participate in a 12-week class following the chapters of the book--or other books by Julia Cameron. Click here to read the reviews of The Artist's Way (over 300 of them!) by Amazon readers: http://www.amazon.com/Artists-Way-Julia-Cameron/product-reviews/158542 …

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 …

… "Technological singularity refers to the hypothetical future emergence of greater-than human intelligence through technological means." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technological_singularity Computer programming is not required to join the group, but some kind of technical or abstract thinking skill is. The AI will subconsciously communicate with us through the feedback loops between mouse movements as input and realtime generated audio as output. Later, other kinds of input and output can be …

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 …

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 …

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 group is to bring together sister artisans for sharing, support, creative inspiration and networking. Let's get together and talk about creating art, marketing and selling art, inspiring each other, planning outings to art galleries, museums and other creative ventures whether visual, literary or performing arts.

This is a "Club Conscious" monthly event. All are welcome here. No alcohol creates a conscious space to be heard and seen, to connect with self and with others with deep authenticity and transparency. Slowing down and being present in the music. If you want a space to be in community, come alone or bring friends, you have found a soulful space to be with others. Performers or people who want to simply attend a conscious gathering, show up and gather the tribe! This group is already in action gat …

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

This is a group for up and coming or already established Comedians to get together for a myriad of reasons. Larger cities tend to have a more concentrated community and I have found it harder to find such a community in the Bay. We can help each other work on material, write sketch comedy, find places to perform (starting open mics), and just hang out with like minded folks.

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 Tw …

… If so, then it might make sense to join Emerging Artist's San Jose Digital Filmmaking Group. Headed by Sinohui Hinojosa, one of the co-founders of Emerging Artist Productions (a Bay Area Digital Production Company) and the co-founder, producer and programmer of the San Jose Short Film Festival (held each Oct for four days at the CineArts Theatre/Santana Row). This group will meet to discuss digital film projects, with additional outings to get hands-on training, plus new workshops and movie scre …

As a Santa Clara County homeowner, have you ever felt that the Santa Clara County Tax Assessors office is not interested in basic tenants such as fairlness and customer service? I think that most of us will agree that paying taxes is a civic duty to provide needed services. But too much power and too little accountability to their CUSTOMERS (You and me) have made SCC Tax Assessors Office unwilling to resolve even simple disputes without going through THEIR SYSTEM using THEIR RULES. You will have …

Folks, This is group is not for mixers or social gatherings, this is for real film enthusiasts who would like to contribute in process of film making. Whether you are a writer, actor, producer, cameraman... or even a social media person who can help film making in any ways, join us. Each of our meetups will be productive and achieve at least some part of filmmaking milestone. We have three films, liked by financers and are lined up for production. We need all you energetic artists to join us and …