As a transplant from Seattle, I've been missing my poetry workshop mates and I haven't discovered a group on here or in this city that quite fits. I'd like to have a place that provides opportunity for serious workshopping of poetry, as well as helps fellow poets write new poetry and have a safe place to share their poetry and experiment. How this workshop would run: Groups shouldn't exceed 5 people, so if there were more folks then we would split into smaller groups. Everyone, if they so choose …

Mission: Ideally, we’d like 6-8 regular attendees to monthly contribute 8-15 pages of commercial fiction*. Format: workshopping. Intention: Everybody ‘gets time’. Motto: Always honest, but never mean. Let’s break this down. 6-8 regular attendees: from a maximum pool of 10-12. Regular implies some level of commitment and allows for remembering each other’s plot lines, characters, revisions, etc. We’re trying to create a writing lab, a safe haven from the writing jungle: a ‘place’ to nurture ex …

Our vision is that this will be a group of serious YA writers (of all ages) who share a common goal of getting published. We're writers with completed or nearly completed YA novels who are perfecting our craft in order to pursue publication. We meet once a month to critique each other's (preread) work, and share writing news and tips. Meets in NE Minneapolis. Please note: This is a small (6-8 writers) critique group for YA writers. If you do not write YA novels, please do not ask to …

No degree of separation. No fame. Just writers writing. Authentic. Whimsical. Vulnerable. "It's all true, none of it's true, don't ask." We often spend too much time thinking about writing instread of writing. Our group meets to spend time writing. After we get our coffee, we pick a prompt (phrases, pictures) and a time period of a few minutes (5-10 minutes is normal). For that time period, we write on that prompt, using paper and pen. We then pass the mike around for anyone who wants to read. …

Hello from the Nonfiction Writer's Meetup! We are an invite only group. The only way to gain admission to this group is via formal introduction and screening from a group member. At this time, we are full. We are an eclectic group of nonfiction writers who give each other feedback according to a strict process. We meet on the first and third Thursdays of the month, both in person and via Skype.   We are opening applications until we have no more than 10 members. Please be sure you m …

The Twin Cities Playwrights' Group was created to give local aspiring playwrights a forum to help each other create and develop their new works. Members assist each other by reading scripts, helping with story-line, or by providing specific feedback as requested by the member. The group is designed for those who already have a basic understanding of the creative play development process but who just want a little help from other writers. We will foster an open, positive and supportive writers' e …

Interested in movies? This group will cover everything involved in making movies from the idea to writing, producing, directing, editing, and finally showing the film. Anything and everything involved in making movies is fair game. We might even watch a movie from time to time.

Witty and Wise - A group for lesbian professionals over 50. We will meet in various settings around the Twin Cities for a variety of experiences and conversations - Keeping our brain cells alive for the decades by meeting other lesbian professionals.   Meetings might include: 1) A small coffee shop discussion meeting with a topic (i.e. "What makes a woman radical?"), 2) An afternoon at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts sharing opinions, 3) An evening at Dakota Jazz Club - supporting a female per …

The mission of Gold Lion Arts is to offer regular and affordable opportunities for creative growth, holistic learning and enspirited community to neighbors in Powderhorn Park, Corcoran, South Minneapolis and surrounding areas. Gold Lion Arts offers poetry & meditation workshops, women's creative growth and intuition circles, and one on one creative growth sessions. Gold Lion is for you if you are seeking to become more empowered and joyful in your physical body, discover depth and authenticity i …

This Meetup Group is all about collaborating and building SharePoint solutions based on new or existing concepts, requirements and/or needs. Imagine having multiple people work on the same idea and producing a product. Ideas, Assets, Code and the like are owned by the group and for the group. Have you ever had an idea, one of those great ones, and you wished you had time to work on it. Well, this is your chance to come forward. Our Meetup Group can help. We can work on it with you. Flush it out, …

At 68, I've definitely learned that the older you get, the more you can get away with! As "late middle-agers", we can share the rich stories and wisdom of the lives we've lead and support each other in joyfully living. We can also dance. As Tolle writes, "Life is the dancer and we are the dance.

Divorce sucks, but what if you had friends who were going through the same thing as you are? What if you had other friends who have already gone through it and know exactly what to do? Roger and I, the group organizers, have both been divorced (17 years and 5 years, respectively). There were very few resources for men when we got divorced and there still aren't (until this group was formed). This group is for men going through the divorce process and for men who have gone through the process, …

As a long-time, close friend of Dave Dimler's, and the creator of Tales from the Trenches, I know this group has endless possibilities! However, there's going to be a shift in the description and objective which make this group stand out from all those other "singles" groups - which are still great groups, we just have a unique dynamic. This group will follow the basic model of Tales (a group which resulted in many close, lasting friendships - I met most of my closest friends through Tales), so …

This group is for people interested in all types of psychoanalytic theory, including classical, contemporary, and the intersections between psychoanalysis and other theories. This could range from Freud’s writings to object-relations theory to feminist revisions of psychoanalytic theory and much more. For a brief introduction to what psychoanalysis is (and how it differs from other types of therapy and psychology), please visit the American Psychoanalytic Association's website: http://apsa.org/A …

… Alan is a classically trained piano player and former rock musician, lawyer, and legal writing instructor. He’s also a hand drum teacher, and together with Betsy has written eight award-winning books on drumming and rhythm. Betsy’s also a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist. Alan also teaches African Drumming for Beginners through Hopkins Community Ed on Wednesday nights from 7-8:30 PM. During the summer, the class meets at their home in Minnetonka. Visitors are always welcome, but no drop-ins, …

Hello! This group is for more or less seasoned screenwriters. We will come together in order to encourage each other with new and on-going projects. Members will also have an opportunity to help each other with the actual production and presentation of their works - either in staged-readings or actual shoots. I started the Paris Screenwriters Meetup, which is still on-going and is being led by our co-organizer. I have relocated (at least temporarily) to Minneapolis and would love to get togeth …