WELCOME! Being an atheist in this country can be difficult. Our group's mission to to make things easier for local atheists, agnostics, or anyone questioning religion. We offer a safe haven for those who feel surrounded by religion, and provide a place where you can socialize and make new friends. Our Mission Founded in June 2008, Tacoma Atheists is a loosely-organized group of individuals working to providing a safe community for atheists in the Puget Sound. We provide several different foru …

This group was birthed March 7, 2009 out of my silent scream, "What is happening to America?" I thought that I was alone. I had to do something; had to connect with others. Our first Meetup was on the 13th for Glenn Beck's first address to millions of those who thought they were alone in tsunami of progressive propaganda. GOALS FOR US: The goals are simple but require focus and dedication COMMUNICATE - We want to verbally and spiritually connect with others who are sick of the destructive prog …

This is a place to share ideas and stories with other authors. It is open to writers of all experience and skill levels. We're looking for writers who want to help each other master the craft of writing and editing. Our emphasis is narrative (plot, pacing, character, description), which is most typically associated with prose writing (fiction and non-fiction)- but don't feel limited by labels. Writers who work in any style (drama, poetry, comic books) are also welcome in our group. Members shoul …

Thank you  for joining us! This is a playgroup for toddlers and preschoolers, older kids and their parents to get together and have a lot of fun learning foreign languages in a total immersion setting. The Meetups are in Kent, East side or Seattle and they are Active Moms/Dads and Tots” Play, Laugh and learn” Immersion foreign language learning focused meetups, class-like hosted playgroups, enrichment after school foreign language Classes with a teacher who guides the kids through songs, activi …

Some of the best poetry I've written has happened either in a class or group of like minded poetry lovers. My hope is that we will meet and study poetry forms during our meetups, write on our own then come together to workshop the poems we've written and study the next form. I would very much like to have a diverse group of people and encourage anyone who loves poetry and desires to write to join us.

A supportive environment to help each other write, get feedback, encouragement, and improvement in any genre of writing. We are also planning on publication of work, whether through submissions to small magazines, or full-length books to commercial publishing houses. Anyone who has a real interest in writing may join.

We're an autonomous collective of like-minded young (at heart) people who share a love of the arts and the creative process in general. I started this group because there are tons of us in this city, but for some reason, we all seem to be scattered or otherwise barred from connecting with one another in a meaningful way. So, I figured that even the littlest excuse can help bridge that gap. To read a makeshift manifesto for the group, click here: http://www.meetup.com/Twenty-Something-Artists-Wr …

I have been a shamanic practitioner and teacher for 15 years. In the past year, I have been most honored to become faculty for The Foundation for Shamanic Studies. I live in Bainbridge Island, WA. I am teaching the FSS beginner's class -- Michael Harner's Way of the Shaman -- on Bainbridge Island and surrounding Kitsap peninsula environs. This class is a prerequisite for all FSS courses. Also, I will be staring a drumming circle in April/May, 2012. Please see the FSS executive director's art …

New York, LA, London, France, San Francisco and Vancouver all have meetups for transmedia storytellers, including some of the most innovative figures in the industry. Let's add Seattle to that mix. This group is for anyone, be they curious media makers, practiced transmedia creators, documentary film producers, new media makers, web designer/developers, screenwriters, novelists, actors, and beyond. Transmedia is about collaboration, and media ideas that transcend borders. If we're lucky, by shar …

The goal of this group is to bring together people who are interested in low-level programming. Topics such as writing device drivers, assembly programming, hardware architectures, kernel debugging etc. are all within the realm of things we can talk about in this group.

Welcome to the resurrection of the Art of Spoken Word, Poetry and MCing. Come and broadcast your talent.

"The Mastermind alliance consists of two or more people who work in perfect harmony for the attainment of a definite purpose." This Meetup employs early 20th Century principles with an early 21st Century perspective.  Where Napoleon Hill was primarily concerned with business creation and growth, this meetup casts this into the "start-up" business metaphor of the Internet era; and it encompasses the social sphere of individual growth where a member might want to attain a personal goal.  Knowing t …

Every kind of writer is welcome to join us for a 30 minute speed write, followed by a general discussion. Bring your own project or use the weekly prompt. After the speed write we can share what we've written, ask for feedback, or just talk about what we're working on.

This is a group for anyone interested in studying one of the most profound and mysterious books of the esoteric world--namely, Alice A. Bailey's 1925 opus, A Treatise on Cosmic Fire (TCF). The group began the reading of TCF on September 23, 2012.  The plan is to meet once monthly on a Sunday morning to read and discuss the book.  The entire project should take a little more than three years. Group inquiry will be guided by a set of questions drafted by Michael Robbins (University of Seven Rays). …

Welcome writers. Come and hone your skills with educator and graduating MFA writer Nathan Schreiber. Workshops will be held on consecutive Saturdays starting October 13th (except Veterans Weekend) and will run for 5 weeks. Nathan has studied under screenwriter Ross Klavan ("Tigerland"), author and professor Kaylie Jones (THE SOLDIER'S DAUGHTER NEVER CRIES, LONG ISLAND NOIR (editor)), and other gifted authors. He is holding these workshops to share his knowledge with other writers. Beginning writ …

Hi everyone. The Future Bestselling Author Critique Group will be for serious novel writers. The group is designed for intermediate to advanced members who have books written and need to finish or polish, are already published or fairly close, people who’ve attended conferences and are versed in writing and critiquing. It is open to all fiction genres with a slant to mystery/thrillers. I live in Gig Harbor but am open to rotating meeting sites and days, times and frequency of meetings. Once we h …

This is a writing group for people in the south end of the greater Seattle metro, although all are welcome. South Seattle Writers is a social group for writers who wish to provide support and critque for each others' benefit.

Distilled - the smarter online marketing company, with a reputation for being experts at what we do, are pleased to announce that we will be holding regular free Meetups throughout the year for those interested in anything related to online marketing, from search engine optimization to pay-per-click, CRO, copy writing and online PR. Generally held at TheEasy, the Meetups will be a great chance for those working in the industry to meet like-minded people, network, learn something new and most of …

First Hill Writers provides a congenial and instructive atmosphere in which our members can actively participate with the goal of stimulating their creativity and improving their writing ability. First Hill Writers workshops present writing instruction and exercises as well as assistance with works in progress. First Hill Writers meets every Wednesday 6:30pm-8:30pm in the main conference room of the Baroness Hotel at 1005 Spring St. (corner of Terry St.) in Seattle, WA.   The cost to join our or …

"All the brilliant people working at the same time, in the same space, at the same computer, on the same thing." - Woody Zuill, Mob Programming geezer. Read about mob programming at http://mobprogramming.org/. Every couple of weeks or so, Mondays 6pm-8.30pm, you can join us when you can, in downtown Seattle or Redmond (we're alternating for now). Our most recent session was at Nordstrom's Innovation Lab, where eight people had all sorts of fun and games coding up a browser-based chat applicatio …

This is a group for people exploring Apple's iBooks Author software - where technology and creativity meet! At first glance, it appears simple and straightforward but once started, you begin to realize its power and possibilities. Maybe you're a techie with a book rattling around in you, a writer exploring new ways to tell a story, or someone curious about the frontier of interactive books. If this sounds like you, let's get together to build a community to exchange ideas, how-to tips, and disco …

This will be a group that is open to all people of all faiths that want to study a book of an ministry to gang members in Los Angeles. All people are welcome to listen and then discuss what we have heard as it is part of our faith today and in the world at the time of the writing. We are an LGBT friendly community, a multi-cultural and racial community. We are looking at exploring this book, Tattoos on the Heart with our neighbors.

For video editors looking to improve their skills using Premiere Pro. People curious about switching over to Premiere from Final Cut and Avid greatly encouraged. We will also cover other Adobe software that is related to Premiere such as Photoshop, After Effects, InDesign, Encore, Prelude, Speedgrade, Muse, Edge Animate, Audition, Lightroom, and Bridge. Want to know how to build a website and embed video without writing code? This is the place. Want to know how to improve your audio without ProT …

This is a writing group designed to support beginning and experienced writers through thoughtful feedback, motivation, coffee, wine, playfulness, openness and honest reflection. WoW encourages new, current and published writers to get writing. We're quite new, but we do have various goals including: entering writing competitions and holding a reading. We want to help you create and build new goals, as well as sustain the ones that you already have. We do have some guidelines that we try to follo …

This is a "close reading" book club. It will utilize a different format than most clubs. Most book clubs discuss a book in one session. There are a small number of "close reading" meetups around, in which members discuss a book over a large number of sessions. I am not starting the latter type of group, because I recognize that it will be hard to find time to attend, say, a dozen meetups about a single book. So the format of this meetup will be a COMBINATION of online message board discussion - …

Get inspired! This writing group is designed for serious writers of all genres. We welcome those who want to participate in a fun, vibrant environment, exploring and improving their craft through critique and support by peers. Our group will meet every three weeks on Wednesdays to allow participants the opportunity to keep pace with others in the group in producing and submitting new or reworked material on a regular basis.  We want to allow every participant to hone his or her skills in round r …

This site is for bereaved and caregivers anticipating loss. Navigating Grief and change after loss is easier when surrounded with others who care and know what you are going through. Our support groups mix education, discussion and optional online writing community for making a positive transition through and after loss. Facilitated by Joan H., Navigating Grief founder and widow. Come as you are. Your journey of healing starts here. Best suited for people seeking comfort, support and wanting to …

Hi I am Aili. I just moved back to Seattle after living in New York for three years and graduating from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. While I am living in Seattle I am working on a screen play. As you may know when you are writing a screenplay you spend a lot of time by yourself cooped writing; that being said, I have not met a lot of similar minded people yet. I thought it would be a great idea to have fellow aspiring screenplay writers\ novelist to meet over coffee or a glass of wine …