Meet other local progressive Muslims and get together in an open, compassionate and non-judgmental environment. We welcome new Muslims, old Muslims, LGBTQ Muslims, and Muslims in mixed-faith relationships. Our goal is to build a community in Los Angeles based on the core Islamic values of compassion, equality, social justice, and human rights. A place where you can be Muslim and be yourself! This Los Angeles progressive Muslim Meetup is the founding community of Muslims for Progressive Values, a …

Los Angeles' Largest Cognitive Science Meetup Group! Our members include scientists, students of science, doctors, a great variety of therapists, people interested in information that can lead to answers or therapies for cognitive disorders, and folks that are just plain interested in the fascinating worlds of cognitive science and consciousness. Our mission is to offer the community the means for self-education through learning the latest scientific discoveries and ideas on brain health, the …

The Los Angeles Russian American Club offers a friendly environment for Russians to get together with other Russians to hang out for the purpose of conversing and doing .......? (CONTINUED in ENGLISH) http://files.meetup.com/689032/MissionStatementEng.pdf (MISSION STATEMENT IN RUSSIAN) http://files.meetup.com/689032/MissionStatementRu.pdf MOVIES about our club are on the "ABOUT US" page?http://russian.meetup.com/324/about/

The LALPG is a fun, friendly social group for lesbians in Los Angeles and surrounding cities that plays laid back games of Texas Hold'em poker tournaments and cash games. It is for players of all levels. If you have never played but always wanted to learn, this is a great place and we will teach you. If you do know the game, we have plenty of players that will challenge you as well! We host monthly home games at locations ranging from Long Beach to the San Fernando Valley with a small buy-in, fo …

If you support liberty and demand socially tolerant, fiscally responsible government, join our group and help us spread libertarian principles throughout Greater Los Angeles. We welcome all who want real change in government, instead of the continuing encroachment and control of our current state.

In the spirit of the previous Organizer, Ms. Hylton the Los Angeles Women Business Owners and The Ladies of Jazz is will function as a networking arena for women business owners and will showcase exceptional female musicians every month at The Hollywood Studio Bar & Grill in Hollywood's historic Gower Gulch. Both profit and non-profit organizations are welcome to promote and sell their products! Bridging Businesses with Great music, the goal is to bring the community together to build a better …

In 2008, we started as a group of adults who loves all things Harry Potter and realized that we love other geeky things like Lord of the Rings, Percy Jackson, Hunger Games, Star Wars, Star Trek, Dr. Who and much more! If you are 21 years or older and want to partake of some geeky fun, come check us out at our next meetup! The Los Angeles Dumbledore's Army Meetup group is fan-run, unofficial group that is not affiliated with or endorsed by J.K. Rowling, her agents, Scholastic, Bloomsbury (or ot …

The Los Angeles MBA Admissions Workshop is a seminar series that introduces attendees to the critical components of the MBA application process. Attendees will leave knowing what they need to do to maximize their changes of getting into the best business school program possible. As MBA deadlines loom this is your chance to nail down your application and approach to your essays. Significant time and focus will be paid to the common MBA essay types. Attendees will learn how to construct impactfu …

Los Angeles Social Venture Partners (LASVP) is a diverse network of professionals who are pioneering a new model of giving -- Venture Philanthropy. We bring our collective expertise and resources to innovative nonprofits in Los Angeles, collaborating with them to strengthen their organizations and expand their capacity to transform local communities.

Welcome! This group is provided to Los Angeles business owners, entrepreneurs, and professionals who are passionate, driven and committed to their businesses. Whether you are flourishing or stuck, looking to attract more clients or create strategic partnerships - this is the place for you. To Your Success!

This group is specifically for single African-American and Latino professionals interested in meeting other like-minded professionals for the purpose of finding love! This group is owned and operated by matchmaking agency, Shawn Mackenzi Agency. We all know how difficult it is to find honest, intelligent, and driven people in Los Angeles. This group will take away some of that hardship. Each month, this group will hold a networking event at one of Los Angeles premier restaurants. We will eat, we …

Inviting all Magento developers, enthusiasts, partners, and professionals in Los Angeles area. Please join and suggest any topics you would like to discuss.

MUFON Los Angeles gets together in Studio City on the third Tuesday of every month to listen to the very latest in cutting edge speakers exploring the UFO phenomenon. If you are a UFO enthusiast, or even mildly curious, come join us!

The Los Angeles LAMP Special Interest Group (LAMPsig) is an off-shoot of the Linux Users of Los Angeles (LULA) group. LAMPsig is focused on web development and end user web interfaces. The LAMP environment (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) is the SIG's starting point. The concept of an open source web development and web hosting platform matters much more than the acronym chosen to represent it. The open source nature of the platform is its greatest strength. So any alternative open source component …

The History of Los Angeles Group is a brand new group for anyone interested in learning about and discussing our city's past. Meetups include book discussions, tours, films, lectures, or any other events around town involving the history of L.A.

The Los Angeles Caribbean Connection is for all Caribbean and West Indian people living in the greater Los Angeles area. The mission of this group is to bring together people from the islands for social, community, and business events. Having grown up on the east coast I really miss having my culture around me daily. I would like to find some yardies to hang out with!

The Los Angeles .NET Developers Group is The Premier Forum for Los Angeles Area .NET Developers. The purpose of the organization is to support local developers and businesses with the latest information and education on Microsoft .NET technologies. Our Group is over 10 years old and meets the first Monday of every month. We are a group that participates and organizes events for the LA development community. LADOTNET Monthly Meeting on the first Monday of every month. LADOTNET Master's Series, a …

This is a meetup group is created to bring Studio Photography in Los Angeles more fun and affordable to most photographers in the area regardless of their skill levels. It hopes to organize studio shoots by its members collectively in an effort to make them more affordable to everybody.

Los Angeles Windows Azure Developers is a local meetup for Windows Azure Developers in Southern California. We host 3 types of meetup events for Windows Azure Developers. Hack Nights - Bring what you're working on, ask questions, demo your stuff, get feedback. These are informal events where you can come to get help or just to talk about Azure.  These events don't have a specific topic, and often have several conversations going on at once. Presentations - Come listen to an Azure expert presen …

This meet up is all about exploring Los Angeles on foot.  There are so many interesting parts of Los Angeles that you never notice as you drive by it in your car.  By getting out and exploring the city, we'll discover new things we didn't know existed.  We'll try to keep most hikes between 4-7 miles to make sure we have time to complete the hike and have time to explore during the hike. What is Urban Hiking? An urban hike gives us the chance to explore the terrain we live in, to contemplate how …

A Free Community and Public Service for the Greater Los Angeles Area Come Learn Simple, Easy and Effective Self-Defense Techniques from One of the Highest Ranking Hwa Rang Do® Masters in the World Teenagers & Adults, Men & Women are Welcome! NO Martial Arts Skill Necessary! In light of the recent economic crisis, the World Hwa Rang Do Association is now offering free and open self-defense classes to the public, to empower our communities regardless of financial situation. We believe that everyon …

Los Angeles Startup Pitch Night focuses on providing monthly opportunities for you to practice, refine, and perfect your startup pitches.  We also provide targeted networking and learning opportunities in the Los Angeles, California region to meet, form partnerships, and launch or formulate new start-ups. Los Angeles Startup Pitch Night's events are run by a leadership team that works to find the meeting venues and plan out and execute all the Meetup events.  Our mission is to be known as the p …

Los Angeles Hack Night A hack night for anyone wanting to learn a programming language, hack on a software or hardware project, etc. We frequently see people learning and hacking on software projects using Ruby, Python, Node, JavaScript, among other languages and hardware projects using Arduino. Our members include beginners working through the Learn Code the Hard Way or Code Academy exercises as well as experienced developers working on side projects. Twitter: @lahacknight IRC: #lahacknight on …

Welcome to The Los Angeles Synthpop, Indie Pop, & Electropop Meetup (Curated by John and Greg from FATHER TIGER) There is a vibrant music scene in Los Angeles. Of course, we worship Depeche Mode, Pet Shop Boys, Erasure, & OMD. If those bands come to town...we're definitely going. We also fully support the new breed of synth acts like Hot Chip, M83, Passion Pit, Grimes, Holy Ghost!, etc. Being local LA musicians, we go to a lot of shows and meet tons of great bands. We started this Meetup …

We understand that like minded professionals enjoy the company of one another and desire to foster professional alliances amongst each other. If you are career-minded, confident, possess upstanding character with a strong will and vision, this meetup is for you. A gathering of Black Professionals from all over the Los Angeles area who come together in a social and informal setting to make new friends and contacts in the professional arena. There will be many professional events including monthly …

AWSLA is the Los Angeles chapter of the American Wine Society. The AWS was founded in 1967 as a non-profit, educational, consumer-oriented organization for those interested in learning more about all aspects of wine. AWSLA hosts at least one regular wine and food event every month. We'll be posting those, as well as many other wine related events that our members want to attend. These will include everything from high end tasting events, to informal BYO dinners, to afternoons at local wine bars. …

This is the Los Angeles Lightworkers Mastermind Forum that empowers spiritual entrepreneurs in the Los Angeles area to turn their spiritual gifts and passions into self-perpetuating businesses. We hold meetings once per month in Mid City area of Los Angeles to mastermind with other spiritual entrepreneurs/light workers. Along with monthly guest speakers, we have a topic discussion, and a mastermind forum for networking with other members. Our Mission: To empower light workers/spiritual entrepren …

Yarn Bombing Los Angeles (YBLA) is a group of guerrilla knitters who have been collaborating since 2010. YBLA stages public installations and performances to help expand the definition of public art to embrace street art, including self-initiated, ephemeral urban interventions utilizing fiber material and craft techniques.Collaborative art making, community building, public outreach, blurring boundaries between contemporary art practices, graffiti and craft are integral components to YBLA's prac …