Do you want to transform public spaces into vibrant interactive places? Spearhead projects that prioritize bikers and walkers? Improve our public transportation systems? Promote energy efficient buildings? Revitalize our blighted neighborhoods? Infuse art and creativity into our urban spaces? We all have thoughts and ideas on any of these topics. Let’s collaborate. This group is meant to bring together urbanists, planners, designers, environmentalists, artists, developers and anyone else interes …

Emerging Arts Professionals/SFBA is a network focused on empowerment, leadership, and growth of next generation arts and culture workers in the San Francisco Bay Area through knowledge sharing, learning opportunities, and partnerships. Emerging Arts Professionals/SFBA’s events connect Bay Area arts and culture workers to each other, to the field at large, and to emerging ideas within and around it. Attendees can develop their skills, connect with peers, and find ways to sustain their commitment …

Are you an older adult with a thirst for knowledge and desire to see the world with like-minded individuals? Road Scholar, the not-for-profit leader in educational travel is launching regional Meetup groups across the country specifically for active Baby Boomers who want to travel and learn more about the world around them and meet others in their area who are looking for the same. If you are a mature, single adult man or woman who loves to travel but doesn't want to travel alone, a married coup …

Local SF bay area people with a yen to start a food business could be cafe, restaurant, bakery, online food shoppe, cater. We could use a couple of people with the exerience who think to expand their current food business and yet most of us have never done this .... to bring what we know about food to Others and make a profit

Visit our homepage here: http://www.ZMSF.Org/ Community/forum homepage: Official TZM:SF Community Forum The Zeitgeist Movement is a Sustainability Advocacy Movement that creates community based activism and awareness through a network of Art/Media Events, Annual Events, Global/Regional Chapters, Project Teams and Charity Work. The Movement recognizes that issues such as poverty, corruption, collapse, homelessness, war, starvation and the like appear to be "Symptoms" born out of an outdated socia …

ResonateSF is an organization for musicians with day jobs who need a space to play with others. We organize jam sessions to allow musicians to play together and to meet new people. We celebrate learning and making mistakes. We believe that music is a language that needs to be spoken with one another for mastery. We understand that there is a deep connection between musicianship and professional/personal enrichment; we provide a workshop environment in which we discover how to improve personal an …

Welcome to TED-San Francisco: A passionate group of http://www.TED.com fans in the San Francisco Bay Area. We live here as a group together, you can also join our facebook group at http://www.ted-sf.com

Meet with other local mixed race people to network and share the unique experiences that come along with having a multi-ethnic background. If you're unsure if this group is for you, this may help*: You know you are a hapa if... -You don't look like your cousins -You feel guilty for not knowing one of your cultures -When people meet you they ask your race -People know you're a mix but don't know what you are exactly -You stand out in family photos -When you speak your native language you get weir …

The Masonic Home is planning to build homes or similar developments fronting the Union City hills, and the historic Dry Creek Cottage and Gardens.  Development proposals currently being formulated now will potentially eliminate 60 acres of agricultural land. Save Our Hills wants to educate the community about how to make a difference in saving these areas from being changed to housing or other similar use. Friends of the Save Our Hills are committed to protecting our parks, history and open spac …

Meet other bicyclists that are interested in regular rides at a brisk pace (15-20mph). We are currently riding 2-3x/week in the evenings (start times vary from 9 to 9:45, and we usually go for about an hour).  The course is a 2.3 mile circuit in Dublin, CA.  (Most of us are not categorized USCF racers; we aim to stay fit and throw in a few sprints for fun.) Why late? Most of us have young kids and this is a good exercise time after they've gone to bed. Plus, traffic is minimal and there's never …

Connecting people who love fashion and style -- whether it be clothing, and accessories or home decor -- to fashionable products and services from hair stylists, nail salons, and tailors, to interior design and space planning. We will hold at least one scheduled event per month in a casual setting, but welcome group members to host additional events that can be added to our group calendar. There are no formal presentations -- unless we have a fashion show or a cooking demo! -- and no pressure to …

This is a group for anyone interested in Radio control flight, including helicopters and airplanes. Pilots at all levels are welcome, from hovering to hardcore 3D. I have decided to start a group because the network of R/C Pilots in the East bay is limited, and there are not really many groups that get together and fly. There is not a whole lot of tuning and repair help available to new pilots, short of going to a shop and paying someone to fix their helis. This takes the learning element of the …

Bay Area Wine Friends is a community of wine enthusiasts who love wine, love food, and love sharing them with friends! We are a group of enthusiastic men and women dedicated to the discovery and enjoyment of the wine centric lifestyle. We are professionals from many different walks of life. You will find us tasting along side you or at your favorite wine bar or restaurant from time to time. Become a member of Bay Area Wine Friends to: * connect and expand your network of wine enthusiasts * share …

The Marin Voice Group is dedicated to helping serious students of voiceover to perform at their best. Group leader John Starr has years of experience as a voiceover artist, instructor, scriptwriter and media producer. Each month John leads a practice group in his project studio where members can get valuable on-mic time and feedback - both from John and other members of the group. This group is intended as a supplement to professional voice classes - not as a substitute. Members are expected to …

Are you a budding or experienced entrepreneur? Pitch Mixer is guided by the principle that ideas don't flourish as meta-thought, rather they gain momentum out in the open, with support of evaluations, feedback, and iteration by resourceful people. Pitch Mixer engages the East Bay  startup community by running monthly entrepreneur forums where entrepreneurs can pitch their ideas to a judging panel who will evaluate the idea and provide feedback and recommendations based on the quality of the pitc …

Monthly Meetups to get the kid together to play, for the parents to talk and network and to offer support and share resources with each other. My son is 9 years old, and so it might help for others to know that if you have a child in the age range of 8-12, this might be a good fit for your child.