Because Cool Nerds are hard to find! Art, culture, travel, music, theater, photography, science, yoga, film, architecture, design, fashion, writing, poetry, wine, museums, nature, hiking, painting, social media...name your passion! Per Paul & George.. ""A Good Nerd is hard to find," "A Nerd is a terrible thing to waste."

Meet other local architects, interior designers, designers and developers to network, mingle, and build personal and business relationships. Scheduled lectures and field trips to historical landmarks will be scheduled on a monthly basis.

SPACES, PLACES, LOCATIONS, VENUES bring us experiences, and can enhance them. This group offers a variety of sensual experiences, dabbling at the edges of: ART, SOUND, PERFORMANCE, ARCHITECTURE, GREAT VIEWS, SENSORY EXPERIENCES, INTERESTING SMELLS AND TASTES, LIGHTING, DIFFERENT TEMPERATURES, TEXTURES . . . Come join us. Discover and share special locations and the experiences they offer ! Whether it is a: - location where drawing or photographing is particularly interesting - opera th …

Are you LGBT and a foodie? Have you always wanted to join a dining club that will try out a wide variety of restaurants - from street food, all the way to fine dining, from American cuisine, to all types of ethnic cuisine Southern California has to offer? Then this is the group for you. We have a wide variety of events to fit everyone's budget - from $10 to $15 at street food and certain ethnic restaurants, all the way to $100 plus for fine dining. Its up to you what event you want to sign up f …

Join us for a unique opportunity to learn about cob in an urban setting. During these meetings, participants will build a cob oven and cob seating area in the backyard of our hosts' private residence. Oven construction, basic cob mixing and building techniques, niches and sculptural elements will be taught. Theory topics include foundations, roofing, and the logistics of acquiring project materials in the city. Participants will have enough knowledge to take on their own backyard project.

Welcome to The Light Chasers photography meetup. If you love all things photography, then join us and expand your photographic horizons as we embark on many adventures photographing the urban environment and natural landscape in and around Los Angeles and the Long Beach area. We will also hit the road from time to time to explore the desert areas and the Sierras! Whether you are just starting out in photography and looking to learn as much as you can or are an experienced pro, come hang out with …

Welcome artists and Interior Designers! Special open studio/new gallery receptions will be given for interior designers who are staging a client’s home or office. Interior designers may also make an appointment for private showings and commissioned work. Interior Designer Series Clara Berta, mixed media abstract artist launches her new 2010 Mixed Media Interior Designer series incorporating rich textures, layers of torn posters, writings and reclaimed exotic materials into her work. Using luxuri …

In the pursuit of studying architecture, I always wondered what inspired me to do so? Was it the form, the function, the divinity of spaces within and without, the play of light against the darkness, the hidden structures underneath the beautiful skins of glass.. I think its was the mystery of Architecture itself. Like a universe, spaced within its own eternity, wrapped in it's own mass and boldly embodying the human identity itself- the need for space and spirit. Where's that kind of Architect …

The UUASC is for all persons using UNIX either personally or professionally, or interested in learning more about UNIX. We recognize all varieties of UNIX, including (without prejudice) SCO, Linux, SVr4, Solaris, AIX, HP/UX, and BSD. This is a good place to meet others with similar interests and broaden your skills and knowledge. We meet on the first Thursday of the month in Los Angeles and the second Monday of the month in Orange  County. Visit our site at http://uuasc.org for more details.

The group is organized by Dustin Laurence and Jan de Leeuw . We will be meeting once a month at UCLA to talk about issues relating to GPGPU and parallel programing.

Whether building a web, VOIP, or gaming backend, Operations is using development tools to make it work. We're interested in the built-in facilities in Linux and the BSDs to programmatically seed and deploy.  We're building traditional UNIX infrastructure with lighttpd/Nginx/Apache, Syslog, NFS, LDAP, MySQL/Postgres and BIND/PowerDNS, but doing it with modern scripting languages (Python, Ruby, Perl...) and revision-control.  Debconf in Debian and Ubuntu. Kickstart in Redhat and CentOS.  pc-sysins …

Southern California Renegades.... what kinda photo shoot are you interested in? Time to dust off the moped and head south. There are many photography education workshops on the market. None have the Renegade photo vision. Crowded markets need break away mavericks. The Renegade Photo Shoots group is for serious photographers intent on improving their skills, sharing with one another and trying a variety of things. Renegade Photo Shoots does photo education and adventure differently. We create as …

How lucky we are to live in a city of so many wonderful museums--world renown museums for art like The Getty Center, LACMA, Norton Simon and the Hammer; small eclectic ones such as the Neon Museum; profound ones such as The Museum of Tolerance, and a museum where your imagination can soar--the Museum of Flying at the Santa Monica Airport. If you are curious and would like to explore the wonders to be found at L.A. museums, please join us.  We don't have to see everything or spend all day. We can …

We provide innovative physical and virtual infrastructure that freelancers, entrepreneurs, and creative class professionals need to succeed in the 21st century knowledge economy. In an increasingly disconnected world, NextSpace creates a collaborative community that is revolutionizing the nature of work. Our business model is simple: NextSpace sells membership in that collaborative community. Our members come from a wide variety of industries: software, design, marketing, legal services, archi …

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 …

At the NoHoWeHo JUG you get to meet other local Java professionals and talk about code, architecture, innovation, opportunities, and share ideas about real-world problems. Our meetings will be technically focused and often include expert speakers on Java-related topics. We welcome engineers, developers,  geeks and professionals at all skill levels. * NOTE: This MeetUp Group is closed to recruiters.

There is a certain kind of a person you want working in your home. Someone trustworthy, who is going to do a good job for an honest price and also be easy to communicate with. But how do you find that person when you need them?  By sifting through reviews on internet sites? Hoping to find the right carpet cleaner or window guy... There are so many different issues that come up when you own a home. Finding the perfect serviceman at the right time is hit or miss. Especially because places like Yel …

Plantaholic: Person or Persons who can't get enough of and are addicted to cool plants. I am a transplanted garden designer, plant enthusiast, and author who would like to discuss "hot" plants, "hip" plants, "sexy" plants, "whatever" plants with others who would consider themselves Plantaholics. The group is about discovering new and not so new plants to grow or share the experience of growing. So, if you're a gardener, designer, nursery person, landscape architect, plant enthusiast, or just a p …

BNI is the largest business networking organization in the world.   At the Studio City chapter, We Mean Business!  We meet weekly on Thursdays, 7 AM, at the Loteria Grill in Studio City.  Our members work out of the San Fernando Valley and Greater Los Angeles. We are actively seeking referral partners in the following professions: Graphic Designer, Banker, Bankruptcy Attorney, Estate Attorney, Plumber, General Contractor, Electrician, and many more.  We know we can help find you business!  Visi …

This is a group for emerging and professional visual artists: painters, sculptors, photographers, digital artists, etc. Let's get together and plan group shows, citywide open studios days, plein air sessions, friendly critiques to help each other, artist dinners, etc.

The intent is to create a Group of Passionate people that have an interest in improving their mastery in creating Software using the Go Language. All the meetups are gonna be structured in two parts. Beginner Intermediate - Advance Beginner part would be for User that already know how to program but that want to learn the fundamentals of the language. no prior knowledge of Go will be required. More experienced members will be welcome to bring neophytes up to speed. Because Coding is about doi …

This group is for Software Engineering professionals to meet and discuss all aspects of the Software Engineering = development, analysis, test, quality, project management, refuse, methodologies, support, release, best practices, languages, new stuff, trends, tool sets, SWE careers. Eventually we will open some meetings to non-engineers but for now we would like to have members that have some background as a practicing engineer or developer. We will also cover scripting and scripting languages a …

Membership is comprised of Women either in the Information Security field or wanting to enter the field. The purpose of this group is to advance women in Information Security by promoting networking, education, mentoring, resource-sharing, and opportunities. Regular workshops will be offered to bridge the gap of theory and/or minimal hands-on labs from a course you took or self-studying. You will get to learn and practice in an environment of like-minded women. Workshops will be led by SME's in …

This is a group for anyone interested in technical writing. All skill levels are welcome. We started this group to bring together technical writers in the Los Angeles area. We wish to use MeetUp to announce all upcoming LASTC meetings, lunchtime forums, council meetings, volunteering opportunities, webinars, and more. You do not need to be a STC member to attend, and we look forward to meeting you at one of our upcoming events!

It's a friendly, casual, meetup to explore woodworking and everything related: Art, Architecture, Furniture, Digital Fabrication, Product Design, etc... It's a forward leaning group with a love for craft. If sitting behind a computer too long drives you crazy this may be the group for you. We love to get our hands dirty and plan on doing so. We encourage members to share their knowledge whether it's hand joinery or steam bent lamination we want to learn about it and we want to do it! If you know …