Street photography is about people, things, places, events in general, life. Join the DC Baltimore Street Photographers for fellowship, learning, sharing, documenting, and creating photographic works of art through street photography. Our format - We will have a monthly topic that you will follow to create images. You will select no more than 3 of your images to submit, via email, for presentation at the next meetup. These images will be reviewed and presented at the monthly meet-up via projecti …

The purpose of this group is to help you meet people who share your interest in contemporary Poland, Polish art & culture, Polish history, traditions and heritage, Polish cuisine or the Polish language. This group's "hidden agenda" is to promote local Polish events and activities, organized by this group's leadership or by other community leaders.  The not-so-hidden agenda is to simply have fun! You can join and wait until you see something you like.  You can also join and immediately recommend …

Our mission statement: We are a social community in the Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area sharing the Japanese and English languages and the best of both Japanese and American culture. We host events in MD, DC, and Northern VA.  Study Japanese and/or English with a community that shares the same language exchange interests as you.  People who want to speak (or hear) Japanese or English can join. It is open to all ages 18 and over and all levels of skill. Unlike a classroom setting, we mee …

Develop, design and publish Windows 8 and Windows Phone apps with the help of Microsoft and our Community of Developers and Designers. Listings will include events, contests and news of interest to software developers. This group caters to anyone in the greater DC and Baltimore areas wanting to learn more about app development for the Windows Store or Windows Phone.

This meetup is for Vistage members in the Washington, DC / Baltimore region. Vistage members from other areas are also welcome! We will cover a range of narrowly-focused topics of interest to Vistage CEOs with a level of detail that is difficult to achieve in your regular Vistage meetings. The first two meetups of this group will cover the following topics: - Employee equity: Upsides and downsides - PEOs: The good and the bad We intend for each meetup to feature Vistage CEOs with …

Interested in just hanging out in New York City or Philadelphia for a day? Want to venture north of DC but don't have anyone to travel with? Then join the DC to New York Travel Group! We will be traveling to cities such as New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Boston, and other Northeast destinations, including Canada and the Mid-Atlantic. We will be taking trips through the Megabus or Boltbus services, which offer very low-cost bus trips that you can purchase on their websites (www.megabus.com and …

We just came back from Retreat in LA and ready for the new meet-ups and to share the amazing flow of the blessings received.  This group is open to everyone and we are dedicated to sharing and providing a friendly space where others may come to share and learn more about Reiki, Kundalini, and Heart meditation. We are a group of Reiki practitioners of different nationalities and backgrounds coming together with the common goal of sharing the Love and Light with all. We are now hosting Meetups in …

Open to all since 1981, the Enterprise Forum® has promoted the growth, education, and success of the entrepreneur and business community of the greater Washington & Baltimore area. The MIT Enterprise Forum of Washington DC and Maryland is a volunteer organization which provides exceptional quality events that are open to the public. Its many programs are targeted to local start-ups, high technology businesses, venture capitalists, angels, and the professionals who support them. The MIT Enterp …

We are the largest and most active Dating & Men’s self development forum in the Washington, DC and Baltimore metropolitan area and one of the largest in the world with over 1,200 members. We are dedicated to improving the lives of individuals who are looking to improve their dating lives and master their social surroundings. We have recently expanded to include a rapidly growing community in Miami, FL as well. Many of our members found us after reading books like “The Game” by Neil Strauss, a st …

Come socialize your beagles with other beagles and meet other beagle owners. We meet in several different areas in the DC metro area, most often inside the beltway. Meetups have taken place in Baltimore and Annapolis too. We ask members to contribute to the fees that Meetup.com charges us to maintain the DC Beagles website. The fee is small, $5 per member - a one time fee. Members must be an owner of a beagle or beagle mix living in the DC metro or Baltimore areas. Non-aggressive beagles only. P …

DC-MD Small Business Owner Networking offers business related networking meetings and workshops for Entrepreneurs and Small Business Owners throughout the DC & Baltimore Metropolitan areas (DC, Howard, Montgomery, Prince George's, Anne Arundel County & Baltimore). Networking meetings are held throughout the month, allowing each member the opportunity to introduce their business to the group and maximize the power of networking partnerships. The quarterly workshops will range from the true ABCs …

CFI–DC Drinking Skeptically is an informal social event designed to promote fellowship and networking among skeptics, critical-thinkers, and like-minded individuals. CFI–DC Drinking Skeptically provides an opportunity for skeptics to talk, share ideas (and yes, drink) in a casual, relaxed atmosphere. We discuss the issues of the day and whatever else is on our minds. But most of all, we have fun while promoting skepticism, science, and rationality. Don't drink? Don't let that stop you from joini …

G.W.H.L.G. is a group of area hospitality resources ranging from consultants, liquor distributors, POS providers, beer distributors, pest control specialists, beverage specialists, paper products, linen cleaners, and everyone in the business dedicated to exchanging ideas, sharing contacts, increasing profits, building business, developing our market and other methods for improving the greater Washington, D.C. hospitality community.

We are a laid back group of diverse people who enjoy hiking with others while exploring trails in Maryland, DC, Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Delaware. A sense of humor is a must and we are very much a social hiking group. Our group focuses on camaraderie, safety while having good times out on the trail, and leading an active lifestyle. We enjoy Mother Nature's diversity as well as our own, so get your rear in gear and come on out and join us for a hike! Why We Hike - To have good times, make frie …

This group is for BLACK SINGLE CHRISTIANS in the DMV (DC, Maryland, and Virgina area) who want to meet, network and possibly establish friendships with other Black Christian Singles. The group seeks to provide a variety of events that assist in building social and/or personal relationships. Our goal is to keep this group ACTIVE and FUN--If that's what you're looking for this group is for YOU! If you have Meetup suggestions, please let us know. If you're a member, we ask that you PARTICIPATE! RSV …

Fun people, Fun times, Fun Places. A social club with no limits on age or relationship status. We'd like to include local activities, short trips and longer travel events. You name it we'll post it. (That's a lie we will not post anything illegal, immoral, or.....well, let's just say we won't post anything we couldn't tell our mommas about tomorrow). In the past we have attended concerts in Solomons, plays in D.C, gone many times to the Inner Harbor in Baltimore - Go to local nightclubs, visit r …

Bike & Brunch, Inc. is a group of mostly Jewish, mostly single, bicycle riders who enjoy fun Sunday rides in the Washington DC-Baltimore area. Bike & Brunch rides from early April through late November for weekly local rides, a spring and fall out-of-town weekend trip, and other special events. Planned rides include favorite local destinations in Maryland and Virginia including Poolesville, Frederick, Olney, Sugarloaf, Thurmont, Leesburg, Manassas, Middleburg, and many more. Rides begin within a …

Looking for people who love Disc Golf and who want to play doubles regularly at the courses in the area: Bluemont, Burke, Giles Run at Laurel Hill, Pohick Bay, Bull Run, McLean Central, and yes we will even venture into Maryland and play Seneca Creek, Calvert and if we are feeling truly adventurous trek all the way to Druid Hill in Baltimore or south to the Grange and Loriella. Grip it and rip it!

Welcome to the Washington DC Rueda Meetup group! This is your place to meet other rueda and salsa casino dancers in the Washington DC Metro Area! Rueda is a very social form of salsa and allows people to dance with and meet numerous people in just one song! We are working to promote this type of dance along with salsa casino (Cuban salsa) in the DC area. Sign-up to be a part of our meetups, discussion board, etc. The organizers work to schedule meetups at various locations around the DC & B …

This is the premier club for Washington, DC area gay, bisexual collegiates, as well as military and recent grads, young professional men, 18-20s, who desire fraternity-style brotherly friendship. The club is all about camaraderie and having fun times together as fraternity Bros. Whether you are looking for a safe zone for exploration or just want to meet other guys in the same boat, this is it! As of 2013, there are over 300 active members throughout the DC area. The club is geared for fit, clea …

Developers interested in learning about and working with graph databases for social, spatial, hierarchical or other highly connected data sets. We host hands-on lab sessions, technology reviews, topical lectures, and plenty of social beer nights. Curious about graphs, want to pimp your non-RDBMS skills? Join us!

Potomac River Gauge (Little Falls) Unlike other kayak groups that have members from Leesberg to Baltimore, the purpose of this group is to bring together whitewater kayakers that live in or very near District of Columbia proper, so every member is accessible and potentially a great person to buddy up with. The goal isn't to get a lot of members, just the right ones. See a map that plots where our members live The mailing list (dckayakers-list@meetup.com) and message board can be used by any m …

The group for those ambitious ladies that want it all, all at once. We're a social group dedicated to supporting and motivating each other to be the best that we can be! We organize group fitness sessions, nightlife & dance events throughout the city, job fairs, playdates, & etc.

Dedicated to Conscious Dance and Movement happening in DC and Baltimore. Dance forms include but aren't limited to: Contact Improvisation 5 Rhythms Acro-Yoga Zumba African Taketina Journey Dance Biodanzia Belly Dancing

Any individual who votes for a party engaged in voter suppression has forgotten the basic concept of democracy. The purpose of the group is to oppose any party that engages in this activity by providing correct information in place of the misinformation and disinformation.

This group is for iStockPhoto.com contributors, Models and Makeup Artists to network and create great stock photography. We're generally in the area of northeast VA, Washington DC, and Baltimore MD, etc but members are welcome from further if you're willing to make the trip. Sorry, but this is NOT a general photography group. You must prove you are one of the previously listed. If you are not an approved iStock contributor or you cannot verify you are a model or make up artist, your membership …

This meetup explores boudoir photography both in the studio and on location. There will be two different types of meetups. The first is the educational meetup which will talk about the photographic process of boudoir photography including lighting, posing, locations, props and hair/makeup/clothing. The other type of meetup will be photographic shoots with a model. These shoots will be in an intimate, professional, atmosphere with a limited number photographers.

Welcome to our group divine love lights! Are you ready to experience ancient healing energy,medical intuitive and trance medium healing!?? My name is Sandra Bear Davis-I am a 5th generation Appalachian Folk Medicine Woman. I am visiting the DC Metro area monthly and doing large group healing events ! These are traditionally done in a pay what feels fair to YOUR heart way of Beingness! I plan to do healing events in DC Metro and Baltimore each time I visit as well as to see private clients for h …