Are you interested in Morris dancing? Have you ever heard of Morris dancing? "Morris" is a general term used to label several distinct forms of seasonal folk dance: the springtime dance of the Cotswold with its intricate foot and handwork (that's what we tend to do), the raucous winter stick dances of the Welsh Borderlands, longsword dances with Germanic origins, and the antics of the cross-dressing Molly dancers from East Anglia.  Shakespeare was making fun of Morris dancing before it was the t …

Welcome to 'The Berkeley Group'! A creative, progressive, savvy and smart group for anyone that's new to Berkeley, lives, works, studies or would like to experience the uniqueness of Berkeley while having lots of fun and making new friends! Geared towards 30 (and more) somethings, we do welcome everyone to share and enjoy those very sought after Berkeley experiences! We organize a variety of social, artistic, intellectual and outdoor activities in and around Berkeley. From getting together to " …

Imagine lively people-scaled  communities dotting the San Francisco Bay Area - places co-created by their residents for raising kids, for  retirement, for growing food or simply  living well by sharing more. The Bay Area already has  ecovillages, and cohousing neighborhoods, resident-owned housing cooperatives, and group houses -- real world places where we can live more sustainably through a more cooperative way of life. You can have both privacy and community when you know your neighbors on pu …

Berkeley Events is the perfect social and business networking group for San Francisco Bay professionals who want to make new business and personal connections, build their network, find new clients and identify business opportunities. We make our networking events easy by having greeters at the door to not only welcome you - they introduce you to others, along with having events in elegant and fun Berkeley locations, making it simple to meet new people. We keep you informed and connected to th …

Living Skeptically started as Drinking Skeptically in Berkeley, but since the creator of the group doesn't drink, it needed to expand. Living Skeptically in Berkeley is for hosting gatherings of skeptics, atheists, freethinkers, and doubters in and around Berkeley, CA. The creator, Ursula, lives in South Berkeley, and likes grilling out in her front yard when it is sunny, taking walks around town and hiking, going to movies, theater, and concerts, and attending social and cultural gatherings. Ba …

Hi My name is Antoine Hunter and I am deaf .I feel it is important for me to set up a place where hearing and deaf people can meet up and speak the beautiful language of Sign Language. I love sign Language and sharing things about what in our deaf community. It is VERY important for me to participating in the deaf community and culture, and may we never feel that we get enough. East bay Berkeley and Oakland- Do not often have people to come together and sign so I felt it is important to continue …

Berkeley Board Gamers is an open public board game group for adults that meets in and around Berkeley, California to play strategy board and card games of a higher caliber. These aren't your parent's boardgames! Find out more about the games we love to play. The purpose of Berkeley Board Gamers is to meet up, play these board and card games, and have fun at public locations or at the home of any member who would like to host. We have members from all over the Bay Area. We are always looking for …

This group is meant to fill the surprising dearth of regularly meeting pagan/wiccan groups in the Berkeley/Oakland area. We celebrate and practice some of the cultural traditions of Celtic and Gaelic origin, including gaining a better understanding of nature by exploring seasonal change. Once enough people join, I hope to find a monthly meeting time that works for everyone. During our meetings we will engage in creative self expression, discuss what we are learning, create seasonal arts and craf …

Are you interested in the future of health technology? Are you already building it? Would you like to meet other like-minded people in Berkeley? Monsoon Company, a Berkeley-based software firm is hosting a series of networking events for all the cool people in Berkeley interested in empowering people to better manage their health. Come check us out!

Berkeley Business Mixers is an East Bay Meet-up Group where business professionals and friends can come together to discuss, share insights, and help one another build their businesses in an open and welcoming environment. Mixers are held every 6-8 weeks at various venues around North Oakland, Berkeley, Albany and El Cerrito. So far we have meet at Local 123 on San Pablo Ave. in Berkeley, but are always looking for new places to "Get-together". Hope you will join us at our next event!

Berkeley Path Wanderers has led organized walks since its founding in 1998. It is dedicated to the creation, preservation and restoration of public paths, steps and walkways in Berkeley for the use and enjoyment of all. We've joined Meetup to enable us to include impromptu walks. If you would like to lead a walk, let us know. See our main site with a full list of all events at www.berkeleypaths.org

This group is for mothers of toddlers/preschoolers and their little tykes. Our goal is for moms and children from all walks of life to socialize and form friendships. If you are a stay at home mom of a preschooler or toddler and would like to meet other moms while your children play, this is the group for you! We schedule play dates throughout the week for a variety of activities, plus weekend play dates for the whole family. For information about our group's guidelines, click here.

Are you a Queer Femme who is looking to build community? On the 2nd and 4th Mondays of the month, there's a confidential social and support group in at the Pacific Center in Berkeley for anyone who identifies, has ever identified, or is wondering about identifying as a Queer Femme, whatever that means to you. We welcome all bodies and backgrounds, styles spectrums and presentations, as long as you're 18+. Also, we are hoping to expand the peer facilitation leadership to include trans*, intersex, …

I am new to Berkeley via San Diego (via Bay Area, via Seattle, via Philadelphia, via Santa Barbara :) and looking to meet some new girlfriends. I started and was a member of a book club in San Diego and had a blast. We actually had a great group of girls who ended up being friends- reading, going out, running races, together, etc! I'd like to recreate something similar here in Berkeley/Oakland! This group is for ladies only (sorry boys) in their mid 20s/mid 30s (roughly!) who are looking to meet …

Calling all who love to freeform dance to global roots music and more! We practice Discovery on the Dancefloor as we dance a Quest -- Evoking, Exploring and Celebrating. It's a chance to get inspired and flex our mystic muscles in a beautiful, safe and intimate, candlelit space w a sprung wood floor for low impact. After the dance we have a community 'chat and chocolate' circle. You will leave w a 'Sixer Elixer' to anchor your experience. You can also check out www.wewilldance.com to link to FB. …

This Meetup Group is about the Lean Startup Methodology developed by Eric Ries. It is centered on the implementation of this methodology to the Internet startups where participants work. Participants will be able to share their successes and difficulties of implementation with the group so as to create a learning process. We will focus more on tools than concepts, and on practice than on theory, as our interest is in the immediate implementation of these tools in our startups and the lessons lea …

We are the CSUA leadership, former leadership, and hosers! We will reconnect monthly and do random awesome things! [Internal] events  == in Berkeley. Everyone on this meetup implicitly invited. Geared toward current students. Any hoser or officer can create an internal event! [Alumni] events == in Berkeley, SF, South Bay, or maybe even Seattle; who knows? Everyone on this meetup implicitly invited. Geared toward alumni. Any alumn can create an alumni event! Event ideas: Ballmer's Peak, nerd …

The Berkeley Bicycling Meetup Group is for anyone who wants to meet new people and explore the  Bay Area. We have done mostly road rides but I plan to post a few mountain bike rides in the near future.  The rides are a lot of fun and are a great place to learn new routes. Despite the vast number of "members" (444, last time I checked), our group is small. There are 10-15 people who regularly attend our rides, with a handful on any given ride. This group doesn't drop slower riders! Unless I spe …

06/12 For the next few months, we will be accepting non-reading members only. Those who participate will be given priority once the list reopens. Inviting writers in all genres, published or not, to share work and provide constructive feedback in an informal, supportive environment. Also to share experiences in publishing process and make friends with fellow writers. We meet weekly, on Wednesday evenings from 7.30p-9.30p at Au Coqulait in Berkeley.

Together Berkeley and Emeryville represent a dynamic center for discovery and manufacturing in biosciences. A significant concentration of life science companies make their home in our midst.  We want to increase the connectivity among existing companies -- and create a vibrant, welcoming community for new Bioscience startups and incubators.

Welcome Filmmakers! The goal of the Berkeley Film Club is to set up an environment to help filmmakers finish their projects by going through all the necessary stages from Development, to Pre-Production, Production, Post-Production and finally Marketing & Distribution. We also have R&R Nights to go out to the movies and have a good time as well as field trips to practice shooting in unique locations. If you are interested in this or would like to learn more just stop by any meeting to check us ou …

This is a group for moms/caregivers and their young ones that live in the Berkeley/Oakland area. Let's get together for playdates, storytime, park dates, hikes, anything to enrich our little ones minds and to meet new people and friends.

Hi there fellow 40-somethings, I created this group when I first moved to Marin County from Southern California and it was a great way to make friends. Now I'm in Berkeley and wanted to start one here. The name of the group speaks for itself, I don't stick with a theme of books to read; one month we may read a mystery, another month a classic, the next...well, you get the idea! We'll have one scheduled book club meeting each month and I'll also schedule meetups in between to attend a literature …

Welcome. We have been serving the East Bay Area community since 2007. Our mission is to make better community by strengthening our spirituality and broadening human awareness. Won Buddhism Meditation Temple of Berkeley is a place to train the mind to obtain peace and wisdom, and a place to learn how to obtain enlightenment. Join us in this spiritual journey which is full of joy and happiness.

Learn to sing in harmony! Seeking adventurous women and men who want to sing well with other people. No previous experience required. This is a 10-week/on-going-ish class with Michèle Voillequé, a soprano and music teacher who has a remarkable ability to teach to folks at a variety of levels. Very friendly people. Drop-ins welcome anytime! Class is 90 minutes long: 7-8:30 p.m. $25 drop-in. Please email with questions. We look forward to singing with you!

Hoop dance is all about fun, fitness, and connecting with others. Get your hoop on every Monday night, make new friends, and be part of the East Bay hoop community. Whether you’re an experienced hooper looking to practice (and share) new moves, or a beginning hooper wanting a little help with the basics, this event is for you. You don’t need any experience, or even a hoop to join us! We provide special, non-marking hoops for use inside the yoga studio, and music to get you moving. Hoops also ava …

Wyvern's Spur is the Berkeley chapter of Amtgard, nation wide medieval / fantasy combat game, and has been meeting weekly since 2001. We use safe foam 'weapons' supplemented by a magic system, to chase each other down and joyfully whack each other every week. Open to ages 13 up (though usually people over 60 don't play - usually) So stop playing WOW! Stand up from your table top game, leave behind your MMORPG, and have some good fun! We meet at Codornices Park, Sundays about 12pm and go until we …

Welcome to ABE. The Albany/Berkeley/Emeryville Happy Hour Group. There's allot of great bars with great bargain happy hours in the area. Little gems to be collected. So let's get together and meet at some of these great neighborhood bars. We'll do the research and scout the locations. If anyone has ideas...let'em fly.