We have been around for FOUR years, and 458 Meetup events - as of March 2013!!  Interesting folks have come and gone, but most are still here! This meetup group is now private, and our calendar (with all special venue listings) is only viewable by our members. You also need to have a photo of yourself (no dogs, cats, boats, monuments, etc.) attached to your profile. We no longer allow members without photos. Other than that, feel free to join! Edging in on fame!  LOL... Read our interview on …

Earth Celebrations-Hudson River Pageant is an opportunity for you, to become involved in the enhancement and improvement of the Hudson River while increasing your knowledge of our environment and the impacts upon it by our society. We do this with exciting, interesting, and innovative projects and workshops culminating in the 'Hudson River Pageant' in the last week in May. With over 100 participants, and more than 1,000 spectators, The 'Pageant' itself moves from Battery Park City to Gaansvort …

For people who love theater and for people trying it out for the first time. We find the best, most innovative and interesting productions in New York City and then gather a great group of people to enjoy the show with. We focus on Off and Off Off Broadway but occasionally hit The Great White Way (a nickname for the Times Square portion of Broadway).

Local culture around Madison NJ area. Join me for movies, live theater, concerts and socializing over good food. The gaherings for this Meetup group will be small, up to 10 people for each event made up of Single Adults over 45. The purpose is to have a local gathering with people who like the same leisure activity of enjoying good theater and food. I hope to create a relaxed, welcoming, fun, time for all those who attend.

The mission of this group is to share our love of international theater through group outings to plays and other international theater events, with an emphasis on theatrical productions created by living playwrights and bold, experimental theater companies from around the world. We strive to make these wonderful shows accessible to our members by offering them the student group rate. This group is coordinated by Into This City international acting and foreign language school. Actfrench.com

This group is designed to explore the ways in which social media and technology can help bring arts and culture to the masses. "Democratizing" the arts has been a long-standing goal in the art world, and no medium makes it more feasible than the web. The purpose of this meetup is to bring together those working at the intersection of arts and technology to share ideas, strategies, successes, challenges and failures, and to explore the following questions: - How can the new technology avail …

Welcome to our meetup! We hope to bring together a small group of artists and other people interested in art and culture events that have a Bay Area aesthetic: DIY, free/low-cost, diverse, quirky, and "off the track" events in New York. We can also organize opportunities to socialize, share our artistic work and/or interests with each other. You can follow us at offthetracknyc.tumblr.com

Learn with us—Explore the Films, Fora, & "Arts That Spark" our ideas, discussion, debate. Arts and creative spirit delight and entertain us. They also open our minds, show us different worlds, immerse us in another's culture, and challenge us to learn and explore the great questions of human society— the past, the present and the futuristic. Welcome all students • artists professionals • entrepreneurs Who should attend? If you are keen to explore, think and share, then we welcome you! Join ou …

Learn with us—Explore the Films, Fora, & "Arts That Spark" our ideas, discussion, debate. Arts and creative spirit delight and entertain us. They also open our minds, show us different worlds, immerse us in another's culture, and challenge us to learn and explore the great questions of human society— the past, the present and the futuristic. Welcome all students • artists professionals • entrepreneurs Who should attend? If you love to learn, think and share, then we welcome you!  Join our fri …

Come with us to explore NYC's thriving Open Mic scene and other interesting performances!

Experiment with a new technology for performance. Big fun. About 5 events a year. Lasts for one hour. Snack and wine with conversation afterwards.

The group's purpose is to attend independent and foreign films as well as other cultural events and lectures both in NJ and NYC. All of our meetings will include a separate opportunity to get together afterward and discuss the event and socialize. We will meet on a on a Wednesday evening once a month. In addition to our Wednesday once a month meetups the group will have other impromptu meetups on other days and be given one to two weeks notice.

Calling all African American women interested in the Theatre Arts. Whether you are a writer, director, actress, crew member or just a lover of the Theatre I would love to have you! We will be meeting up to not only see quality live shows, but to help each other in the development of our projects and careers. I envision this group to be able to utilize each other's talents, and help each other be as successful as we want to be! Tyler Perry became a household name with the help of his community, l …

This is a meetup for people who love culture. We will mostly attend films of all types, from silent to experimental to commercial, in Manhattan and Brooklyn.  We will also go to musuems, as well create other types of mischief, and maybe some inexpensive theater.  This group is open to all ages, genders, and sexual persuasions and identities. This is a place where people who have similar interests in film, cinematography, culture, and catching the latest museums show can go out together and have …

This is a group primarily for writers and actors, and those that enjoy performance and discussion. There are 2 events per month.  The first is a MIXER where actors & writers meet each other, network, can do dry runs of upcoming project -- and self-select whom will be performing what at the second event, the PERFORMANCE. HOW IT WORKS WRITERS: bring a piece of your work that is ABSOLUTELY less than 6 minutes.  As for what is acceptable? SHORT SCENES (for theater or screen - that is no more than …

Come Experience a refreshing new take on Live Music. We are Bending Threads a Quartet - Vocal performance group. We include poetry, theater art/performance and a variety of genres to our Live Shows. This is a great way to experience professional Music Shows for half the prices of a NY Theater ticket - With the same quality performance. Most Events include drinks and or food! You can't really beat that! Check us out and catch THE BENDING THREADS EXPERIENCE!

Finally! Acting Workshops available to all! A graduate of the Moscow Art Theatre School (a cradle of Stanislavsky System) is introducing FREE acting workshops in Central Park demonstrating Stanislavsky and Michael Chekhov systems as taught at the Moscow Art Theatre School. These workshops are completely FREE for all. Experts in other Acting Methods are welcome as well. Theatre was born OUT IN THE OPEN. Emerging from street festivals it was one of the most democratic art forms in which the ENTIR …

Love to go to see indie and foreign films and then talk about them afterward? Me, too! Hi, I'm Francesca, an indie filmmaker and trans-media artist who lived in Manhattan for 25 years and thought nothing of calling a friend and suggesting we meet in an hour at one of the many arthouse theaters around town. But, when I moved to NJ I found my friends here did NOT share my tastes so I created the NJ ArthouseFilm Society (just to sound fancy). And, wouldn't you know it, there are tons of people lik …

Greetings, and thank you for your interest in Playsmiths. Playsmiths is a group of theatre professionals meeting weekly to develop new plays.  Playwrights bring in pages, actors are cast and cold read the material aloud.  Constructive, respectful feedback is shared.  Our goal is to present first a staged reading, and ultimately a full production of every full length script we develop. Playsmiths is a sponsored 501(c)(3) non-profit.  In order to defray rental and production costs, we charge dues. …

Playsmiths Presents is the public arm of our workshop. We develop and produce new plays, hold workshops and seminars, and generally try to further the future of American theater. We tell stories. Since its inception in May 2009, Playsmiths has helped develop more than 30 full-length plays and scores of short pieces.  We have produced nine public concert reading events, starting off 2012 with ST. VALENTINE’S MASSACRE 2: SUNDAY BLOODY SUNDAY, a now annual, again sold out evening of short plays at …

Escape for awhile in the romance of Beauty and the Beast, the fantasy of Wicked, the comedy of Dirty Rotten Scoundrels...well, you get the point. We are a group designed for those who enjoy seeing a great show, a new band, or the latest comedy act. We will be exploring the theaters of NJ as well as an occasional jaunt to NYC.

Supported and organized by AdLib (Actors and Directors Living in Brooklyn,) this reading group was formed to provide opportunities for actors and directors living in Brooklyn or willing to work in Brooklyn.  We are also committed to producing new works by Brooklyn playwrights. In addition, we welcome those with no experience to join us in our play readings to read or to listen. Members meet to read plays once a month. We  select the next play reading from a list submitted by members. Roles are a …

You spend your days being serious, responsible, professional, respectable. Maybe you have a stressful job, have bills to pay, have people who depend on you. BEING A GROWN-UP IS HARD WORK!! Every now and then, we need to get out and play - whether it be for just an hour or evening - to reconnect with our inner child and to relax and re-energize. SILLY DATE! NEW YORK is a good clean fun Meetup group in New York City for singles and their friends. Members are fun, friendly, independent and are inte …

This group was created for new parents, and parents of young children, who are trying to find at least a small amount of time to indulge their passion while devoting themselves to the demanding tasks of new parenthood. You’ll meet many other parents just like you who share a love for theater and/or writing and who long to connect with people in the same situation. We try to meet once a month – at Prospect Park when weather permits – or at the Tea Lounge or similar public space. Meetings may also …

This group is about bringing together Hypnotists with a keen interest in developing and performing stage and street techniques in various venues. We'll meet, discuss, practice, and go out into the world and PERFORM, supporting each other along the way.

The Inspired Word is the hottest open mic series in New York City. "It's not just a series, it's a movement." It joins the passion of words as well as a loving community with dazzling, inspiring entertainment. In addition to showcasing new talent in our open mic, we've also featured some of the best performers in the country - actresses Jill Eikenberry and Amber Tamblyn, actor/comedian Taylor Negron, comedian John Fugelsang, American Idol finalist Anwar Robinson, Grammy nominated singer Carolyn …

We’re looking for Choreographers, Dancers, Organizers, and Movement Artists of all kinds who are interested in bringing their art form to the Occupy Movement. A group is forming and will be meeting regularly to incubate ideas for creating dance that aligns with the Occupy movement in either content or form. There’s currently a focus on planning classes, actions, and choreography to be present for the September 15-September 17th Anniversary Weekend of Occupy Wall Street. But most importantly, we’ …

Do you live in New York City with tons of culture right in your own backyard, but see Superman Returns and other blockbusters, stuff you could see anywhere? Culture for the Non-Cultured participates in 2-3 cultural activities per month, including theater, art galleries, museums, walking tours, aquariums, and historical homes. Each event gathers together 20-60 people. Usually, we eat afterwards, because nothing builds community like sitting around a table full of calories! **It is policy that the …