Welcome to the neighborhood! CULTURE PUB Los Angeles is a world–class cultural amusement park from Pasadena, Chinatown, to the Miracle Mile and the Westside. Let’s chart an expedition into excitement and intrigue! Join art aficionados in search of treasures at world renown museums, contemporary galleries, and the hip new art scenes sprouting up. THE SOCIAL VIBE The good news is your fellow members are a sharp mix of people who are inquisitive and outgoing. Most are college age mid 20s to early …

It's all about enjoying the wilderness! Hiking in the local canyons- mostly in the San Gabriel Mountains. All hikes will be along a stream in a canyon and at a very slow pace with lots of breaks. All hikes will be between 5-12 hours long, usually around 9 hours. The difficulty level is intermediate, but beginners are welcome if they are in good shape and have an attitude of adventure! Safety always comes first, of course. It's recommended (but not required) that you bring the TEN ESSENTIAL …

Hello: Welcome to the new “Culture Pub Social Mixers for Creative Professionals.” We have new leadership and a changed the name, redefining the group. (former group name was "art, music spoken word," etc. ) About Us: The Leadership Team runs ---another--- very large and active meetup called "Culture Pub of LA" in addition to this one that visits art and literary venues around the Los Angeles area. It's almost 3,000 members strong and sponsored by LACMA. If you are not a creative professional ( …

An opportunity to facilitate a variety of venues for like minded individuals. Relax and unwind, enjoy the music and ambiance with a wonderful vibe at the Out of Asia showroom for events such as: a concert, fashion show, yoga, meditation, dance performance, a jam session with a great weekend band and or sing with the Karaoke crowd of Rock, Blues Jazz, Folk, Pop, R&B, or World music or absorb the creative flow of gifted artists like yourself or the ones you want to become. With our current economi …

FREE FREE FREE SALSA ON THE 3RD STREET PROMENADE NEARLY EVERY SUNDAY FROM 4PM TO 9PM BETWEEN WILSHIRE BLVD. & ARIZONA ON 3RD STREET IN SANTA MONICA, CA. ALL LEVELS OF DANCERS ARE INVITED. COME ALONE, BRING THE FAMILY OR A DATE. ARRIVE EARLY! PLEASE RSVP EACH WEEK YOU INTEND TO APPEAR This is the start of our 10th year on the 3rd Street Promenade. We have nearly 2000 members from our Salsa Meetup Group and many visitors from the general salsa community who join us each Sunday for the fun, beaut …

Alt+3rR0r LA is a meet-up group based in Los Angeles dedicated to Alternative Modeling, Concept, and Themed Photography. Our goal is to  give models (male and female) of all ethnicities and looks who have a passion for Alt Modeling--as well as photographers--a chance to participate in various fun, edgy, and affordable photo shoots. Group members will be able to collaborate with photographers, costume designers, and make-up artists for networking, photo shoots, etc, without having to pay ridicul …

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 …

From referrals to networking The Collective is Los Angeles/Santa Barbara based with a focus on the sharing of talents and some resources by its members. If you’d like to be a part of an open-minded group of thinkers bent on business success but tempered with empathy this may be the group for you. This group is not only about social get togethers, group photos and seminars but about moving already existing businesses forward or getting new ideas off the ground as quickly and as efficiently as pos …

Attend gallery openings around Los Angeles for the purpose of discovering new artists, seeing the latest creative styles, exploring unique galleries, and meeting like-minded people drawn to the avant-garde. There may be a museum exhibit thrown in now and then, as well. I hope this group will be as much about interesting conversations in a social environment as it will be about art.  There is no cost to being a member of the group, and most the events will be free, unless otherwise noted for a mu …

"SHARING THE STOKE" The purpose of this group is to unite photographers who love to shoot surfing action, lifestyle, landscape, product, or portrait photography, as well as journalists who like to write about it. In short, if, on a perfect day, you have to think about whether to bring your board or your camera gear, this is the place for you! Please note that this group is not really designed to be a classroom or seminar-type meetup with lots of free instruction.  Just people who love being out …

A walking tour of the Venice Art Crawl every third Thursday in Venice. Each month starting in a different place on the art walk. Get a colored map so you can recognize and meet the meetup members and see new cutting edge art as this new art walk gets going. Art lovers come meet each other and meet artists in person.

I'm forming this hiking group as an off-shoot from my hiking blog called My Favorite Hikes where I hiked and logged over 40 interesting hikes mostly around the Los Angeles area. Come join me on some of the best hikes Southern California has to offer.

No Lomographer is an island and where there's an analog will, there's a way. Here we can plot workshops, events, field trips, and other fantastic film festivities. You can suggest locations, projects, and workshops. Its an interactive community, just like it should be. Join us as we spread our Lomographic love across the city.

Learn to "see" the light and get introduced to hot lights, strobe and how to mix these with daylight. It is a 3 part meetup with assignments in between. A weekly 2 hour meetup and time to meet up for questions after one on one. An intimate group assures you learn much much more than Univercity classrooms.

This group is for people who are interested in Chinese martial arts or currently/previously trained Chinese martial arts.  No previous martial arts experience necessary!! This group is a collaborative effort between three martial arts schools in Los Angeles: Wushu Shaolin, LA Wushu, and South Coast Martial Arts.  At each meetup is a at least one representative which includes Shifu Sal, Coach Rick, and Coach/Shifu Philip Sahagun who are all well-respected in the Kungfu/Wushu community.  We train …

Come and play in a conscious way! Explore, learn, grow, evolve, practice, and develop community with open minded, alive, awake people. Sexual energy is a powerful tool for transformation, healing, solidifying relationship, and community building. This group is about helping Los Angelenos meet their deep inner yearning for more sensuality, more sexiness, and more connection. We do this by inviting any and all sex positive groups, events, or individuals to let the group know about happenings that …

Get together in local area for photo shoots, learning, teaching, and fun.

Open to all who want to learn about Lightroom; speed up their workflow, and share hard-won knowledge with fellow enthusiasts. I'm a power LR user and Adobe Certified Expert with tons of ideas on how to teach, learn and share this amazing program. Let's take that steep learning curve and squish it down to a nice, flat easy--and fun--ride!

This is a place you want to be apart of. This co working movement is based on the values of collaboration, community, sustainability, openess and accessibility. All members, whether a microbusiness or an established leader in their field, are equal in voice and spirit.

This group is for all those folks who want to learn more about photographing food. We will have meetups at local eateries about specific topics to help you learn more about shooting food with your digital camera. Please let us know what you would like to learn more about. Some topic suggestions could be, how to start a food shot, info about props and how important they are, camera settings, etc. I created this group to have fun gatherings to talk about what we love with food and also food photog …

Bel Air Camera will be starting a series of Photo and Video classes that will take place on Saturday's starting in September. These are designed to Educate the public, they are NOT sales pitches. Each week will be a different theme from "Entry Level HDSLR Video" to "Digital SLR 101". Classes on In Home Printing, LOMO Photography, In Home Lighting, Audio for Video, and many more. If you are a beginner in the photography & Video world, these are for you! If you have a working knowledge of shooting …

This group is for Large Format photographers who wish to network and brainstorm with other LF film photographers. Come and show off your large format view/field or monorail camera! Photographers who are new to LF are welcome as are those who are established and happy to pass on advice to those just starting out. It doesn't matter what you shoot, whether it's landscape, portrait, architecture or still life etc, as long as you're shooting LF or MF film but not digital. Also welcome are creatives …

Soon to be the world's largest free photography group in Los Angeles. Photography enthusiast from beginner to expert. Weather permitting, this is a hands on group so let's go take pictures ! At the Action Factory LA Studios we create exciting class, meet ups and passionate group discussions around locations, shooting styles, digital vs traditional and much much more. Join us today and become Immortal.

This is a group for photographers wanted to learn the basics in photography, lighting, posing, understanding all camera settings, f/stop, iso, shutter speeds, stobe lighting, outdoor lighting... ect. All skills levels are welcome, and I started this group to help those photographers with no formal training to take their images to the next level. The basics are very simple to learn, but using them to say what you want to say is difficult. Why take a picture when you can learn to build an image.

Our intimate, small-group workshops are the antithesis of the 50-photographer cluster shoot. We teach real photography skills, posing, and lighting. You'll feel comfortable in our friendly setting and won't be intimidated to ask questions. Participants are encouraged to make any suggestions they like about posing and lighting. We light all our studio sessions with tungsten lights (hot lights), so there's no need for strobes or remotes - just bring your camera. Our 7,000 square foot storefront st …

The Kinkead Pop-Up Residency is a social experiment exploring the process of being an artist. Artists from beyond Los Angeles are provided residence and a studio to pursue their art. The program produces a variety of events in an effort to form a connection between the community and the artistic process.

Calling all fashion lovers. Lets get together and dress to impress at our community fashion show. Display your hottest clothing style. We will meet at a live, sensational exciting charity fashion show event. There will be food, fun, music, and tons of beautiful people and art. Come out and support your community!!!

We love photography! In this group, photography is our medium, and we'll explore the therapeutic benefit of creative expression. Creativity is Essential to Emotional Health! Some meetings you'll bring your photos to share and discuss. Some meetings we'll have photo shoots (outings) to capture what we discuss. Our group is led by a licensed psychotherapist, and this is NOT "group therapy." Still, you'll find a therapeutic outcome by sharing, hearing, showing, seeing, creating, discussing, and exp …