About Us: NY Cultural Tech has expanded its focus as of March 2013 to more broadly delve into the innovative intersection of tech and culture.  It started out as a cross-disciplinary group for practicing technologists (coders, info architects, developers) focused on the advancement of emerging tech from within the domains of public knowledge.  Our participatory group is a new-media catalyst for those involved with museums, libraries, educational institutions, government, non-profits, and outwar …

After three years of reading Hemingway and his peers, the Hemingway Book Club is changing. Starting in 2013, the group will choose books from the Modern Library's list of top 100 20th Century English language novels. Please join us as we discover and reread some of the best works of the modern age. http://www.modernlibrary.com/top-100/100-best-novels/

Do You Want to Learn How to Look Better, Feel Better, Increase Your Energy, Lose Body Fat, and Improve Your Health? WEIGHT LOSS AND WELLNESS WORKSHOPS at the New York City Public Library Riverside Bi-Monthly on Wednesdays from 4:00 – 5:00 Topics Covering the Key Elements to Permanent Weight Loss Weight Loss and Wellness Workshops Presented by: Coach Lisa Lea Farley CHC, RYT 200 - Lisa Lea Farley is a Certified Health Coach and Yoga Instructor.  She received her training from the Institute for I …

Kinding Sindaw (www.kindingsindaw.org) is a cultural performance troupe that has been in existence for over 20 years and is currently a resident artist group at La Mama E.T.C. Our mission is to educate and enlighten communities about the complex history and cultures of the indigenous peoples of the Philippines. Through the use of an artistic medium, which preserves the cultural heritage of the indigenous peoples from these regions, we seek to explore universal issues of the value of oral history …

If you've ever visited Hacker News, you've almost certainly seen the "Show HN" or "Ask HN" posts. Well, it's time to get off the Internet and tell us about it face to face. We'll provide you with our honest feedback, you provide us with a great hack, or idea. We'll give you 5 minutes to show off your tool, hack, library (did you just write a library to access the Meetup API in Go!?), whatever. We're language and software/hardware agnostic, so it's all fair game. After you present, it's an open f …

It's Tech@NYU's monthly party! At each DemoDay, Tech@NYU members and other NYC students will demo what they've been working on for the last month in the areas of programming and design. It's a monthly celebration, where Tech@NYU opens it doors to show off what we've been doing. NYC students - if you'd like to demo your latest hack, project, or pre-funding startup, please contact one of the organizers. Past demos have included: A Javascript library for calculus and statistics A remote control fo …

The New York Pluralsight Study Group was started for the express purpose of gathering developers together on a weekly basis to watch, discuss and learn from Pluralsight's vast library of training.   We are supported by Pluralsight in our efforts and sponsored by Microsoft who is generously providing our meeting facilities. We meet at the Microsoft offices in mid-town Manhattan once a week to study.   The general format is to spend approximately one hour watching a pluralsight training video foll …

Digital Asset Management draws from various areas of expertise including archiving and library sciences, metadata, taxonomies, searchibility, even trafficking. As the field grows to include a wide range of online DAM systems, it requires sensitivity to user experience, asset security, and workflow development. Join us to share experiences, discuss the intersections of these disciplines, and the challenges unique to all manner of file types.

Meet other friendly Mandarin learning families to set up playdates, explore the neighborhood and have fun! We share experiences, get advice and make new friends. All families and friends are welcome! We have meetups every week for different ages. For example, we are planning to have lots of events including music classes; baby sign classes; gym events; soccer classes; photoshoots; trips to museums and the Bronx zoo and book clubs where everyone is welcome and get togethers at local libraries, Wh …

Pop Up Yoga NYC takes yoga out of the studio and into urban spaces. We hold classes anywhere from gyms, parks, libraries, coffee shops, stores, juvenile detention centers, and anywhere else yoga is needed. Classes are open level, donation based or free, and are accompanied by live DJs or musicians. We also partner with awesome local businesses and food vendors to make yoga fun and accessible for urban dwellers. Check out our website to learn more about upcoming events at www.popupyoga-nyc.com.

Scala Days 2013 will bring together developers from all corners of the world to share their experiences and new ideas around creating applications with Scala and Scala-based libraries and frameworks. Scala Days provides a unique opportunity for Scala users to interact with the key contributors to the language and related technologies. Martin Odersky will give this year's keynote, with a guest keynote from Rod Johnson! Featured speakers include influencers and Scala community members from EPFL, C …

The purpose of this group is to create an informal setting to discuss, share and learn about mediation and its relevance in our lives today. We engage in a wide range of topics like role of meditation in our life and community, balancing our life from within, creating a harmonious peaceful community. We organize free meet-ups, workshops and training sessions for members of the community. Most of our venues are local cafes, libraries and universities. Natural Path Meditation (also known as Sahaj …

Advanced discussions and analysis of equity and index option strategies and tools. This is intended for experienced option traders and not as an educational environment for beginners. Meetings take place at a New York Public Library community room in midtown Manhattan, once a month, in the evening, on the 2nd Monday of the month.

NYLUG.org is New York's Linux Users Group supporting all things Linux and Open Source in the greater New York area. Members are Linux enthusiasts who come to the meetings and installfests, subscribe to a mailing list, and/or participate in keysignings and other NYLUG events. Meetings are free and open to the public (RSVP usually required). Meetings will usually (but not always) take place the second Thursday of the month starting at 6:30pm. Meetings are announced on the NYLUG-Announce mailing li …

A meetup for graduates of General Assembly's front end development courses to continue practicing the skills they've learned in class. If you have or are taking one of our courses, request to join and we'll set you up right away.

Semi-regular tutorials/discussions about OCaml language features and libraries. A meetup should ideally center around a topic which (1) contains some interesting core idea, (2) helps us get stuff done, (3) is reasonably accessible to people without a ton of OCaml experience (but who might be familiar with other MLs, Haskell, Scheme, etc...)

NYC.JS is a 'by developer, for developer' format where an engaged group of technologists come together to discuss and debate best practices (and frustrations) building apps with JavaScript/HTML5 frameworks. With an initial focus on Sencha Touch and Ext JS, the group has broadened to "all things JS" and more recently has focused on the engineering behind HTML5 apps for digital media and publishing industry. Developers, designers and Product people are all welcome.  Our only 'rule' is no head hunt …

The meetup is centered around the following: discuss interesting emerging patterns/modules related to Node.js discuss best practices and patterns The meetup is presentation focused followed by q/a sessions at an advanced level. You are encouraged to include a link to your GitHub when applying to join.

Social networking for greater NYC librarians and library students. All sectors and backgrounds accepted. Come discuss developments in the field, explore professional opportunities, examine emerging technologies, and engage in good old-fashioned librarianship! Social media: Please follow us on our meetup BLOG. We're also on  Twitter.  Delicious, Digg, Facebook, Flickr, LibraryThing, LinkedIn, Goodreads & YouTube. What social media sites are you on? NEW:  Meet our Mentors! Click HERE to learn more …

Hello, Our book club is open to all who share a specific interest in reading memoirs and would like to join us for brunch to discuss the current book. We limit each meeting to a small group (no more than 12 people) to so that everyone has a chance to get to know each other and to have a meaningful discussion of the memoir.  In most cases, we choose memoirs that are available in paperback version and are available at the library. Please come to the brunch having already read the memoir so that yo …

Is your child learning Japanese at home? Are you a bilingual family? Let's make opportunities for our children to interact in Japanese with people outside our own families and experience Japanese as a living language. This is also a chance to meet other parents in your neighborhood! All members can plan a playdate or meetup that is convenient for your area, schedule, and age group. Meetups can be for mothers just simply having fun & good time with other moms. My family is in Ditmars, Astoria.  M …

WALK TALK YOGA PRENATAL WALKING & YOGA GROUP IN BROOKLYN | PROSPECT PARK Join prenatal yoga instructor Sofia and birth doula Kyra for a weekly walk through Prospect Park with a thirty minutes prenatal yoga class at the end of the walk. The walking moms meet at 9:00AM at the entrance of the Brooklyn Public Library. We will start our walk at 9:15AM, which will take around 45 minutes, followed by a 30 minutes prenatal yoga session. This is a great way to start the day, bring new mommies together, s …

Are you an expecting mom, or a mom to a little one under 4 years old? Our mission is to provide support and community for every mom that wants it. *All members are invited to view our complimentary library of over 50 parenting videos* We are an inclusive community where all moms can come together to support, learn, and socialize. All are invited - new moms, expectant moms, toddler moms, working moms, single moms in New York area: Manhattan, Queens, Brooklyn, Bronx, Staten Island, Westchester, a …

The NYC Foundation for Active Compassion Meditation Group offers guided meditations of loving communion and awareness adapted from Tibet for people of all backgrounds and faiths. Everyone is welcome - those with little or no meditation experience, as well as those with much experience who want a fresh approach to their deepest nature. For more information check out foundationforactivecompassion.org We meet the first and third Sunday, the second Thursday, and one Tuesday or Wednesday TBD evening …

This group, is for people interested in involvement with the Fellowship of Christian Athletes. The ministry focuses on using sports to impact the world for Christ, through ministry to coaches and athletes. We have a weekly bible study at the NY Science, Industry and Business Library at Madison between 34th and 35th street on Tuesday at 12:00-1. We are just getting the ministry going in NYC, we are looking for participators volunteers and donations. We will also have other events, camps, mont …

jQuery NYC is a group that is focused on jQuery, jQuery plugins, jQuery plugin authoring, and jQuery integration with other libraries, core JS, etc.  While we are physically located in New York City, we want to connect all jQuery communities worldwide. We also have some groups that are our friends in that they collaborate with us in one way or another.  Here is the list, and I encourage you to visit them and join them if they fit your interests: Blacks In Technology - Organizer: Mike Street Har …

This group will meet regularly to discuss cross-device HTML5 developer tools for creating both native mobile applications for iOS & Android along with HTML5 web apps. We'll include guest speakers that will talk about new advances in HTML5, JavaScript and CSS3 that empower web and mobile developers to accelerate their time to market and reduce the costs associated with deploying across a variety of handsets. Group Meetups will include both technical and market-oriented sessions and will likely me …

The HTML5 developers group is for people to get together and talk about how we’re starting to build applications using HTML5, CSS3, and modern JavaScript. It’s intended for both traditional front-end developers moving from websites to the larger world of web applications, as well as native/rich internet application developers who are looking to transfer their skills to these up-and-coming technologies. There are already great HTML5 and JavaScript groups in New York so we're hoping to do somethin …