A monthly meetup for folks working to acquire, preserve, steward, provide access to, exhibit and interpret digital cultural heritage. Meetups involve a few short lightning talks followed by a happy hour. A great opportunity for networking with others from the DC library, archive, museums community. We're content agnostic, where digital cultural heritage means everything from the arts and humanities collections, to astrophysical and geospatial datasets and we pride ourselves on being an open and …

Speed dating at Alexandria's Beatley Central Library. Meet once a month @ 5005 Duke St. Alexandria, Va.

We're in Washington, D.C., we love Wikipedia and Wikimedia, and our vision is to empower individuals around the world through free access to the sum of human knowledge! We get together for various reasons, like taking some amazing pictures for Wikimedia Commons, expanding articles on Wikipedia so that people can learn from them, or discussing various issues related to Internet, culture, art, museums, libraries, history, or whatever we'd like to discuss. And we're done, we make sure the whole wor …

The Social Anxiety Support Group for DC, MD, and VA meets twice a month on Saturdays from 10:00 am to 11:30 am.  On the first Saturday of every month, we meet at the Tenley-Friendship Library (Conference Room 1).  On the third Saturday, we meet at the Martin Luther King Library (Room 221a).  Support group meetings are open to anyone with social anxiety.  At the meetings, we share our experiences living with and overcoming social anxiety. STUDENTS who are seeking COLLEGE CREDIT by studying suppor …

I moved from NY to DC and was really going to miss the Hack and Tell meetup there, so I decided to start one in DC! (What follows is the shamelessly ripped off description of the original). 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 …

This chorus is for women who enjoy singing, performing and even competing! Don't you want to be a part of the best chorus in the area?  The Vienna Falls Chorus is the 2012 and 2010 Blue Ridge Region 14 Champions and a part of Sweet Adeline's International. As 2010 Region 14 champions, we earned the opportunity to compete against 30 International Choruses in Houston Texas in October 2011 and were awarded 20th place in the world!!  As the 2012 Blue Ridge Region 14 Champions, we will be representin …

This meetup group welcomes all moms, dads, grandparents, and caretakers. Let's get together for affordable activities in our neighborhood, like going to story time at the library, having picnics at the park, play dates at home, and all other types of fun and/or educational activities. We are always open to any suggestions from our members to make our calendar more fun for all involved. This group also offers conference calls for parents to discuss baby topics, like sleeping habits, eating habits …

W.E. Within Everyone, Wisdom Everywhere, World Enlightenment Feel like life is passing you by? Feel like you don't have enough time? Living in the past of the future? Practice living the present moment. Mindfulness is about becoming aware of the present moment to live a happier, wiser, more productive life.  In this non-denominational approach, W.E. bring people together to tap into their own inner wisdom on how to live a kinder, more productive life. Come Join us Monday, May 6th at 6-7:00pm in …

We are a group of volunteers desiring to share God's love with people in health care facilities, children at MBC Access Ministry, and children with reading difficulties at MBC, schools, and libraries. We are open to the leading of the Holy Spirit.

Parents Without Partners is a nonprofit organization devoted to helping single parents and their children. Orientation is held the first Sunday of every month (unless it falls on a holiday). The next meeting will be on August 5 at the City of Fairfax Regional Library, 10360 North Street, Room 214, Fairfax 703-293-6227 RSVP: Patricia 703-691-4968 or patricia.morgan11@verizon.net . We are a not for profit organization dedicated to single parents and children to provide educational and social progr …

Bethesda Babies is a wonderful group of parents and little ones, dedicated to supporting each other and having fun! Parents and caregivers of babies and toddlers in the Bethesda area are welcome to join in on our many activities: playdates, walks in the neighborhoods, trips to the park, lunch out, library storytimes, etc. This group flourishes from everyone's ideas and participation. If you have a meet-up idea, please post it! The more the merrier! I hope to see the events flowing. :) Hope to se …

Private Playgroup for SAHM moms and their kids in NW DC - AU Park, Friendship Heights, Chevy Chase, Forest Hills, Van Ness, Cleveland Park, and surrounding neighborhoods.  We meet at playgrounds, member's home's, at library story times - anywhere fun and kid friendly.  There will also be mom's nights out so us hardworking moms can have a little fun without the kiddos.

This is a place to discuss and learn trending topics related to the development of highly customizable, user-centric web sites. This will serve as a platform for users to share and discover new frameworks and technologies that we can incorporate into our own development efforts. Such topics will include, not are not limited to JavaScript, jQuery, Ruby on Rails, Java, PHP, Python, HTML5, CSS3, Responsive Web Design, and anything else being used to make really cool web sites.

Calling all NEW mommies who have had their FIRST baby in 2012! Looking to meet and have playdates/meetups with other mom's that are Stay at Home (SAHM) mom's or Part-Time (P/T) mom's to join group for weekly or bi-weekly get togethers during the DAY. Group ideally will include mommies that live in Shirlington / Arlington area. Meetups will include a range of educational, fun and local get togethers. Some ideas (but not limited to) Shirlington/North or South Arlington/DC spots for yoga, lunch, co …

Did you take a philosophy class in high school or college and wish you had taken more? Do you read philosophy texts independently but have no one to discuss them with? Then this group is for you. We will read, in chronological order, major works from the history of philosophy. Although the majority will have been written by European and American authors, we will be open to texts from other cultures. Representative philosophers include Plato, Averroes, Descartes, Spinoza, Hobbes, Kant, Hegel, Sar …

Welcome Happy Feet Hikers, From Jo Detraz, Happy Feet Hikers Organizer & the entire Happy Feet Hikers Team http://www.happyfeethikers.com/ What is Happy Feet Hikers? We're a group of fun-loving, tree-hugging, fresh-air-breathing hiking enthusiasts who love to get together with others of the same. Whether you've been hiking for years, or you'd just like to try out a new hobby for exercise and peace of mind, Happy Feet Hikers is happy to welcome you into our group. Where do you hike? Here are j …

NodeDC brings node.js developers together to share ideas and solutions in Washington, DC. For updates, join the group at http://www.meetup.com/node-dc and/or follow us at @NodeDC.

Gay Married Men's Association organized January 10, 1978 with a meeting of 35 men in Bethesda. The group grew out of the ashes of the Cinema Follies fire on October 24, 1977, which claimed the lives of a number of married men. The group was the first outreach to bisexual men and married men with gay interests. GAMMA met for six years at St Alban's Episcopal Library. GAMMA organized support and established a network to assist gay married men in coming to terms with their sexual orientation in rel …

This is a group for Muslim mothers or expecting Muslim mothers in the Mclean Islamic Center (MIC) community. If you are interested in meeting other Muslim moms, forming friendships and building a network of resources and support then join us! We will have regular events at MIC and also encourage members to share related events like storytime at the library, picnics, playdates, stroller walks in the mall etc.  Most events will take place on the weekdays but we will try to have weekend events for …

This is a book club with novels selected from Modern Library's 100 Best Novels. See the list: http://www.modernlibrary.com/top-100/100-best-novels/ The book club will meet once a month on Saturday/Sunday to discuss the selected reading. Since we'll start out small, the first 2-3 books will be selected by the organizer. After the first few book selections, we will have polls for each subsequent book selection - so your opinion matters!

The dynamic, diverse and service-centered Rotary Club of Capitol Hill draws members who live or work in DC, Maryland and Virginia. Since 2003, our members have represented the dynamic diversity of Capitol Hill and Washington, DC. Ranging from those in their 20's to 60's, more than half of our members are women and the members of our club represent numerous races and nationalities -- both from the United States and abroad. We have several members who are alumni of Rotary Foundation programs such …

A branch of the edX Global Community for people who live near Washington, DC, USA! Meetup with other people taking edX courses, have study groups at local coffee shops and libraries, and celebrate your successes!

This group is for the littlest residents of Island Creek, Landsdowne, Ft. Belvoir, and Kingstowne and their Moms and Dads. Let's meet up for stroller walks, play dates, and library trips around the neighborhoods. Live farther away?  No problem!  We'll try to keep most events local for convenience. Feel free to suggest meetups, especially for stay at home moms.

The Inventors Network of the Capital Area (INCA) is a non-profit educational organization founded in 1993. Our members are interested in patents, the innovation process, product design, marketing, licensing, prototyping and other product development issues. Every month we host a meeting with a speaker and time for experienced and beginning inventors to network.The meetings are usually held third Mondays of the month at the Tysons-Pimmit Regional Library in Falls Church, Virginia. Private sector …

"Where Friends Meet" Come Join New Friends At The Best Dance Party In Town!Meet other singles near you! Come to a Singles Meetup Dance Party and flirt with fellow minglers for fun, friendship...and maybe more! Would you like to dance, laugh, talk and have a good time? We have just the place for you. Introducing the new meetup concept for singles dance lovers in the DC, MA and VA area. We are eager to provide the best parties starting with a dance lesson at the nicest places for area singles and …

This is a group for Catholic moms and dads who want to get together for fun and fellowship in Northwest DC. Let's meetup for a play date at the park, a trip to the Zoo, or story time at the Library. Let's hit confession together and pool our child watching resources so that we can each attend confession privately (what a luxury)! Let's switch things up with adults only dinners and cocktails! I'm looking forward to meeting other catholic families and exploring DC together!

A group for people that want to eat healthy (or healthier) and want to meet cool people at the same time. We'll kick-start the group with a screening of the documentary "Forks over Knives" and follow it with a panel discussion on 12/16/2012 from 2pm - 5pm at the Arlington Public Library - Central (Ballston). If it goes well, we can plan other fun events.

Komen Toastmasters is a friendly community toastmasters club that meets on the first and third Saturday of every month. We meet at 10:30 am at the DC Southwest Branch Library, 900 Wesley Place, Washington DC 20024. We meet in the basement conference room. Please visit us and see what we're all about...