This group is intended to introduce you to various health and fitness exercises and programs. We are open to everyone who wants to get in shape, stay in shape, lose weight, get fit, build lean muscle, and get on track to a healthy exercise program. Our workshops and programs encompass fitness exercises, core training, martial arts, kickboxing, muay thai, mma (mixed martial arts), yoga, flexibility & stretching, strength training, cardio exercise, grappling, juijitsu, and anything to motiva …

Teale Street Sculpture Studio & Workshops Uninstructed Life Drawing workshop with Model, Long Poses. Thursday nights 7PM to 10PM. $15.00, Great Models. 11847 Teale Street Culver City LA CA 90230 (310) 397 2697 sculpturestudio@me.com

This is a bold, fun, and adventurous group of dancers, performers, musicians, artists, and passionate people from all different backgrounds and abilities who are interested in sharing their talent with the general public. We make it a point to perform for free in a flash mob fashion.    Dancers: We dance, strut, and move through the crowds of some of the most pedestrian dense urban areas, and we don't care who watches. We have fun, we bring our friends, or we just do our own thing.   Artists: …

Street photography is the art of exploring life as it happens in the everyday moment, capturing the lives of others with an instant while observing your own, its not about creating photo memories, its about dissolving one's self in the experience of coincidences. It is straight photography in that it shows a pure vision of something, like holding up a mirror to society. Street photography often tends to be ironic and can be distanced from its subject matter, and often concentrates on a single hu …

PLEASE NOTE: CLASS IS CANCELLED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. (Carlinhos is in New York on an extended visit.) This is a weekly Brazilian percussion class led by Carlinhos Pandeiro de Ouro of the Mangueira samba school in Rio, and known around the world as one of the great Brazilian percussionists. This is focused instruction on pandeiro, tamborim, tan-tan, caxixi, surdo, agogo, and other key instruments. Tuesday evenings - 7:30PM 18th Street Arts Center 1639 18th Street (at Olympic) Santa Monica …

  Simply put, impulse dictated the creation of the group, that impulse dictating to just go out lagging a camera; and so acting on this... we get to keep each other motivated and inspired We'll learn from one another Have fun together then go about and eat what we like;p ... ... It's simple... All skill levels welcome... We just shoot... Roam around... Have fun Whatever you're reason for shooting be... for inspiration... for a living... even if only for the lack of better things to do... We'll j …

Every year, the streets of Hollywood, CA are filled with the spirit of Fringe, a wild celebration of the emerging arts. This is its meerup group. We will be discussing ideas for social opportunities throughout the year to discuss art, work, and beer Everyone is welcome to join who creates, enjoys, and supports the international arts world.

… Ninjutsu is more then just a fighting art. We will practice stealth techniques, street smart survival, gun disarming, basic Parkour skills & survival skills. Because let's be honest, these are the things we really want to practice in Ninjutsu.   Bare in mind that this is a Meet-up group and not a dojo.  I'm not here to make anyone a "black belt".  But rather to share, train and explore the different hidden aspects of Ninjutsu that larger organizations don't even touch.  Show up w/ a good heart a …

… Some of the topics include meeting women during the day (daygame), texting women (text game), meeting women at bars/clubs/lounges (night game), pua tactics and techniques vs. natural game, inner confidence (inner game), setting up dates that lead to sex, what to say on the phone (phone game), sexual framing, advanced NLP for pickup, how to make WOMAN CHASE YOU, how to be the life of the party (high social status), threesomes and much much more. Practice makes perfect so we'll be doing some infie …

This is a group that celebrates and explores Los Angeles and the rich community of people who live here. Like an urban village with deep roots and diverse flavors . . .  L.A. is to me an Urban Pueblo. =) I'm looking forward to planning a wide variety of activities: from lectures at the Downtown Public Library to Dodger baseball games at Chavez Ravine; from the Farmer's Market in Barnsdall Park to the Tamale Festival in McArthur Park. =)  Let's go to Grand Central Market, Angels' Flight, The Holl …

Profile taking your creativity to the next level... Teale Street Sculpture Studio, formerly known as the Robert Cunningham Studio and LA Art Space, is home to many artists producing figurative and abstract work. We have been serving the art community in the Los Angeles area for the past 30 years, helping people like you realize the projects of their dreams. Our instructors teach the fundamentals of traditional figure sculpture--anatomy, proportion, and structure. We have beginner to advanced …

Urban Gorillas is all about exploring the urban landscape of Los Angeles while we engage in social action, awaken creativity, and push social change through art, community organizing and volunteerism. This group is for all those individuals out there who want to meet people who are active, socially conscious, driven to make a difference, not afraid to push themselves and the edge of society, and want to have fun while doing it. Activities within this group may be risque so only join if you are w …

This is a new Wing Chun/Tsun meetup group in Southern California -- Monterey park! Wing Tsun, 詠春, is a Southern Chinese martial art originated over 300 years ago during the Qing dynasty. Wing Tusn is a "soft" style that does not counter force with force but instead recycles energy and employs a sophisticated method of response using trained reflexes. Chi-Sao ("sticky hands") training is used to develop and hone these reflexes to specific pressures or triggers so that they become automatic in …

A Free Community and Public Service for the Greater Los Angeles Area Come Learn Simple, Easy and Effective Self-Defense Techniques from One of the Highest Ranking Hwa Rang Do® Masters in the World Teenagers & Adults, Men & Women are Welcome! NO Martial Arts Skill Necessary! In light of the recent economic crisis, the World Hwa Rang Do Association is now offering free and open self-defense classes to the public, to empower our communities regardless of financial situation. We believe that everyon …

We are a group of vibrant, social, fun, community oriented folk on a mission to better ourselves and the world around us! Our goal is to meet new friends, explore the city we live in, and make it a little bit better. Our activities include, but are certainly not limited to: learning about different causes and how we can help, fundraising, karaoke, dancing, deep conversation, wild adventures We are based at the Church in Ocean Park at 235 Hill Street, Santa Monica. The Church in Ocean Park is …

Are you LGBT and a foodie? Have you always wanted to join a dining club that will try out a wide variety of restaurants - from street food, all the way to fine dining, from American cuisine, to all types of ethnic cuisine Southern California has to offer? Then this is the group for you. We have a wide variety of events to fit everyone's budget - from $10 to $15 at street food and certain ethnic restaurants, all the way to $100 plus for fine dining. Its up to you what event you want to sign u …