Beach Dodgeball at its finest!  We offer open beach play for guys and girls 18 and up.  Come on out and play the game you know and love.  It's better on the sand! We will be hosting upcoming one day beach tournaments in the near future so stay tuned and get excited! Also, keep in mind that many people still come out to play regardless of how many people RSVP on the meetup group.  So don't let that be your deciding factor on joining us! Venice Pier at Washington Blvd. From 12:00pm until 3:00p …

Swing dancing is the perfect accompaniment to jazz. Original street dance and art, Venice beach has a long history of this retro dance. Come out, take lessons, and be apart of the new growing scene here on the westside! VeniceSwing.com

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.

Bringing Venice entrepreneurs together and fostering the local tech community. Everyone interested in tech and entrepreneurship is welcome! Come and join us :)

Dining, Happy Hours, wine tastings and other activities in and around Venice. This is an group run group.  Any member can sponsor an event.  Simply click on the "Schedule a Meetup" on our page.  If there's something you'd like to do in the area but no one to go with put it here and find like minded souls.

"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 …

I am a Certified Personal Trainer and Yoga Instructor. I'm fresh out of the YogaWorks Teacher Training Program so I'm offering donation based classes near the beach in Santa Monica!! My class is a yoga blend primarily focusing on alignment, stabilization and flow while staying connected to the breath. This class will leave you feeling stronger, longer, balanced and lighter on your toes! Come out and get your yoga on!

The Hub on Venice is six separate facilities under one roof: Ohr HaTorah Synagogue Kinder Circle Preschool Venice Boulevard Community Center Beach Communities Jewish Center Institute for Spiritual Formation & Moral Psychology Sophos Cafe From parenting groups to kabbalah and psychology classes; homework and ESL clubs to poker and dancing nights; fantastic performances and celebrations to quiet transformative revelations, The Hub on Venice is a place where your mind, body and spirit can regroup …

We are a group of Facebook developers that gather to learn from each other, share our creations, and network. Based in Santa Monica, Venice, Culver City, and surrounding areas, we represent a diverse group of coders, entrepreneurs, digital marketers, and tech lovers.

NextSpace @ Amplify is an innovative workspace & collaborative coworking community. Your Best Work Happens Here. Venice Beach is a unique convergence of art, tech, creativity and innovation. Smack-dab in the middle of it is NextSpace's 5th location on Amplify's new accelerator campus. The Amplify campus is purpose-built for working, learning and networking, and NextSpace @ Amplify will provide the perfect complement of coworking and community to the energy and talent found in the Amplify acceler …

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Come drum and dance with us!! We are Los Angeles' largest and most active, Samba drumming group! Learn to drum and dance like they do in Rio and Bahia! Whether you are a complete beginner, drum circler, dancer, percussion student or a seasoned pro we have something for you. We hold regular classes and rehearsals. Bring your own drums or borrow ours. We focus on performing at festivals, special events and parades. There are plenty of performance opportunities! We've performed at the Hollywood …

There are so many fun things to do in Los Angeles! From sunning on the beaches to cruising through the Hollywood Hills, Los Angeles attractions are some of the best in the world. Take in the scenery with travel deals that specialize in all the fun games we play in LA like volley ball at Venice Beach, or wine tasting bars, or just celebrity watching at a local restaurant. You might even overhear the latest movie reviews from a near-by table, or go to Free-Bee Events. If you like to cook, there's …

Los Angeles Animation Studios is creating a community of Animation Software Engineers coming together to meet like-minded Software Engineers and exchange ideas and best practices in the evolving Animation scene in Greater Los Angeles. Within this community we are promoting mentoring along with professional development within a general forum for Animation Software Engineers to share their experiences. And we plan to have fun doing it. Fellow Animators are also welcomed to join this group to gain …

Beast runners are those who have a desire to be their best and are goal driven. We come into this pack to encourage and motivate each other to reach our running goals. We share training and nutrition tips to run faster and farther. Anybody can be a beast runner...young or old, fast or slow...but the main ingredient is you come with a purpose and are willing to work for it and we, as a group, supply the motivation to make that happen.

We are a group of knitters and crocheters who live and craft from Santa Monica to the Westside. We meet the LAST WEDNESDAY of every month at The Market at Santa Monica Place on the dining deck from 7-9ish. We will be sitting at round tables in the Market between the entrance and GROUNDWORKS COFFEE. For directions and more info click  http://www.themarketsmp.com/ Park on the top level of the parking structure (lots of available spaces) The first 90 minutes are free. First hour after is $1.00. …

This group is for those interested in living a healthy lifestyle. Meet ups will be centered around healthy recipes, superfoods, weightloss idea's, relationship with food, relationship with our own bodies, and navigating through the modern food economy.

This is a tour for anyone interested in classic rock, especially the events that took place in the Los Angeles and Sunset Strip in the 1960s. Emphasis is on The Doors and Jim Morrison but music fans of the '60s will likely find this to be a fun time. The tour is super thorough and covers Hollywood, Sunset Strip, Venice Beach and Santa Monica. I started this group to share my love of classic rock, The Doors and Los Angeles history. Looking forward to meeting everyone!

The "Make Music Happen" Hackathon will take place April 27th, 2013 in Venice Beach Make Music Hackathon is a 2 day long coding jam session bringing together the areas most talented developers to build amazing music based applications using API's from top Music Platforms. Teams or individuals are set to create inspiring and innovative music based apps using various provided API's. At the end they will be judged by a panel and rewards will be given out. Please register and leave us a line :) Rya …

LA Tech Recruiters is creating a community of Tech Recruiters coming together to meet like-minded Recruiters and exchange ideas and best practices in the evolving Tech scene in Los Angeles, Venice Beach and Santa Monica. Within this community we are promoting mentoring along with professional development within a open forum for Tech Recruiters to share their experiences. And we plan to have fun doing it.   Software engineers are also welcomed to join this group to gain knowledge and give feedbac …

Join the # 1 BootCamp Fitness Program in L.A.! 12 locations LA/BEACH/VALLEYS BootCamp "Morning Crunch"is a challenging, fun and effective fitness program designed to deliver maximum total body results. The class structure is suitable for people of any fitness level. We combine activities like: push ups, agility exercises, resistance training, abs, squats, speed drills, and endurance challenges to create a fun and rewarding total body workout. The program is is 5 weeks long; and classes are held …

I decided to start this group to see who's available during the week, M-F on the Westside of LA. If you work in the office 9-5, this group doesn't really appeal to you. This is for the screenwriters, filmmakers, actors, actresses, bartender, server, web designer, graphic designer, personal trainer, tennis instructor, yoga instructor, model, even the unemployed and/or poor students. Help meet others in your area with the same kind of schedule/hobbies/interests. Hang out at the beach, explore LA, …

I would like to start a playgroup for moms on the westside with preschool-age children (about 2-5 years old). I want to find a consistent morning during the week (not weekend) for a weekly meet-up, with the possibility of doing other outings/meet-ups on other days as things evolve. Going to parks, the beach, museums, and Mommy and Me classes are all things we could do. My son is almost three and we live in Westchester, so I'm looking for moms here or nearby in Playa Del Rey, Mar Vista, Culver Ci …

The So Cal COMMUNITY IS LARGER THAN REPRESENTED BY THIS SITE & IS ON ANOTHER low volume, nonmeetup EMAIL LIST which you can join in addition to, or instead of this, meetup(info provided in your welcome email): we've added this meetup site to expose more people to these events & provide more social media options to our community so that the email-list stays low volume.  Plus our focus is around sharing experiences together in the real world, not spending time reading & typing on the internet: The …

Who WE Are: Westside/South Bay , 23-35 somethings who strive to Live well, Laugh often, Love much & have FUN! We might be professionals (semi-pros too), but we don't take ourselves too seriously. We don't spend a lot of time talking about work, politics, professional sports, college sports. Not that that stuff is bad, it’s just that there is so much more we want to squeeze out of life. What WE Do: Dinners, dance, volunteer, yoga, Music events (karaoke included), festivals, game nights, museum …

Maybe you’re in school, maybe working, maybe just trying to figure out what you want to do with your life. The question is are you living? Take advantage of the opportunities and moments you have now. Every day I want to learn something new and cool, experience life to the fullest, meet fun people, and enjoy the communities around me. If you agree with me this is the meetup to join. Playa 20s is about providing these opportunities, as an informal social network and by connecting people in thei …