Yarn Bombing Los Angeles (YBLA) is a group of guerrilla knitters who have been collaborating since 2010. YBLA stages public installations and performances to help expand the definition of public art to embrace street art, including self-initiated, ephemeral urban interventions utilizing fiber material and craft techniques.Collaborative art making, community building, public outreach, blurring boundaries between contemporary art practices, graffiti and craft are integral components to YBLA's prac …

Do you love arts and crafts? Do you love browsing, talking about techniques, trying new food, and having fun? What a coincidence, so do we! ;) Join us to find out where and when all the official and UN-official trunk shows are happening in the LA County. These shows mostly will be of handmade items (jewelry, clothing, traditional art, home decor) but we encourage all kinds of categories from launching a music album, to beta testing a video game for the iphone. Imagine showing your art, having th …

The “Crunchy Crafters” is a community for and of the creative types (who are also granola crunchy) As a group, Etsy Mob/Crunchy Crafters aspire to: 1) Serving the larger community with our artistic talents 2) Cross pollinating of ideas and practices between the Crunchy artists/crafters 3) Have TONS of fun…!!! While doing all that, we don't mind exploring business opportunities at Etsy and other venues so that we can keep on doing what we love. Cool with you? --------------------------------- …

The Creative Juice Bar is a place where you get together with other people searching for a creative outlet, to perfect a new skill, or to just join in some fun, community learning. Classes and workshops will be divided into 4 primary categories: Special Skills, Crafts, Weird Science/Tech, Green Living, and Chop Suey. Some classes may be practical such as "Beginner Survival Skills" and others may be for pure entertainment such as "Learn to Swear in 20 Languages." All classes are community driven, …

What is Burbank Homeschool Academic Support? Parents occasionally need a little extra help to provide academic success for their children that are being home schooled. We are here to help. We offer discounted tutoring services, morning art classes, and free and low cost workshops. Burbank Homeschool Academic Support is a meetup group where homeschooling families can meet up and get academic support as well as a place to meet other homeschooling families. You can also find a list of local family- …

Origami enthusiasts unite: this group allows those to enjoy origami folding to share techniques and models, books and website links and teach others in group folding sessions.

I decided to form this group because I find the need for my daughter to build frienships around other kids who only speak/understand Spanish.We are a bilingual household and as Parents we understand the importance of our daughter being bilingual. My goal for this group is to create a relax, fun, friendly environment where our kids are surrounded by parents and children that ONLY communicate in spanish and can eventually communicate in Spanish and build long lasting friendships as they get older. …

If you are addicted to crochet and/or knitting, and want to complete all of those projects that you have started, then this meetup is for you. Our name may seem like we are a group only for females, but "chicks" was chosen because I am a chicken lover. Men are always welcome to join us. In fact, we would love it if you would. You can find a full description about us under the PAGES tab. This group is also on facebook, join us there, too. We hope to stitch with you soon. : )

This group is for ladies in their 20's and 30's who want to make new and lasting friendships. This group is for people who want to promote or learn about the yogi lifestyle of love, acceptance, and mindfulness. This group is for women who don't mind being vulnerable, and talking about real life. This is not a group for women who want to compare, compete, judge, gossip about one another, create drama, or act like someone they're not. This group will have both intimate meetups to build relationshi …

We are a group of working actors, veteran actors and actors with writing careers who have come together to share our experience, acting craft expertise, professional knowledge and support so that we may all become better at what we love to do and at the business of doing it. By collaborating, we improve our craft on our own schedules without paying for expensive classes. Sharpening the actors tools, we focus on cold reading, audition techniques, on-camera techniques and improvisation. Our member …

If you are an artist or model that looooooooves pin-up art from the 1940's and 1950's, this groups is for you. Every other Saturday we're holding a figure drawing workshop for anyone that wants to do live figure study of pin-ups. Each workshop includes a dolled-up hot mama in a period type setting. We do both long and short pose, and encourage artists from all mediums to come and get inspired or hone their craft.

This group is about building a community of photographers who are interested in taking their photo and video skills to the next level; sharing their work, techniques and ideas; developing their craft; exploring new interests; and meeting new people who share their love and passion for photography...and videography.  All skill levels are welcome so it doesn't matter if you're a beginner, advanced hobbyist or seasoned pro. We try to create fun, exciting and positive learning environments for our m …

Our finishing school provides workshops and training for those in the performing arts - specifically burlesque, cabaret, and circus performers. The training we provide focuses on movement, comportment, character development, and the refinement of an individual performer's acts or numbers. This group is designed for performers that are looking for a way to improve their craft without signing up for overpriced or extended classes. Everything is taught "a la carte". It's been my experience that a l …

An appreciation and performance society dedicated to enjoying the exquisitely silly light operas created by W.S. Gilbert and Arthur Sullivan. The Victorian era partnership of librettist W. S. Gilbert (1836–1911) and composer Arthur Sullivan (1842–1900) created fourteen comic operas between 1871 and 1896. The best of these shows became immensely popular and immediately swept across the British Empire. Produced professionally at the Savoy Theatre in London, and then by professional music halls and …

Have you ever wanted to learn the craft of improvisation? It is one of the most popular performance art forms around. Would you like to know the secrets and tricks of the Improv trade? Find out in this Improvisational Acting course. The objectives of this group are to discover the fundamentals of improvisational comedy, learn techniques to think quickly on your feet and to be more creative. This spirited, fun course is designed for the business person, as well as the actor or comedian who want …

Super, Social, Bright kids on the GO (SS-GO Kids) This is a group for Super School aged kids on the Go. (SS-GO Kids) Our kids are active and they enjoy having fun together. This group is geared toward kids ages 5 and up, with younger siblings always welcome.  All age kids are welcome to join, but I will need help with events for babies, toddlers or teenagers. I thought it was time to get a playgroup going for school-aged kids.  There don't seem to be any groups with school-aged children as the f …

We are a group of parents who are passionate about our kids and keeping them active and happy. We want to provide a foundation for well-educated, well-rounded adults. The kids in our group are babies, toddlers, preschoolers, elementary school kids and beyond. Many of our activities are great for a wide range of ages; others will be more geared toward a specific age. Our meetups consist of so many different things which are fun and educational such as fieldtrips to museums, the zoo and plays, art …

This group is interested in bringing together American people to interact, host, and find new friends with international people. We're getting together by doing activities like hiking, pot lucks, arts and crafts, cultural events, etc. around Los Angeles. All ages and nationalities are welcome to join. Looking forward to meeting new friends! Note: this group is not a dating service for Americans looking for international people. Thank you for your understanding. Please show support for homestay i …

It's a friendly, casual, meetup to explore woodworking and everything related: Art, Architecture, Furniture, Digital Fabrication, Product Design, etc... It's a forward leaning group with a love for craft. If sitting behind a computer too long drives you crazy this may be the group for you. We love to get our hands dirty and plan on doing so. We encourage members to share their knowledge whether it's hand joinery or steam bent lamination we want to learn about it and we want to do it! If you know …