Life is too short... Life is too short to read boring books or to eat boring food at boring places or to do boring things! This is not the place for fuddy-duddies. This is the place for the calmly audacious. Dullsville has no place on our maps and our only four-letter word is YAWN. Here is where you are if you like your inner monologue at its' maximum potential. Here is where "these go to eleven". We welcome you to join us and help us to turn things all the way up!

This is a group for anyone interesting in a different kind of Saturday night out. For those of us who don't normally hit the clubs but prefer the company of a good book and a warm beverage. A group to meet people who appreciate the written word and who enjoy a few laugh too.

Baby Boomers Words and Wine is a group of older women that enjoy wine, good books, good food, socializing and laughing! We will meet once a month in the Cumberland area and will have a monthly book to read/discuss. Hoping that women of the baby boomer generation who would rather be out having fun than sitting on the couch will come be a part of this group! Open to suggestions for books to read, and can pick our favorite restaurants or coffee shop to meet in monthly to not only discuss the book, …

Welcome to Alphabet Soup! We are a group of mostly mothers that get together monthly to disucss a book.  We read fiction as well as non fiction and attempt to pick books that will generate a thoughful discussion.  Meetups are usually on a Tuesday evening and take place either at a member's home or public venue.  It can be in any area of the city.  Some books we've read recently include:  Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver; Strength in What Remains by Tracy Kidder; The Help by Kathr …

[Formerly called "Pittsburghers who love to read" and started in April 2012] This group gathers people in the area who like to read and talk about books. Currently, we meet once a month on a Sunday at Schenley Park Café. Books are selected through member suggestions and informal voting on titles every few months.  Genres and topics are limited only by our imagination.

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Had enough of astrologers, psychics, homeopaths, and spirit channelers? Yearning to talk with someone rational for awhile? Meetup with other local skeptics for some refreshing and sane conversation. We host three events each month: Drinking Skeptically, Brunching Skeptically, and the Science and Skepticism Book Club.  Steel City Skeptics is part of a larger network of local secular groups, including the Pittsburgh Coalition of Reason. For more info you can check our website: www.steelcityskeptic …

Looking to meet some new people who are freethinking and love to read? All from Mercer, Lawrence, or Crawford County areas are welcome. We will enjoy works by Dawkins, Harris, Hitchens, Dennett and many other fine secular writers and enjoy open discussion, good food and drinks, as well as making new friends. We will meet at restaurants throughout the area to ensure it is convenient for all members. Books will be approved by the members and we will aim to meet no less than once per month. Ideally …

This group will study, discuss, and review Christian publications/books/music. Books do not have to be purchased but recommended. To learn about Truth. To raise awareness of the material that is being published today. To do good. This group will focus on helping people in Pittsburgh in some way--"Everywhere He went, he went about doing GOOD!" Also, there is the possibility of Christian music, depending on the location. Christian Musicians welcome.

We're all spiritual beings having a physical experience, and many of us are waking up to the awesome power of our true inner selves, outside the confines of ego-based desires and reality.  This group is intended to serve as a space to come together to discuss and experience the compassion, power, unity, insight and self-awareness available to us through a focus on present-moment awareness and distinguishing our Selves from our egos. And, as we each individually grow and evolve, so we will be abl …

If you are looking for a friendly environment to practice your rusty, average, excellent, or native French, please join us in this Meetup. This is an opportunity to express yourself on various topics in your favorite language. Whether you just started learning French, or Proust's "Le temps retrouvé" is your bedside book, we hope to see you at Mocha Joe's coffee house in Stow (3707 Darrow Road, Stow, OH 44224-4059) every Wednesday from 6.30 to 8pm. À très bientôt!!!

We are the Mary Roberts Rinehart Chapter of Sisters in Crime based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.  This group is not the entire membership but simply a gateway we use to introduce new members to another very active Listserve. Our paid members belong to the Yahoo Group where you will meet our 50+ members. We have meetings once a month at Eat n" Park in Robinson Town Center, the first Monday of the month (except for holidays).  The meeting is a 7pm unless you want to join us for discussion and dinn …

Are you a Nerd or Geek in Northeast Ohio, Western PA, or the surrounding areas? Welcome to Midwest Meet a Geek! We were founded on 7/5/12 (originally Titled Twinsburg Meet a Geek). The goal of this group is to unite geeks throughout the Midwestern areas (Cleveland, Akron, Pittsburgh, Erie, etc). We are a free group with no dues or membership fees. Our primary activities consist of meeting in cafes, bookstores, gamestores, members homes, and public parks to watch anime, play retro and next gen vi …

So you want to live the good life... Do you have a life philosophy to help guide you? Sounds too difficult? It is more simple than you would  imagine. It is all about letting of what really does not matter... Stoic philosophy, one of the most popular and successful schools of thought in ancient Rome proves to be remarkably applicable to modern lives. Using the psychological insights and the practical techniques of the Stoics, one can avoid the feelings of chronic dissatisfaction that plague so …

Ciao a tutti! This group is for seekers who are looking to enhance their spiritual lives with discussions and information drawn from ancient and modern Paganism on the Italian Peninsula. This is a place for sharing (rituals, recipes, spells, prayers, family traditions, art work, inspirational stories …), asking questions, and discussing issues. This group is also a way for Pagan Italo-philes to meet and build community. I ask only that the focus of the conversation be Italy. There are other grou …

Come take a class from published authors about various subjects! Our summer series includes: Writing Creative Non-Fiction with Varley O'Connor - Sunday, June 9th 5-7PM Putting the Story in Storybooks with Lindsay Ward - Sunday, July 14th 5-7PM Finding Your Inner Teenager: Writing Young Adult Fiction with Lisa & Laura Roecker - Sunday, August 4th 5-7PM Classes are $45 each or take all three for $100 (save $35!!) Please call, email, or stop in to reserve a spot! 330-653-2252 or books@learnedo …

Pittsburgh Area Realtime Science Fiction Enthusiasts Club is a group of like minded people, who enjoy reading SF, watching SF movies, enjoying good SF series. (Let's not discuss the SyFy Channel.) Many of us write. Most of those who don't, create art. If you like to cruise the galaxies with Dr. Who, or Miles Vorkosigan. If you like to contemplate what the future may hold, or consder the science of the past, we're the group for you.

Welcome to Canonsburg/McMurray Mothers & More –Chapter#213 Connect … Relate … Rejuvenate with other Moms! Canonsburg/McMurray Mothers & More invites all mothers to attend our monthly Topic Night / Discussion Meetings.  These gatherings are a great chance for you to learn something new, to bond with other moms, or to just take a break for a few hours.  Guest speakers lead the various discussions, related not only to motherhood but to the many other roles women play in their lives. We meet in t …

This is a group for anyone interested in learning about generating income by investing in real estate. We'll be discussing various strategies including landlording, rehabbing, wholesaling, sub2's, land contracts, lease/options, owner financing, multi-units, foreclosures, short sales, hard money & private money, etc etc. We welcome all levels of experience from the brand new investor to the seasoned veteran. Although you can be somewhat successful if you "go it alone", your investing success will …

For user experience professionals, students and those interested in learning more about: UX (User Experience), human-computer interaction, user-centered design, ethnography, usability testing, and related topics. This group is open to anyone in the Akron, Canton, and Kent areas of Northeastern Ohio and anyone who is visiting the area. The goal is to have a place for whatever the members are interested in (discussions, book clubs, informal training, presentations, etc.). We plan to complement …

Pittsburgh Now is dedicated to exploring the concepts in Eckhart Tolle's books The Power of Now & A New Earth and to incorporating them into our complex everyday lives. This group is for people who are ready for peace in their lives; People on the journey of personal growth; People who are ready for fulfillment; People seeking abundance; People who understand that the time is NOW. Discussions and events focus on sharing experiences in terms of how each one applies these principles in their life. …