This meetup provides engineers, practitioners and managers the context needed to evaluate and adopt rapidly evolving business technologies. Leave with an understanding of what the technology is, why it’s used, when to use it, and next steps to take. We’ll review use cases, processes, tools, and practices in a mini-conference format through short presentations, hands-on tutorials, Q&A and code walkthroughs. Topics may include Mobile app development, HTML5, responsive design, high-concurrency appl …

Fear and anxiety are in the way of doing many things in our life and it isn’t a pleasant experience for anyone. Join us through series of ongoing events and workshops to learn pioneering systems and self-help tools based on Energy Psychology and Energy Medicine that have consistently led many all over the world to true recovery, from fear, anxiety and trauma, not just coping for the rest of one's life. And do it in a way that is fast, safe and lasting, by following universal principles and under …

  What's Ahead... Beginning this January 2012, my meetup is gonna go through some major changes we will continue our series with a selection of films from renouned distributors like: The Criterion Collection and Janus Films but that is only the start.  From now on, we will explore lost classics, experimental cinema, underground oddities, feature films that have been long forgotten, until now. Hey, I'm always interested and fascinated about your suggestions on future screenings, e-mail me with yo …

We have dim sum events on some Sundays in Chinatown and go out in the evening for Ethnic food, in or near Boston.   The focus is shifting to dinners rather than dim sum, unless someone wants to volunteer to run regular dim sum events.  Events will be accessible via public transportation.  Anyone with an interest in trying or eating ethnic food and sharing good conversation with other attendees is welcome. In order to be accepted, you must: 1) include a current photo in your profile of you showin …

Opening Credits:  Inspired by the documentary film "Blank City" comes an emergence of filmmakers that will change the very fabric underground cinema / or no wave. In recognizing the early influences of New York's darkest days came a breed of films that are: unsettling, absorbing, disturbing and [at times...] to frightening to watch. Background:  From the late 1970's through the mid 1980's, when the East Village was still a wasteland of cheap rent and drugs consumed the city. A young group of fil …

We are a Pagan group promoting and performing public ritual productions for the wheel of the year, open to all faiths and traditions. We use music, sounding, dance, drumming, body movement, singing, mediation, and chanting to create participatory rituals for the local Boston community. We are currently partnered with MIT PSG (http://psg.mit.edu). All events take place in the MIT Chapel (http://psgs.us/MITChapel). Doors open at 7 pm for a closed seasonal ritual that begins at 7:30. At 9 pm the do …

Are you a Wayseer?      You see the world in a different way than most      You are a highly creative problem solver      You often use your intuition to guide you through difficult situations      You are ambitious and industrious      You have tons of energy      You love being the hero in emergencies Wayseers are the change engines of society. Wayseers are the one's who know first, who sense earliest the disturbances in the fabric of human affairs - the trends, the patterns, t …

Meet a new network of New England's bio entrepreneurs from business, academic, finance, scientific and medical communities. Our forum consists of discussions on emerging research and the commercialization and development of new technologies encompassing biotech, nanotech, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, environmental technology, information technology, healthcare, cell biology, life science research, pharmaceuticals, and drug discovery start-ups. It was designed for multi-disciplinary entrepre …

This group is for Practical Idealist to share ideas, skills and resources….a place to vision, debate and collaborate. Let's have conversations that have never happened before! Let's create real world solutions that celebrate our individual desires and honor the needs of our collective future. Let's enjoy the process and each other. I'm hoping to gather a diverse group of creative, positive people that truly embrace the gift of different perspectives and are excited to cross-pollinate. If you …

The purpose of our group is to get people together to learn and share information related to getting along in the great outdoors without a car or a radio or a barbecue grill. "Survival" means a lot of things to a lot of people and we'd love to hear your ideas on the topic. In the beginning we will probably get together infrequently, mostly for 2 or 3 night trips; the more people get involved, the more opportunities we'll have to meet up to talk and then go out to practice! Imagine hiking into …

8 times a year we meet to celebrate the seasons. We are currently partnered with MIT PSG (http://psg.mit.edu). All events take place in the MIT Chapel (http://psgs.us/MITChapel). Doors open at 7 pm for a closed seasonal ritual that begins at 7:30. At 9 pm the doors reopen, and there is an open drum circle until 11 pm where people can come and go as they wish. This group focuses on the open drum circle that begins at 9 pm. It is designed for people to come and go as they wish, with rhythmic suppo …

This group has two purposes. The first is to bring together established or emerging neuroscientists. A seond related purpose is to bring together those who are interested in the clinical, educational, medical, legal and ethical issues that might be related to the application of neuroscience to our societies and cultures.   We're currently looking for someone to lead this group. Email George for more info - thanks.

LESS IS MORE LESS: stress, discomfort, tension, pain MORE: ease, flexibility, fluidity, choice When you drop a pin in a quiet room you can hear it more clearly than in a busy nightclub. Awareness Through Movement applies this principle to our sensory motor experience, exposing unconscious habits in body and mind. By slowing down and clarifying fundamental biological movement patterns, new options for moving, feeling, and thinking emerge. Improve the quality of your attention in movement and ex …

The Allan Kardec Spiritist Society of Massachusetts is a non-profit organization that has been dedicated to the dissemination and practice of Spiritism in Somerville, MA since 1990.   Study Groups. A Spiritism study group meets every Tuesday at 7:30pm, followed by spiritual passes therapy. These meetings are open to the general public.   MeetUps. Periodically we will select a topic of general interest to develop under the light of Spiritism. The goal is to meet like minded people, study Spiritis …

Once upon a time, 5 people from Vitamin T, the staffing agency for Creative/Digital talent, decided to create a MeetUp - thus Digital Rendezvous was BORN!  We are looking to have a meeting of the minds once per month at a local pub to discuss emerging trends in design, development, all things web!!!

If you enjoy contemporary ("art of today") visual art from established and emerging professional artists and are seeking other people with whom to visit museums and galleries, this is the Meetup for you. We emphasize exhibit openings, gallaries talks and other exhibit related events and and of course socializing. Meetups have included: Galleries exhibits and gallery exhibit openings Open Studios throughout the area Museums exhibits and museum exhibit openings Gallery talks - artists and cu …