Bring your laptops, sketch pads, and a creative spark. This "open workshop" is a mobile space for socializing, working on your own personal (or collaborative) projects, sharing with and learning from each other, and exploring new and provocative design: from hardware (i.e. www.arduino.cc) to software (i.e. anything Google, Ruby on Rails and other MVC Frameworks, Drupal, cool open source projects like Processing) to digital art (i.e. CS4) and web media (Flash, CSS, etc). There are wonderfully cre …

We're a group of people interested in making games using Microsoft's XNA Framework. Whether you're looking to make Windows games, XBOX Live Indie Games or Zune HD games, this is the group for you. It doesn't matter if you're a programming god or a total newbie, everyone is welcome to join in.

 In early 2010, my wife Sharon and I started A Partnership Of Diabetics (A-POD) in the Phillips Community of south Minneapolis—considered the most culturally-diverse, economically-challenged in Minnesota. If we can make our program work here, we thought, it just might work anywhere! We began without a cent of grant money using just our Social Security and pension funds. The Center for Changing Lives of Lutheran Social Services initially provided us with a meeting space. Advertising through Meet- …

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Hi! It's difficult to connect with other women geeks on a regular basis in the community. This group is for anyone interested in technology, hacking, or just making new friends with similar interests! We will have gossip sessions over hackathons, days when we just sit in a coffee shop coding away on our own projects, discuss the latest and greatest in technology over fun dinners/lunches, informal meet-n-greets with invited female tech figures in the community and more! Members can suggest additi …

The goal of the Human Rights / Social Justice Films and Speakers meetup is to increase visibility of local events, mostly documentary films and lectures, that are related to human rights and/or social justice. Often, such events are sponsored by some other organization, such as the University of MN's Human Rights Center, the University of MN's Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, William Mitchell's World Without Genocide Program, the Resource Center for the Americas, Macalester's Program i …

There is no other! We are the ONLY prosperity based financial education company for women in the USA. We combine group education, personal coaching, and community resources to create a program that is stellar. RICH CHICKS was founded in 1998. Because RICH CHICKS is about women, we have also been able to clearly understand the special relationships women have with wealth and prosperity. We are the only education program that has been able to monitor the way women grow in a financial prosperity m …

This meetup is for people who are interested in living a healthy lifestyle. We will explore the choices we make in all areas of our life. We will educate and create a space of learning and sharing, in alternative choices that are available to each and every one of us. Some of the topics that we will discuss and learn about are: organic and raw eating, novel views on dieting and healing ones destructive and unwanted habits, alternative and exciting programs to obtain personal physical f …

“We are what we eat!”From a 7 pound baby at birth to a 130 pound adult, our body is built on our diet. Food is a direct transmitter of energy and affects our physical, mental and emotional state. One of the most enjoyable experiences in life, food can also be a major contributor to our wellness.Eating for Enlightenment is a two and half hour cooking class based on the principles of Ayurveda that helps us use understand who we are and how our food affects us.Ayurveda is an ancient Indian s …

Welcome to Art of living Minnesota group, dedicated to empowering the Individual to live life to its fullest potential through Yoga, Meditation, Spiritual Wisdom and unique Breathing Exercises. Learn these powerful techniques from the members of the International Art of living Foundation (www.artofliving.org), a non-profit educational and humanitarian organization dedicated to empowering the Individuals, with Service and Disaster relief programs in over 130 countries all over the world. Over 25 …

MSP Visionaries runs meet-ups which expand the mind, support your business and life goals and increase your ability to create the life and lifestyle you want. Join us as we take a journey into your limiting beliefs and obliterate them, gain support in nurturing your dreams, complete that business plan or finish the book you always say you'll write "someday." Make someday - now!

This unique group is for anyone who loves loose leaf tea or individuals who want to learn more about it. We meet to sample the various categories of teas from around the world.  We try to sample new teas at each meeting.   There is a nominal fee of $5 plus one food donation per meeting (for meetings held at St. Mary's) to cover the costs of teas and room rental. The food donation goes to St. Mary's to support their community outreach program. See bottom of group description for more details. Man …

… Katelyn is on a mission to break through the social programming around beauty and help women see that beauty comes from within, through being our authentic selves.  She also believes that our natural beauty can be enhanced through living a healthy lifestyle.

You know who you are. You see the dry cleaner sorting though a stack of paper slips and you think "I could write an app for that". You want to measure the steps in a process and improve it with an open source platform. We come up with ideas. We come up with ways to realize those ideas. We build web apps. We want to highlight trusted tools of the trade, cool projects that you are contributing to, and review cutting edge technology.  When we have a solid group it would be great to pool together ou …

 SAT 11am at Falcon Heights City Hall  near St. Paul Campus.  YogaHotDish ALL-LEVELS Yoga. Value Class: Studio Yoga at Rec Dept prices $8.50-9.50/class session price. Google YogaHotDish. NEW SESSION STARTS: JAN 7 - MAR 10.  Located at corner of Larpenteur and Cleveland.  Drop-ins WELCOME, $12 ($10 w/ student I.D.)  no pre-reg. required!  What you can expect: A mixture of hatha and raja yoga presenting postures as "meditation in motion,"  breathing exercises, California Core, inversions, asana an …

If you are struggling with Gluten Intolerance or Celiac Disease and working the Gluten Free Diet this is the support group you have been looking for. The Gluten Intolerance Group (GIG) is a national organization leading the charge in education, training programs for restaurants and the medical field. The branch leader, Barbara, has had Celiac Disease all her life but was diagnosed in 2008 at age 43. This is the only GIG group in the state.