Meet local Spanish language and culture lovers for conversation, cultural exchange, and fun in Northern Virginia, VA! Come to a Spanish Fanaticos Meetup event and make new amigos while speaking in Spanish, learning new vocabulary, putting your grammar knowledge into practice and/or simply brushing up your Spanish skills! Some of our events include: Spanish Grammar and Literature Workshops, Social Networking Events, Happy Hours, Dinners, Coffee Time, Hikes, Picnics, Movie Nights, Dancing and more …

We are a fun group for all levels of ukulele experience.  Our regular monthly club schedule has something for everyone: 2nd Sunday Beginner Chords and Strums 2:15pm followed by Beginner Group Lesson 3-5pm 4th Sunday Beginner Chords and Strums 2:15pm followed by Ukulele Jam 3-5pm and Ukulele Open Mic 6-8pm Navigation (click the link next to the text): A) About ( click here) B) Membership Rules ( click here) C) Local Ukulele Workshops/Concerts/Events ( click here) ============================== …

Visit us at http://www.novapython.org/ The Northern Virginia Python Users Group gets together on the third Thursday of the month at the VMWare location just off the Dulles Toll Road. We talk about beginning topics as well as more advanced applications of the language.

The purpose of this group is to bring together Clojure users in the Washington DC area.

The Google Technology and Developer Group (GDG-DC) is a developer group designed to discuss, discover and distribute Google technologies. This will cover Washington DC Capital Suburban area including Northern Virginia and Maryland. GDG-DC meets on as often as we could find good topic, location, sponsor and interested techies! Please visit our website and join our groups to participate and register in Meetup to attend. Oh.. don't forget to follow us on  Twitter Check out http://developer.google.c …

This is a group for Healers that have taken at least Level one of Healing Touch International or HT program that get together to practice Healing Touch of all levels. We have been meeting for the last three years. Our second Sunday meetings are strictly a practice of techniques from Level one and two HTP.        Our Third Sunday meetings are for the practice of HT along with a wide variety of Healing techniques combined. We usually work in multiple hands on sessions. We are looking to expand our …

The greater Washington DC area's oldest and largest java user group, established in the mid 90's golden era of Java and going strong to this day! We host the annual DevIgnition conference focusing on the interests of the DC area's Java community.

We'll share spiritual workshops, chant, drum, and meditate with the intentions of love and joy for our Mother Earth and all creation, to bring peace, sustainability and balance!  We affirm the Global Oneness by building on various sacred traditions (Christian, Hindu, Buddhist, Native American, Sufi, Celtic etc) Let us know what kinds of workshops or sessions you'd like to offer or attend.  Most programs will have suggested donations to pay for the space and support the talents of the leaders. We …

NAMI Northern Virginia (NAMI NoVA) is the local affiliate of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), the nation's largest grassroots organization dedicated to improving the lives of persons with mental illness. NAMI Northern Virginia sponsors local support groups, educational programs, and advocacy with the goal of affording individuals with mental illness opportunities to live, work, learn, and participate fully in their communities. Anyone interested in knowing more about mental illnes …

www.novac.com ***The events posted here are open to the public and are offered monthly.  NOVAC Members have access to daily viewing sites and opportunities! :)  Please visit our website to become a member!!*** NOVAC is a non-profit organization formed in 1990, however, the club was around informally many years before that! We provide enjoyment and education to the public (and ourselves!) through amateur astronomy. We discuss telescopes, astrophotography, and anything above our atmosphere! :) W …

LUNCHES Each month, Nicholas Hartigan and Chris Talmont, the Co-Chairs of the PMIWDC Reston Luncheon committee, strive to bring you interesting and informative speakers from a wide range of professions. They present these speakers to you in a casual restaurant setting that allows you to network with other professionals of the PMI.  All restaurant venues offer maximum seating of approximately 50 guests and each monthly the event sells out. Pre-registration is required. Luncheons are held very thi …

NAMI Connections is a recovery support group program for adults living with mental illness. NAMI Connections groups offer a casual and relaxed approach to sharing the challenges and successes of coping with mental illness. All groups are confidential- participants can share as much or as little personal information as they wish. Support groups are open to all adults with mental illness, regardless of diagnosis. Everyone is a valued participant. National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)-Nor …

JBoss is much more than an Application server.  With industry-leading frameworks such as Seam, Infinispan, and Hibernate, JBoss is raising the bar for enterprise Java. Our membership is comprised of industry practitioners, open source evangelists, and Java craftsmen.  Each month, we meet to highlight some key JBoss technologies. We are also active supporters of the DC area Technology User Groups community and coordinate regularly with them to hold joint meetings and share our insights and exper …

“O Holy Vibration, Boom on the shores of my consciousness.  Break the limiting boundary of my consciousness in the body.  Reverberate through my body, mind, soul, my surroundings, the cities, the earth, the planets, the universe, and every particle of creation.  Unite my consciousness with cosmic consciousness." Parahamansa Yogananda Welcome to your Higher Vibration World! Every year, a plethora of new methods and techniques to cleanse, purge, detoxify and infuse ourselves with vitality and a n …

For more than 36 years, Volunteer Fairfax has been the heart of volunteering in Fairfax County. With a personal touch, the Center matches the skills and interests of volunteers and donors to the needs of local nonprofit organizations, helping to build a better community through service. Through a variety of programs and services, Volunteer Fairfax strengthens the capacity of its nonprofit members and offers meaningful volunteer opportunities for local citizens. For more information and to start …

You in talent acquisition/recruitment/technology/studying/job search? Then this group is for you! Meet other local recruiters, HR professionals, ERE.net members and hiring managers. Discuss topics including recruiting tactics, eRecruitment, social media, web 2.0/recruitment 2.0, talent management, best & next practices, and building business relationships. Corporate talent acquisition practitioners are especially encouraged to join to share your front line experience. Other Topics of discussion: …

Parents Without Partners is a nonprofit organization devoted to helping single parents and their children. Orientation is held the first Sunday of every month (unless it falls on a holiday). The next meeting will be on August 5 at the City of Fairfax Regional Library, 10360 North Street, Room 214, Fairfax 703-293-6227 RSVP: Patricia 703-691-4968 or patricia.morgan11@verizon.net . We are a not for profit organization dedicated to single parents and children to provide educational and social progr …

This is a group to all Fairfax area business owners who wants to grow your business with a referral exchange program. We can make our business successful when we all work together in our line of business.

My intent for this group is creating open, supportive environment for PRACTICAL, APPLICABLE, RESULTS oriented exploration of Intuition (no-nonsense and non-denominational or ”fluffaffied”). And use it to transform our business and jobs, relationships, health etc. To reach for fulfillment that hasn’t even crossed our minds just yet, and have our lives work. All that, while establishing strong friendships; sharing resources, networking and intuitive insight. We will have face to face meetings as w …

This group is for anyone interested in Ethical Computer Hacking.

Try this program for 90 days and get the results that you have always wanted! It's a total-body program that incorporates strength training, cardio, core work, and flexibility. The National Academy of Sports Medicine has teamed up with the makers of P90X®. The same evidence-based research that is applied to personal training, performance enhancement, and corrective exercise has been used take the worlds most popular home fitness program into the gym so that you can now take all of your favorite …

This is a group for all of the single friends of Devotion to Children (501)(c)(3). If you are currently a Board Member, Organizer, Committee Member, and/or Volunteer AND single come hang with us. If you are single and looking for an opportunity to become friends with and connect with someone who appreciates and shares your passion of giving back to your community this is a group for you. We'll meet up for happy hours, movies, sight-seeing, travel, activities with kids (if you have them), organiz …

Kaliente Dance Fitness is an exhilarating 60 min cardio workout that will have you sweating, smiling and coming back for more! Our high intensity classes offers people an alternative method to burning calories, staying active and most importantly boosting ones self esteem.  We aim to challenge our students both physically and mentally. Kaliente Dance Fitness incorporates music  and dance styles from all over the world, aside from the typical salsa, merengue,  bachata, and reggatton,  we also us …

This group is for Cruise Planners Associates and Franchise owners in the Northern Virginia, DC and Maryland suburbs. The purpose is to be a convenient way to schedule meetings, our own training and development sessions, and for a way when needed to be able to pay for items as a group. To offset the cost of this Meetup service, there will be an annual dues, and when appropriate charges for meeting space, trainers, anything those RSVPing want to accept. This group has no connection to Cruise Plann …

This is a group for parents who have young children and live in or near Reston. I started this group in order to provide a platform for parents to share the info of family fun events, interesting venues, free trial classes (martial arts, music, gym programs, foreign language learning, etc), preschool open house, kids club of gyms, etc. We also have playdate at park, indoor or outdoor playground. Normally, the venues are in Reston, Herndon, Chantilly, Sterling, Vienna and other places. I am a C …

This is a group for anyone who was part of BU's School of Management Program. I started this group because I cannot attend most of the Alumni meets that are held in Boston, or when they hit the Road. I've met some BU Alumni out here in NoVa, and think its a great idea to have regular meetups for this area. It would be a great forum to exchange notes on our MBA experiences, or news/updates on our favorite and not so favorite professors, and also share and learn from our life experiences post MBA. …

This group is for anyone that wants to have fun and share knowledge with UVA MSMIT Alumni. As Thomas Jefferson once said, "Knowledge indeed is a desirable, a lovely possession."

We're hosting an Extended Site for the Google I/O Conference. You can participate remotely in the keynotes with your peers from around the region. We'll be serving lunch and hosting a hackathon following the main sessions.