Swing dancing is the perfect accompaniment to jazz. Original street dance and art, Venice beach has a long history of this retro dance. Come out, take lessons, and be apart of the new growing scene here on the westside! VeniceSwing.com

We stand next to each other in line at Abbots Habit and Intelligentsia. We pass on the street. You're working on something that I might find very interesting, and maybe there's something I could do to help. And perhaps vice versa. But we walk on, not connecting, missing an opportunity. But we're neighbors, and we can do better than that. So now...we need to connect. Entrepreneurs and the entrepreneurially-minded of Venice: let's have a drink. Tell us what you're working on, why you're passiona …

Bringing Venice entrepreneurs together and fostering the local tech community. Everyone interested in tech and entrepreneurship is welcome! Come and join us :)

Socialize with your single neighbors ages 20s/30s in Marina del Rey & Venice!  It's tough to make friends and meet people as we get older!  I'm new to the area and figured this is the best way to meet a local friendly, laid-back group to hang out with on a regular basis! :)

… We are literally at the boarder of Venice Beach and Santa Monica beach at the very end of the Venice boardwalk where the street vendors stop.  You can use the address below for mapping purposes. 100 Oceanfront Walk Santa Monica, CA 90405 PARKING: PAY PARKING: The easiest, nearest, most abundant, and least expensive parking is located at the Santa Monica beach parking lots. The lot starts at KINNEY STREET and NEILSON WAY and continues NORTH for several blocks. It only costs $1 per hour t …

Beach Dodgeball at its finest!  We offer open beach play for guys and girls 18 and up.  Come on out and play the game you know and love.  It's better on the sand!  We will be hosting upcoming one day beach tournaments in the near future so stay tuned and get excited! Also, keep in mind that many people still come out to play regardless of how many people RSVP on the meetup group.  So don't let that be your deciding factor on joining us! Venice Pier at Washington Blvd. From 12:00pm until 3:00pm …

This is a group for stay at home moms in the Venice area that are looking for play times for their kids and a way to connect on a weekly basis with other mom's in the Venice area.  This will be an environment of encouragement and being real about being a stay at home mom and the challenges it brings.  We love Jesus and want to learn and grow with others who do as well.  If you have any questions please feel free to email me!

"SHARING THE STOKE" The purpose of this group is to unite photographers who love to shoot surfing action, lifestyle, landscape, product, or portrait photography, as well as journalists who like to write about it. In short, if, on a perfect day, you have to think about whether to bring your board or your camera gear, this is the place for you! Please note that this group is not really designed to be a classroom or seminar-type meetup with lots of free instruction.  Just people who love being o …

I started this group to see who's living in the Marina Peninsula area. This, meaning on any of the Alphabetical streets, or close to the Venice Pier. It already is a tight knit community, but if you would like to meet others in this area, feel free to join the group. Find others with a similar schedule as yours. Hit the beach, Happy hours, food, bike rides/runs etc. Please live within the area, or at least come out here often to hang out. I put ages 21-35, but if you're 19 or 45, you're still we …

Strand Street Yoga classes are every Saturday and Sunday from 10am - 11am at Hotchkiss Park in Santa Monica, beginning Memorial Day weekend on May 26, 2012. Classes will continue each Saturday and Sunday thereafter as weather permits. Strand Street Yoga brings the Santa Monica and Venice communities together to practice yoga in a safe and beautiful outdoor space overlooking the ocean. Strand Street Yoga classes are donation-based. Strand Street Yoga instructors are Yoga Alliance-certified. Stran …

This meetup is for yogis interested in participating in Kirtans and who are interested in Bhakti yoga. These kirtans will be organized at Aanand Saagar, a donation based wellness center in Venice. You can find details of these kirtans as well as other yoga events on www.aanandsaagar.com. Bhakti yoga is the yoga of love and devotion. It is used as a means of liberation, as a way for the soul to connect directly to the divine. By opening the self into union with the highest ideal, the purpose of l …

This is the beginning of our second summer of Live Draw's...and our first attempt at reaching more art lovers through Meet Up.  • What is it and how does it work? Live Draw is a three hour event where five diverse artists draw a nude model in front of a live audience. Audience members get a rare glimpse into the the hidden world of life drawing and become part of the creative environment. • How do I purchase art at Live Draw? Art may be purchased several different ways during the event.   Art wo …

We are a Kriya Yoga meditation group, located in Venice, California, working in the traditional lineage of Paramahansa Yogananda. We are affiliated with the Center for Spiritual Awareness, with headquarters in Lakemont, Georgia. Our Spiritual Director is Roy Eugene Davis, a direct disciple of Paramahansa Yogananda, and Yogananda's only living Guru-successor. Meetings are held twice per month, normally on the second & fourth Thursday evenings. We welcome anyone who is interested in meditation an …

Aanand Saagar is a wellness sanctuary located in Venice, offering Meditation, Kirtans, Asanas and Spiritual Workshops We offers a number of meditation classes on a donation basis. We practice the following meditation techniques: •Stabilizing meditation - Meditation through fixing the mind on an object (a mantra, the third eye or the breath, for example) •Analytical meditation - Meditation through reasoning and reflection. This includes: 1.Subjective meditation – meditation to cultivate a new att …

Meeting others in or around Los Angeles Westside (Santa Monica, Venice, Marina del Rey, Culver City, ...) who are practicing personal growth and spiritual evolution through a variety of modalities, including Deep Emotional Release Bodywork and Quantum-Theta Healing.  

… Located on the sand At the Venice Pier on Washington Street