Are you comfortably out of your teens (perhaps by a decade or more) but still love to read YA? Do you want to meet and discuss YA books with other people like you? Join us for the new combined YA@Heart / Young at Heart book group.  We've merged a local YA book club with the Young Adult for Adults Meetup. We will typically meet to discuss a YA book on the 2nd Wednesday of every month. We look forward to sharing our inner teenagers with you.

Beer.... cookies.... and books, life's simple pleasures. We read all types, we take all types. Aim to keep things light and fun. Bring your book recommendation to the meetings. The next book we're reading is listed immediately below under the "Our Next Meetup" heading. Future books are also posted below.  Past book discussions are posted under the "Past Meetups."  No membership fees, all I ask is that we try to make a purchase at our meeting location so we can justify the use of their space. Loo …

How our food is made, where our food comes from and what our food does to us, taps into a lot of the pressing political issues and challenges of the 21st century, like peak oil, globalization, worker's rights, environmental and health issues. This book club is dedicated to reading and discussing the work of authors that write about food and whose books relate to political issues of our life time. We meet about every six weeks on a weekend day at Book People Downtown. Please bring your book and n …

A contemporary fiction book club in Austin that will focus on current and recent authors such as: Haruki Murakami Ian McEwan Julian Barnes Khaled Hosseini Richard Russo... and many more. A monthly meeting with a lively book discussion and socializing with food and drink. Looking for anyone that has a joy of reading and discussing books and that would like to meet others with the same interest.

A meetup for members of PaperBack Swap (www.paperbackswap.com) in the Central Texas (Austin and environs) area. We'll meet, get to know each other, swap books, discuss books, life, the universe, and everything, and in general have a grand time!

Discussion and integration the principles and techniques of Sarah Susanka’s inspiring book the not so big life (see description below). We will be spending approximately one month on each chapter. "The bigger-is-better idea that triggered the explosion of McMansions in home design has spilled over to give us McLives. In her bestselling Not So Big House series, Sarah Susanka showed us how to change the way we live by adjusting the physical space we inhabit. Now, in The Not So Big Life, Sarah take …

This is a group based on Gretchen Rubin's book, "The Happiness Project". The group will focus on establishing meaningful connections amongst members, supporting one another through various life phases, understanding and living happiness, and choosing healthy activities that inspire us to be the best version of ourselves! We will start the official "project" in January of 2013.  It is a year-long process of resolutions and goal attainment.   If you're interested, your commitment level needs to be …

Hi Everyone, First of all, I'll tell you that I used to facilitate and Artist's Way Group thru Meetup here in Austin. I am creating a group based on the correspondence classes of Chicago's Jerry Cleaver's Immediate Writing course of study. Jerry has many accolades and many published writer's singing his praises. My goal is to begin and complete his one year of correspondence classes by utilizing his book "Immediate Fiction", which contains all the lessons needed. I'm looking for other would be w …

Let's read the book and then watch the movie! Lots of great movies are based on books: Fried Green Tomatoes, The Shining, Wag the Dog, Trainspotting, Blade Runner, Munich... It's fun to experience both forms of storytelling.

The Austin Philosophy Discussion Group (APDG) offers many opportunities for discussions of philosophy and philosophical issues. No advance preparation or knowledge is required, just an open mind (except for the book group). All our meetings are free of charge, but we occasionally pass the hat to collect money for operating expenses.  Look at the Money tab on Group Tools for an accounting. Click on Calendar in the Meetup tab to see details about upcoming meetups. The types of meetups that we have …

This Mastermind's for you if you have a book... or two... to write. Each Mastermind we'll dive into the Art + Science + Tools + Tech of... Beautiful Business - Living Well Doing What You Love... Which revolves around publishing Kindle (Written) + Audio + Video content. Rather than saying this type of LifeStyle is easy or hard. Better to say this LifeStyle is very different. Your days will organize in ways which may be new to you... with the bottom line being... each increment of work you do, wil …

Are you a Dale Carnegie Graduate? Have you read "How to Win Friends and Influence People"? Or are you trying practice the 30 principles of being a positive person and leader? Are you looking to hang out with like-minded people?? This group is for you! Did you know in Austin we have over 1000+ graduates of the Dale Carnegie Program!! Whether you are a graduate, read Dale Carnegie books, looking to learn more or are looking to hang around proactive and positive people come join us. This is casual …

The intent of this group is to connect with 10 individuals who are dedicated to learning the art of manifesting opportunity and are willing to share your results in a published book. Initially this group may be more or less than 10 and over the next 30 days, the intent is to connect with 10 of you who really want to create change through the concepts being taught in this meetup. Most law of attraction books talk about "how to manifest" and once you learn how to manifest, Level 2 is focusing on M …

Austin Coworking. Formerly called Austin Webmasters, this group includes webmasters, system admins, web designers, web developers, web video and podcast producers and any business who is using coworking or interested in learning more about coworking. If you work at a coworking space, this group is for you. Whether it's HTML, XML, DHTML, JavaScript, CSS, Flash, or any number of other web languages (txt based FTP, dreamweaver, site-based-pagebuilders, content management systems (like wordpress …

We started this Meetup in 2006 after watching the movie "The Secret". We have had many leaders and they all brought great ideas. I will be forming a group like the one we began with. Our other leaders will host their events as they desire. Come visit any of our meetups, let us know what works for you. If you have an idea for a group let me know about it. Thanks for all you do. iamDavid 512-650-7171. Also please visit our Facebook page, www.facebook.com/AustinLawOfAttraction . We study different …

Overview Most of the time, WriteByNight is hard at work providing customized writers' services to novices and professionals alike. But on select days and times, we draw the shades, turn off our ringers and open our doors to writers on the prowl for a quiet, comfy haven where they can write, read, collaborate or just kick back and dream. We’ve got a library, writing prompts, coffee and free Wi-Fi. What more could a writer ask for? Objective Write Here allows you to carve out much-needed writing …

Looking for a community for others on the adventurous road of self-publishing fiction? This group will be whatever you need it to be, looking for beta readers? Please be willing to be one if asked. Need critique (personally this makes me cringe and I won't be asking) then bring your work and get feedback. Having problems with the technical side and need input hopefully all of that can be addressed. Want to have sessions of sit down, shut up and write? Done. I am also hoping to have an active mes …

Hey everyone! My wife and I are producing a new comic and game convention here in Austin: Here There Be Monsters. The goal of this convention is to change the face of comics and gaming in the eyes of the general public. To do this, we will feature not only TONS of comics and games, but also great film, theatre, authors, artists, game demos, possibly some giant killer robots, etc. Oh, and did we mention the full bar and food from Tamale Molly's? Damn straight! When: Aug. 26 Where: The ND (downtow …

It's time to reach out to others facing the changes that come along with reaching the senior phase of life. In order to keep a positive outlook and to avoid becoming a grump, let's try new things, read and discuss interesting books, keep up to date with technology, and talk over with friends the endless possibilities of coping with this new challenging phase of life. If you want to join 60+, submit a recent, up close self portrait so we can recognize you when you come to an event.

We're a social group of people who are interested in getting together to chat about honeybees and other pollinators, share books and ideas on the subject and establish some cooperatively managed honeybee colonies around town. Right now “Colony Collapse Disorder” (CCD) and other diseases threaten our honeybee population. We need to discover more about how we can help them, and make sure they are here to pollinate the flowers and fruits of future generations. While there is limited consensus about …

This is a group for fun people who have traveled around the world. We can share experiences, explore international things such as food, music, books, fashion, photos, languages, stories etc etc ....We will be doing alot of charities too, Please bring your fun, humble self to IMC..

Hi there! You're invited to our brand NEW Singles meetup group. JOIN US. (Click on the JOIN US button above.) It's FREE. Become one of the SINGLES ORGANIZATION's Singles (SOSingles). Then attend an upcoming event you are interested in. You can also become an Assistant Organizer. We're always looking for new Assistant Organizers with new/fresh ideas. If you are willing to host events, please email me with your ideas. I would love to hear from you. Thanks! ----------------------------------------- …

"An integral  life is total freedom to be who you already are. A life where peace and passion come alive. Providing a place for everything in your life. Better relationships, sex, career, and health. More effectiveness, more purpose. Less confusion, less fear. In order to be.  And to become. Welcome to Integral Life. Where growth enthusiasts make sense of everything." (excerpt from www.IntegralLife.com) Welcome to the Austin Integral Salon! This group is created to catalyzing integral living. W …

Sketchbomb Austin is an open invitation to local artists of all skill levels and ages to come and hang out, sketch and share your art. We meet once a month at the Spiderhouse Cafe and the evening is a mix of sketching timed themes, "Show and Yell" -where we'll get a chance to check out eachother's work and finally, a free sketching period at the end of the night. All styles are welcome too, comic art, cartoon, anime, illustration... whatever you enjoy and want to get better at! We kick things …

July 2012 – Our women’s investment club is almost three years old but we are still open to accepting new members.  You don’t have to have any previous experience.  You just need to have an interest in learning about investing and the stock market.  None of our members claim to be experts; we have an interest in educating ourselves and would like to make some money in the stock market. We meet once a month for approximately 1 ½ to 2 hours.  Our monthly dues are $20 per person. That is about avera …

The Art of Being a woman is a gift we all carry. This Group is about empowering women to own the gifts of femininity and be powerful, confident, radiant, and magnetic. This group is about shifting what it means to be a powerful feminine woman. A woman’s personal presence and magnetism grow when she connects with her feminine essence. In pursuit of equality and power however, many women have taken on a more masculine role. In their desire to be strong and independent, many women have shut themsel …

ape99 is loosely based on the 100th monkey effect. this is a phenomenon in which a learned behavior spreads instantaneously from one group to all related groups once a critical mass is reached. in Lyall Watson’s 1979 book Lifetide, he tells of a group of scientists who observed a group of macaques that learned to wash sweet potatoes, allowing them to eat more of each potato. through observation and repetition, the younger generation of monkeys adopted this new behavior. the researchers noted tha …

This is a brand new group designed to improve your dating skills and teach you the secrets of attraction. You will master everything there is to know about meeting women, building instant attraction, creating deep comfort and building everlasting relationships with beautiful women. I am a dating coach and lead instructor for both The Attractive Man 1-on-1 Dating Coach company and Seduction Coaching, and will be teaching the majority of the events. I have also written a few books, have taught doz …