Had enough of astrologers, psychics, homeopaths, and spirit channelers? Yearning to talk with someone rational for awhile? Meetup with other local skeptics for some refreshing and sane conversation. Drinking Skeptically does not take "official" positions on political, religious, academic, or other matters. For example, Drinking Skeptically is not an "atheist" organization; nor is it a "non-atheist" organization. All we are interested in is providing a social venue for rationalists, critical-th …

Meet other local Gay Professionals. Discussion with like-minded individuals about anything from coming out to politics to careers!

Mike Franco is running for the Massachusetts Governor's Council 8th district (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Massachusetts_Councillor_Districts.jpg), which includes all four counties of Western Mass. Please join him in this effort.

Stamford, CT — This Wednesday, October 28, Rolf Maurer addresses the environmentally conscious crowd at Stamford Green Drinks. Stamford Green Drinks meets the fourth Wednesday of every month at the Stamford Marriott and provides an opportunity to discuss sustainability and environmental issues in a friendly and casual setting. This Wednesday, Rolf Maurer, Green party candidate for Mayor, will be the featured speaker. A former Associate Editor with Folio: magazine, Rolf Maurer has collectivel …

Local Co-ed biking group ages 21 and up to ride bikes in a group setting. This is a non competitive group that is created to build social networks of bike riders. The idea is to get people out and form a "Trail Riding Community" statewide.  We are related to the other social bike riding group, Casual Bikers based out of Simsbury. http://www.meetup.com/Casual-Bikers/ You will find many members here on there and rides shared between the two groups. L.T.R.A offers rail trail and mountain biking rid …

Try something different, get some exercise, learn something new. If you can swim then we will teach you to snorkel and then hand you a stick so you can jump right into the action. Bring your bathing suit and let us know you are coming (we need your foot size for fins). We'll give you one on one lessons at what ever pace you are comfortable with. There is no cost while you are a novice. So RSVP for one of our  Thursday night meetups, 7:30-9PM at the Stratford YMCA. Call Jamie if you have question …

MISSION The Artists' Rights Movement's (ARM) mission is to strengthen laws that protect artists, improve working conditions for artists, increase funding for the arts and protect free speech. We are building a national network to change public policy about art in America. This is a great group for artist, art professionals, students, art enthusiasts, lawyers, and retirees who want to be involved in cutting edge art, politics, law, media, and government. Artist = Anyone who sings, photographs, …

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 as …

Welcome! Musicians in the Amherst/Northampton  interested in playing in chamber ensembles are invited to join this group to  find  other musicians with similar musical Interests  and goals. Members should have a basic knowledge of their instrument and how to read music. If you are a good musician who  hasn't  played much or any chamber music,  you are certainly welcome to join. There may some aspects of playing chamber music e.g., sight reading, that may be new to you, but you can certainly st …

Occupy New Haven is the local chapter for the nationwide Occupy movement. Our camp may be gone, but our momentum carries us on. With gatherings, direct actions, and working groups. We're becoming a hub for various working groups: foreclosure defense, community gardens, homeless support, etc. Join us and members from other Occupy groups as we fight the good fight.

The thing Artists and Activists have in common is a passion for their work. I hope to mesh these passions in this group. Art, political and social activism have long been happy bedfellows. Think of Picasso’s Guernica Night, Susan Crile’s Abu Graib series, and more locally to Connecticut, the Cycle of Terror and Tragedy, September 11 by Graydon Parrish housed at the New Britain Museum of American Art. As they say, a picture says a thousand words and what better way to convey these kinds of messag …

Do you feel that the two-party system has failed us? The Justice Party is a grassroots, broad-based, real political alternative to the corporate-controlled Democratic and Republican parties. The Justice Party issues a clarion call to join our community of concerned Americans demanding social, economic, and environmental justice for all, not just for the wealthiest Americans and their corporations. We seek to return political power to the people through fair and transparent elections, campaign fi …

We seek to offer space for the community to learn about social issues affecting us locally and globally. We aim to raise awareness against oppression and inequality, to unite and become mindfully active in the struggle for social justice. The “Holyoke Socialists" are a branch of the International Socialist Organization (ISO) in Western, Ma.

We seeks to form and inform a community of individuals who are concerned about the direction of our Constitutional Republic, the global economy, the fragility of the current banking, currency, food, energy, medical & political systems as well as the general abandonment of traditional American values such as self reliance, self sufficiency, neighbors helping neighbor, and individual charity. The purpose of the group is to create a forum for the sharing of knowledge, skills, mistakes, resources, c …

"Rand Paul 2016" of Connecticut has real political goals both in local and national politics: namely, to elect Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) as President of the United States in 2016. The focus and strategy of our group's effort is to cultivate a libertarian ideology throughout the Connecticut Republican establishment, with the hope of establishing greater liberty, justice, and prosperity in the state. Simultaneously, we hope to encourage greater fealty to a refashioned Republican Party dedicated t …

I like to spend the little free time I have reading about American history and having my mind blown by all the things I don't know/fully understand. Not many people share this interest, so I thought I'd reach out to see if anyone would like to join a book club to talk about the various great books we read. Ideally, we would also organize day trips to any of the many, many local sites in the area. This is open to anyone and everyone, so I hope you'll take part if this sounds like something you wo …