Bossa Nova came about from a marriage between Samba rhythms, West Coast Jazz musical approach, poetry and the mid-50's vibe of Brasil, especially in Rio de Janeiro. The musical form gained steam following the partnership between Tom Jobim (composer) and Vinicius de Moraes (poet) (which gave birth to many timeless classic songs like Girl from Ipanema and the classic film Black Orpheus) and Joao Gilberto's revolutionary guitar work, among many other factors. The music found its way to the jazz cir …

Join fellow classical music lovers at performances, mixers, and other events held on the Westside. Members share their love of classical music at concerts and social gatherings. Open to all classical music fans.

Are you looking for interesting and friendly movie lovers (20s - 40s) who share your sophisticated tastes in food and film? You've found us! We're Dinner And A Movie. We are all about great food and outstanding filmmaking. Our Meetups happen mostly on the Westside of LA, but we sometimes trek over to the fantastic ArcLight Hollywood and other theaters in the area showing the Big-Budget, Indie, Foreign and Festival films that we're interested in seeing together. Our ambition is to combine the e …

Creating a closer global community through food, conversation, and new friends -- one bite and one word at a time A place for folks with global interests Have you ever traveled and came back to town - and just felt like you needed to connect with people who understood where you just were, what you saw and how you felt? Now you can. This is a place for travelers and those who seek to be more globally aware to unite and exchange. Its a place to get excited about things happening right in your comm …

La Senora keeps growing -- Our members are now offered participation in over 60 cultural heritage and educational events a year. With additional increases on the horizon, the opportunities exceed the capacity of our all Volunteer and Intern Staff to send out notices to these historic lectures, concerts, and classic films. The events notifications and tracking features of Meet-up will supplement La Senora's own website www.lasenora.org and its calendar http://lasenora.org/calendar.asp and will no …

Lou Kleinman is the Digifilmdude. He started his film club and holding professional film seminars back in the late '90's at AFI, CSUN and others. It was actually during the early '90's when film was transitioning to digital when Lou realized that whole generations were going to miss out on the basic foundation of filmmaking. His love for the history of films and the classics is what brought about his desire to share his joy with others. If you are someone who always wanted to learn about the mys …

Do you like watching movies? We do, too. We also like to watch movies with people who like to watch movies. Old movies, foreign movies, weird movies, silent movies, cult movies and sometimes new movies. At the theatre or our house or your house. Let's get together to watch and talk about movies. Open to people 12 years old and up.

This group is dedicated to providing a conduit for those interested in all things film. Focused on Westside theater venues, we pick choice new wide releases, acclaimed indies, and highly touted foreign films. Of course, we will also include special showings of classic films and special events with actor, writer and/or director Q&A's. We are also committed to providing a venue and desire for discussing the film after its showing. Usually, this will be as simple as a nearby coffee shop or dine …

I recently joined LASFS [Los Angeles Science Fantasy Society] here in North Hollywood, and reread Theodore Sturgeon's classic "More than Human"; then a Jinni came to me in a dream. "Stop working solo! Call the lone wolf lefties together, bleshing a Sinister-Synergy-Meta-Mind-Meld-Alliance, a veritable whilrwind of wicked wittiness, to subvert the suicidal right-hand dominant culture which is screwing up this beautiful garden planet." Let's face facts! Kingdoms rise and fall, civilizations come …

This group is dedicated to the movie buff, the guy or girl who still sees the glamor in going to the movies. We will be planning events to movie theaters to see new releases, as well as checking out indie films and classics.

Advice from Cher Horowitz from the classic film Clueless: "You should read one non-school book a week." This advice applies not only to high school girls, but also to lesbians, queers, gay ladies. The LA Gay Lady Book Club is for women who want to read one cool book a month, and we'll be taking suggestions on what to read from the club's members. The books we read may or may not be lesbian/queer themed, but the Ladies who attend probably will be ;) (gay/lesbian/bi/queer, trans family welcome) Re …

Understanding Love through Modern Movies "Cinema is an ocean. Some float on the surface. Others dive for pearls." Are you a film lover and a fan of human relationships? I've created this Meetup group so single friends can enjoy a relaxing movie and talk about its beauty and underlying message. Each movie will be shown in a private home theater equipped with a large plasma screen and surround sound stereo. Initially, I'll choose films about love and romance, which may or may not have stereotypica …

The TCM Classic Movie Fan Club is targeted to Southern California viewers of the Turner Classic Movie network (though we are a fan group and NOT directly affiliated with TCM or its parent company Time Warner). Members of our free, non-commercial group will have the chance to attend classic movie outings and see these films on the big screen in an audience setting with other like-minded TCM viewers and classic movie buffs throughout Southern California (and especially in the greater Los Angeles a …

Hello, Inspired by my best friend (Wendy's) meet-up group in NYC and her showing new/offbeat or classic independent/foreign films and discussing them with other film lovers where we instantly became friends I've decided to start a similar group here in Santa Monica! If you also enjoy trying new types of food and wine this group will focus on pot-luck "themed" meals also inspired by the films we select which I'll be picking based on your suggestions! This group is for young film, food & wine buff …