The most up-to-date GGD PHL information can be found at www.ggdphl.com Girl Geek Dinners Philadelphia's (GGD PHL) primary goal is to bring women from various technical fields together for socializing, networking, and learning. It also sees itself as providing a place to encourage women who may be considering technical interests. GGD PHL welcomes its sisters from creative and new media disciplines as well and aims to be a supportive community for the women of the Greater Philadelphia area who con …

We’re a group of friendly, open-minded, mostly 20- and 30-somethings. Our members' interests run the gamut from Buffy to Doctor Who, comic books to Lord of the Rings, Cranium to Dungeons and Dragons, and far more - if you have a geeky interest, one of us probably shares it! Even if you have a non-geeky interest, we probably have someone interested! Our goal is to simply get together with similar-minded folks to just have a good time, whether that includes board games, video games, movies, talki …

So you've named your cat "Q". The bumper sticker on your car reads "My other car is the Millenium Falcon". You start affecting a British accent after watching Doctor Who. You own dice that have more than six sides. You sometimes mutter spells under your breath and marvel that they don't work (if they do work... I wanna meet you). You secretly hope to bitten by a radioactive spider or wish you could go on a quest for Shikon Jewel shards. And you might even have more toys now than you ever had as …

Let us get together and just hangout. This group is for those interested in hanging out with other people who enjoy anything related to sci-fi/fantasy, anime/manga, board game, video game, comics, books, etc. Have a great idea for an outing bring it up; we are a group of geeks who are up for anything new. Movies, conventions, restaurants, road trip for mac and cheese anything goes! We also encourage events for just the ladies.

Welcoming all those interested in crocheting. This is a new group that meets once a week to crochet, share ideas and enjoy some food. Whether you are an experienced crocheter or just starting out..... come hang out! If you have never crocheted before, don't let that stop you! Stop in, we'd be glad to help! Looking forward to meeting those with a passion for the craft!! Crochet Geek photo:  the design is copyrighted by Vinyl Wall Art Inc. and available at www.vinylwallart.com (this is a decal fo …

Inspired by Pittsburgh Geekdom, this group is for people in central Jersey (and surrounding areas) who enjoy anything related to sci-fi/fantasy, anime, comics, etc. We will plan outings to restaurants, movies, conventions and anything else where a group of geeks might enjoy going and doing!

This is meetup group in Philadelphia, PA dedicated to Sherlock Holmes. If you're a fan of BBC's Sherlock or Arthur Conan Doyle's books, this group is for you! Come discuss your favorite Sherlock story or adaptation with us!

Interesting Readings: a friendly book club for the best in sci-fi, from quirky classics to fresh indie. Meetings are held in the West Chester area, with frequent diversions from the borough into neighboring environs (including Media, Downingtown, and Exton). Please take a look at the list of past events to see if our selections are up your alley. Or if you have a sci-fi or fantasy title you'd like to recommend for the group, let us know! All monthly titles are chosen via member poll. Meetings be …

This group is for women interested in Sci-Fi and Fantasy movies , books , events and discussions. I started the group to meet other cool women who share some of these interests. We will meet once a month to discuss our great reads or more often depending on fun events that come up in between. Suggestions will be welcome for alternate locations in other towns but for now we will meet at the Barnes and Noble coffee lounge in Clark, NJ.

Every Second Saturday at 7:30, we'll gather in South Philly to play board games, strategy games, card games and games of all shapes and sizes. Bring a game, bring some snacks, bring a friend, and meet some people... but please don't bring zombies. They make such a terrible mess.

RSVP to get a nametag. This is important, because people without nametags aren't even really people. There, I said it. ******** HackerNest is a grassroots, nonpartisan, nonprofit movement dedicated to uniting local tech communities globally. We do this by cramming lots of very smart people into a room and providing free beer - rescuing them from the isolation of basements, offices, and the plight of code tunnel vision. Our friendly, relaxed, and inclusive Tech Socials provide a casual, unprete …

More to come! Geek culture is hot, and nothing says the models can't be also.  We will join together and promote the ideas of alternative and pop culture modeling, and we'll have fun doing it.  Even though this will be a photography based Meetup, we will have non-shoot meetups where we will network, exchange ideas, and meet with like-minded people! Cosplayers: We enjoy volunteering, exhanging costuming ideas, doing photoshoots, video projects, attending cons/ festivals together, and enjoying ev …

This is a great group for I.T. Professionals to meet outside of the office to relax, socialize, talk about sports, politics, life, and the ever growing world of Information Technology. We emphasize finding new friends and associates with similar backgrounds to network with and do exciting things. Dinners, forums, happy hours, adventures, sporting events, and yes, parties are just a few of the types of activities we will partake.

Let's play tennis! Our group's goal is to help out our members in finding other tennis aficionados to play with, and to also offer a friendly and safe environment where we can all play; with the most important thing- have fun! You'll find all kinds of nice people in this group except un-cool, un-friendly and bitter people. This is an all inclusive group, meaning, we don't exclude any player! We have great players, and we have very bad players. We have ex-pros athletes and rookies grandpas; stea …

Calling people who are : Fun, Vivacious and Effervescent about life – love to travel; explore NJ as if you haven’t lived here your whole life. Can you geek out and go for tours, or go wonder around a town you have never visited …snow tubing, river tubing …anything that does not require a lot of skill , but is fun... Personally, Love NYC, but only go into the city about 4-5 times a year. We can maybe make that one of our trips. When I say NYC, I mean Manhattan (not counting SI, etc) As your leade …

PhillyCocoa is a Philadelphia area Mac and iPhone programming group, a chapter of the worldwide CocoaHeads. All skill levels are welcome. The only requirement is an interest in Apple-related technologies and moderate tolerance for geeking out. We hold our CocoaHeads group meetings on the second Thursday of every month at Indy Hall.

The greater Philadelphia area has so many wonderful scientific institutions, be it research groups, medicine innovators, or educational museums. This is a new group to gather like-minded people in order to take advantage of those institutions. Members of the Philadelphia Science society will meet new people, learn about scientific advancements, discuss how they affect our world, better appreciate Mother Nature, and have fun!

We are the Cultural Understanding of Nippon Television Society - We are a group between the ages of 20-30 and we enjoy anime so much that we meet weekly on Sundays to watch and discuss new and old anime. We organize convention meetups at least four times a year, go out for group dinners, and throw the occasional themed party.

http://www.cipherprime.com/devnight Do you make games or do anything related to the creation of games? Ever wanted to make a game of your own? Come to Dev Night, a once-a-week throwdown for game developers in Philly! We talk games, play games, make games, compete, collaborate, and share. Dev Night is a creative time for creative people in a creative space. Programmers, artists, designers, writers, students, hobbyists, full-time devs, board game-makers, and enthusiasts are all welcome! Time: Thu …

IXR is a new makerspace at the Jersey Shore, located at the InfoAge Science and History Learning Center in Wall, NJ (at the former Camp Evans).  We are an open collective of geeks, artists, and techie-creative-types who come together to share tools, resources, knowledge, and ideas. IXR’s mission is to help lower the barriers to invention, creativity, and innovation - by providing access to resources, equipment, and community - that an individual maker may not have otherwise. We embrace the shari …

This a group for all people of all ages to come out and explore their life decisions. We will help each other set goals and achieve goals. Sometimes, you may find someone that has the same goals as you do, and working together will make achieving goals much easier. Also, we do not stop with just one goal, we will keep building upon them, until you get the life that you want. So, come out and join us... bring the loftiest goal you have and we shall set sail to achieving it. We are all about seizi …

"Integral theory is a school of philosophy that seeks to integrate all of human wisdom into a new, emergent worldview that is able to accommodate the gifts of all previous worldviews, including those which have been historically at odds: science and religion, eastern and western, and pre-modern, modern and post-modern." - Jeff Salzman Our Purpose: Individual and collective development in and through an integral context. This group is for seekers who wish to apply the Integral Theory lens to help …

Potterdelphia: Harry Potter Geek-out. Philly-style. Potterdelphia is a social organization of dedicated Harry Potter fans in and around Philadelphia, who gather monthly to discuss theories, characters, and other elements of HP nerdery. Potterdelphia also participates in a variety of volunteer activities that support local children by promoting education and furthering literacy.

Do you enjoy Harry Potter and want to be involved with local and national causes? Do you want to meet other nerdy and compassionate people in the area? This group is for people who want to get involved with volunteer and advocacy work in the name of Harry Potter (or in the name of whatever you want, really) and meeting up with other folks to do so! While the group focus is on volunteer work, this would also be a group for book discussions, games, theme nights (butterbeer, anyone?), quidditch. an …

Bored of the same old Batman and Avengers stories. Got your own idea for a masked vigilante? Lets combine the skills of our own home grown artists and writers and produce our own comic books! Who knows, maybe we have our own 500 million dollar X-enterprise just sitting in our brains waiting to come out in living color?!

LATEST: Meetups to be scheduled soon (next couple of weeks), probably every 2-4 weeks, probably late afternoon on Saturdays (~2pm), probably a center city coffee shop, possibly university city/west philly ~34th-45th, possibly south philly ~8th and Christian-ish. Please message me through the meetup interface with suggestions and preferences. This group is for deeply analytical people who are simultaneously, actively engaged in some sort of contemplative path (e.g. Vipassana, Zazen, etc.) and som …