Join our kitchen! Every month we host curated community potlucks in Minneapolis. Each month has a different theme. We eat & talk food, culture & story. Sometimes we have special guests, sometimes we have contests. NOTE: Open Kitchen is currently on hiatus this winter as Mero Cocinero travels the world. We will send an email out to members when we are back up & running.

* Foodist, chef, traveler, enthusiastic culinary instructor, adventurous eater, organic gardener, home canner, sausage maker, personal chef,  entertainer, recipe conjurer, tradition vs. "trendy", loves to mingle and explore culture & cuisines .... peoples and places. I love to cook, eat and talk "food".... what other reason to start this group? What other reason to join? We all have something to learn from each other, to share, to explore and to discover .... isn't it so much more fun to do it w …

On January 9, 2006, The Weekly Dinner was started with a simple concept of bringing people together to enjoy great food in the Twin Cities area. Since then, there have been many events scheduled, friendships formed and a lot of great memories. On September 1, 2012, the name was switched to Minnesota Foodies (http://www.MinnesotaFoodies.com). The mission of the group continues to focus around enjoying great food and building friendships along the way, but not just one weekly dinner. We have brunc …

The meet up group is being formed to be an extension of the ideas started by Kris Carr's Crazy Sexy Life Blog, books and DVD. The goal of the group is to create a community of people in the Twin Cities area who desire to lead a more healthy life to include: • What they eat • What they think • How they physically treat their body • How they experience and interact with the environment around them Because the group initially will be based on ideas from Kris Carr’s books it is highly suggested th …

A free group, open to anyone who would like to meet new people while enjoying downtown St Paul. We meet for happy hours, art crawls, weekday skyway lunches, trivia, and concerts. Join us!

Wouldn't it be fun to have a group of super-close girls friends like on the show, "Sex & the City"? This is a very active group with a lot of events on our calendar for fun females who are looking for more girl time in their life. Friends to go to happy hour, eat out, go to the theatre, concerts, party, dance, share stories,take walks & of course, shop with :) We'll have fun, try new things, share ideas & make new friendships, so let your guard down and join! We are very open and welcomi …

Meet other local people who are interested in eating and growing organically, preserving the environment, living in a sustainable way, and spreading awareness about all of these.

**PLEASE NOTE THE AGE LIMITATION OF THIS GROUP IS 21-35.** This is the story of some friends and friends-of-friends who wanted to meet new people. We decided it was a tragedy that so many other young professionals were in the same boat. Well guess what, people? We finally did something about it, and the Saturday Night Dinners were born. The Saturday Dinners take place once a month in members' homes all over the Twin Cities metro area. Each dinner has a unique theme, usually based around a type o …

The love of great sushi (and sake). Eating sushi is much more fun when the people with you love it like you do. You no longer have to drag a non-sushi loving friend along just so you can get your fix.

Writing comedy and humor of any form is not easy. Doing it on a regular basis is even harder. This comedy/humor writing group is open to anyone of any level who writes in any format. We meet each week for an hour or two. The length will depend on the space, if the room is reserved, the number of people who show up, blah, blah, blah. We'll start off writing, then reading, probably BSing and then, maybe, drinking or eating. We'll give you writing prompts if needed. Read what you wrote that day or …

PROS meets every 2nd and 4th Monday of the month at 6:30 p.m. at Perkins 494 and France in Bloomington. Meetings typically last for an hour and half to two hours and feature several members giving speeches, while others take on other roles involved in meeting management and evaluation. We work from manuals which cover many basic and advanced speaking topics, including humorous, and inspirational. Come grab a bit to eat while developing your public speaking skills to enhance your professional an …

Meet locally with other people who like to cook and eat! Our group seeks out all things related to food with a special emphasis on utilizing local ingredients and resources. We have cooking/baking events, dinners, chef demonstrations, culinary discussions and product tastings. Join us!

In early 2010, my wife Sharon and I started A Partnership Of Diabetics (A-POD) in the Phillips Community of south Minneapolis—considered the most culturally-diverse, economically-challenged in Minnesota. If we can make our program work here, we thought, it just might work anywhere! We began without a cent of grant money using just our Social Security and pension funds. The Center for Changing Lives of Lutheran Social Services initially provided us with a meeting space. Advertising through Meet-u …

I am interested in gathering a group of people to check out and support some of the great independent restaurants around the Twin Cities area; ideally I would love to have a maximum of 10 people per event to gather around a table, try interesting things from the menu, discuss and critique the food, discuss wine pairings and share some interesting restaurant and food experiences. I'd like to keep the events smaller, so we can talk, get to know each other and share some great ideas. Please join me …

Welcome to The Adventure Club for Extraordinary Women! (If I could put the above in blinking colored lights I would /grin...*that's* how excited I am about this group.) My name is Jen Vertanen and I'm so incredibly happy you've found your way here. I created this group for ordinary + extraordinary women just like me. You know...women who want to have their cake and eat it too and make zero qualms or apologies to the contrary. I believe that adventures come in all shapes and sizes and may be adre …

"Beauty is not in the face, beauty is a light in the heart" Khalil Gibran "The Beauty in Life is experiencing Yourself" At Dimensions of Beauty we believe that everyone is beautiful! Dimensions of Beauty is a group for women focused on redefining the meaning of beauty. It is about releasing the stereotypes around beauty and embracing our individual, authentic beauty. Dimensions of Beauty provides opportunities and events for exploring and enhancing beauty in the mind, body and spirit such as: La …

Underwater hockey meetup group for the Minneapolis-St. Paul area. We invite you to try Underwater Hockey ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underwater_hockey) , a fun and competitive sport for people of all ages and genders. WHAT: Underwater hockey is played on the bottom of a 6-12 foot deep swimming pool by two teams of six. Players wear fins, mask, snorkel, a protective glove and headgear (the same kind as for water polo). The stick is short, approximately 1 foot long and made of wood or plastic p …

What is the Twin Cities Hot & Spicy Food Lovers Group? Our group is open to all lovers of hot & spicy food who wish to indulge in the best spicy cuisine in the Twin Cities area! We're a friendly, laid-back group but we are passionate about great spicy food -- our only requirement is, "enjoy yourself"! Can I host my own Hot & Spicy event? Yes! Anyone can host an event! Have you found a great local restaurant willing to take hold back nothing in terms of spicy goodness? Let's check it out! Pleas …

Join Other Entrepreneurs Who Eat Problems For Breakfast. * Compare Notes * Exchange Ideas * Learn from Others’ Mistakes * Brainstorm with Peers * Find Partners * Small Group Atmosphere * Serious Conversation Bootstrappers Breakfasts® are for founders of early stage technology startups. It is a chance to compare notes on operational, development, and business issues with peers. These breakfasts were designed for entrepreneurs to share ideas and leverage thoughts with other folks who are serious …

This meetup is for people who are interested in living a healthy lifestyle. We will explore the choices we make in all areas of our life. We will educate and create a space of learning and sharing, in alternative choices that are available to each and every one of us. Some of the topics that we will discuss and learn about are: organic and raw eating, novel views on dieting and healing ones destructive and unwanted habits, alternative and exciting programs to obtain personal physical fitness, …

Drinks for a Cause functions as a way to raise money for Charities, Non-Profits, Causes and Disease Research while helping to support local independent restaurants and bars and provide a unique stimulating, social experience. We all like to go out and have fun, drink, socialize and try new restaurants and bars. This gives us all those possibilities while supporting a great cause! Here’s how it works: I work with local bar/restaurants to donate a portion of everything we drink/eat to be donated …

This is the group for you if: 1. You have to buy a button down shirt for your office job, but you buy one with ruffles on it. 2. You've had Carine, Rachel Zoe or Lagerfeld make an appearance in your dreams. 3. Try on all four pairs of black boots to ensure you put on the right pair for the outfit, which you are only wearing for a quick run to the mall. 4. Your accessories become functioning art in your room when not being worn. 5. You eat crackers for a week to afford that new pair of shoes, tha …

IT TAKES A VILLAGE TO RAISE A CONSCIOUSNESS New Culture Minnesota is an offshoot of the Network for New Culture, which is a movement exploring how to build a sustainable, violence-free culture through compassionate, transparent, playful acceptance of oneself and others, within the context of a trust-based group (or tribe, community, village). New Culture is totally non-religious and non-commercial, and has no gurus or dogmas. There are many New Culture communities growing and budding around the …