The purpose of this group is to provide a forum for those gay guys (aged 30 or older) who are hardcore and even mild fans of geeky interests.  As somewhat of a fan of many things geeky, I want this group to provide me (and those like me) with opportunities to learn more about any and all things related to"Geek Culture" (including but not limited to comics(Marvel, DC, Independents, graphic novels, sci-fi/fantasy books and movies, animation, puzzles, jigsaw puzzles, scale model (cars, trains, and …

This Michael Jackson group was started in New York City for both longtime and new Michael Jackson fans of all ages. Whether you have been hardcore since you were a child, or have recently discovered his music and want to connect with others who do too. Tired of being a closet Michael Jackson fan? THIS IS THE GROUP FOR YOU! We will be doing all sorts of activities, including street fairs, book club and album discussions, picnics in the park, visiting Michael Jackson related museum exhibits, vo …

Let's play tennis! Our group's goal is to help out our members in finding other tennis aficionados to play with, and also to offer a friendly and safe environment where we can all play; with the most important thing- have fun! You'll find all kind 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; stead …

Hardcore Hikers of New York, Unite! is a community of serious, fit, and friendly hikers and backpackers in the New York City area. We strive for the highs that come from two sources: Reaching glorious peaks all over the Northeast (and elsewhere) and connecting with our fellow adventurers. We're all about achieving new feats individually as well as building close ties with one another. In order to be a member, you should have both the fitness and passion to hike 2500'-7500' of elevation gain at a …

Fathers, mothers, accountants, doctors, investment advisors, brokers, attorneys, teachers, business executives, business owners, machinist, mechanics, artist and………… There is a movement of self-sufficiency, preparedness, self-reliance and survival. These people have many names ranging from self-reliant, preppers, homesteaders, and survivalist. All share a need for quality of life, economic adaptation, and if necessary survive a catastrophic local or global event. New and wanting to learn how to …

Whether you're a hardcore 3D gamer, a fan of 3D cinema, or a professional 3D content creator, this is the group for you. The purpose of this group is to bring together everybody from the New York City area that is interested in stereo 3D and to create a forum to share ideas and collaborate. Do you like to go to the 3D cinema? Were you blown away by Avatar and other recent 3D films? Find other fans of 3D and talk about your favorite movies. Are you are 3D gamer? Do you have a PS3 and a 3D TV? …

This meetup exists because I was damn tired of being the only black person at other tech meetups. We aim to be a network of developers in NYC interested in becoming better, learning from each other and networking. Developers of all skill levels are welcome, from experienced hardcore, neckbeard hackers, to n00bs. If you want to be awesome, or more awesome, I hope you can find yourself at home here. If you're an MBA who's never written a line of code, and doesn't want to, this probably isn't the …

THIS IS THE GATHERING FOR THE ELITE GROUP OF GAMERS, THIS IS WHERE YOU BRING YOUR GAMING TO THE TOP OR GET LEFT BEHIND, THIS IS WHERE BOY MEETS GAMER, THIS IS WHERE YOU BECOME A CONTENDER. THIS IS JUST MORE THAN RECOGNITION, THIS IS FOR IT ALL, THIS IS MORE THAN JUST FOR BRAGGING RIGHTS, THIS IS THE ABILITY TO EARN THE RESPECT FOR YOUR IMPECCABLE VIDEO GAMING SKILLS, THIS IS BEYOND LEISURE OR PLEASURE, THIS IS FOR THE GLORY. THIS IS WHERE BOY/GIRL MEETS GAMER AND GAMER MEETS CONTENDER. SO LETS P …

Philly Loves Boardgames! and we intend to prove it.  Meetups are scheduled for multiple times a week to play card- and boardgames (with an emphasis on Euro-style).  This group is friendly for hardcore players as well as beginners, and we encourage bringing new games to teach other players. You don't have to bring a game, but the more the merrier!   Just make sure to bring a good attitude, and have some fun.

No libraries, no frameworks, no shortcuts - this group focuses on core JavaScript. Here we will address different low-level JS issues such as code excerpts, performance, paradigms, etc that can be applied anywhere including building new libraries or improve existing ones. We will steer clear from having presentations of frameworks written using JavaScript as there are enough meetups for that purpose. Our goal is to engineer solutions to complex problems and present our findings in core JavaScrip …

Welcome to the Jersey Pit Party (formerly Punk Parents). We decided to start this group because we are tired of the typical  groups on meetup. This isn't some kind of midlife crisis group.  We listen to punk, ska, hardcore and metal. We go to shows whenever possible. We play music and make art. We love extreme sports. If you're tattooed and rude and crude, then you're in the right place. We're parents but you don't need to be. We will have both kid-friendly and Non-Kid-friendly meetups. PS - Th …

Welcome to NY Ski & Snowboard Club! This is a group for winter sport enthusiasts. If you are hardcore ski/snowboard fan, would like to learn how to ski/snowboard and want great price, you should join us. We will organize ski/snowboard day trips to our favor Hunter & Windham mountains, and weekend ski/snowboard trips to Killington, Mount Snow & more. We will co-host events with NYC Active Young Singles (http://www.meetup.com/nycays/) which I have been organizing for 3+ years. Please join our new …

We're making a storytelling-driven competitive card game for 3 to 8 players. It's fun for both casual and hardcore gamers! Literally everybody is welcome! There is no real limit on the number of people we can have in our venue and I've yet to meet a single person who didn't enjoy playing this game, so feel free to invite your non-gamer friends. I'll be setting up multiple simultaneous games of 3 to 8 players and playing myself if anyone needs to step out. I'm the lead designer and I'm going to b …

A concert meet-up focused on contemporary alternative music scenes not covered in other NYC music meet ups. Genres include: pop-punk, punk rock, hardcore, post-hardcore, "emo", "screamo", indie, folk, electronic, metal, metalcore, ska (and anything else you might be into). Activities involve: meeting up in line before shows, trading tickets (and beat scalpers), swapping music, and other forms of expressing general ...musical appreciation. This is a new meet-up, so feel free to join and sugges …

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 …

Are you an Indie Rock-loving gay man looking to rock out with other gay indiephiles in the NYC metro area? Indie Rock, Punk Rock, Hardcore, Goth, Electro-no matter what your jam-let's go to shows, bars and events that spin Indie Rock, trade tickets, swap music, and maybe even play music together (for those of you who play an instrument).  Feel free to suggest cool upcoming stuff. Let's roll as a posse, homo-style!