Are you someone who likes to read business-related books? If so, this group offers you a chance each month to have discussions on selected business-related books. The gatherings are fun and offer an opportunity to learn while interacting with new people. Don't have time to read a book every month? Come anyways! See you at the next Kalamazoo Business Book Group meet-up.

Founded in late 2009 by Johnny the Nomad, we've been meeting ever since to discuss books, with thirty under our belt at the beginning of 2013. We take an informal format, try to be more welcoming and inclusive to newcomers than many private book clubs, and make sure we occasionally talk about the book in between having fun. We typically meet twice per book, once on the weekend and once on a weeknight. We try to alternate between fiction and non-fiction. We pick books by consensus, and any member …

Is chick-lit your guilty pleasure? :) If so, this is the group for you! Join me for great discussion and new friends!

A small group of ladies that meet to discuss books, life and meet new people.  We meet, enjoy a glass of wine, snacks and friendships.

Are you a woman who likes to read, likes to drink beer and would love to meet some other "Broads" of the same? We will be meeting once a month, at Graydon's Crossing on the NE side of Grand Rapids. We will be trying new Brews together as we discuss our latest book. This group promises to be laid back, fun and hopefully interesting. Join us to challenge to your intellects and taste buds!

Let's get together to read great books and play fun games! Each month we will pick new books to read and discuss, and each month we will pick a night and place to play different games (think Apples to Apples and Scattergories, etc.). Come to laugh, share stories and make new friends!

Do you daydream about dragons? Wonder if you are a top potent ley lines? Perhaps your latest tarot reading brought you here. If you are wondering whether you'd be better off as fae, lupine or a dragon slayer, then you'lve found your pack. Because really, can you talk about this stuff to your coworkers? And if you did, what would they think when you quite adamantly explained that garlic is such urban legend and the daylight thing, what a faux pas!

This group is in its founding stage. I (Justin) am the founder and intend for this group to serve people who love to read and share knowledge, especially nonfiction works. I have found that most book meetups explore fiction, which is fine, but I feel that we lovers of nonfiction are not well represented. I intend for this group to serve people of West Michigan and northern Indiana, from South Bend to Kalamazoo.

Come join us at the cozy "Cafe of Life" in downtown Fenton, every other Thursday evening from 6:30-8pm. It's easy to fall in love with the energy this group creates! There are usually about 10-20 people at each meeting. We started in January 2008 with books like "Eat, Pray, Love", "A New Earth", "The Four Agreements", "The Mastery of Love" and "Loving What Is" , "Radical Forgiveness", "Power Vs. Force", "Conversations with God", "The Eastern Path to Heaven".  The group run very casually and ever …

This is a non-fiction reading and exploration group. Let's read and discuss the best of history, biography, science, art, culture, politics, commentary, travel, and anything else that touches the real world. When we're not reading, we'll look for movies, museums, road trips, walks, and other ways to connect with or be inspired by what we read. Members take turns choosing our books and organizing outings.

Nerds unite! For those of us who are in our 20's and 30's and proud to be Nerds/Geeks. Come meet friends and participate in fun activities. We host events of all kinds, including board game nights, movie marathons, Sci Fi book clubs, Comic/Anime conventions and video game parties. Search Terms: Geek, Nerd, Dweb, Egghead, Pop Culture, Geek Culture, Movie Fans, Horror Movies, Sci-Fi Movies, B-Movies, Cult Movies, TV Fans, Star Wars, Star Trek, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Doctor Who, Comic Bo …

Come to the library at 6 PM on the first Monday of every month and talk about the genre of that evening. Bring a book to use as an example, or just have a book, movie, or even game in mind to talk about. This year long series of informal discussions, moderated by library staff, will lead you to new reading experiences as you learn about hot subgenres. Share your own reading interests, and learn about other peoples.

Heal Your Life® Workshops, originally created by best selling author Louise L. Hay, will change your life. No matter where you currently are in your evolutionary journey, you will definitely create some positive shifts, heal on a deeper level and continue to take your manifestations to the next level! You will participate in powerful exercises to help you identify old limiting beliefs and release them so that you can love yourself more deeply and feel more whole. We will be working with four asp …

Ready to write that book, poem, story, screenplay, blog or even diary that you've always dreamed of writing? Or to continue, re-start, or re-draft that potential masterpiece of yours? John Irving suggests: "The way you define yourself as a writer is that you write every time you have a free minute. If you didn't behave that way you would never do anything" Well, we'll take a good step by meeting every second Tuesday from 6 to 9 pm at the East Lansing Library storytime room or meeting room, dis …

American American women who enjoy meeting new people and hanging out with friends. Dining, book clubs, movies, shopping, concerts, plays, dancing, socializing and just hanging out!

This is a listing of all of the upcoming workshops and classes at the Portage District Library

Local Authors,Writers success team. Join our Authors / Writers Networking to The Extreme Team. Come aboard the entrepreneurs ARK today ! Our cost are to high, opportunities to few! Let's do something about it. Can building your business help our business? Join forces with the Authors to print and sell more books... Calling all: · Published Authors · Writers · Publishers · Editors · Illustrators · Printers · Book Stores · Library’s · Copy write/Legal · Design/Layout Sign Up now to Attend the Auth …

Looking for other thoughtful people to engage a wide range of topics over a good brew? The Agnostic Pub Group includes atheists, agnostics, Christians, and everything in between. We meet at a pub to read a book. When we pick a new book, we pick a new pub. The group is made up mostly of people connected in some way to Sycamore Creek Church and is co-led by a Christian and Atheist. Conversation ranges across the spectrum and does not always have to do with religion and is always engaging, civ …

Welcome to The Kalamazoo Moms Group!  Our group is not your ordinary moms group.  We LOVE to have fun and stay busy with and without our children.  During the day, we offer playdates in the mornings and afternoons.  We even hold playdates on the weekends for our working moms.  Our daytime playdates include in-home playdates and trips to many local venues.  These include parks, McDonald's, Pizza Hut, The Kalamazoo Valley Museum, Curious Kids Museum, Fredrick Meijer Gardens, farms, strawberry pick …

A group for Stay-at-Home Moms in and around Portage. . . . because being a stay-at-home mom doesn't mean you need to stay at home! This is a great place to meet other moms and introduce your child to his/her new best friend(s)! New mommies are welcome to join us--infants love watching the bigger kids play and we'd love to chat with you! MEMBERSHIP AVAILABILITY: ---------------------------------- SAHM'S Club is at membership capacity with a limited membership of 30 "ACTIVE MEMBERS". This is in …

This is a MOM'S Group, not really a PLAYGROUP. The fact that our kids get together and make friends is a bonus, but our main focus is creating and maintaining friendships. So if you are strictly looking for a playgroup this probably isn't the group for you. This is a tight-knit group for women who want to form friendships and memories with other women who just happen to be mother's too. The group's activities give mom's the chance to connect with each other, keep our kids busy, spend time with o …

Photography model workshops for beginner to advanced photographers, primarily in the Tri-City area (Saginaw, Bay City, Midland), but these bookings will travel throughout Michigan. This group will feature models in unique locations, with unique props, and will be a lot of fun! Shoots will be at permitted locations (no climbing through windows or breaking into buildings!) Proceeds from these workshops benefit the Michigan Historical Homes Preservation Society (which is dedicated to the identifica …

From the book title "Motherless Daughters" by Hope Edelman, our group joins monthly to support, give our experience, strength and hope to local girls and women whose mothers have died.

SUCCESSFUL L.A. WRITER,JUST RELOCATED TO LANSING AREA, STARTING WRITERS GROUP. YOU CAN BE AT ANY LEVEL IN YOUR PROGRESS, FROM WISHFUL THINKING TO ALREADY PUBLISHED/PRODUCED. NOVELISTS, PLAYWRIGHTS, TV WRITERS, SCREENPLAYS, SHORT STORIES, MEMOIRS, NO POETS PLEASE. WRITERS WILL READ FROM THEIR WORK AND GROUP WILL OFFER FEEDBACK, OR IF YOU WRITE "PERFORMANCE" (TV, FILM, PLAYS) ACTORS WILL TABLE READ YOUR NEW PAGES. AS WRITING IS SUCH A SOLITARY ART FORM, GROUPS LIKE THIS ARE VERY BIG IN L.A.. THIS …

The idea of a mastermind collective was formally coined in Napoleon Hill's classic book, "Think and Grow Rich." Hill wrote, "No two minds ever come together without thereby creating a third, invisible intangible force, which may be likened to a third mind." Today, more and more people are harnessing the power of the Mastermind Group to help them think bigger. If you have a strong desire to succeed then we would like you to become part of our group. In this way, stronger bonds are formed and the …

This is a forum for authors who would like to give and receive feedback, support and professional advice with other writers in the area, with an eye toward getting our work published in legitimate professional venues. We welcome works-in-progress in all genres. We will meet twice each month in coffee shops and libraries. Specific times and locations TBD. "We are all apprentices in a craft where no one ever becomes a master." ~ Ernest Hemingway

Be is with a quill, a pen, a pencil or keyboard the drive to create prose and poems needs a creative spark at times. So bring you bring your paper shuffle, your writers notebook, laptop or even a memory stick and let's see make writing happen.

"If you are one of the many people who have determined that religion no longer has a place in their life, but are still dealing with the after-effects in some way or another, Recovering From Religion may be just the right spot for you. Many people come to a point that they no longer accept the supernatural explanations for the world around them, or they realize just how much conflict religious belief creates. It can be difficult to leave religion because family and culture put so much pressure o …