Creativity is wellness in action! Initiate cultural revolution with local writers, artists, poets, musicians, video/filmmakers. Bring your creativity to new peaks! Meetup with us to share in the creative flow. Review work, trade tips and create healthy community! Successful artists abound! Note: This group does not have regular meetings, but anyone can create one from the home page by clicking Schedule a New Meetup. Just make sure that it is compatible with the theme of the group.

This is a professional and social networking group for people who are into creative advertising. We are all interested in The Big Idea. As history has proven, the power of advertising can do more than just create awareness or increase profits. It can inspire. It can influence. It can even change the fortunes of a brand on a global scale. Even during these harsh economic times, there is still strong need for creative people with Big Ideas. That is what this meetup group is for - a platform for Cr …

Welcome to Songwriters Café Toronto! We're a group of songwriters, composers and producers who share and learn from one another, develop our work and sometimes even collaborate as part of the writing process. It's FREE to join our group! Our members include songwriters of all music types and all levels of experience. Our main goal is to create a safe place to nurture and grow our songwriting skills. This includes helping each other through polite, respectful and effective feedback on each other' …

A great place for fellow Arts and Culture lovers around the city to meet, attend and organize events, share ideas and interests!  Feel free to post ideas for meet up events you would be interested in.  Just click on "Schedule a meetup" and fill in the event info.  If two or more people vote on your event it will be announced to the gorup.   Please only suggest events you would be willing to host (help people meet each other at the event).

Sinfonia Toronto, a chamber orchestra, consists of thirteen virtuoso strings. They perform standing, in the tradition of great chamber orchestras, blending each musician’s soloistic energy and passion into a brilliant ensemble style under Maestro Arman’s inspired direction. A roster of Toronto’s finest woodwinds, brass and percussion joins the strings for programs drawn from the full range of chamber orchestra repertoire. Sinfonia Toronto’s performances have been acclaimed by critics in and outs …

A monthly meeting for writers looking for support and review of their work from other writers. Come and discuss writing opportunities and challenges. Let us review your work and give valued feedback. Novels, fiction and non-fiction, essays and short stories. Professionals or out-of-work, experienced or just off the boat. All types welcome. Please bring copies of your work to meetups so people may read along.

Actors Writers & Filmmakers If you are interested in making or learning about making films then this is the group for you! Whether you are an actor, writer, director, producer (or want to be), or are interested in the technical or design aspects of film making, you will get a chance to hone your craft or simply learn about it by joining our group. Our current membership ranges from amateur to professional and we believe the best way to learn about making movies is to actually make them! If you'v …

Meetup with other local professionals who are interested in the Online News Association (ONA). Gather with writers, editors, photographers, producers, and all with an interest in the production of news for digital presentation. For more information, check out http://www.journalists.org

Canada's largest tech meetups 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 So …

We are going to meet about once a week or once every couple of weeks. At each meeting, one of us will make a "presentation" of an idea they came up with. The ideas can be from any field whatsoever (music, science, art, inventions, literature, entrepreneurship, society, film, psychology, or just about anything else), and they may range from the somewhat serious and sensible ... all the way to totally outrageous, bizarre and zany. Everyone else will listen and ask questions. They'll take the idea …

Welcome to the Toronto Poetry Club meetup! We meet as necessary sometimes and share each other's work! If you'd like to share a written poem and have a chance to be published, then please Click here to post your Poems in our "Discussions" Forums! You don't need to. It's optional. You can also read a poem to us in person, at our meetups! It's free to RSVP to our events! To join, click "JOIN US!" in the top-right corner of this page. It's free. So are all RSVPs to our meetups and all of our eve …

I want to connect authors with their readers. If you love books, and would love to meet your favourite authors, here's your chance! I'll plan bookclub-style events at cafes in the GTA, where you can come to meet and chat with real authors. Email me if you have any suggestions. Join if you love reading and want to hear about the latest books, and meet other booklovers.

This group is a book club with a twist. It is a book club for writers. Why are some books popular? What makes them bestsellers? What can we as writers learn from these books? I started this book club because traditional book clubs are too vanilla for me. If you are a committed writer, then this meetup is for you. We meet once a month in downtown Toronto. Other events are scheduled as we think of them. Each month, we will chose a work of fiction and examine it from the perspective of a writer (an …

Is a group of inspired people who seek conversations and fun. ARE YOU.. A Painter, Poet, Writer, Artist, Musician, Actor/Actress, Visionary actively sharing your passions and gifts with the world? "Midnight In Paris" is a growing group of creatively vibrant individuals who connect, support and inspire each other. If Hemmingway, Van Gogh and Beethoven were alive today and not in Venice or Paris... They would join the creative mastermind group "Midnight In Paris”. We are seeking and attracting (Lo …

This is just an informal meetup for writers to share their original work of most genres. The writer is given the option to ask for feedback or simply use this as a platform to share their writing in an informal and friendly setting. The genre that would be welcome is poetry, short fiction including flash fiction, short stories even novel excerpts, scripts, short screenplays, travel writing etc. Since the venue will usually be a public place such as a restaurant or cafe and the writer would be re …

“Truly fine poetry must be read aloud. A good poem does not allow itself to be read in a low voice or silently. If we can read it silently, it is not a valid poem: a poem demands pronunciation. Poetry always remembers that it was an oral art before it was a written art. It remembers that it was first song." Jorge Luis Borges This is a meetup group for people who like to read, and be read to. Everyone is welcome!  Bring a passage or two that you like and recite it with the group, then we can tal …

Welcome to Creative to the Core. My name is Charles Hackbarth and I am an artist, writer, musician and expressive arts facilitator. I am currently finishing up a Transformational Counsellor training program at Lifespace Institute. I have worked in social services for 30 years and have been organizing and facilitating expressive arts workshops for about 18 years. I believe that at the core of our beings lies a wellspring of creative energy. Some of us learn techniques to shape that creative ener …

Looking for art instructors of all specialties who are interested in teaching around the community. We want passionate and innovative artists who want to grow the local community.

William Gibson, renowned science fiction writer said, "The future is already here — it's just not very evenly distributed." Our generation is more capable and innovative than our ancestors. The birth of smart phones, geographic information systems, radio frequency identitification systems are already here. We just need to use these innovative tools to solve problems we face in society. Through this group, I would like folks to think beyond the horizons and enable them to have eureka moments! Our …

Calling all cartoonist, illustrators, doodlers -- if you press something against something else to make an image, this group is for you! Meet-ups will happen bi-monthly or even weekly depending on interest, we'll meet, eat snacks, share ideas, draw stuff. Location TBD.

Toronto's First Post Office, operated by the Town of York Historical Society, is a post office, a museum, and a National Historic Site.  We are the custodian of an unparalleled collection of artefacts relating to early 19th century communication.  As in 1834, Toronto's First Post Office is the only full-service post office in the city to operate seven days a week.  From this communications hub on Adelaide Street East, the Society continues to tell the history of the town of York and early Toront …

Raindance is an established network of filmmakers, writers and actors who mix, mingle meet and make movies. Check us out at www.raindance.org/toronto

The Lioness Woman's Club  is an exclusive network for effective, dynamic, success-oriented, entrepreneurial and professional businesswomen who pursue business networking goals along with personal interests in the arts, literature, travel and a well-rounded sophisticated life-style. Here, the possibilities are limitless – we are YOUR secret for Success! If you are looking for: • The access to influential people, making valuable business and social connections; • Promoting your personal brand and …

Interested in comedy, satire, and all of its forms of distribution? We will meet to network, discuss technique, industry, and workshop comedy.

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This group's intention is to increase art exposure in public venues through the digital medium. We invite all artists to come and brainstorm together and grow our network.

World Literacy Canada (WLC) is a small, secular, registered charitable organization that uses literacy to fight poverty and advance the cause of social justice. We support and deliver a range of community-based education projects with a focus on Canada, India, and Nepal – fostering literacy skills that will enhance standard of living, enabling greater independence and dignity. We run multiple events in Toronto every year to fundraise for our projects and we invite you to participate. Our project …

Mission Statement Applause for A Cause Theatrical Productions is a non-profit community theatre troupe dedicated to raising awareness and funds for charity through producing and mounting a variety of performance events. Our goals are threefold: first, to provide a novel way to support charities we believe in; to provide high-quality entertainment for our patrons and friends; and for our member performers and production staff, the fun and creativity of putting on a show!