Meet with others in the Washington, DC and Northern Virginia area interested in various National Hockey League Teams! Gather to watch the NHL games and discuss your favorite team and team players. Make new friends!

Lets bring recess back and have playdates for grown-ups!We are an eclectic group of working professionals from the West Coast living in Northern Virginia and Washington DC who love anything outdoors. We hike, bike, kayak rain or shine and love to find brunch spots and group adventures (baseball, sailing). When we are big enough we hope to have kickball and softball teams forming and we want to include both singles and married couples of all ages (brand new group as of May 18 2013) but many of us …

Hey, youngish Jews in Northern Virginia - let's meet each other. Are all of our peeps in Maryland or DC? I'm determined to create a Jewish community in NoVa. Let's get together, hang out, have cultured and dare I say, intellectual, discussions about life and and the World around us. This group is in no way, whatsoever, religious.

We are the Alexandria Drummers! The purpose of this group is to promote health and wellness, community, creativity, and fun through music. If you are looking to have a great time and meet great people this meetup is for you. Our sessions are usually two hours with each session consisting of a warm-up,  the  drum lesson, a jam session. Come out and join us for a night of fun, community, and self expression. Music is a “universal language” that has been used for thousands of years as an avenue to …

Dios mio, yo quero mi Chihuahuas! Yeah, that's you. We all love our little ones. So join this one and meet the friendly and lovely Chihuahuas and eccentric Chihuahua owners in Northern Virginia near you! Come and have your own dog show, gathering, social, happy hour, outing in the park, network, and talk breeding. Longcoat or smoothcoat, puppy or adult, fat or skinny, ugly or cute, yippie or calm-- all shapes, sizes and both breeds of chihuahuas and all flavors of people are all welcomed! Me …

The Washington Area Astronomy Meetup connects people interested in astronomy by fostering informal gatherings at local star parties, public observatory nights, astronomy lectures and other astronomy-related programs. No experience in astronomy is required and you don't need to own a telescope to participate. The free evening "star party" meetups posted here are hosted by local astronomy clubs and organizations that welcome public participation. These groups offer fun, safe ways to explore the ni …

This meetup group is: A place where German speaking parents who raise their children bilingual can connect with like minded people. It is used as a platform to organize a variety of German related events throughout the Northern Virginia Area. The primary purpose is to support and strengthen our typically pre-school aged children's German skills. However, it is also used for parents to socialize and retain their German culture. This meetup group is not: A place to learn German. To be accepted as …

Rotaract is an international program of Rotary International for young professionals ages 18-30 who want to make a difference.  There are 163,000 members of some 7,088 Rotaract clubs in 151 countries! Rotaract clubs conduct meetings, usually every two weeks and use their weekends for service projects, social events, and workshops. Even though Rotaractors work hard, we believe in having a good time! We have social events with local Rotary clubs, cultural events, and more! What does Rotaract do e …

This is a group that meets to scrapbook, create hand made greeting cards and share their love for paper crafting. I host monthly classes (in my home), Card Making events in my home or yours (you can earn hostess benefits/FREE ITEMS if you gather your friends and have me over to teach people how easy it is to make their own cards) and quarterly scrapbooking retreats at, and as a fundraiser for, the Dunn Loring Volunteer Fire Department (22027). Please join us at one of our events if you're an exp …

The Virginia Area Fight Fans Meetup Group is dedicated to bringing together fans of the UFC and MMA in a friendly atmosphere with good company. We meet in the Northern Virginia area on a monthly basis for UFC events and will also be attending live MMA events as they are scheduled. Our hope is that this group will grow into a great resource for fans of MMA, but our ultimate goal is to have a great time watching MMA events with like-minded people. We are also affiliated with the DC Area Fight Fans …

This meetup group was started to announce World Tavern Poker free poker tournaments being held in the Northern Virginia area. World Tavern Poker is an awesome free poker league! Players can register online for the games or just show up and play! Everyone is welcome and new players are always encouraged to come out to the games! World Tavern Poker is great because you can show up just once and play for fun or you can come out often and qualify for regional and National events. THe National events …

Welcome to the House of Chic! We are a group of Savvy, Classy, and Sophicated ladies who enjoy all that is Fashionable, Fun, and Chic in the Dc, Maryland, and Virginia Metro Area. We are about having a good time, enjoying life and loving every minute of it! We support social and business networking events that focus on fashion, beauty, lifestyle, and all things Chic! Why Join? Are you a "Get-It Girl" or a Social Butterfly? Looking to find out whats going on in the area? This group is for you! A …

Calling all Boston Terrier and French Bulldog owners in the Arlington Virginia area! I am looking to meet other owners of this lively and hilarious breed. We can meet at local dog parks in the areas, dog friendly restaurants and even members' fenced yards. I am a condo owner, so it can't be my yard, unfortunately! I llook forward to bringing together a fun group of people that love spending weekends playing with their dogs and fellow dog lovers.

The Mane Definition is a group of Natural Hair Bloggers dedicated to bringing together the Natural Hair Community in the DC, Maryland, and Virginia area.

WELCOME! Thank you for visiting the Northern VA Boxer Meetup Group! We love our Boxers and we love to watch them play!!! This group is about them having fun as well as socializing our Boxers and dispelling any negative perceptions about them. We will have scheduled dog park meetups as well as other fun activities as suggested by you the members! The group is about the Boxer and what they love we love! Thank you for visiting our site and we hope you will join or stop by to check us out! Please ch …

This is a group for veterans with PTSD and others who are suffering from a past trauma who are tired of getting nowhere in their treatment with the Veteran's Administration or with traditional treatment programs. This group will explore hypnosis, hypnotherapy, NLP (neuro-linguistic programming), EFT, EMDR, Reiki, Qi Gong and other healing modalities available for healing PTSD and it's symptoms. The group will meet in Northern VA, Southern MD or Washington DC depending on interest and membersh …

NoVA Working Moms Network is centered around supporting, encouraging, and providing an outlet for working mothers in Northern Virginia. With regular monthly events for mom alone as well as the whole family, our focus is on fun! Please note: Our group membership is limited to 100 members (active + pending) to foster close friendships among our members and their children. Who We Are Active working moms with active families throughout Northern Virginia Moms who can have a blast both with their ki …

If you are a mom who wants to speak Russian and have your child or children learn Russian, we welcome you to join our group. *********************************** Если вы мама, которая хочет говорить на русском, а ваш ребенок или дети учат русский, мы приглашаем вас присоединиться к нашей группе.

Tennis Player, We are the Washington DC / Northern Virginia / Montgomery County Online Tennis Community. With over 6,500 players we have the members who will want to meet up with you on the tennis courts. We allow players to put post meetups. So feel that it is acceptable to promote an event that you will take ownership of and we'll let the meetup group know about it. The community is large enough that we are able to run Socials, Tournaments, Tennis Partner programs and our primary product, Leag …

We are a fun and supportive group of writers living in and around Northern Virginia. All skill levels and all types of writing are represented: novels, poetry, lyrics, short stories, non-fiction, children's stories, and more! We meet every Wednesday at 7pm in a room at Washington-Lee High School in Arlington.  Meetings generally last about 2 hours and are either sessions designed to provide feedback on members' work, or a workshop session aimed at a specific element of writing. Check the Calenda …

This is an activity, mutual support, advocacy, etc. community for Autistic Adults (18 years and older) living in Maryland, Northern Virginia, and Washington, D.C.  This community is organized by an Autistic Adult, for Autistic Adults, only Autistic adults may join.  We are an inclusive group, all Autistic diagnoses are welcome (Asperger's Syndrome, Autistic Disorder, PDD-NOS, etc.).  Autism is not an illness or a disease, there is no "cure" for Autism. Being an Adult on the Autism Spectrum means …

A place for new parents in their mid 20’s-mid 30’s living in Northern Virginia to find friendship, support and most importantly, to have a lot of fun! Yes, there is finally a group for both moms and dads to socialize together! We host a variety of activities including gatherings for the whole family, opportunities for our babies to socialize, and activities to allow mom or dad to get out for a night. We look forward to meeting you!

This is a group for anyone seeking God and hoping to have a deeper relationship with Him. Our group is non-denominational and open to people of all races and ages in the Washington DC-metro area - specifically residents of Northern Virginia. We enjoy fun, food and fellowship, striving to imitate Acts 2:42. We meet in Fairfax Towers in Falls Church and look forward to meeting you.

Looking to meet fun, interesting, outgoing and attractive professional women? Look no further: Join Meetup in Northern Virginia! Make new friends in a relaxed inclusive atmosphere. We're a community of women of all ages and backgrounds who get together for a variety of social and recreational activities. Come be a part of our community, singles and couples alike! We are looking forward to meeting you.

This is a bar meetup for the Heathen community of Northern Virginia and the surrounding areas. Come and socialize with your fellow heathens! All who honor the Germanic Gods are welcome, regardless of ethnicity, sexuality, or level of experience.

This group is dedicated to meeting new people, networking opportunities, and just having tons of fun! We will do an assortment of outtings around the NoVA and DC area such as happy hours, volunteering, dinner club, networking, and anything else we can think of. I am totally open to any suggestions you may have. This is a great opportunity to explore what this great area has to offer while maintaining new friendships.

If you develop software for a living, you need at least one "dynamic" language in your toolkit. Languages that make it easy to do meta-programming are invaluable for many types of problems. If you are a Java developer, there are especially compelling reasons for investing in Groovy and the numerous Groovy-based frameworks -- Grails, Griffon, Gradle, Spock, Gaelyk, etc. The purpose of this group is to cultivate a local community for learning and sharing about experiences with the Groovy and Grail …

This group is for social workers or soon to be social workers (BSW or MSW students) in the DC, Maryland and Northern Virginia areas. The group will have events that include networking, volunteer events, and of course, socializing! Please join us and have some fun with your peers!