The Dinner Club is a way to make new friends while trying some of the culinary delights around Knoxville. We have great conversations and lots of laughs. I try to schedule dinners about once every three to four weeks at a variety of venues. My preference is for locally owned non-chain restaurants to reward the small business owners versus the national chain restaurants.   I try to mix up  the places to include value dining, mid range dining and fine dining locations.

Welcome to Asheville to all of our Transplanted Friends! Welcome to Western North Carolina’s Meetup group for all y’all who have come from all over the world to make these mountains your home. Whether you just got off the plane or have been here for decades, this group is for you. For the last three years, even as we have been known as the Asheville Ex-New Yorkers Meetup Group, we opened up this great group to include folks from cities all over the world. As long as you are friendly, inclusive, …

This group provides an ongoing opportunity for Asheville area lesbians to socialize over Sunday brunch and other events. About twice a month, we will post the event details and location. If a contribution is needed, the amount will be included. To help your host plan, be sure to rsvp for each brunch/event asap. Bring your friendly vibe, make new friends, enjoy conversation...have fun! If you are interested in hosting a brunch or other activity, please contact the organizer, Gwen.

Providing Connection - Information - Action To inspire the age wave of Boomer women looking for alternative living situations To provide information, networking, and a forum to meet together To form connections with existing community models and their successes For all women - single, married, widowed, and women with families who are looking for alternative models of living as we age with connection and camaraderie We want to- - Bring women together to share information, form connections with …

Laid back get-together with others that enjoy scrapbooking and rubber stamping. I want this to be fun, casual and a real chance to hang out with other women that just want to have a fun, stress free evening of conversation, sharing, yummy snacks and being creative. I don't think this has to be anything with an agenda, or set in stone. We can just bring our stuff and get to know each other, share techniques, ideas....and work on our scrapbooks and other projects. I also thought it would fun f …

Metaphysics can be a priori speculation upon questions that are unanswerable to scientific observation, analysis, or experiment. A salon is a gathering of people under the roof of an inspiring host, held partly to amuse one another and partly to refine the taste and increase their knowledge of the participants through conversation. This group is dedicated to learning more about various New Age and self-improvement topics. We are willing to believe that there may be phenomena not easily explained …

The Asheville Area Wholistic and Intergrative Professionals (tm) (AAWIP) are collaborators, co-creators, co-catalysts, co-leaders that promote education, production and sales of professional wholistic and integrative products/services in the Asheville area – included but not limited to integrative health, personal growth, earth-friendly, eclectic artisans/musicians/authors. We co-provide a forum for exchange of information and ideas to expand the wholistic, integrative, green and related profess …

Ponderer's Cafe Our intentions & guidelines: It is our intention to engage in easygoing conversation with guided questioning that allows us to cultivate and share perspectives with each other. It is our intention to truly LISTEN to and UNDERSTAND what each person is sharing.  We can ask each other questions for clarification and sometimes respectfully disagree, but it is against the spirit of our group to be condescending, judgmental or argumentative.  We are here to challenge ourselves, not ea …

Are you interested in meeting and interacting with other moms and their children? Then let's get together! This group is for moms wanting to have fun with their children and others in a play group setting. Our focus will be moms with babies, waddlers and toddlers, however all are welcome (including expecting mommies). What parent wouldn't like to be able to enjoy some adult conversation once in awhile too?! With this group you can get and give advice, go on play dates, story time, make crafts, s …

We have such GREAT theatre here in Asheville and the surrounding areas! This group is for women who love live theater and want to support the performing arts in Western North Carolina. Let's get together and take advantage of this amazing arts community by attending some of the theatrical productions in the local area. Perhaps we can have dinner before or coffee/drinks after. If you're like me, you love to talk about the play you've just seen. Join this group if you're a woman who wants to: S …

I decided to start the Knoxville Kirtan and Meditation Group because through kirtan and meditation I experience pure consciousness and unconditional love, and I want to help other people access that part of themselves. The purpose of our group is to help people start meditating and develop a regular practice. Our weekly Kirtan and group Meditation is on Sundays at 5 p at Rhama: The Center of the Healing Arts at 9237 Middlebrook Pike, Knoxville, TN 37931. Doing kirtan and meditating in a gro …

If you love having tea or hosting tea parties, this is the club for you! We ask that you visit the home page, even if you must RSVP "No" at least once every three months. We like to know who is remaining active in the group. If you have not been to the home page in over five months, you may be nicely booted out of the group, but you may rejoin at any time.

Asheville Salsa and Bachata is a group dedicated to promoting social events featuring Latin rhythms  like Salsa, Bachata, Samba & more. Our Latin Social events provide a great way to make friends, have fun, re-energize after a stressful week and relax. We typically start our Latin Socials with a FREE Salsa and Bachata Class. Most Latin dances are partner dances and are a great way to develop and maintain great social skills. Latin dancing helps develop confidence and trust internally and posture …

Looking to start a walking or hiking group for stay at home moms or stay at home dads with babies or young children. We could take turns meeting up in member's neighborhoods for stroller walks or meet at a local park for short hikes. I'm a new mom who just stopped working to stay at home with my now 4 month old. He and I have been going for walks and short hikes but would love company for interesting adult conversation! Hoping this could be a once a week activity.

Calling all those who celebrate the arts in Knoxville and East Tennessee! If you enjoy live theater, art exhibitions, literary events, public talks, indie films, and more, this group is for you. Just watch your inbox for announcements of new gatherings (and please send your ideas to me!). Most events will be free or at a minimal cost to you. The membership dues for belongint to this group are just $1.00 per person per event OR $5.00 per person per year to help defray the costs that meetup.com ch …

Psst. Can you keep a secret? Well we've got one for adventurous eaters looking for an underground dining experience. Amateur and even professional chefs have taken a liking to hosting dinner parties for strangers in their very own homes and other interesting locations. These speakeasies are by invite only,  Shhh. Don't tell. How It Works: This movable feast roames from location to location serving worldly epicurean delights & themed dinners. This dinner party welcomes anyone interested, but come …

Let's get together and practice our Spanish! This group is for anyone interested in practicing their Spanish speaking skills in a very fun and social way. We'll meet up over coffee one week and for some margaritas the next, all while speaking in Spanish. Your hosts are fluent English-Spanish speakers who are also experienced English and Spanish teachers. Guest hosts from different Spanish-speaking countries will come and join us to talk about their country, culture and food. All skill levels are …

This group is for persons of all ability levels in mastery of the Spanish language. We intend to socialize and practice together, as well as be exposed to the many Latin cultures of the world. The best way to learn is via immersion, and through this group, we will be exposed to the dialects, subcultures, fine and performing arts, and many other things related to Afro-Carribean and Latin cultures. Native speakers are more than welcomed here, and may find it rewarding to have so many students/ment …

We are a peaceful and joyful fellowship of individuals, centered in love, dedicated to the God within, and honoring the many paths to truth. We seek to develop our highest Selves by continusous sharing of spiritual ideas, in an environment of unconditional love an respect for others.

Nous sommes un groupe à Asheville qui se réunit régulièrement pour discuter des actualités, de la litterature ou de ce qui nous plaît. L'assistance n'est pas obligatoire chaque fois, et il n'y a pas de frais d'inscription. Nous utilisons Le Battery Park Book Exchange & Champagne Bar et L'Atlanta Bread Comp. Sud pour se réunir. Nous encourageons les membres à consommer chez nos hôtes. Il y aura d'autres activités organisées par des individus aussi. Si vous ne pouvez pas comprendre cette descripti …

Join us for twice weekly hikes that alternate among four fairly standard routes. Typically, we take the same hike twice weekly, three of which are along the mountains-to-sea trail, running alongside the Blue Ridge Parkway in Asheville. Once a month, we go on a hike among the 25 miles of hiking trails within the campus of Warren Wilson College. We focus on weekday hikes, with occasional weekend jaunts. Because we do the same hike twice each week and then repeat it every fifth week, the emphasis …

An informal, inclusive progressive social group! Raise your spirits while you raise your glass, and share ideas while you share a pitcher! Drinking Liberally gives like-minded, left-leaning (radical? progressive? liberal? slightly left-leaning? -- any and all!) individuals a place to talk politics. You don't need to be a policy expert and this isn't a book club - just come learn from and share with peers, trade jokes, vent frustration and hang out in an environment where it's not taboo to talk p …

This group is dedicated to building your masculinity and confidence, expanding your social circle and having fun just being a man. We study and practice social dynamics, NLP, influence, seduction, attraction, inner game and more. We respect the power of our sexual nature and demand our rightful place in the play called "Life". If you are tired of feeling confused or weak about your masculinity, if you feel modern society, your mother, your teachers or others may have mislead you about what makes …

This club is for anyone interested in French culture and language. Let's get together at relaxing locations and expand our knowledge of the language and culture of France. We may exchange travel tips for trips to France and Europe or we may get together over a traditional French meal. We will try to improve our conversational skills in the French language for travel or business. We will work with anyone interested in the French Language and encourage our members to be patient, whether they are b …

Conversations about life with an existential viewpoint. A life with satisfaction and joy without a belief in "something more" flourishes best in a supportive community. This meet-up group seeks to build such a community.

This group is intended to bring together any Brazilian ex-pats, folks learning Brazilian portuguese, or folks interested in Brazilian culture and cuisine. Although I am American, I would like to meet others who share this love of the language and culture, maybe practice portuguese conversation, or maybe just get together and hang out, cook brazilian food, etc. Could even do a Brazilian film or two! Hope to meet some new friends.