We are the Brooklyn Chapter of the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufacturers and Commerce (RSA). The RSA is an awesome British, multi-disciplinary institution, based in London. On a monthly basis, or near monthly, we meetup to support each others projects, discuss the pressing issues of the day, and rock out. For more information about RSA USA, visit http://www.blog.rsa-us.org/ RSA World wide, http://www.thersa.org/ Membership, http://www.thersa.org/fellowship/where-you-are/usa …

Calling all tech entrepreneurs, software developers, user experience designers, creatives, project managers, QA analysts and anyone else working in the tech industry! Come hang out, meet some new people, then try to win their money! We provide the venue, snacks and drinks, a dealer and a nice poker table and chip set. You provide the action! FAQ: What type of poker do you play? We play $1/$2 No Limit Hold 'Em. Min buy-in is $50 and the max is $200 dollars. We also play higher stakes if there is …

Welcome to NY Mens Soccer, In anticipation of our Outdoor Leagues beginning in the Spring, we will be hosting a series of weekly Indoor sessions on Roosevelt Island on Saturdays (5:00pm-7:00pm) and on the Lower East Side on Mondays (7:30pm-9:30pm). While we suggest players should be of intermediate experience and above, each session will be controlled and monitored by a qualified referee, so individuals unsure of their level are welcome to join. We do remind every player that this is u …

There's a growing startup community in the 11222/11211 area. Let's make it better by meeting, sharing, and having coffee together (and happy hours too!). Oh, and The New York Times also called this gathering the "who's who of digital startups."

$1/2 & $2/5 Poker every tuesday, thursday and sunday. Food and drinks provided. Monthly Freerolls. Food and drinks. Sunday is game day! We start at 2pm, watch sports and bluff our money away. This is the probably the most laid back poker game in NYC. Ha. It's fun. Come hang, enjoy the game.

The Greenpoint Chess Club is an informal group of chess amateurs who meet weekly (typically Tuesday, 7–11 pm) in the Greenpoint, Brooklyn neighborhood to play chess and have a beer (or two). We typically play blitz and, as the evening grows late, switch to chess variants such as bughouse or Alice chess. Newcomers and amateurs are welcome, as are more experienced chess players. Slow games and instruction are possible on request. Join us here, on Meetup.com, and/or our Facebook group. And …

We are a friendly, intermediate to advanced group. What you will find here is a really good run, with some skilled and friendly players. We play all year round (yes, even in the snow). Fall Schedule: Tues nights (Sept 13 - Dec 20): 8pm-10pm, McCarren Park, Williamsburg (Lorimer & Driggs) L-train to Bedford or Lorimer, G-train to Nassau Fri Nights (Sept 16 - Dec 23): 8pm-10pm, Bushwick Inlet Park, Williamsburg (N.10th & Kent) L-train to Bedford, G-train to Nassau When to RS …

Do you live in Long Island City? Are you in your mid-late 20s or early 30s? Are you interested in meeting others who live in the neighborhood? Then you should join this group! I'm looking to make this a group mostly for people out of college but not necessarily "settled down"/starting a family already (it seems like 90% of the people in my building are already married with kids). I live by the waterfront/Gantry Park off the Vernon/Jackson stop, but people from other areas of LIC, and even Astori …

Now two years old (happy birthday to us!), Little In The City is Long Island City's "mommy, Daddy and me" group. Come play with us and meet other moms and Dads in our booming community.

Explore. Think. Learn. Wonder & Wander. This group has a teacher. Name: New York City. Curriculum: Seeing new perspectives. Noticing beauty in often overlooked things. Testing your patience in a post office line. Ending up in a fascinating conversation with a passing stranger. Finding patterns in sidewalk trees. Hearing new perspectives from some of New York's most interesting teachers, artists, and guerrilla philosophers. ............................................ LIFELABS NY is a mee …

This is book club for people who want to catch up on their modern classics such as Lolita, Catch-22 and On the Road. Book choices will be from the 20th century and on. We have a good group going so far, members coming from all over NYC. You do not have to live in Williamsburg to join! This is simply where the meet-ups will tend to be.

Finally... a book club in Williamsburg! We decide on a new book every month- only after polling you, of course. After reading, we'll get together at a local Williamsburg haunt to discuss. Don't worry, we'll come prepared with questions so you won't have to stress over having nothing to say.

This is a filmmakers group for those in film who are inspired to shoot now! This is a group for active members only; people who are desperate to make awesome movies. You must be motivated and willing to make it to production meetings. Here we are a team. To start we take on one film at a time. We meet once a week for production meetings and brainstorming. We then shoot our scene, short or feature film and move to the next. We are a family and this my friends is how we make it big!

You should join this group if.... 1. You're friends don't want to travel to Brooklyn to see a show on a weeknight. 2. You are over seeing sold out shows at MSG and Terminal 5 and would prefer to check out a new band at a small venue that won't break the bank. 3. You're sick of having to scramble to find someone to attend that awesome show with you and would like to meet a group of people with adventurous musical taste.

Meet kindred book lovers in a local Meetup Book Club! We read Classic literature, and meet in a great bar in Williamsburg-- don't worry, we're about a 10 minute subway ride from Union Square, so Manhattanites (and those from other boroughs) are welcome!