About us
This is a group for young professionals looking to bond with cool new friends over quirky, fun activities. We're less about the happy hours and meeting over drinks (though they're bound to happen informally) and more about the strange, fun things you've always wanted to try doing (Mario Kart in real life, anyone?).
Activities can range from the casual (hikes, game nights, karaoke nights, etc.) to the more offbeat (puzzle hunts, obstacle courses, murder mysteries, real life games, etc.). If this sounds right up your alley, come join us for some random fun!
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FAQ (If you have other questions, contact the organizers)
• How often are there events?
There are events whenever an organizer has an event to host. So it varies and depends on our organizers' schedules. Most of our events are "offbeat" in nature, so they also tend to take more planning (and therefore might not occur that often). Generally, we try to have on average at least one event each week. Most events fall on the weekends and sometimes on weeknights.
You can see a list of all of our upcoming events on our calendar:
https://www.meetup.com/Offbeat-Fun/events/calendar/
We update the list rather sporadically, so we encourage members to check our calendar weekly for fun things to do! We also try to announce events 1-2 weeks in advance, so also look out for email notifications about those.
If you'd like to see more events, consider hosting some! Contact Michelle and/or Peter about hosting events. We're happy to help you get started!
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Have ideas for events? Want to host events and make fun happen?
Consider becoming an organizer! (Or if you want to just create one-off events, click on the "Suggest a New Meetup" button.) New ideas are always encouraged! As long as it's fun, we'll do it.
If you're interested in becoming an organizer, contact Michelle and/or Peter about hosting events. We're happy to help you get started!
Let's build a community of people who take action and make interesting things happen!
Location:
Most activities will center around the Peninsula and South Bay to bring more fun to the area. Occasionally, we may expand our reach as fit.
Upcoming events
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Play Jeopardy trivia • pub-trivia style / no buzzers again • for ages 20s–40s
Somewhere in Santa Clara, Emailed on day of event, Santa Clara, CA, USWe will play pub-trivia style again, where all teams write down their answers at the same time. No more buzzer frustration! Is it any good? We are not sure yet!
Each team will write answers on a dry-erase thing. Then the operator will check answers and update scores after each question so everyone can immediately see the results. No guessing penalty so all teams can write an answer.
We will use the same Jeopardy software as always, unmodified, to display the game board and questions and scores and stuff. But the buzzers will not be plugged in at all.
Join us for a quiz/trivia event based on the long-running TV game show Jeopardy. Your knowledge and lateral thinking skills will be tested using questions from the real TV show (via [J-Archive.com](https://j-archive.com)).
Please only attend if you are fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
Please keep your RSVP updated! If you no longer plan to attend, change your RSVP to “not going” or remove yourself from the waitlist. We’ll assign a strike if you remove your RSVP at the last minute (< 48 hours) or if you no-show. For events with a waitlist, we'll assign two strikes for no-shows. See our RSVP policy here: https://www.meetup.com/Offbeat-Fun/about/
15 attendees
Film screening & discussion: "Brooklyn" (2015) • for ages 20s–40s
Somewhere in Santa Clara, Emailed on day of event, Santa Clara, CA, USAbout the event
Inspired by several video essayists and podcasts, I have selected films to watch and talk about.
We will watch the movie then everyone is expected to stay after for discussion. We can discuss things like themes, characters, screenwriting, filmmaking technique, etc. For especially weird movies we can take some time to figure out what actually happened and what it means.
No potluck, but you may bring food & non-alcoholic beverages if you want.
The movie will be played on Blu-ray (which has noticeably better quality than streaming) to a 60-inch LCD TV (from 2010) and an actually good 5.1 surround-sound system with a 12-inch subwoofer.
About the movie
Synopsis: Young Irish immigrant navigates her way through 1950s Brooklyn.
Length: 1h 57m
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2381111/
Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/brooklyn
Metacritic: https://www.metacritic.com/movie/brooklyn/
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn_(film)
Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/film/brooklyn/Footer
Please only attend if you are fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
Please keep your RSVP updated! If you no longer plan to attend, change your RSVP to “not going” or remove yourself from the waitlist. We’ll assign a strike if you remove your RSVP at the last minute (< 48 hours) or if you no-show. For events with a waitlist, we'll assign two strikes for no-shows. See our RSVP policy here: https://www.meetup.com/Offbeat-Fun/about/
18 attendees
Film screening&discussion "The Last Black Man in San Fransisco" for ages 20s–40s
Somewhere in Santa Clara, Emailed on day of event, Santa Clara, CA, USAbout the event
Inspired by several video essayists and podcasts, I have selected films to watch and talk about.
We will watch the movie then everyone is expected to stay after for discussion. We can discuss things like themes, characters, screenwriting, filmmaking technique, etc. For especially weird movies we can take some time to figure out what actually happened and what it means.
No potluck, but you may bring food & non-alcoholic beverages if you want.
The movie will be played on Blu-ray (which has noticeably better quality than streaming) to a 60-inch LCD TV (from 2010) and an actually good 5.1 surround-sound system with a 12-inch subwoofer.
About the movie
Synopsis: A young man searches for home in the changing city that seems to have left him behind.
Length: 2 hr 1 min
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4353250/
Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/the_last_black_man_in_san_francisco
Metacritic: https://www.metacritic.com/movie/the-last-black-man-in-san-francisco/
Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Black_Man_in_San_Francisco
Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/film/the-last-black-man-in-san-francisco/Footer
Please only attend if you are fully vaccinated against COVID-19.
Please keep your RSVP updated! If you no longer plan to attend, change your RSVP to “not going” or remove yourself from the waitlist. We’ll assign a strike if you remove your RSVP at the last minute (< 48 hours) or if you no-show. For events with a waitlist, we'll assign two strikes for no-shows. See our RSVP policy here: https://www.meetup.com/Offbeat-Fun/about/
1 attendee
Past events
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