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Join us for a special evening of yoga, aperitif dinner, and language exchange in the beautiful setting of Giardino Ortica 10! 🧘‍♀️ Yoga Session Included A special thank you to our yoga instructor Roberta Ruggiero for guiding us through a relaxing and grounding practice before our language exchange aperitif 🙏✨ 📅 Friday, May 22nd – 7:00 PM 🍷 Aperitif Dinner – €18 🌍 Meet international people & practice: English • Spanish • Italian • Hindi • Portuguese Whether you come to relax, socialize, or improve your language skills, this is the perfect mix of wellness, culture, and connection. 📍 LOCATION GIARDINO ORTICA 10 Via Ortica 10 – 20134 Milano 📝 ENTRANCE LIST: “TAVOLO TARA” ✨ We also have a reserved Mission Languages area for our community ⚠️ Reservation Required Bring your positive energy and join our international community for an unforgettable evening! 💫

Spring aperitivo + create your own plant pot **Les Amis** is a women-only community of friendly souls. We provide access to hundreds of experiences that explore your passions and connect you with other event participants. **Check our website to learn more, and apply to join our community and events**: [lesamis.cc/apply](https://www.lesamis.cc/apply)

Calling all pasta lovers! 🍝✨ Step into a hands-on pasta workshop and learn how to make delicious vegetarian ravioli entirely from scratch. Work the dough, shape each raviolo by hand and fill them with a fresh vegetarian filling inspired by traditional Italian recipes. 🌱 Take your handmade pasta home and enjoy the simple pleasure of pasta made slowly, with care and tradition. **Les Amis** is a women-only community of friendly souls. We provide access to hundreds of experiences that explore your passions and connect you with other event participants. **Check our website to learn more, and apply to join our community and events**: [lesamis.cc/apply](https://www.lesamis.cc/apply)

Another Friday, another chapter. The Milan Playground returns to Draft Milano for an evening of board games, great conversations, and the kind of easygoing atmosphere that keeps bringing people back. Whether you’re looking to challenge your strategic side, discover a new favorite game, or simply spend your Friday evening with good company, Chapter 25 is the perfect place to do it. WHAT TO EXPECT **A Huge Game Library**: Draft has something for every type of player, from fast and silly party games to longer strategy games. You can also bring your own favorites if you want to share them. **A Friendly Community**: Our group includes locals, internationals, newcomers, and regulars. Everyone is welcome, whether you come alone or with friends. **No Experience Needed**: We help form groups and explain rules, so you can jump right in even if you have never played a game before. ️KEY DETAILS **Where**: Draft Milano, Viale Misurata 9, 20146 Milano MI **When**: Friday, 22 May 2026 **Time**: 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM **Cost**: Free to attend. You only pay for any food or drinks you order RSVP and join us for Chapter 25 of The Milan Playground. Take a seat, pick a game, and play. 🎲

Hi my friends, welcome to "Don't Be Shy!", your favourite international aperitivo 🇬🇧🇨🇵🇩🇪🇪🇸🇯🇵🇵🇹. We meet every Friday (Pacino café) from 19:30 so don't worry if you arrive a bit later, we will be there until late. During the evening you will have the opportunity to meet nice people 😉 and speak several languages 😊. Two simple rules to folllow: bring your smile and DON'T BE SHY! 🔴 Photos and videos of the event will be posted on Instagram ⬇️⬇️⬇️ https://instagram.com/dontbeshy_milano?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= 🔴 Apertivo/first drink 11€ The bar will serve food until 21:30 🔴 Ask for me (Armando) when you arrive. 🔴 You can write me on WhatsApp 3755246023 if needed. what's app group (communication & updates only) >>> https://chat.whatsapp.com/BSMO1uygZxhHWMrVhCJzlr I cannot wait to meet you all ✌🏿, Armando

Dalle 19:00 alle 20:00 per un’ora entrerai in uno spazio solo tuo✨ In cui fare esperienza del tuo corpo guidata da pratiche yoga inclusive per tutt* e somatiche per contattarti profondamente ai tuoi bisogni e al tuo ritmo🫀

Il mondo dell'educazione sta cambiando, ma gli strumenti a disposizione sono rimasti gli stessi. Cerchi una community con professionisti che, come te, vogliono *cambiare le cose?* **Grautivity apre le selezioni per collaboratori e partner di progetto.** **Grautivity** nasce da un proposito: creare uno spazio dove i professionisti dell’educazione possano sognare, condividere progetti e discutere sulla scuola. Un vero laboratorio di idee, di iniziative, di speranze, che fonde design, pedagogia e storie. Siamo stanchi di sentire professionisti frustrati, rassegnati da un sistema malfunzionante. *È giunto il momento di dargli ascolto.* **Perché questo annuncio?** Stiamo preparando un evento per **sabato 23 Maggio pomeriggio, a Milano**. Per farlo, cerchiamo professionisti che non siano semplici esecutori, ma veri e propri partner di missione. **Cosa offriamo:** * L'inserimento in un network di validi professionisti. * La possibilità di avviare collaborazioni professionali * La partecipazione a workshop trasformativi **Il Profilo che cerchiamo:** * Educatori, insegnanti e pedagogisti con voglia di fare la differenza * Professionisti desiderosi di mettersi in discussione * Persone motivate a costruire un percorso di collaborazione pieno di sorprese Per garantire la qualità delle sinergie, abbiamo deciso di limitare questa call a soli **15 partecipanti**. Valuteremo ogni candidatura individualmente. Sei pronto a portare la tua professionalità al livello successivo? Compila il modulo o inviaci un messaggio con una breve presentazione su di te e il tuo percorso professionale a questa mail: [grautivity@gmail.com](mailto:grautivity@gmail.com) Il Link al Form: [https://forms.office.com/Pages/DesignPageV2.aspx?origin=ShareFormPage&subpage=design&m2=1&id=DQSIkWdsW0yxEjajBLZtrQAAAAAAAAAAAAN__4IFtglUQllVVTZRV1c1REJISVJIUjMyQ0ZBNUtLUS4u](https://forms.office.com/Pages/DesignPageV2.aspx?origin=ShareFormPage&subpage=design&m2=1&id=DQSIkWdsW0yxEjajBLZtrQAAAAAAAAAAAAN__4IFtglUQllVVTZRV1c1REJISVJIUjMyQ0ZBNUtLUS4u)/ Maggiori info sul progetto al sito: https://www.grautivity.com **Tutti i dettagli operativi sull’evento ti verranno inviati via mail solo a seguito della ricezione della tua candidatura.**

Impariamo a eseguire e ricevere il Massaggio! Sono una massoterapista e insegnante di tecniche manuali e desidero diffondere la benefica pratica del massaggio a tutti, donne e uomini, di qualsiasi età e professione. Tratteremo zone comode come gli arti superiori e inferiori, in sicurezza ed efficacia. Conosceremo meglio il corpo umano, miglioreremo la postura e daremo finalmente spazio alla respirazione. Massaggiare e ricevere il massaggio aumenta il buon umore e riduce le tensioni muscolari, allora perché non stare insieme e imparare qualcosa di benefici e divertente? Portate un asciugamano e indossate un abbigliamento comodo (ad esempio una maglietta larga o una canotta, e un pantalone che possa essere sollevato fino al ginocchio, o pantaloncini). Alla finire, una piccola merenda per tutti!

**🇮🇹 𝙐𝙉𝘼𝙈𝘼𝙎 𝙎𝙋𝙀𝙏𝙏𝘼𝘾𝙊𝙇𝘼𝙍𝙀** 💛 📅 **Ogni sabato** \- Salsa & Bachata 360° 🎶🔥 🔸 **22:00** Stage o gare in preserata 🎭 🔸 **Durante la serata** Show spettacolari! ✨ 🔸 **Tavolo Campus Latino riservato** – Dillo all’ingresso! 🎁 📍 **Location:** UnaMas Club, Via Adamello 21 - Bareggio (MI) 🎟️ **Evento a pagamento** ⚠ **IMPORTANTE**: Ricordati di compilare il modulo di adesione all’UnaMas prima di venire! La tessera è **gratuita ma obbligatoria** 👉 [www.unamasclub.it/tesseramento](http://www.unamasclub.it/tesseramento) 📲 **Unisciti al nostro gruppo WhatsApp** per restare aggiornato e organizzare passaggi in auto! 👉 [https://chat.whatsapp.com/K9c3dd5Hd2t2uhgbF9rauQ](https://chat.whatsapp.com/K9c3dd5Hd2t2uhgbF9rauQ) **🇬🇧** **𝙐𝙉𝘼𝙈𝘼𝙎 𝙎𝙋𝙀𝙏𝙏𝘼𝘾𝙊𝙇𝘼𝙍𝙀** 💛 📅 **Every Saturday** \- Salsa & Bachata 360° 🎶🔥 🔸 **10:00 PM** Pre-party stages or dance competitions 🎭 🔸 **During the night** Spectacular dance shows! ✨ 🔸 **Reserved table for Campus Latino** – Mention it at the entrance! 🎁 📍 **Location:** UnaMas Club, Via Adamello 21 - Bareggio (MI) 🎟️ **Paid event** ⚠ **IMPORTANT**: Register for your UnaMas membership before coming! It’s **free but mandatory** 👉 [www.unamasclub.it/tesseramento](http://www.unamasclub.it/tesseramento) 📲 **Join our WhatsApp group** to stay updated and arrange carpooling! 👉 [https://chat.whatsapp.com/K9c3dd5Hd2t2uhgbF9rauQ](https://chat.whatsapp.com/K9c3dd5Hd2t2uhgbF9rauQ)

Impariamo a eseguire e ricevere il Massaggio! Sono una massoterapista e insegnante di tecniche manuali e desidero diffondere la benefica pratica del massaggio a tutti, donne e uomini, di qualsiasi età e professione. Tratteremo zone comode come gli arti superiori e inferiori, in sicurezza ed efficacia. Conosceremo meglio il corpo umano, miglioreremo la postura e daremo finalmente spazio alla respirazione. Massaggiare e ricevere il massaggio aumenta il buon umore e riduce le tensioni muscolari, allora perché non stare insieme e imparare qualcosa di benefici e divertente? Portate un asciugamano e indossate un abbigliamento comodo (ad esempio una maglietta larga o una canotta, e un pantalone che possa essere sollevato fino al ginocchio, o pantaloncini). Alla finire, una piccola merenda per tutti!

È un luogo multidisciplinare con una piccola palestra con tappetini, cuscini e coperte a nostra disposizione

**Questo laboratorio sarà un’esperienza all’aria aperta dove i bambini (4-10 anni), insieme ai loro genitori, potranno scoprire, esprimere e condividere le proprie emozioni attraverso il gioco, la natura e la creatività.** **I partecipanti creeranno un mandala personale, simbolo del loro mondo emotivo, che potranno portare a casa.** **A seguire piccola merenda per tutti!** **(Il prezzo indicato è per la coppia genitore-figlio)**

**Ciao! 🌟** Excited to kick off another great meetup! Join us at **rev.ng Labs’ office** in **Milan** (10-minute walk from **Garibaldi station**) on **Saturday, May 23th**, starting at **9:30 AM**. As always, we’re hosting a hands-on **unconference focused on Nix**—a space to learn, share, and collaborate. All experience levels are welcome, so whether you're just getting started or already deep into Nix, we’d love to have you! A big **shoutout to rev.ng Labs for hosting us**! 🚀 Seats are limited, so **grab yours early**. 🎟️ Come on time to enjoy a coffee before we get started! ☕ We’ll also break for lunch together—another great chance to connect. 🍽️ Looking forward to seeing you there! For more details and contact info: [https://milano.nix.pizza/](https://milano.nix.pizza/)

QA or the Highway is a one-day, affordable, regional, professional conference featuring real-world experience and thought leadership in the QA and testing industry. This is a ticketed event please register here: https://www.qaorthehwy.com/ Featured Keynote Speakers: **Matthew-Hope Eland** **(Wizard at Leading EDJE)** \- An AI Specialist and Wizard at Leading EDJE who is known to teach software engineering\, AI\, and data science concepts in the most ridiculous ways possible\. Matt has used machine learning to settle debates over whether Die Hard is a Christmas movie\, reinforcement learning to drive the behavior of digital squirrels\, data analytics to suggest improvements to his favorite TV show\, and AI agents to play board games and create an AI agent with the personality of a dog\. Matt is the author of "Data Science in \.NET with Polyglot Notebooks" and "Refactoring with C\#" as well as several LinkedIn Learning courses\. Matt helps organize the Central Ohio \.NET Developer Group\, runs several blogs and a YouTube channel\, has a Master’s of Science in Data Analytics\, and is a current Microsoft MVP in AI and \.NET\. **Tatyana Arbouzova** **(CEO at Innovate QA)** \- Tatyana Arbouzova is an engineering and business leader with a strong background in Quality Engineering across multiple industries\, including Big Tech\, Healthcare\, and Entertainment\. She has held leadership roles at world\-class companies such as Microsoft\, VMware\, Disney\, and The Pokémon Company International\, where she focused on building quality\-driven cultures and scaling teams to deliver high\-impact products\. With decades of experience\, Tatyana has helped organizations transform their quality practices so teams can deliver software efficiently\, confidently\, and with measurable business outcomes\. Today\, Tatyana advises software companies on adopting AI to optimize quality practices and improve how software is delivered at scale\. She is also a passionate community builder and the founder of Innovate QA\, a thriving Seattle\-based community and conference for quality professionals\.

**Welcome to Drunken Philosophy** a casual, curious social discussion **Optional topic for this meetup: What's up with all the AI hate?** A recent survey found that 74% of Americans have a negative view of AI, and I want to know why. Come out and debate whether AI is good or bad. My hot take: a labor-saving tool that could potentially help cure cancer gets called dangerous because it might raise unemployment or cause a speculative investment bubble, that tells you a lot more about capitalism and the economic system we live under than it does about the tool itself. As a computer programmer, I think AI is a wonderful tool that has increased my productivity by at least an order of magnitude. I'd go so far as to say Claude Code is the best tool I have ever used. Debate me and name a better one. Is AI potentially dangerous? Yes, but so are a lot of tools. Chainsaws. Steam engines (early ones would occasionally explode and kill everyone in the room). Do you think cavemen sat around debating whether fire could be used as a weapon or for self-harm, and decided not to discover it? I have two friends who hate AI for opposite reasons: one thinks it's a fad and not useful, and the other thinks it's going to take over everything and cause human extinction. Come out tonight, have a friendly debate, and make some friends. No lectures. Friendly crowd. Drop in for one drink and stay if it's fun.

(Note: RSVPing here on meetup does NOT reserve your seat. To do that, you’ll need to register at our website, **[HERE](https://www.coreerocks.com/Events.aspx?ID=In-Person-Columbus-Meeting-How-I-Get-Private-Lenders-and-Partners-to-Fund-My-Deals-14-6-2-2026)**.) Tuesday, June 2nd, 5:00–8:30 PM Eastern Central Ohio Chapter Meeting IN PERSON IN COLUMBUS How I Get Private Lenders and Partners to Fund My Deals If you can’t fund it, you don’t have a deal. And right now, funding is where more investors are getting stuck. Private lenders are more cautious. Partners are asking better questions. And deals that look good on paper still fall apart when the money doesn’t show up. That’s why we’re bringing in a panel of investors who are actually getting their deals funded right now. You’ll hear how they’re finding money, structuring deals, and building relationships that lead to repeat funding. Here’s what you’ll learn: * Where they’re finding private lenders today * How they start conversations that lead to funding * What makes lenders and partners say YES * How they structure deals to be fundable * The biggest mistakes investors make when raising money * How to build repeat funding relationships **Early Session (6:00–7:00 PM Eastern):** **Having Trouble Finding Tenants? How Community Shelter Board Can Help** Nicholas Brenner will walk you through programs designed to help rapidly rehouse tenants, including financial support that can stabilize your rentals. **The Deal Room (7:00–7:30 PM Eastern)** Bring deals, funding needs, buyers, and problems. This is where connections turn into action. This meeting is for serious real estate investors nationwide, and we’re known for our high-content, real-life education and our nationwide community of dealmakers. Members and non-members at all levels are welcome. Register below to reserve your seat. Remember, to actually reserve your seat, you have to go **[HERE](https://www.coreerocks.com/Events.aspx?ID=In-Person-Columbus-Meeting-How-I-Get-Private-Lenders-and-Partners-to-Fund-My-Deals-14-6-2-2026)** and register on our website!

**Important time note:** Please plan on arriving between 5:30 and 6:00 as the elevators lock after 6 and you'll need to message us and we'll need to come get you. The building address is 4450 Bridge Park The entrance is 6620 Mooney St, Suite 400 You will need to scan your ID at the door to get a visitor badge. **Abstract** Like it or not, AI agents are now capable of turning a quickly written paragraph of requirements into a pull request that is ready to be integrated into real-world production applications and it's now our responsibility to make sure AI doesn't go rogue and take down prod - or corrupt our data by misunderstanding the requirements or our existing schemas. In this session we'll explore strategies to protect our codebases through unit and integration testing, documentation, and code review along with additional ways of providing context and guard rails to our AI agents as they carry out the work we've assigned them to do. By the time we're done, you'll have a firm grasp of the problem and understand some helpful options for protecting your codebase from vibe coding mishaps getting YOLOed into prod. **YouTube Link** TBD

PLEASE NOTE!!! This event will be In-Person for our very 1st Improving collab! If you know the [Columbus Unity group](https://www.meetup.com/columbus-unity-user-group/) location, we'll be at the same place. This is our 1st event and are doing a soft launch with limited attendance. 1st come 1st serve. If you want to be there and we fill up, please email me at [info@thecogg.com](mailto:info@thecogg.com) and I'll be in touch. All street parking is free on Sundays but you can also pay to park in any of the local garages. See image of [parking map here](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Mr9_LFIggbs-0_Zd3AJTGNqEhgMf2TzQ/view?usp=sharing). \-\-\- On the last Sunday of the month, we're having our usual end-of-the-month social gathering with our GameDev Meetup meeting. There will be announcements and presentations followed by some social networking Let's continue the conversations with good vibes and friends. All are welcomed from all ages and backgrounds to this public event. If we can, we'll be streaming or uploading the video later via our COGG YouTube channel here: [https://www.youtube.com/@TheCOGG/streams](https://www.youtube.com/@TheCOGG/streams) (Also please do subscribe if you have not done so!) No game development experience required! If you are interested in doing a 20 minute game development related presentation, please fill out our form online here: [https://goo.gl/forms/lVdTJZiNJewlPJuj1](https://goo.gl/forms/lVdTJZiNJewlPJuj1) Or e-mail us at info@thecogg.com with the following: Your Name, Company/Affiliation, Name of Your Game/Topic, Description, Tech Needs, and Your Contact. Be sure to check out our Discord for real time news updates: [https://discord.gg/NrBhuNQ](https://discord.gg/NrBhuNQ)

**Presenter:** Auri Rahimzadeh, Principal Software Architect, Momentum3 **Time:** Pizza at 6:00, Presentation Starts at 6:30pm Eastern **Location:** Theoris, 9000 Keystone Crossing, Suite 230, Indianapolis Auri's been using AI a lot. Are you? Let's discuss how to be your most effective self by using AI in your development workflow. Looking forward to seeing you there!