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So hast du andere Leute in Wien wahrscheinlich noch nie kennengelernt! Bis zu 10 Singles, die sich zuvor nicht kennen, treffen sich in einer Bar und lernen sich bei einem eigens für diese Veranstaltungsreihe entwickelten Spiel näher kennen. Das Spiel kombiniert eine gelungene Mischung aus Fragen, Aktionsaufgaben und lustiger Unterhaltung, die alleine oder als Team gemeistert werden. Durch verschiedene Aufgaben und Fragen kommen die Spieler in direkte Interaktion miteinander und lernen sich im Spielverlauf näher kennen. Im Vergleich zur klassischen Single Party lernst du bei Socialmatch wirklich nur Singles in deiner Altersgruppe kennen und kommst von ganz alleine ins Gespräch mit den anderen Teilnehmern. Ein Spielmoderator vor Ort informiert über den Ablauf und leitet durch den Abend. Sicher dir jetzt deinen Platz beim nächsten Event unter [[www.socialmatch.de](http://www.socialmatch.de/)] und lerne neue Leute in deiner Stadt kennen. Dieses Event ist für die Altersgruppe 20 - 35 Jahre. P.S. Socialmatch erhielt 2015 bereits einen Award für das Konzept, teste es selbst ;-) **Achtung: Nur mit Buchung über die Website ist eine Teilnahme möglich!**

Get ready for an epic night of board games at the SpielBar! 🌟 We're hosting a monthly Meetup where you can dive into a world of fun, strategy, and laughter. From easy-going games for beginners to thrilling challenges for the pros, we have something for everyone. Don't worry about the rules; I'll be there to walk you through every step, ensuring a smooth and enjoyable experience for all. The SpielBar offers a fantastic selection of games, so you're in for a treat! RSVP now to secure your spot, and join us for an evening full of board games, and fun. 🎲🎉🏳️‍🌈 **How does it work?** We meet at 6:30 pm. Once we're gathered, we'll choose the games we want to play. If we're more than 6 people, we'll split up and play different games simultaneously. You can, of course, bring a board game with you and suggest it! We will finish the event by bringing everyone together again for a casual get-together. Image by Ylanite Koppens / Pixabay

You think you know everything about football, the Champions League and legendary players or iconic matches?⚽ Prove it! 😎Join to a fun and competitive Soccer-Themed Pub Quiz Night at **Munchy Urban Kitchen**. Take your friends ✅ Build your quiz team✅ and enjoy the evening!🎉 Football, good vibes, cold drinks and a great sports-bar atmosphere is waiting for you!🥳 Whether you’re new in town or just want to expand your circle — Everyone is welcome at our table! Enjoy your Monday Night! 🥳 [Follow us on Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/makingfriendsinvienna)❤️ [Follow us on Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/makingfriendsinvienna)💙 Do you have questions? Write us on Instagram 🎉

Hello Viennovans! Pickwick's is getting quizzical every monday night! You have a chance to win a round of shots, a 40€ bar tab and/or eternal bragging rights 😉 Teams of up to 6 people, reserve your spot today! Start time is 7! FREE SHOT FOR EVERYONE COMING FROM VIENNOVA!

**What is Innate Dance?** Innate Dance is a joyful approach to movement, which invites deeper embodiment and self-connection through butoh inspired movement, Noguchi Taiso exercises, the Seki Method, somatic attention and imagination. We shake it out, breaking up stuck energy held in the body, and explore new movement possibilities from a place of alignment and sensitivity. Thanks to our open awareness we can be surprised by lesser-known parts of ourselves and come to appreciate our innate wisdom in movement. Through exercises, explorations and improvisations we build trust in the body that knows how it would like to move and express itself, and when we follow our innate dance, it just feels good! There is also time and space to dance freely, to enjoy the music in your body and to let go! Ultimately, it's about feeling more 'in' our body and grounding joy. **When? Where? How much?** **Mondays 19:30-21:00** in Studio 2, Tanz\*Hotel, Zirkusgasse 35, 1020 Wien Try out € 14\,\- \| One class € 17\,\- \| Student € 10\,\- \| 5 x class pass €80\,\- \| 10 x class pass € 150\,\- **Who teaches the course?** Jess is a dancer and psychotherapist (humanistic and integrative), who loves shaping classes that offer the space to explore the many facets of being human. Sometimes this learning involves physically embodying non-humans like trees, fish and wind, so we can get out of our limited-human-thinking-mind and into the bigger wisdom available through imagination and our body. At other times it's about dancing textures, sensations or taking on the energy of parts of ourselves so we can know them better. Jess has danced all her life and has been exploring butoh dance for the past eleven years alongside her psychotherapeutic practice. She co-authored *The Seki Method* (soon to be published!), is a Seki Method Facilitator, and was a 2024 student at the Im_Flieger Schule researching dance and healing.

A meetup for everyone interested in game development using the [Godot](https://godotengine.org/) engine. Every second Monday of the month, we present our projects, share our experiences, and learn from each other. **6:30 PM** Welcome and quick intro **6:45 PM** Talks: \- Michael on his "Ultimate Minigolf" Prototyp \- Rainer on Script Templates \- Joonas on on Chewing gum and other elegant fixes If you want to give a talk, get in touch! Anything related to Godot or game dev in general is fair game: your current project, a specific issue or bug you need help with, a cool feature or design you want to highlight or general processes, tools and tips. **8:00 PM** Open space: Enjoy a drink, discuss tonight's topics, meet new people, share insights or show your games until **9:00 PM** (and sometimes longer) The event language is **English**. Doors open at **6 PM** Location: **[Metalab main room](https://metalab.at/)** (please check the [Code of Conduct](https://metalab.at/wiki/Code_of_Conduct/en)). Try the door and don't worry if it is locked. Just ring the bell and wait a little. For questions, suggestions, or talk slots, you can join the [Godot Discord channel](https://discord.gg/6E3sUrpR) hosted by [Pioneers of Game Development Austria](https://pgda.at/), or contact the organizers Erik, Michael, and Jan via E-Mail at **godot dot austria at proton dot me**.

Welcome to our friendly badminton event! Let's get moving, improve our game, and make some new friends. **Very important: this event is for you if your level is upper intermediate or advance.** 🏸🙂 **If you're joining us for the first time, the organizer will contact you directly to confirm that you have the required level for this event.** Feather shuttles (Babolat 1 / Viktor Master ACE / Forza s 6000) will be provided for this event and are included in the event fee The location: Sport & Fun Halle Favoriten / Windtenstraße 2, 1100 Wien The Price: We try our best to provide you with the best price in Vienna. You will be paying 9 euros for 2 hours. How to pay: We accept cash and bank transfer Number of players: 6 players for 1 court and about 10 -11 players for 2 courts. Remember to bring your own racket, please. **Cancellation policy:** 1- 24 hours before the event = free cancellation. 2- Any time after the 24-hour limit, I will ask you kindly to pay the event fee, if we can't find a suitable replacement. (No exceptions) See you on the court :)

The Drupal Austria Agency Meetup brings together agencies and professionals working with Drupal across Austria. It is a space to exchange experiences, discuss challenges, and share insights from real world projects, from complex enterprise platforms to long term community driven initiatives. No sales pitches, no stage pressure. Just people who run agencies and build with Drupal for their customers. Whether you are running an agency, leading teams, or deeply involved in creating awesome things, the focus is on practical knowledge, collaboration, and strengthening the local Drupal ecosystem. We look forward to welcoming familiar faces and new participants for an open evening of discussion, networking, and community building. Agenda: * Health of Agencies in 2026 🔮 * Drupal CMS 2.0 * Drupal Events in 2026 * Idea/Plan Drupal AI Barcamp in Vienna * Drupal Skills * Drupal In A Day

UX Vienna Evening Meetups are on the 2nd tuesday of every month — 12 times a year. Next time we meet at [Moonshiner](https://moonshiner.at/) with 2 interesting talks. **Back to the future - from Easyrent to Easynext:** **How to make a market leading software future-proof** *[Melanie Schörg](https://www.linkedin.com/in/melanie-sch%C3%B6rg/) \| Ul/UX Designer\, Moonshiner* *[Daniel Pillinger](https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielpillinger/) \| Digital Consultant\, Moonshiner* Easyrent is a comprehensive, modular management software specifically designed for sports rental businesses. Our teams are shaping the transformation of this market-leading software and defining the product of the future: Easynext. **UX in Austria: Insights & Discussion** *[Shane Moloney](https://www.linkedin.com/in/shanemoloney/) \| Product Design Lead at Roche* What is the current state of UX in Austria? Based on 100+ responses from Austrian UX professionals, this short talk shares first insights from the local cut of the international UX survey. \-\-\- Collaboratively we document each UX Vienna Evening Meetup at [https://UXvienna.at/ongoing/](https://uxvienna.at/ongoing/) \- Check out to see what kept us busy and what you might have missed so far\. UX Vienna announcements are available at [https://meetup.com/UXvienna](https://meetup.com/UXvienna). In addition you can follow us on [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/103220346). We are looking forward to seeing you!

**Women in AI Austria - Vienna Meet up** **Come, connect, learn, and get inspired.** Join us for a relaxed evening of **AI discussions and great conversations** at Pickwick's in the beautiful center of Vienna Whether you are an experienced professional, a newcomer to the field, or simply curious about AI - **We are excited to meet you but** **please only register if you plan to come.** Let’s enjoy a relaxed first Meetup in 2026 **When:** **January 15** \| Doors open at 6 PM **Where:** [Marc-Aurel-Straße 10-12, 1010 Wien](https://www.google.com/maps/place//data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x476d07a180f0bfbb:0x207e5e1252a269f5?sa=X&ved=1t:8290&ictx=111) **What to expect:** * Get to know WAI Austria – Presented by Clara * Versatile discussions about AI, new technologies and everything you are interested in :) * Great people and delicious food (**SELF PAYMENT** :) ) **Cant’t make it? Please cancel your registration to free up the spot for someone on the waiting list!**

Welcome Book Lovers! Join our Meet Up Group to find like-minded book readers! This event is for everybody interested in listening or sharing new book content or comment on it. You are welcome just to come for inspiration. You definitely don't need to read books at the moment. It is a gathering for everybody to find like-minded people interested in learning something new. :) Feel free to bring your own book with you. The event will take place at the volunteer organisation MUT. It is an organisation to supports humans, animals and the environment especially in Vienna. I am happy to host it there. MUT or the Social Book Club look forward to some donation to cover the cost of this event. If you would like to help, please bring some cash with you. This is the address: Rechte Wienzeile 37, 1040 Wien Walk until the end of the main entrance hall. At the end of the hallway you find a big green gate with a sign of the Social Book Club. Please give your best to be on time so that we can have a nice introduction round together. If you can't attend anymore please cancel the event to give someone else the space to come. :) Check out the Social Book Club Website for more content: https://socialbookclub.de/ Looking forward to seeing you there! :)

Join us for an evening of stories and science around one of the most intriguing – and intense – plant medicines on the planet. This talk explores Iboga and Ibogaine in the context of trauma, addiction, and mental health. We will look at flood doses, microdosing, current research (including studies from Stanford and Ohio State), as well as potential benefits and real risks. In addition to clinical and scientific perspectives, the talk will also address traditional and experiential views of Iboga as a root medicine, including its reported role in personal insight, spiritual inquiry, and intergenerational or lineage-related themes. 🧭 Doors open: 18:00 // Start: 18:30 🎟️ Entry 5€\* (Members free; become a member: [https://ko-fi.com/psychedelicsocietyvienna](https://ko-fi.com/psychedelicsocietyvienna)) \*if money is the only reason you can not come, reach out & we’ll find a way. 💰Donations welcome // Cash only 📍Sagedergasse 18, 1120 Vienna (Entry between Billa and Bipa) (not barrier-free) 🗣 Language: English The talk will take place live via video call and will be streamed on-site via projector. Come with curiosity, leave with a deeper, more grounded perspective. About the speakers: The speakers have many years of experience working with Iboga and other plant-based substances, including so-called poisons, in therapeutic, research, and traditional contexts **// Disclaimer** We do not provide any illegal substances, nor do we allow for the distribution or consumption at our events. Please keep that in mind to support us. Our only concern is to provide high-quality information and safety guidelines about psychedelic substances.

Welcome to the "Fantasy and Historical Fiction" Reading Circle of the Social Book Club! We will meet to discuss **T. Kingfisher's** fantasy novel **"A Wizard's Guide to Defensive Baking"** (306 pages). The meeting point is at JO&JOE on the 5th floor. Drinks and some food can be bought there, so if possible please buy something for reasons of politeness, if you can afford it, since they provide the space for free. Book Description: *Fourteen-year-old Mona isn’t like the wizards charged with defending the city. She can’t control lightning or speak to water. Her familiar is a sourdough starter and her magic only works on bread. She has a comfortable life in her aunt’s bakery making gingerbread men dance.* *But Mona’s life is turned upside down when she finds a dead body on the bakery floor. An assassin is stalking the streets of Mona’s city, preying on magic folk, and it appears that Mona is his next target. And in an embattled city suddenly bereft of wizards, the assassin may be the least of Mona’s worries…*

Happy New Year Colleagues, The next Columbus Futurists public forum will be **Thursday January 15 at 12:00 pm noon** (eastern) [https://osu.zoom.us/j/93451873651?pwd=RXIyZ2t5RjRqRG02UGQ1aEFVQ1NFZz09](https://osu.zoom.us/j/93451873651?pwd=RXIyZ2t5RjRqRG02UGQ1aEFVQ1NFZz09) Please come prepared to offer your **"What if?" questions for 2026**. (I will offer seven to begin our conversation.) I also would like to announce the publication of my latest book: *[Anticipatory Biographies: Personal Histories of the Future](https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-032-08912-0)*, the tenth volume in the “Anticipation Science” series. Grounded in design fiction, futures research, anticipation science, and scenario writing, *Anticipatory Biographies* envisions how the world will be reshaped by artificial intelligence, technological automation, climate change, political disintegration, and the decline of higher education. This work of creative non-fiction bridges literary and scholarly forms, blending biography and design fiction with research-based insights to offer a narrative-based method for exploring futures. Ed Finn, Director of the Center for Science and the Imagination at Arizona State University says: “In this book **David Staley has invented a delightful new genre: the future biography.** He invites us to step into gritty, thrilling, and inspiring futures elbow-to-elbow with the characters living those stories. *Anticipatory Biographies* beautifully synthesizes Staley’s training as a historian, his expertise as a futurist, and his desire to ignite the imagination of his readers.” Hope you'll be able to read it, and hope to see you all on the 15th. D. David J. Staley, Ph.D. President, Columbus Futurists 614.316.1348 [columbus.futurists@gmail.com](mailto:columbus.futurists@gmail.com) [http://columbusfuturists.org](http://columbusfuturists.org/) [https://davidjstaley.substack.com/](https://davidjstaley.substack.com/) 

**Doing KPIs Right: a KEY to Analytics (and AI!) Impact!** On the one hand, KPIs are such a Business 101 concept that it may seem a little silly to dedicate an entire session to the topic. On the other hand, KPIs get handled so poorly so often that a case could be made that this meetup could just be one of the most impactful sessions of the entire year! We’re starting off the year at a new location: [COhatch Upper Arlington](https://www.cohatch.com/locations/columbus/upper-arlington/) but with a familiar speaker, Tim Wilson! We’ll be back at Rev1 in February, when the speaker will presumably not be Tim. Tim will make the case that effectively measuring performance of projects, campaigns, and initiatives (and even meetups!) should be a foundation for any data analytics program. Topics covered will include: the “two magic questions” of performance measurement, how to help business partners distinguish between outcomes and outputs, and effective tactics for collaboratively establishing KPI targets. He will also stick his neck out by demonstrating some of these techniques in real-time by measuring whether his talk lives up to the promise of this description! All CBUSDAW events are free thanks to our 2026 Sponsors: Clarivoy, Conductrics, What Box Consulting Group, and Piwik PRO. Check out [cbusdaw.com](https://cbusdaw.com) for more information.

**Practice presence, boundaries, and authentic relating in a warm, beginner-friendly circle for real connection and growth.** This monthly connection circle offers a warm and welcoming space to deepen your relational skills using the technique of Authentic Relating. Together, we will practice being present, boundaried, and real with ourselves and with others. Each month, we focus on essential themes like presence, boundaries, and communication. You'll learn a bit of technique, then have the opportunity to explore and practice with others in a supportive group setting. This event is open to all and beginner friendly. You’re welcome to come on your own or with your partner(s), though no partner is required to participate. Most of our time will be spent seated in chairs, with optional invitations to stand or move. Your participation is always your choice. Consent, autonomy, and safety are core values in this space. **[Tickets can be purchased in advance](https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/the-center-for-conscious-connection-4337003) or in person** and are offered on a sliding scale ($22 to $44). After our circle, we’ll enjoy some light snacks and informal social time. **Important details:** * Arrival time is between 6:45 PM and 7:15 PM * Doors will be locked at 7:15 PM to maintain the integrity of the container * You are welcome to leave at any time if needed * Please bring a water bottle * This is a sober space. Alcohol and substances are not permitted **Schedule:** * 6:45 to 7:15 PM – Arrival and check-in * 7:15 to 8:30 PM – Facilitated Authentic Relating Circle Experience * 8:30 to 9:00 PM – Social time and snacks Our circle is led by **Robyn Bragg**, a relationship and embodied intimacy coach who creates grounded and sacred space for people to grow more fulfilling relationships rooted in trust and communication. Robyn believes that personal growth, presence, and a sense of humor are essential tools for navigating love and connection. She also offers workshops and coaching both online and in person. To stay updated on future offerings or to explore volunteer opportunities, be sure to connect with Robyn or join her mailing list.

**NEW LOCATION: Improving Office in Franklinton** Physical location: Improving Office 330 Rush Alley Suite #150 Columbus, OH 43215 Schedule: * 6:00 p.m.: Socialize, eat, and drink. Improving will be providing pizza and beverages. * 6:30 to 8:00 pm. Main meeting and presentation(s). For this first meeting of the year, we will be reviewing submissions for the Your Program is Hideous and Obfuscated Challenge (YPHOC). Submissions for this challenge are due by January 12th, 2026. The details can be found here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/13zbxwElpJqPMuAN4Ele2hUgsqtFKzH3OCTL5NEeiLKQ or on our website http://www.cohpy.org We meet on the last Monday of each Month. Presentations are given by members and friends of this group. If you would like to do a presentation (small or large) on a python topic, please contact centralohpython@gmail.com

Private Group. Closed to the Public Knowing ourselves and understanding our abilities is the first step toward wielding our gifts with control and accuracy. In subsequent classes we will verify and hone our talents with activities and discussion. These are hands-on workshops and participation is expected. The goal of our series will be to develop expertise in areas of particular interest such as mediumship, channeling, divination, healing and, etc.. Our ultimate directions will be determined by class members as we evolve. I look forward to sharing and discovering with you. - Cynthia

Bienvenue! Columbus French Conversation group invites you to our Saturday morning French conversation club. Expect a casual and welcoming atmosphere in which to learn french! I will bring my laptop so we can look up new vocabulary as needed! The venue is a beautiful French restaurant so you can really get into the zone :)

NFT's are here to stay folks! This is a group for like minded people interested in understanding, leveraging, using, creating for, profiting from, trading too i suppose, NFT's.. everything around them, complexity, fear and exploits, best practices and more. **PLUS** This group will talk AI ART tools, techniques, artists, video, audio, prototypes and more in the AI assisted production space- ART specifically, but we can get into any aspect of some of the cooler things happening in AI in general.