This group is a gourmet dinner party with up to 12 people and after dinner we go into the art studio and I teach French Impressionist oil painting. Wine, dinner, materials and instruction all provided for $50 per night, which covers expenses. We meet typically on Monday nights, but sometimes on a Wednesday. It's a great way to make new friends and learn how to create a wonderful piece of art. Participants are typically beginners, although a few intermediates and advanced are in the class. I play …

This group is for beautiful, creative people no matter their discipline or expressive outlet, for people who want to live their lives out loud, and are expressing this impulse through writing, music, blogging, acting, movie-making, entrepreneurship, etc, etc, ETC. We are here to get excited and enthusiastic about each other's ideas, our arts, how we are living and documenting our lives and sharing the work of our hands, minds, hearts, and souls. Whether it is a meeting to discuss a book or movie …