This Meetup Group has been organized to help music artists and songwriters become better prepared to pursue their career interests through live local networking and educational events. Most will be geared around a specific music career or industry topic. Some of these events will be free to attend, with one or more industry professionals guest speaking/hosting, and others may involve a reasonable admission fee. Everyone attending will be provided an opportunity to participate by asking questions …

A supportive group of songwriters where we can gather and workshop new songs, bringing them to a new level of polish and presentation. Inspiration in the form of songwriting assignments will be presented, so that we come in with fresh material each month. Workshopping songs, through live presentation, is crucial to song development.  Learn through assessing others' songs and build a reperotoire of tools to apply to your own songwriting.

Let's get together to play some great bossa nova, swing and jazz songs. Girl from Ipanema, My Funny Valentine, All of Me, Wave and other great jazz standards.

Greetings to all travelers on the road of storytelling ! This is a group for anyone interested in listening to stories, or interested in practicing their stories and improving storytelling skills. Stories can be inspired from personal experiences, real-life events, literature, or your imagination. Everyone has a story! Stories can have various purposes from entertainment to teaching principles to starting conversations to sharing life lessons. As a creative form of communication, a story is a gr …

This is a group for people who love to sing the old American Standards of Gershwin, Cole Porter, There is no definitive list of musicians and lyricists whose work constitutes the Great American Songbook, but the following writers and songs are often included: Irving Berlin, one of the most prolific composers and lyricists of the Great American Songbook. Harold Arlen (with E.Y. Harburg "Over the Rainbow", "It's Only a Paper Moon"; with Ted Koehler "Stormy Weather", "I've Got the World on a String …

Do you love the arts? Do you like meeting up? Do you like making friends? Well, you've come to the right place. Members of this group are creative and intellectual with a desire to expand our circles of friends to enjoy life and explore the arts in its myriad forms. The group is all about getting together to enjoy creative discussions with friends, to view art, the making of art and how art influences our lives. And the best things is, it's run by all of us, collectively. Each of us can decide w …

This group will appeal to anyone interested in making art which integrates with technology, and finding new and unusual ways to achieve this using open source software and hardware. Interactive Media Create installations with real-world inputs to interact with various forms of mixed media such as video, stills and sound. Experimental Music For folks interested in the sounds of dissonance, drones, creaks, echoes, muted voices, thumping rhythm, screeching crescendos, electronic blips/blurps/blips …

We live in Vancouver and we love to write. We share our work, challenge and encourage each other, and embark on literary projects together.  We argue over commas and colons, whether words in other languages should be translated or not, all things poetry, and anything else that happens to have words in it. Every month we hold an afternoon of writing exercises at the library, and during the summer, we also have regular gatherings at local parks. With competitions and times when we get together ju …

Artists for Conservation Vancouver Meetup Group Do you have an appreciation for art, care about nature or enjoy being part of a bigger cause? Artists for Conservation does and has become the world's leading non-profit artist group supporting the environment. By joining the AFC Meetup Group you will be invited to meet local and international artists, learn about art and conservation, attend special events, and participate in environmental education through art that celebrates our natural herita …

The Creativity Circle's purpose is to engage people in the study of self development and personal expression through navigating and exploring their creative genius.  This will ideally lead to an ongoing connected group of people looking for creative support and inspiration. The Creativity Circle is for people that are interested in the Laws of the Universe to bring about Abundance in all life arena's; Personal Transformation; Self Improvement; Spiritual Growth and a Conscious Awakening; Self Emp …

This is a group for anyone interested in building a community where Asian arts, cultures, and contributions are lived, shared and celebrated as part of the harmonious diversity of Canada

Calling all Guitarists! This is a meetup group for all of us who aren't rock stars yet. Ya know, us other people that are still working on our craft, or haven't picked it up quite yet. Guitar is awesome so this meetup group is dedicated to events that help Vancouver guitarists make a step forward with their playing, knowledge and gear.

http://transmediavancouver.com As part of the international community of transmedia meetups, Transmedia Vancouver is dedicated to growing and nurturing the community of transmedia developers in Vancouver. Through guest speakers, classes, and networking events, we want to bring together people from across the map of content creation—filmmakers, digital producers, game developers, writers, marketers, documentarians, and more. Content and storytelling is a converging field, and we want to help crea …

Anyone Can Write. Your creative juices will flow at this weekly meet up session. A supportive atmosphere where aspiring writers can encourage and learn creative writing skills and share their pieces in a non judgemental group setting. Beginner and experienced writers are welcome to attend. The group will run weekly and writers of all levels can focus on non/fiction writing/ memoirs; personal narrative. Please bring a notebook

Hear and enjoy the best of storytelling in the Lower Mainland. Opportunity to meet the tellers. Share your experience of story listening. All can participate in the discussion and planning of events. For those who love the traditional art of storytelling; stories told from the heart and from memory. Three regular venues from North Shore to Steveston. Also an all day of storytelling; and a week end of epic storytelling.

A meeting in New Westminster every second Wednesday from 7-10 PM effective Sept 5, 2012 with stories ready for critiquing by a valiant band of fellow, aspiring scribes. The mission is to get us writers out of our chairs (or into our chairs, rather) and put pen to paper. And moreover, to get our work primed and ready for publication. Plenty of great writers knew each other from their own writers' groups (Ginsberg, Kerouac and Burroughs anyone?) and there is a reason why they became great. Because …

Everyone has a strong and unique voice. Everyone is born with a creative genius waiting to be unleashed.  Everyone has a right to create, express, and share. Most importantly, a writer is a person who writes. Creative Souls provides a sacred space for writers of all levels to ignite and explore their inner creativity. You do not need to be a professional writer to join the Creative Soul group. In each creative writing workshop, you will get the opportunity to enjoy: -A comfortable and quiet plac …

Love to sing? Listen; Play guitar.... bodhran..... banjo....fiddle. Jam? Or are you a folkie ? Love Beatles; Cat Stevens; The "Sing Out" Book. Join us for ongoing weekly, informal jams. Everyone interested can bring along their favourite piece of music. If we can't play it - we can sing it accapella. These music jams are intended for fun and improvisation. Date and location are currently being finalized. There will be a charge of $10 per person to cover organizational costs and planning.

Are you a blogger, author, social media ace, Kindle / Kobo / Nook / iPad writer, LinkedIn guru, twitter power user, and/or podcaster, and would like to join forces with friends in Vancouver? Join us! We have two kinds of events: - networking: we create opportunities to share awareness with readers about each other work, online and offline. Come with some ideas about what you can do for other members, and what other members can do for you. The keyword is reciprocity. - workshops: refine your ski …

This is a meet up for people who love to sing the jazz standards of Cole Porter, George Gershwin, Irving Berlin, Rodgers and Hart in a choir directed by a professional musical choir director. The choir meet ups will focus on vocal jazz harmonies, singing in key of your vocal range ( soprano, alto, tenor ,baritone or bass), teaching your vocal control and learning some incredible jazz standard songs. The choir meet ups may prepare songs for a singing performance. The focus of the choir meet u …