Specific for Bitcoin Poker in bars, restaurants, and home games. Talk about poker. Meet local Poker faces to test your hand against in games and tournaments of Texas Hold 'em poker and other popular variants. Bitcoin is an untraceable currency perfect for home games.  Check out bitcoin.org for info on how to exchange this future digital currency for real USD cash.

The Washington Buddhist Peace Fellowship is a network of Buddhist sanghas and like-minded individuals in the Washington D.C. metro area who are committed to creating a peaceful world by peaceful means, through mindful engagement with the world to reduce social injustice. More about WBPF. Please also visit  our website WBPF.org. Our email list is on YahooGroups

The Center for Spiritual Living is a spiritual community that focuses on personal transformation. We share new thought / ageless wisdom and believe in a world that works for everyone. You are welcome to our 2 p.m. Sunday service near Union Station and our 8 p.m. Wednesday service in Takoma DC. For more information please contact RevAlex@cslDC.org or visit our website at www.cslDC.org Telephone 202 906 0754

As of 2012, we are now part of DC Bi Women. Straight, asexual, lesbian, and transgender women are welcome. All women are welcome, regardless of orientation, partner preference, or relationship status. *Center Bi Femmes | DC Bi Women* follows the BiNet USA definition of bisexual, meaning mean romantic or sexual attraction to the "same gender or other gender," instead of limiting to just male and female. Thus this definition encompasses attraction to all gender identities. Center Bi Femmes (forme …

The U.S. FreedomWalk Festival® Friday, October 18, Saturday, October 19 and Sunday, October 20, 2013 Location: Arlington,VA-Washington,DC The U.S. FreedomWalk Festival® is a weekend-long social walking challenge bringing participants of all ages and abilities together for exercise, fun, and international friendship. Each day features a different walk available only on that day. This non-competitive walking sport event is called volksmarching. It's a walk for fitness and fellowship only with the …

Interested in casual, weekday evening conversations (and hearing interesting speakers) to explore questions and doubts related to Christian faith and finding meaning in life? If yes, then grab a beer and join us! DC Theology Pub is an experimental conversation designed to foster fresh new perspectives on--and questions regarding--Christian spirituality in the 21st Century: it is part discussion group and part speaker series. Recently we have started to focus on book discussions on science and fa …

The Independent Investigations Group DC (IIG DC) investigates fringe science, paranormal and extraordinary claims from a rational, scientific viewpoint, and disseminates factual information about such inquiries to the public. Investigations we perform begin with accumulation and analysis of facts, as best as they can be ascertained and gathered without bias.  With facts in hand we attempt to look for a hypothesis that explains the facts and does not contradict known scientific theory.  Then, we …

" It is the power of group meditation and working together that brings to the individual transformative experience most difficult to manifest alone." Andreas Mamet The Healing and Meditation Circle uses guided meditations, shamanic healing and other rituals for healing, insights, clarity, understanding, inner guidance and spiritual renewal.  We gather each Tuesday, from 7-8pm, the Healing and Meditation Circle is held in Takoma Park, MD. We currently meet at the  Dance Exchange, 7117 Maple Ave, …

Oath Keepers is a non-partisan association of currently serving military, reserves, National Guard, veterans, Peace Officers, and Fire Fighters who will fulfill the Oath we swore, with the support of like minded citizens who take an Oath to stand with us, to support and defend the Constitution against all enemies, foreign and domestic, so help us God. Our Oath is to the Constitution Our motto is "Not on our watch!" Please support our efforts by becoming an official member of Oath Keepers. Click …

Welcome to the International Professional Group(IPG) for meeting people with international in spirit, to share their experiences in travel, food, and much more. We also organize music concerts, embassy/diplomat parties and VIP / dignitary events. We are a member managed group where individual members can plan and conduct events on behalf of IPG. So we welcome our members to be in the leadership team as well. ' Like ' and share http://www.facebook.com/IPGDC IPG Team http://www.IPGDC.org Info@IPG …

This Meetup is a place for citizens to discover, report and attend attend townhall meetings held by elected officials in the US Senate and House of Representatives concerning Senate Bill "Protect IP Act" or PIPA and the "Stop Online Piracy Act," or "SOPA." As the Senate will take action on the bill January 23rd and 24th, our priority is to connect Senators with their constituents. If you want to attend a townhall, but we do not yet have any town-halls listed please contact us at pk @ publicknow …

Monkeys with Typewriters (MoWiTy) is an extreme writing group bent on hammering out our novels (or whatever projects we're working on) and having fun too. If infinite monkeys can create a masterpiece, so can we. We do not limit ourselves to writing -- any creative endeavor a member feels like working on is appropriate for MoWiTy. During regular meetups, our members write, draw, blog, design, code, or work on whatever other projects they are up to. The purpose of our meetup is to provide members …

DC Perl Mongers meets monthly to celebrate and share Perl and related (generally open-source) technologies and cultures. Perl is a programming language which excels at text manipulation, and is additionally used for all sorts of software development. Also check out our website/wiki - http://dc.pm.org/ We primarily communicate via our mailing list. To subscribe, send an email to majordomo@lists.pm.org with "subscribe dc" in the body of the message (no subject necessary). You may then send mail to …

EXERCISE + STARTUP NETWORKING = RunningStart.org ! We are start-up entrepreneurs, CXOs, innovators, and tech gurus who combine their running with conversation about their latest entrepreneurial endeavors. So join us, and get inspired for your next start-up while you burn a few calories.

A branch of the edX Global Community for people who live near Washington, DC, USA! Meetup with other people taking edX courses, have study groups at local coffee shops and libraries, and celebrate your successes!

The Atlas Performing Arts Center is a home for adventurous audiences, artists and ideas – presenting contemporary music, world music, jazz, film, dance, theatre and performance arts unlike anywhere in the city. An artistic anchor in Washington, DC’s historic H Street NE corridor, the Atlas is committed to its neighborhood and the arts community. This meetup group is great for those who know and love the Atlas Performing Arts Center, for those looking for a new and different arts scene, and for a …