We’re a group of fun and friendly individuals that enjoy conversations in Spanish, Portuguese, and Portuñol, as well as cultural events. Become a member and immerse yourself into both languages and cultures, have fun and make tons of friends! We welcome all levels of either Spanish or Portuguese, from intermediate to native. Coming events for our members include: Portuñol Happy Hours: Conversations en Español & Português. Live music performances: Rock en Español, Samba, Flamenco, Tango, Andean, …

ABOUT US We are a group of people living in the Bay Area who are passionate about everything related to Brazilian culture. This group started in 2006, in the past 4 years we've grown to over 900 members! Our group is quite diverse, and we have meetings in San Francisco, the East Bay, the South Bay and San Jose. We welcome new members and are excited to meet new people, make new connections, and sharing common interests. We meet periodically to speak and improve our Portuguese (or for our native …

This groups talks the importance of each and every culture in the world and unifies the differences that make us separate as people. We go into African, American, Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese, Hmong, Taiwanese, Laotian, Siamese, Native American, Latino, Hispanic, Aztec, Mayan, Spanish, Indian, Hawaiian, European and Filipino cultures. We teach the importance of each and every culture and what they have done in society. We teach why it’s important to knows these cultures. A lot of cultures in th …

This group is for everyone in the San Francisco Bay Area interested in Brazilian Samba dance, Brazilian music, Brazilian culture and all classes and events related to that. This is the network bringing the Brazilian and American dance and music communities together for one common purpose - to enjoy Brazilian dance, music and culture! Let's share the joy (alegria) and passion of Samba with each other and our communities. People who should join this meetup are those interested in: Samba, Dance, Br …

Oi Gente! This group is for anyone interested in the Portuguese language and the culture of Portuguese speaking countries. So whether you are feeling saudades for Brazil and don’t want to lose your português, love the lyrics and sweet sounds of bossa nova and samba, or have Portuguese speaking family that you’d like to converse with, you can come here to get your fill of the beautiful Portuguese language. All ages and levels of proficiency are welcome. Aproveite!

The purpose of this group is to bring together dancers and zoukeros and share the passion of Zouk! Now this group will include Kizomba lovers too. Come join sexy Zouk dance classes and Zouk/ Kizomba dance parties.  If you don't know the dances, come learn. They are beautiful, fun, sexy and a nice change up from the usual Latin dancing. Come dance and learn the sexy, partner dance from Brazil called Zouk Lambada! Join us for classes, parties and dances at events in SF, the Bay area and Northern C …

This group is intended to gather people to play Truco, a trick-taking card game very popular in Argentina, Uruguay, Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil) and other countries (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Truco). This is not about the variation played in the rest of Brazil. Truco! Quero retruco! Quero vale quatro! Truco! Quiero retruco! Quiero vale cuatro! Para pintar a mi china No hay pinceles ni pintor, Ni flores en los jardines Comparadas con mi FLOR. If you understand the meaning of the above phrases …

A place for people to watch soccer and meet others. Also a chance to get out and play - join us for pick-up or form a team. We seek to create events where Bay Area people gather around the "Beautiful Game" of soccer/football/futbol to socialize, network, eat or drink and play! Also on the horizon will hopefully be chances to actually attend matches together. Whatever leagues/teams/countries you support, hopefully our group can connect you with others sharing the same passion!

In San Francisco, we have a plethora of language exchange meet up groups dedicated to a particular language which usually meet in a coffee-shop. SF Babel aims to provide a fun and relaxed atmosphere in a bar environment where speakers of many different languages come together to practice speaking a different language in a real-world context with real people, all for FREE. The goal is to have a night-out, with an international crowd on a consistent basis. HOW IT WORKS The idea of the group is th …

The aim of this group is to bring together internationally-minded people with a European affinity. Through convivial cross-cultural social gatherings we are building a vibrant circle of cosmopolitan friends who meet, talk, exchange experiences, practice their language skills, or just relax and feel at home. Anyone born in Europe or who has lived there or has some other strong European connection is welcome. If an expatriate, you might have just recently relocated to the U.S. or be a long-time na …

dedicated to promoting authentic  popular social dances: cuban danzon, son, and casino;brazilian samba, bossa nova, lambada and forro; colombian cumbia, vallenato and porro; american lindy hop/swing, jump/rock'n'roll ,disco/hustle and social foxtrot; reggae; calypso/soca;reggaeton;beguine; bachata and merengue; zouk;puerto rican plena and danza; mexican polca and vals;argentine tango and milonga; and others. we meet weekly to learn the dances and go out several times a month to practice to live …

Welcome to World Unified Martial arts. What we offer is martial arts that are taught all over the world, but you will have to sign a release form first lol. We believe in unifying all martial arts but not in a way such as MMA. We believe that the philosophy is equally important as the martial arts itself. And we also believe that martial arts itself can be for everybody. The martial arts that we can offer to you is Boxing,(Botakor maybe), Muay Thai kickboxing, Tae kwon do, Tang soo do, Karate, S …