The Cleveland Big Data and Hadoop User Group is for those interested in using and discussing all technologies in the Hadoop family (HBase, HDFS, MapReduce, etc.), as well as other technologies in the big data space

I'm a big fan of MongoDB and we use it quite extensively at my company (Cloud CMS). We'd like to promote the use of MongoDB - the premier document-oriented NoSQL database - among the Cleveland business and tech community!

The Cleveland Adobe User Group is a non-profit professional organization serving the needs of the Northeast Ohio's Internet community. Originally founded in 2004 as the Cleveland Macromedia User Group, the group changed names to the Cleveland Adobe User Group in 2006 when Adobe purchased Macromedia. Our mission is to explore, enjoy, and promote the use of Adobe products and services within the Northeast Ohio's Internet community through education, networking and peer support. The Cleveland Adob …

Music Cleveland! Mission Statement Musik, Musique, Ceol, Música, Glasbaand, Mużika – sweet sounds in any language. Music is indeed the international language that crosses borders, traditions and taste. Our new MeetUp group – Music Cleveland! – will celebrate the many unique sounds that make up the music scene in Northeast Ohio. We are blessed with a wide and diverse ethnic base along with a rich history of old-world music, rhythm and blues, rock-n-roll, classical, folk and jazz. We are proud …

Meet diverse people to dine out, socialize and check out cool Cleveland events. This group is for everyone! Whether you are new to Cleveland or not this is a great way to explore the Cleveland food scene. We'll be doing all kinds of things that revolve around food, be it going out to dinner, attending a cooking class or visiting a local festival. It doesn't matter how old you are or if you're married or single, this is a great social group to get to know others and make new friends. We will be a …

Cleveland's Premiere LGBT Social Dinner Group 18 Years and Going Strong ! EVERYONE IS WELCOME Monthly Dinners at Cleveland Area Restaurants For further information call our Voice Mail at: 216.200.9569 INSIGHT was established in 1994 to bring together people that represent the gay men and women in our community and to enjoy good conversation and friendly people who wish to relax and socialize in a comfortable atmosphere with other lesbians and gays. Since its inception, we have raised over $12,0 …

Cleveland Locksport is group of individuals in Northeast Ohio working together to enjoy, share and gain skills in the area of legitimate and legal lockpicking, physical security and all things locks. Please consider coming to one of our monthly meetings! Interested in locks, lockpicks or physical security as a hobby? Have you ever been interested or involved in locksmithing? Do you want to learn a cool hobby that has practical applications in your life? If you answered yes to any question, then …

Welcome to Ciné Arts Cleveland! There have been any number of movie groups on meetup.com and other social networking sites that attempt to offer something for everybody’s taste. Some value a multitude of events, as many as 3 or 4 per week. Others boast membership numbers of a thousand plus, even though only a handful actually attends events. We’ll leave those aspirations to them. Ciné Arts Cleveland! will instead focus on special noteworthy films sometimes not more than 2 or 3 a month. Don’t exp …

Looking for a "reason based" community?  Sick of the sad state of science education and the gullibility of the average person? Since 2008 our members have been making friends, learning, challenging and being challenged with people who like to examine commonly held ideas and beliefs with a scientific eye. Take a break from those who forward dubious alarmist emails or buy into the latest panacea, religious idea, scam or utopian vision based on "truthiness" alone. Hang out for a laugh, write an act …

A group of Cleveland leaders from the Mexican, African American, Chinese, Jewish, Puerto Rican, Nigerian, Lebanese, Russian, Guatemalan, Israeli, French, Taiwanese, Palestinian, Bhutanese, Pakistani, Somali, Vietnamese, Ukrainian, Indian, Serbian and many other communities have joined together for monthly multicultural happy hour sessions. We intend to do this each month in 2013 to create a sense of community and commitment around support for national immigration law reform and local efforts to …

Tennis Player, We're connecting players on the tennis courts throughout Cleveland from Brook Park to University Heights and Beachwood Area. We allow players to put post meetups. So feel that it is acceptable to promote an event that you will take ownership of and we'll let the meetup group know about it. We'll be running certain tennis socials, weekend tournaments and get togethers for the passionate tennis players who want to play competitive tennis. If you want to meet up with other tennis …

This is a group for Russian speaking Moms who reside or are willing to meet on the West Side of Cleveland and their kids of all ages. Let's get together for affordable activities in our neighborhood, like going to story time at the library, having picnics at the local parks, organizing fun / educational activities and play dates for our kids, exchange useful information about life in Cleveland, local events , activities etc.

Welcome to the Cleveland New-In-Town or Not group. We are a group of fun and friendly people looking to meet new friends and create great friendships. Our mission is to introduce residents of  The  Greater Cleveland/Akron area to unique events and places in the area. We want to make this group a member driven group and we will provide events for people to explore and we need your input and help keeping this awesome group successful!! A FEW FYI'S: We encourage all of our members to post a recogn …

Games, games, and more games! Board games. Card Games. War games. Party games. Word games. Auction games. Old games. New games. We play Twilight Struggle, LeHavre, Through the Ages, Eclipce, Brass, Settlers of Catan, Ticket to Ride, Power Grid, Agricola, Puerto Rico, Carcassone, Dominion, Race for the Galaxy,  Caylus, 7 Wonders, El Grande, Steam, Advanced Squad Leader, Combat Commander, and hundreds more. We have a well attended monthy meet-up in Cleveland, Lakewood, Euclid, Northfield, Medina, …

Bizdom is an entrepreneurship accelerator that helps entrepreneurs launch, fund and grow innovative, tech-based startups in Detroit and Cleveland. We'll be hosting Business Brunches, Speaker Series, and Networking events in Downtown Cleveland. Entrepreneurs at all levels, Programmers, Coders, etc should join in on the movement!

Nous sommes les francophones de Cleveland! Venez mettre votre français à l'épreuve. Tous sont les bienvenus, mais il y a un grand nombre de membres au niveau intermédiaire ou dont le français est la langue maternelle ou qui le parlent couramment. Si vous n'avez pas étudié le français, je vous encourage à suivre un ou deux cours avant de nous rejoindre. A part les événements spéciaux, nous avons des réunions presque 2 fois par semaine: A midi : déjeuner et conversation en centre ville, tous les …

“Calling all Desis (and Indian Culture lovers) - Let's get together for activities in our neighborhood (Westside Cleveland), like planning Bollywood movie nights, Indian restaurant samplers, professional mixers, Diwali and Holi celebrations, etc. We can also plan events with other Indian associations in the greater Cleveland area - anything that looks like fun.”

The Cleveland Game Developers (CGD) is an open group of artists, developers, designers and musicians. We welcome everyone of any skill level interested in creating games or discussing them. We offer our members a regular monthly meeting as well as presentations, workshops and game jam events. We also abide by a Social Code and Anti-Harassment Policy that promotes group collaboration, respect and inclusion. Social Code: http://bit.ly/10GctIf Anti-Harassment Policy: http://bit.ly/10Gdm3E

The Cleveland chapter of CocoaHeads meets once a month for presentations and discussions of programming for the Mac, iPhone, and iPad.

The Makers Alliance is Cleveland's Hackerspace. We exist to bring hands-on technology and art to members and the general public, through workshops, talks, and shop space. We are a collective of hobbyists, hackers, engineers, and students that desire to educate, innovate, and make some new friends while we are at it. Please join the Makers Alliance Discuss mailing list and introduce yourself!

Cleveland NORML- National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws! Check us out and meet up with some Hemp Advocates near you! Come to a Hemp Meetup to find friendly, like-minded people to discuss hemp and other green issues. Learn more about industrial hemp, the product so versatile that it can be grown for fiber, food and fuel, yet has been illegal to grow in the U.S. for over 60 years. All are welcome, tell a friend! For more information contact us at clevelandnorml@ymail.com or our we …

Just a group of folks in the Cleveland area that are passionate about every aspect of mobile development across all platforms. We tend to write a lot of code in this meetup, are very open to discussing what we know, what we don't know, and sharing what we're learning as we go. We hope to see you here soon!

Come and join us! Conversations are mainly focused on current coursera classes -- https://www.coursera.org/ This semester we're taking 2 classes: Cryptography I - https://www.coursera.org/course/crypto Social and Economic Networks: Models and Analysis: - https://www.coursera.org/course/networksonline Meetings are intended to be educational whether you're taking the classes or not.

It doesn't matter how it happened, but somehow we ended up in the belly of the beast, and we're gonna have to fight our way out! This group is for all Pittsburgh sports fans in the Cleveland area who want to get together and watch games and cheer on our Black and Gold! Any age, any gender, any way, any how. There's safety in numbers! Go Steeler Nation!

Open to all Cleveland area professionals interested in Master Data Management (MDM), Data Integration, Data Quality, Data Warehousing, Data Migration, Enterprise Application Integration (EAI), Extract, transform and load (ETL), and other data topics.

Looking for like-minded entrepreneurs to share what they have learned, and help foster the entrepreneurial community in Northeast Ohio.

Shaker | LaunchHouse creates better, smarter, and more successful entrepreneurs in Northeast Ohio by nurturing innovation and creativity. This meetup group exists to increase the sense of urgency in town while successfully connecting key players, educators, techies, service providers, investors, and cool people. Events will focus on entrepreneurship, business development, sustainability, and fun networking. Come join us as we build a collaborative startup COMMUNITY in Cleveland and the greater M …

For Drupal users, admins, developers, and the curious -- in Cleveland and Northeast Ohio. Come meet other users of the Drupal Content Management Framework to learn and share!