Community Groups Los Angeles

Pickleball Classic Fundraiser

**Serve it Forward 2026 Pickleball Tournament** \*100% of proceeds support styling sessions and help keep Dressing Forward’s services accessible for women preparing for work, interviews, and new opportunities [SIGN UP HERE](https://secure.givelively.org/event/dressing-forward-initiative/2026-serve-it-forward-pickleball-classic) * Entry Fee: $50 per player / $100 per team * Format: +18 Adult doubles tournament * Divisions: Recreational & Competitive * Check-in & Warm-up: 8:45 AM & 11:30 AM * Tournament Start: 9:00 AM & 12 Noon * Guaranteed 5 Matches Official Tournament T-Shirt Championship Trophy awarded to 1st Place team in each division Giveaways, raffle prizes, and more! [SIGN UP HERE](https://secure.givelively.org/event/dressing-forward-initiative/2026-serve-it-forward-pickleball-classic) \*Please note: This is a general community event posted under the Chinatown Meetup page and not affiliated with Studious Coworking or Studious Collective. Please contact the meetup host ( not Judy) if you have questions regarding this event.

Getty Center Art Museum in West LA and Satdha Vegan Thai Dinner in Santa Monica!

Coffee & Jazz

Come start your weekend right with coffee, jazz, and people who love music and community building at local South Pass coffee shop Jones Coffee Roasters. Bring a copy of your favorite vinyl for show and tell! Featuring Jenny & The Jazz Birds. The homegrown South Pasadena musicians' group is known for their classic jazz sound and musical flare.

Stoic Get-Together (Oct. 2026)

These monthly "**Get-Togethers**" are centered around a theme or topic that attendees can discuss casually with each other. They usually occur every third Saturday at 9:00-11:00 a.m. ***in person***—outside in one of L.A.'s fine parks. The goal of these meetings is community-building and growth through an open-minded exchange of ideas. The topic of the upcoming meetings is discussed and announced on our Discord server and newsletter. Please reach out to me if you have any questions. See you then! **—Justin K. (*[justin@lastoics.com](http://justin@lastoics.com/))*** If you enjoy these meetings and want to see more, consider being a regular or one-time donor to our 501(c)(3) nonprofit (EIN: 99-1615600): [https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/donation-form/support-lastoics](https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/donation-form/support-lastoics)

Queer Crush @ Rockreation

Meetup info: 🎟️ free for Rockreation gym members! 🎫 $15 day pass for non-members (that's a 40% discount on the regular price!) * Free first time visit * Discounts on belay/lead classes 🧗🏻‍♂️rentals are FREE for QC attendees, so no need to worry if you don’t have climbing shoes or a harness (if you wanna climb ropes!) 🎉 this is an all levels meet up, so no matter your experience, you’re welcome to join us! ⏰ come early so that you make it to our intro circle and you get to make community with other members ⭐️ [RSVP](https://app.rockgympro.com/b/?&bo=238febf89eb743d8816b6416362987c1) 🌈 Instagram: [@queercrushrockreation](www.instagram.com/queercrushrockreation) & [@queercrushclimbing](https://www.instagram.com/queercrushclimbing)

Queer Crush @ Sender One LKW

Meetup info: 🎟️ free for Sender One gym members! 🎫 $24 day pass for non-members 🧗🏻‍♂️rentals are FREE for QC attendees, so no need to worry if you don’t have climbing shoes or a harness (if you wanna climb ropes!) 🎉this is an all levels meet up, so no matter your experience, you’re welcome to join us! ⏰come early so that you make it to our intro circle and you get to make community with other members [RSVP](https://app.rockgympro.com/b/?&bo=5e28a04732584120bcbf19bf1031a78d)

Cantonese Families Meetup #6

Hi all! Come hang out in the park again. We'll be doing circle time again, earlier this time. Trying out a morning meetup on the westside! (subject to change if I get enough protest about this). Cantonese circle time will be 15-20 minutes, with some short songs, story time, and perhaps a short activity. These will all be designed to be engaging for a variety of ages (mainly thinking \~1-6yo). Be prepared to circle up with your kids and help facilitate hopefully a fun and enriching short program! The rest of the time will be free time for play, chat, and community building. Cantonese is always encouraged, but there's no pressure. Picnic blanket recommended but no fret if you show up without one. **1 RSVP per family** Whether or not you're bringing your fam, please RSVP for just yourself to leave space for others to RSVP (we're capped by Meetup to 10 RSVP guests). **Intentions:** * Create a fun, friendly, and supportive community * Improve each other's Cantonese by providing more opportunities to speak and learn - both for parents and kids * Bond with other Cantonese-speaking parents (or non-Canto parents trying to learn) and share the joys and challenges of trying to raise Cantonese-speaking humans * Normalize Cantonese for our kids by creating a place where other kids also speak Cantonese * Promote Cantonese language and culture, and both surface and serve the Canto-speaking community scattered throughout LA * Share tips and Canto resources **If you can't make this date/time, but are interested in the group, please message me. I'd love to hear from you.**

Los Feliz: Fall Classic Stair Hike #3-3.5 miles, 2 hours

Wander the Los Feliz Hills and take in spectacular views of Los Angeles. See the sights of some well known landmarks such as the Griffith Park Observatory and Frank Lloyd Wright’s Ennis House and climb 400+ stairs to condition for your upcoming winter hikes. Not only is this a classic hike but it is also during the Fall Classic that hopefully will include the Los Angeles Dodgers. Meet 6:30PM at the Coffee Bean at Hillhurst and Ambrose (2081 Hillhurst Ave 90027). Bring water and wear good walking shoes. Flashlights/headlamps encouraged. Heavy rain cancels.

Tennis all levels welcome

🎾 MOKSHA TENNIS EXPERIENCE | SUNDAY, OCTOBER 4 Join us this Sunday for another fun evening of tennis, music, and great company! Never played tennis before? No worries at all! Beginners are more than welcome, and we have rackets available for you. Come to play, meet new people, enjoy the music, have some laughs, and spend a beautiful evening with our MOKSHA Community. No experience needed — just bring yourself and your good energy! 🤍 📍 Hermon Park Tennis Courts, Los Angeles 📅 Sunday, October 4 ⏰ 5 PM – 8 PM Come alone or bring your friends. We can’t wait to see you on the court! Your people. Your game. Your community. 🎾

🥟🍺 Dumplings + Beer = A Pretty Solid Friday Night🍺🥟

We’re heading to the **San Gabriel Dumpling & Beer Fest**, where the Historic Mission District gets taken over by dumplings, street food, craft beer, live entertainment, a night market, and thousands of hungry people making questionable decisions about how many dumplings constitute a reasonable dinner. Spoiler: there is no reasonable number. General admission to the festival is **FREE**, so you don't have to drink beer to join us. You purchase food separately from the vendors. If you want access to the 21+ Beer Garden and unlimited beer tastings, you'll need to buy a Beer Garden ticket separately. This year’s lineup includes local food vendors plus a bunch of breweries, so there should be plenty to eat, drink, and wander around pretending we have a strategy. My plan is pretty simple: meet up, explore together, find some great dumplings, maybe discover something weird and delicious, grab a drink if you're drinking, and hang out. Come hungry. Seriously. Don't eat dinner first and then show up saying, “I'll just have one dumpling.” Nobody likes a liar. 😂 🚗 **Getting There:** Parking around the festival can get busy, so I recommend parking far enough then taking an **Uber or Lyft** if you can. That also makes life much easier if you're planning to check out the Beer Garden. 🍺 **Festival Info / Tickets:** [https://dumplingandbeerfest.com/](https://dumplingandbeerfest.com/) **Yelp Reviews:** [https://www.yelp.com/biz/san-gabriel-dumpling-and-beer-fest-san-gabriel](https://www.yelp.com/biz/san-gabriel-dumpling-and-beer-fest-san-gabriel) **RSVP Info:** RSVP here so we know who to look for in the sea of dumplings and humanity. 😂 📍 **Where We’ll Meet:** Let’s meet **in front of the San Gabriel Mission Playhouse main entrance/marquee** before heading into the festival together. It should be a lot easier than trying to play “Where’s Waldo?” with 7,000 people and several thousand dumplings. 😂 If you’re running late, just message the group and we’ll let you know where we wandered off to. **Note:** Your Meetup RSVP does **not** include Beer Garden admission. If you want the Beer Garden, please purchase your own ticket ahead of time. Everyone will be paying their own way for food, drinks, and any festival tickets.

FREE! Community Harmony Acupuncture 社區和諧针灸

**Community Harmony Acupuncture Clinic 社區和諧针灸** \> Receive Support\. Release Trauma\. \> Sunday\, October 18 \| 5:00\-8:00 PM PST Please reserve your appointment and complete medical forms on Acusimple: tinyurl.com/CTCClinic *Meetup signup notifies us of your interest, but it does not reserve an appointment.* **Community Harmony Acupuncture Clinic** is a recurring gathering, offering trauma-aware, heart-centered care rooted in Traditional Chinese Medicine. While **our focus is mental and emotional well-being**, many people also experience relief from physical pain, tension, headaches, digestive imbalance, and stress-related symptoms. In Chinese medicine, healing is about restoring circulation — of energy, blood, breath, and emotion. When things move, we feel lighter. When we feel safe, we release. This *group-style experience* includes **individualized acupuncture, along with sound healing, guided meditation, and aromatherapy** **to support deep nervous system reset** in a peaceful shared space. Our main provider is **Winnie Chan Wang**, joined by additional community practitioners offering healing support. This clinic is **free and donation-based**, with a suggested $20 contribution to help sustain the program and keep care accessible to all. It’s gentle. It’s grounding. It’s surprisingly relaxing. Many first-timers say, “I didn’t know acupuncture could feel like this.” Come try it. Come receive. Come let your nervous system reset. **Appointments are required (limited time slots available).** **Reserve your appointment here:** [tinyurl.com/CTCclinic](tinyurl.com/CTCclinic) **Location:** **📍 2801 E. Foothill Blvd., Pasadena CA 91107** The entrance is best accessed from Wenger Alley, and there is plenty of free parking on Mataro Street and N Daisy Avenue. Please note that every person will need to complete a sign-in and exit survey. Please take your shoes off and sanitize your hands when you enter the space. Thank you! **如果您有任何问题，欢迎联系我们。** **Have questions? Contact us at:** 📞 626\-538\-5544 OR 📧 \[welovectc@gmail\.com\]\(mailto:welovectc@gmail\.com\) Our Community Harmony Acupuncture Clinics are generously sponsored by [Classical Chinese Literature](https://www.classicalchineseliterature.org/ "https://www.classicalchineseliterature.org/"), a free platform preserving and sharing 500 selected works of classical Chinese poetry and prose through readings, annotations, translations, and historical context. Learn more on their [website](https://www.classicalchineseliterature.org/ "https://www.classicalchineseliterature.org/") and explore the [mobile app](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/%E4%B8%AD%E5%9C%8B%E5%8F%A4%E8%A9%A9%E6%96%87%E7%B2%BE%E8%AE%80-%E7%B2%BE%E9%81%B8500%E7%AF%87%E8%A9%A9%E8%A9%9E%E6%96%87%E6%9B%B2%E8%B3%A6/id1545075836 "https://apps.apple.com/us/app/%E4%B8%AD%E5%9C%8B%E5%8F%A4%E8%A9%A9%E6%96%87%E7%B2%BE%E8%AE%80-%E7%B2%BE%E9%81%B8500%E7%AF%87%E8%A9%A9%E8%A9%9E%E6%96%87%E6%9B%B2%E8%B3%A6/id1545075836").

Eagle Rock: Fall Classic Stair Hike #2-6.5 miles, 2.5 hours

We return to a familiar neighborhood for a morning doubleheader! Start with a gentle walk through a little-known section of a little-known corner of NELA, rife with solid local architecture and one street that is so steep the sidewalk has stairs! Then we immediately go on a green, leafy walk through one of Pasadena's western-most neighborhoods, filled with charming stairways and a virtual arboretum of mixed tree varieties. You can ponder the Dodgers record-tying 14th consecutive post-season appearance as you hike 1,300 stairs. Meet at 9:30am in front of the old-timey Cindy's Restaurant, Colorado Boulevard and Townsend Avenue (1500 Colorado Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90041). Street parking is limited so arrive early. Bring water and wear good walking shoes. Heavy rain cancels.