Freelancer Groups Los Angeles

Canto Pop Night

Come through for a playful Chinatown hang filled with music, food, games, and good energy. We’re bringing together Cantonese pop nostalgia, Chinese bites, mahjong, karaoke, and BYOB vibes for an easygoing evening at **Studious in Chinatown LA**. Whether you grew up with Canto pop, are discovering it for the first time, love a good karaoke moment, or just want to meet new people over snacks and games, this night is for you. Expect a cozy, social, after-hours vibe with mahjong tables, singalong moments, tasty bites, and music by **DJ Kev Luu**. No mahjong experience needed, no Cantonese required, and no pressure to perform — just come ready to hang, laugh, snack, play, and maybe sing your heart out. **Open to everyone. Bring friends, come solo, or roll in with your favorite BYOB drink.** **Date:** Thursday July 23rd **Time:** 7-10pm **Location:** Studious in Chinatown LA **Ticket:** $15 (venmo.com/studious_work) **Spots are limited**, so your ticket is only confirmed once you submit your **$15 presale through Venmo.** Grab your spot early before we fill up.

Game Night: Blood on the Clocktower

Come hang out and play *Blood on the Clocktower*, a super fun social deduction game full of bluffing, guessing, and a little bit of chaos. **About Blood on the Clocktower** This is a social deduction game where \*everyone\* gets a secret role—some players are trying to solve the mystery, while others are secretly working against the group. You’ll be chatting, accusing, defending yourself, and trying to figure out who’s telling the truth (and who’s definitely not). Even if you get “killed,” you’re still in the game and part of the action -- you win or lose with your team at the end of the game. It’s easy to pick up, really engaging, and a great way to meet people or just have a memorable night. **Beginners and Veterans Welcome** Whether you've never played before, or are looking to play some more complex characters and scripts, we'd love to have you. Just show up ready to play and have fun. **Cost** Admission is $10, paid at the door, and includes pizza, drinks, and various other snacks. Studious Coworking graciously maintains and provides this event space and does a lot of the heavy lifting in creating third spaces and building community. Your admission fee helps them continue to provide space for community events like this. **Conduct** This is a respectful space for everyone. Please refrain from making unwelcome personal advances. Additionally, please remember that while bluffing and lying is a core part of Blood on the Clocktower, emotional abuse or coercion is not. Any behavior that makes others uncomfortable will not be tolerated and will result in getting banned from future events. **Parking** Meters on Broadway & Hill are $1.50/hr, for 2 hrs max. Meters stop at 8pm. $5 All Day Parking is available at: Mandarin Plaza \| 978 N Broadway Bamboo Plaza \| 420 Bernard St Free Parking is available at: Broadway in front of Casa Italiana/Cathedral High School (5 min walk to Studious). Studious is also across the street from the Metro A Line – Chinatown Station.

Summer Swap + Closet Reset + Sewing Basics

Learn how to do a basic stitch and repair the holes in your clothes! Karli will be teaching a mini workshop and offering hemming services. ​Bring some clothes and other things from your closet and put it on our rack. Grab some things you like and take everything else back :) BYOB! See you soon!

FREE Coworking Day @ INDIE DESK - DTLA

Indie Desk is hosting a monthly FREE co-working day. Indie Desk is happy to host all those interested in co-working from our downtown LA location. Located on the 33rd floor of the Wells Fargo North Tower, we offer amazing views, great location and professional working environment. Join us for free the second Monday of every month, from 9am - 6pm. Calling all entrepreneurs, freelancers, employees, APP Developers, web designer, lawyers and all professionals working from home, looking for a change of venue. Please RSVP and see you every second Monday of every month. Indie Desk - Wells Fargo North Tower 333 S. Grand Ave. Suite 3310 Los Angeles, CA 90071

AI, Art & Vibecoding - StrangeNew.World @ 310 Coffee

We frame ourselves as **"a support group for the technological singularity"** and we are an eclectic mix of open-minded thinkers, artists, and tinkerers who believe in embracing the emerging technologies and capabilities in the most humanitarian way possible. Our meetings have a super casual and open atmosphere where all are welcome to contribute. Feel free to come late or leave early. So whether you're an AI enthusiast or skeptic, a creative professional already using AI on the daily, or someone just starting their first vibe coding project, this group may be for you! **NOW NEW & IMPROVED (Until the end of summer!)** We are doing "Hack-a-salons" after every meeting (starting at 5pm) now that 310 Coffee is staying open later. So please bring your laptops or art projects, or works in progress that you have questions on or want to present to the group. No podiums... only passion projects, good people and great vibes! ☺️ **What to Expect** Interesting conversations, relevant content, and educational resources. We are a diverse community of people who want to help each other and the world around us. We meet in person once a week at **310 Coffee in Culver City from 3-5pm**, we share our work and interesting news in our Whatsapp group, put on remote Learning Labs, go to events together, and encourage our members (who have the availability) to participate in a learning collective where we can volunteer to give each other one-on-one crash courses in various artistic, technical, and entrepreneurial disciplines. Here is a list of what we can teach: [https://strangenew.world/labs/what-we-know](https://strangenew.world/labs/what-we-know) We also encourage each of our members to take on a Passion Project, which could be as simple as getting up and running with a new artistic medium or project, or as complex as laying the groundwork for your dream business or career. We believe there has never been a better time (at least in OUR lifetimes) to set your sights on what your ideal life would be two years from now and then just start moving toward it. And maybe we can help you do that by giving you the hand-holding you need to get over that first hump, which can sometimes be the most difficult part. **How to Give Back** If you are a member looking to give back, or if you like what our organization is doing, then please follow, subscribe, rate us, and smash that like! 🤣 I know it seems silly to many of you, but in the attention economy, just the act of following us, liking our posts, and reviewing our events can make a huge difference in how the algorithm shines upon us. Also, if you would like to support us in a more direct way, please consider giving us a one-time donation, subscribing to one of our tiers, or sponsoring us. We pay for a lot of stuff out of pocket, so please consider becoming a patron to support the overall longevity of our group and vision. [https://strangenew.world/support-us](https://strangenew.world/support-us) **More Information** What we explore during our meetings really depends on who shows up and what they want to discuss: * The changing job market. What skills will matter in 10 years * The future of business and the creative industries * Chatbots, LLMs, and Agentic Workflows * Using AI for scientific or artistic exploration * Will generative art destroy Hollywood or save it? * What is consciousness? What constitutes intelligence? * The various types/platforms of vibecoding and which is best for your project * The end of capitalism as we know it * Are we entering the 2nd Cognitive Revolution? * **Learn more at: [https://strangenew.world](https://strangenew.world)**

LA Beatmakers - Beat Battle Day

Music Production and Industry Mixer

LAHUG SIGGRAPH Mixer at Caña Rum Bar

**\*\*RSVP HERE ON [LUMA](https://luma.com/fmv5q2b3)\*\*** Hi Everyone! LAHUG is hosting a social at Caña Rum Bar during SIGGRAPH week! Come connect with SideFX staff and Houdini artists arriving from all over the world. Join us for drinks, pizza, networking, and a chance to catch up with the community. 🍕🍺🎫 Drink tickets available 7–8 pm only. Cash bar 8–10 pm. Pizza served starting at 7 pm — first come, first served. We look forward to seeing you there! See you soon! Deb

Let's make a short film.

Let's make short videos/ Feature films that are both narrative and documentary. This group develops both short films/feature films. We will help each other with our own projects. Providing feedback and possible crew for each other's productions. We call ourselves Lettuce Film Production. Join our vibrant filmmaking community in Los Angeles, where your ideas can come to life! Everyone is welcome to collaborate and create. Don’t miss out—check out our next meetup! We create movies for free, we exchange skills and time! The only thing we ask, please subscribe to our channels before attending the meeting! Thanks [https://www.youtube.com/@LettuceFilmProduction/videos?app=desktop](https://www.youtube.com/@LettuceFilmProduction/videos?app=desktop) [https://www.instagram.com/lettuce_film_production/](https://www.instagram.com/lettuce_film_production/)

Building Demand Forecasting with BigQuery ML

As businesses strive to stay ahead of market trends, predicting future demand is no longer optional, it's a competitive necessity. This hands-on workshop addresses the practical challenges of processing massive datasets and building predictive models. You will implement a time-series forecasting strategy using **BigQuery Machine Learning** to analyze historical patterns and predict future demand. Using the public NYC Citi Bike Trips dataset as our sandbox, you will learn how to: * **Explore and query** large-scale public datasets directly in BigQuery. * **Train a forecasting model** using the powerful ARIMA algorithm to handle parallel multi-item pipelines. * **Evaluate model performance** using key statistical metrics like AIC to ensure accuracy. * **Generate batch predictions** for the next 30 days of demand. Join us to learn how to combine SQL-based machine learning with deterministic data analytics to make your applications smarter, predictive, and data-driven. **Bring your laptop and be ready to build! Register [here](https://gdg.community.dev/events/details/google-gdg-culver-city-presents-building-demand-forecasting-with-bigquery-ml/)!**

Coworking in Culver City!

This is a relaxed Sunday coworking meetup for anyone looking to get focused on a Sunday afternoon or evening and finish the tasks you've been meaning to do before the week starts - maybe finally start that novel, screenplay, or business idea, or just get your billing done. We'll begin each meetup with a few minutes to grab a coffee and chat about what everyone is working on before transitioning into quiet, focused work for a couple of hours. There will be a break in the middle to fill up on drinks, recharge for a bit, and chat. Those who stay until the end are also welcome to chat and share what they worked on before heading home.

Cats & Cocktails - A Mixer!

**Join us for a cozy cat-loving community hangout supporting Luxe Paws! This is a free event but we will have things you can pay for here.** We’re bringing together locals who love cats, community, and a relaxed afternoon together. You don’t need to be a foster, adopter, or donate to attend — just showing up helps support the work Luxe Paws does for cats and kittens across LA. This is our 3rd Luxe Paws community event, and 100% of proceeds from the event will go directly to Luxe Paws. Expect a fun, casual afternoon with: 🀄 Mahjong outside under the tent with [@LuckyBamboo](https://www.instagram.com/luckybambooclub) — beginners welcome 🐱 Kittens to meet inside with \*\*[@luxepaws](https://www.instagram.com/luxepaws) \*\*including foster/adoption opportunities 🍷 Wine & drinks donated by [@vinovorela](https://www.instagram.com/vinovorela) 💚 Good people, cute cats, and a sweet local community vibe Come hang out, play mahjong, meet the kittens, sip something good, and help us build a friendly community of cat lovers. All are welcome — bring a friend!