That’s what Lis, now 57, needed. “I forced myself to go to a couple of events in the beginning, and they only had two or three people,” Lis recalls. “I just signed up for events they did until I found ...

Rachel Fairbank is a freelance science writer based in Texas. When she is not writing, she can be found spending time with her family, or at her local boxing gym. As the pandemic stretches on and ...

Spending time together in nature can speed up the process of turning acquaintances into close friends. Shared outdoor experiences like hiking, camping, or gathering around a fire create unique ...

Toyin Ajayi is an entrepreneur and lover of the wilderness, but as a Black woman, she considered herself a minority in outdoor spaces. It only took a few minutes online to understand why. “When I ...

ASHEVILLE - There's no reason to be alone in the outdoors. People pick up from cities to move to the Western North Carolina mountains, sometimes on hearsay, sometimes only visiting once, and want to ...

Everybody, it seems, is getting in on the local offers game. Now, so is Meetup, one of the most local sites out there, with Meetup Perks. Meetup Perks just launched today, with the aim to make it ...