Welcome to the Minneapolis/St. Paul Drupal Group -- the place to get involved with the Twin Cities Drupal community whether you're new, a core contributor to the Drupal project or somewhere in between. Register for the group to get posting privileges and to be notified of what's going on.
Looking to connect with other local friendly Drupal people? Check out the Events tab for a rundown of our regular meetups and other upcoming Drupal-related events.
You can also join your Drupal peers and mentors in a couple of places:
- Slack tends to be more active these days. Join https://tcdrupal.slack.com. If you need an invite go here to get an automatic invite to the Slack team
- IRC -- #drupal-twin-cities on irc.freenode.net -- to ask questions, propose ideas, socialize. Check out Drupal.org for more info about IRC and Drupal including how to create a new account and connect. Or come to the next local meetup and someone will help you get started.
August 5th Drupal Happy Hour @ Venn Brewing
Summer is in full swing and hopefully it will be a nice night outside on the patio. For those who are comfortable with meeting in person and want to say hi to others in person, let's get together for Happy Hour. We can certainly meet outside on the patio or go inside if it's too warm out.
July 1st Drupal Happy Hour @ Venn Brewing
The first Thursday of July is suddenly here and Minnesota is open again! For those who are comfortable with meeting in person and want to say hi to others in person, let's do this for the first time in a while. We can certainly meet outside on the patio or go inside if it's too warm out.
Part-Time Job Opportunity: UMN Law School Drupal Migration
The University of Minnesota Law School is looking to hire a part-time Drupal developer to help us with our migration from Drupal 7 to 8 (or possibly 9, depending on timing). Our emphasis is primarily back-end (site building and migration module development), but work may also include some front-end theming too, depending on experience and qualifications.
Please see the official job posting for details: https://hr.myu.umn.edu/jobs/ext/338492 Or, if you get lost in the UMN HR system, search for job #338492
Read moreMarch 5th Drupal Happy Hour @ Venn Brewing
Spring is coming! Let's get together to celebrate and do it with some beer (they also have some non-beer options available as well). Come join us for a Drupal Happy Hour, 5:30-ish this Thursday at Venn Brewing in South Minneapolis. (Not many get there before 6:00 pm.) Venn has been a great venue, offering plenty of space and a great array of rotating taps to choose from. Stop on by and talk Drupal, or anything else, with some of the local community. Board games have been known to break out late.
February Lunch and Learn: Drutopia -- Drupal for the rest of us
In January's meeting, we learned about Drupal for big projects. Is there still a place for small sites in the Drupal ecosystem?
Yes. The same features that make Drupal projects consistent, repeatable and maintainable for large corporations can contribute to an affordable and independent offering for much smaller websites.
Read moreFebruary 6th Drupal Happy Hour @ Venn Brewing
It's cold outside, but it's warm inside. Let's get together to hang out and do it with some beer (they also have some non-beer options available as well). Come join us for a Drupal Happy Hour, 5:30-ish this Thursday at Venn Brewing in South Minneapolis. (Not many get there before 6:00 pm.) Venn has been a great venue, offering plenty of space and a great array of rotating taps to choose from. Stop on by and talk Drupal, or anything else, with some of the local community. Board games have been known to break out late.
Venn Brewing Company
3550 East 46th St
Minneapolis, MN
January 2nd Drupal Happy Hour @ Venn Brewing
2020 is here! Let's celebrate with some beer (they also have some non-beer options available as well). Come join us for a Drupal Happy Hour, 5:30pm this Thursday at Venn Brewing in South Minneapolis. Venn has been a great venue, offering plenty of space and a great array of rotating taps to choose from. Stop on by and talk Drupal, or anything else, with some of the local community. Board games have been known to break out late.
Read moreDecember Drupal Happy Hour @ Venn Brewing
Winter is here in Minnesota, but there's plenty of warmth and beer for the season inside Venn Brewing. Come join us for a Drupal Happy Hour, 5:30pm this Thursday at Venn Brewing in South Minneapolis. Venn has been a great venue, offering plenty of space and a great array of rotating taps to choose from. Stop on by and talk Drupal, or anything else, with some of the local community. Board games have been known to break out late.
Read moreHoliday Party
Please join us for an evening of food and community as we welcome our 13th year of Twin Cities Drupal!
Horizontal will provide drinks and heavy apps. You can also bring a dish to share, or just bring yourself. This is a great chance to visit with old friends and meet the newcomers in our community. Partners and spouses are welcome.
Location:
Horizontal
1660 MN-100 #200
St Louis Park, MN
Big thanks to Horizontal for hosting this event.
Read moreNovember Lunch and Learn: Flexible frontends for Georgia.gov
Please join us as we return to the Uptown library in Minneapolis for our November Lunch and Learn!
Lullabot senior front-end developer Marc Drummond will be sharing the process they undertook for implementing more than 85 websites for Georgia.gov using a consistent - yet flexible - front-end design process.
85 sub-themes? No thank you! By working with layout builder, CSS techniques, component management and an organizational process, Marc and Lullabot were able to create a flexible, maintainable front-end architecture. Find out how this all works, and bring your questions.
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October Lunch and Learn: Drupal at the U
Drupal is the official content management system of the University of Minnesota. Please join us for a panel discussion with Kyle Hakala, Gabe Ormsby, and other people who make Drupal work for such a large institution. They'll describe some of the processes they use to set up, host, and support a large number of sites and uses. Bring your questions, bring your lunch, and get ready to learn!
Lunch will NOT be provided. Please feel free to bring your own, or meet up at a local restaurant after.
Location: 101 Walter Library, 117 Pleasant St SE, Minneapolis 55455.
Read moreSeptember Drupal Happy Hour @ Venn Brewing
Fall is starting and it may be a nice evening outside. Come join us for a Drupal Happy Hour, 5:30pm this Thursday at Venn Brewing in South Minneapolis. Venn has been a great venue, offering plenty of space and a great array of rotating taps to choose from. Stop on by and talk Drupal, or anything else, with some of the local community. Board games have been known to break out late.
Always check out our group page at groups.drupal.org for the full schedule for this group!
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DrupalCorn Camp 2019 - Nov 6-8 - Des Moines Iowa
November 6-8 at the Des Moines Public Library, 1000 Grand Ave, Des Moines, IA
DrupalCorn Camp returns for three a-maize-ing days of trainings, sessions, contribution, BoFs and community!
Read moreSeptember Lunch and Learn: Continuous Migration
Join Pantheon's Steve Persch for a discussion on his experiences with continuous integration. You'll learn how his team was able to upgrade from Drupal 7 to 8, while the site was actively receiving updates.
You can catch a version of his Drupalcon Seattle talk and bring your CI/CD questions. Or you can wait until the 20th and delight in the new knowledge then.
This month's location:
Pantheon
400 N 1st Ave Suite 236
Minneapolis, mn
Drupal Lunch and Learn
Please join us Friday for our first-ever TC Drupal Lunch and Learn!
TEN7’s Project Lead, Les Lim, will be giving a talk titled "Latest Paradigms in Content Editing: Paragraphs, Layout Builder, and Gutenberg." He will review the different available paradigms and where they are useful.
This month's location:
Walker Library in Uptown Minneapolis
Bde Maka Ska Room
2880 Hennepin Ave · Minneapolis, MN
August Drupal Happy Hour @ Venn Brewing
Summer is in full swing! Come join us for a Drupal Happy Hour, 5:30pm this Thursday at Venn Brewing in South Minneapolis. Venn has been a great venue, offering plenty of space and a great array of rotating taps to choose from. Stop on by and talk Drupal, or anything else, with some of the local community. Board games have been known to break out late.
Always check out our group page at groups.drupal.org for the full schedule for this group!
https://groups.drupal.org/twin-cities
Pantheon Open Web Co-Working Day
We at Pantheon have lots of great space in our Minneapolis office, so we are opening up our office for co-working and networking with other WordPress, Drupal and Open Web people one day per month.
You are welcome to come and go between 9am and 5pm on Tuesday, August 13th, however we do ask that you RSVP so we have a better understanding of our guest count, RSVP at EventBrite via link above.
We will have private and public spaces available for working, networking and conducting meetings.
Our Location:
Pantheon
400 1st Ave N
Suite 236
Minneapolis, MN 55401
New monthly meeting format
Hi everyone!
After 13 years (!) of monthly TC Drupal meetups, we are making a change in our times and formats to reflect our changing community. Starting in August, meetups will be in a daytime "lunch and learn" format and a rotating venue. The Happy Hour schedule is, of course, not affected.
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Just one week till Twin Cities Drupal Camp! June 6-8, 2019
We have just one week to go before our 9th edition of Twin Cities Drupal Camp kicks off! Registration starts at $50 and includes all three days, the evening social events and lunch on Friday.
https://2019.tcdrupal.org/register
Join us a week from today for Free trainings. Spots are still available, but they're getting close to selling out!
https://2019.tcdrupal.org/trainings
We've got a great program put together for you on Friday as well, with 30 sessions and a keynote by The Asian Penguins.
https://2019.tcdrupal.org/schedule
Read moreTCDrupal May User Group meeting
We’ll kick things off at 6pm with a jam session. Come early and do some Drupal. The Jam is a great time to ask questions, get help, or help others.
At 7 we’ll switch over to our User Group. With Drupal Camp just weeks away and DrupalCon just behind us, we'll have plenty to talk about! We’ll have fun, eat some pizza, partake in a tasty beverage and learn from each other!
Location:
Advantage Labs at FLOCK
2611 1st Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN, 55408
Pizza and beverages sponsored by your host, Advantage Labs
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