Date: October 1st 2008 

                       AUSTIN DEAF EVENTS
                     http://deafevents.info/
 2-Oct-2008               Issue No. 83            Circulation 690
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Announcements

Travis County Services for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing has a 75 page resource book: WHERE DO I GO: Information and Resources

http://www.austindeafservices.com/TCSDResourceBook.pdf

It is designed to:

  • Assist people in Austin who are deaf or hard of hearing to find needed services.
  • Assist professionals to provide appropriate information and referral to people who are deaf or hard of hearing.
  • Educate our local community about both the wealth of, and the gaps in services to people who are deaf or hard of hearing.
In this issue...
(CC) Closed Captions; (OC) Open Captions; (SI) Sign Interpreted

!! Disguised email addresses !! Change the slash to an at-sign.

Sections
AAD - Austin Association of the Deaf
AA Meetings
Churches -- http://deafevents.info/church.html Monthly Recurring Events (Deaf Coffee Chat, Deaf Seniors, etc.) Movies
Event listings by date

Alphabetic index:
1st Annual SouthWest Flag Football for the Deaf 11/01-02 2008 Conference of the TLCDHH - McAllen 10/09-11 25th Anniversary of Houston Deaf Seniors of Texas 11/12 6th Annual Travis County Sheriff's Office Community Extravaganza 10/04 8th Annual Open Bass Tournament 10/22-23 ASL Bible Workshop (ASL) - San Antonio 10/04 ASL Mass at St. Ignatius 10/05
Banknight at AAD (2nd Saturday) 10/11
David Rivera's ASL Channels (NO voice interpreter) 10/18 Deaf and Hard of Hearing Festival -- booth sign-up 11/08 Deaf Coffee Chat - Barton Springs (1st Saturday) 10/04 Deaf Coffee Chat - IH35 (3rd Friday) 10/17 Deaf Coffee Chat - New Braunfels (2nd Thursday) 10/09 Deaf couple appearing on ABC's Supernanny 10/10 Deaf Deafblind Coffee Chat - Guadalupe (3rd Saturday) 10/18 Deaf Poker League at AAD 10/03
Deaf Poker League at AAD 10/10
Deaf Poker League at AAD 10/18
Deaf Poker League at AAD 10/25
Deaf Seniors of Austin (1st Thursday) 10/02 DEAFensive Driving (SI) 10/18
Executive Board Meeting at AAD (usually 2nd Friday) 10/10 Free Legal Clinic (SI) (1st and 3rd Mondays) 10/6, 20 HLAA Conference 2008 - Dallas 10/03-05 Mexican Train games at AAD (1st Friday) 10/03 Pool Tournament at AAD (3rd Friday) 10/17 Regular Business Meeting at AAD (2nd Saturday) 10/11 SCDB 4th Annual Chili Cookoff at Austin Deaf Club 12/06 Shuffleboard Tournament at AAD (4th Friday) 10/26 Sorenson VRS Town Hall Meeting - San Antonio 10/15 Sweet Honey in the Rock "She Rocks!" - Dallas 10/03 SWFFD Flag Football POSTPONED to 11/01-02. See below. 10/03-04 Texas Deaf Biker Lone Star Rally - Galveston 10/30-11/02 Texas Deaf Blind Association meeting - San Marcos 10/25 Texas Parks and Wildlife EXPO (SI) 10/04-05 The Birth of Jazz - Sight.Sound.Soul 10/23 TINGO Games at AAD (1st Saturday) 10/04 Training: Art of Negotiation for Special Ed Teams 2009 02/14-15 TSD 2008 Homecoming activities 10/03-04 TSD Homecoming 10/04

Date index:
10/02 Deaf Seniors of Austin (1st Thursday) 10/03 Deaf Poker League at AAD
10/03 Mexican Train games at AAD (1st Friday) 10/03 Sweet Honey in the Rock "She Rocks!" - Dallas 10/03-04 SWFFD Flag Football POSTPONED to 11/01-02. See below. 10/03-04 TSD 2008 Homecoming activities 10/03-05 HLAA Conference 2008 - Dallas 10/04 6th Annual Travis County Sheriff's Office Community Extravaganza 10/04 ASL Bible Workshop (ASL) - San Antonio 10/04 Deaf Coffee Chat - Barton Springs (1st Saturday) 10/04 TINGO Games at AAD (1st Saturday) 10/04 TSD Homecoming
10/04-05 Texas Parks and Wildlife EXPO (SI) 10/05 ASL Mass at St. Ignatius
10/09 Deaf Coffee Chat - New Braunfels (2nd Thursday) 10/09-11 2008 Conference of the TLCDHH - McAllen 10/10 Deaf couple appearing on ABC's Supernanny 10/10 Deaf Poker League at AAD
10/10 Executive Board Meeting at AAD (usually 2nd Friday) 10/11 Banknight at AAD (2nd Saturday)
10/11 Regular Business Meeting at AAD (2nd Saturday) 10/15 Sorenson VRS Town Hall Meeting - San Antonio 10/17 Deaf Coffee Chat - IH35 (3rd Friday) 10/17 Pool Tournament at AAD (3rd Friday) 10/18 David Rivera's ASL Channels (NO voice interpreter) 10/18 Deaf Deafblind Coffee Chat - Guadalupe (3rd Saturday) 10/18 Deaf Poker League at AAD
10/18 DEAFensive Driving (SI)
10/22-23 8th Annual Open Bass Tournament 10/23 The Birth of Jazz - Sight.Sound.Soul 10/25 Deaf Poker League at AAD
10/25 Texas Deaf Blind Association meeting - San Marcos 10/26 Shuffleboard Tournament at AAD (4th Friday) 10/30-11/02 Texas Deaf Biker Lone Star Rally - Galveston 10/6, 20 Free Legal Clinic (SI) (1st and 3rd Mondays) 11/01-02 1st Annual SouthWest Flag Football for the Deaf 11/08 Deaf and Hard of Hearing Festival -- booth sign-up 11/12 25th Anniversary of Houston Deaf Seniors of Texas 12/06 SCDB 4th Annual Chili Cookoff at Austin Deaf Club 2009 02/14-15 Training: Art of Negotiation for Special Ed Teams

AAD - Austin Association of the Deaf (Austin Deaf Club)

See http://austindeafclub.org/events.htm to Verify Calendar.

October
2 Thu 7:00 Greg Hlibok presentation: DTV, E-911, 10 digit plan 

 3 Fri       TSD Homecoming
 4 Sat       TSD Homecoming
 9 Th  7:00  Executive Board Meeting (usually 2nd Friday)
             Subject to change.
10 Fri 7:00  Mexican Train Games
       8:00  Deaf Poker League
             Open for social

11 Sat 7:30 TINGO
17 Fri 7:30 Pool Tournament (3rd Friday) 18 Sat 8:00 Next Regular Business Meeting (2nd Saturday) 

             Banknight (2nd Saturday)
       8:00  Deaf Poker League

24 Fri 7:30 Shuffleboard Tournament (4th Friday) 25 Sat 8:00 Deaf Poker League* 

             Open for social
31 Fri       Halloween Party! To be announced.
  • $1 for social games.

Happy Hour 7 - 10pm Fridays and Saturdays. Open Fridays and Saturdays 7 pm - closing. Admission: Friday $5, Saturday $7

Where: Austin Deaf Club, 8818 Cullen Ln

Email Co-chairpersons Connie Dannels
SocialAffairs/austindeafclub.org or Melissa Montoya-Calogar Secretary@austindeafclub.org to volunteer to serve!

Social Affairs: Connie Dannels email
DirectorofSocialAffairs/austindeafclub.org Newsletter: Melissa Montoya-Calogar austindeafclubeditor/yahoo.com

-------------------------- AA MEETINGS --------------------------

Please contact the Austin AA Hill County Intergroup at: 512-444-0071 (v) or visit
http://www.austinaa.org/

This 24 hour hotline can help with meeting locations and times, and requests for interpreters. Also, if there is a meeting on the schedule where you would like to have an ASL interpreter present, call 512-448-9017 and ask for Clint Ritter. They will check with local providers, and do their best to help.

---------------------------- CHURCH ----------------------------- Church Services for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Please see: http://deafevents.info/church.html

-------------------- MONTHLY RECURRING EVENTS ------------------- DEAF SENIORS OF AUSTIN (South Central)--Every 1st Thursday 10/02 Senior Activity Center, 3911 Manchacha, Austin TX 512-448-0787

Deaf Chat Coffee schedule for Austin area: http://www.deafcoffee.com/html/tx_austin.html Open to everyone (deaf, hearing) with an interest in ASL.

STARBUCKS COFFEE (New Braunfels)--Every 2nd Thursday 10/09 697 S Walnut Ave (at I35), New Braunfels TX Host: Sam Jackson tejasam/aol.com

STARBUCKS COFFEE (West)--Every 2nd Saturday, 7-10pm 10/11 6600 S Mopac Expy, Austin TX 78749
Host: Monica Mason monicamandrew/yahoo.com

DEAF DEAFBLIND CHAT
STARBUCKS COFFEE (Central)--Every 3rd Saturday, 6-8pm 10/18 3706 Guadalupe St, Austin TX 78705
Host: Lizzy Berry Elizabeth.Berry/dars.state.tx.us

---------------------------- MOVIES ----------------------------- Find captioned movies by zipcode or city, state with this link: http://fomdi.com/

Open Captioned (OC) Movies:
Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar
http://www.originalalamo.com/Default.aspx?l=4

Regal Gateway Stadium 16, 9700 Stonelake Blvd - 343-5480 For show times go to http://insightcinema.org/links.html and follow the links to the theatres, or call theaters for details.

Mopix rear-window Closed Caption (CC) movies: AMC Barton Creek Square 14. 2901 Capital of Texas Hwy. ph 306-1991, Auditorium #7.
http://movietickets.com/house_detail.asp?house_id=6059

Bob Bullock State History Museum
1800 N Congress Avenue at Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd IMAX Theatre (some films) and Spirit Theatre http://www.thestoryoftexas.com/special/site_accessibility.html

October 3 - 4, 2008. Friday - Saturday
TSD 2008 Homecoming activities

Friday, October 3rd. 7pm
DeafACT presents "Deaf American Idol" Variety Show

Where: R.L. Davis Auditorium, Texas School for the Deaf

1102 S Congress

Show off your talents! Individuals or teams welcome. Dancing, Songs, ASL Peotry, Short Skits, Storytelling. Directed by Ray Kennedy. DeafACT producer Franky Ramont.

Question? Email deafactfranky/gmail.com

--
Saturday, October 4th. all day
See http://www.tsd.state.tx.us/sports/hc08.html for flyer and for booth registration form.

VENDORS only: Booth setup will be from 7:30am-9am and the mall area must be cleared by 9am.

10am-4pm
Carnival Booths in Mall Area

9:30am, 11:30am, 1:30pm
Guided Tours of TSD Campus
(Start in R.L. Davis Auditorium)
(Groups Over 5 by Appointment Only - call 462-5329 v/tty)

10am, 11am, 12:45pm & 2:30pm
JV/V Volleyball Matches

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