Date: December 17th 2008

                       AUSTIN DEAF EVENTS
                     http://deafevents.info/
18-Dec-2008               Issue No. 88            Circulation 740

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Announcements

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128 years of advocacy and activism by the Deaf community in USA. This 39 minute movie in ASL describes the historic uneven treatment and mistreatment of deaf people in society, and it gives ideas on how our Deaf community can improve its lot thru seizing the media of film.

http://www.mosinternational.com/synopsis.html

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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:
Holiday window display by TSD students. All December BankNite following Christmas Party as Austin Deaf Club 12/19 Christmas Eve Candle Light Service - San Antonio 12/24 Christmas Party at Austin Deaf Club 12/19 Deaf Christian Fellowship Night Live Worship - San Antonio (ASL) 01/11 Deaf Coffee Chat - Barton Springs (1st Saturday) 01/03 Deaf Coffee Chat - IH35 (3rd Friday) 12/19 Deaf Coffee Chat - New Braunfels (2nd Thursday) 01/08 Deaf Deafblind Coffee Chat - Guadalupe (3rd Saturday) 12/20 Deaf Poker League at AAD 12/20
Deaf Seniors of Austin (1st Thursday) 01/08 DEAFensive Driving (SI) [sign up deadline 1/23/09] 01/31 Free Legal Clinic (SI) (1st and 3rd Mondays) 01/05, 19 Memorial service for ILA MAE WINDHAM - Austin 12/21 New Year's Eve Party -- Las Deaf Vegas Casino 12/31 Regular Business Meeting at AAD (2nd Saturday) 01/10 Shuffleboard Tournament at AAD (4th Friday) 12/26 TINGO Games at AAD (1st Saturday) 01/03 Training: Art of Negotiation for Special Ed Teams 02/14-15 TSID Interpreter Symposium 01/02-03

Date index:
12/19 BankNite following Christmas Party as Austin Deaf Club 12/19 Christmas Party at Austin Deaf Club 12/19 Deaf Coffee Chat - IH35 (3rd Friday) 12/20 Deaf Deafblind Coffee Chat - Guadalupe (3rd Saturday) 12/20 Deaf Poker League at AAD
12/2008 Holiday window display by TSD students. All December 12/21 Memorial service for ILA MAE WINDHAM - Austin 12/24 Christmas Eve Candle Light Service - San Antonio 12/26 Shuffleboard Tournament at AAD (4th Friday) 12/31 New Year's Eve Party -- Las Deaf Vegas Casino 01/02-03 TSID Interpreter Symposium
01/03 Deaf Coffee Chat - Barton Springs (1st Saturday) 01/03 TINGO Games at AAD (1st Saturday) 01/05, 19 Free Legal Clinic (SI) (1st and 3rd Mondays) 01/08 Deaf Coffee Chat - New Braunfels (2nd Thursday) 01/08 Deaf Seniors of Austin (1st Thursday) 01/10 Regular Business Meeting at AAD (2nd Saturday) 01/11 Deaf Christian Fellowship Night Live Worship - San Antonio (ASL) 01/31 DEAFensive Driving (SI) [sign up deadline 1/23/09] 02/14-15 Training: Art of Negotiation for Special Ed Teams

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

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

December

19 Fri       Christmas Party (see full description at date below)
      ~10pm  BankNite follows the party Surprise Prizes

20 Sat 8pm Poker League; open for social 26 Fri 7:30 Shuffleboard Tournament (4th Friday); social

27 Sat       To be announced.
31 Wed       New Year's Eve Party      

January (tentative)
2 Fri 7pm Mexican Train games (1st Friday)

8pm Poker League
3 Sat 8pm TINGO Games please be seated before 7:30 (1st Saturday) 09 Fri 7pm Executive Board Meeting (usually 2nd Friday)

             Subject to change. Open for social
       8pm   Poker League

16 Fri 7:30 Pool Tournament (3rd Friday) 17 Sat 8pm Poker League
23 Fri 7:30 Shuffleboard Tournament (4th Friday) 24 Sat 8pm Poker League; social

• $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 01/01 [?] 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 01/08 697 S Walnut Ave (at I35), New Braunfels TX Host: Sam Jackson tejasam/aol.com

STARBUCKS COFFEE (West)--Every 2nd Saturday, 7-10pm 01/10 6600 S Mopac Expy, Austin TX 78749
Host: Monica Mason monicamandrew/yahoo.com

DEAF DEAFBLIND CHAT
STARBUCKS COFFEE (Central)--Every 3rd Saturday, 6-8pm 12/20 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

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December 2008, entire month
Holiday window display by TSD students

Where: Scarbrough Building, 101 W 6th St