Date: February 18th 2009

                       AUSTIN DEAF EVENTS
                   http://austindeafevents.com/
19-Feb-2009               Issue No. 92            Circulation 760
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Announcements

1.
Not a deaf event, but one that could use deaf volunteers to help blind kids. See April 18 below.

2.
SafePlace staff would like to talk to adults with disabilities living in Austin about their relationships with spouses, partners, boyfriends, or girlfriends. Those relationships may have been safe and caring, hurtful and abusive, or both. Information shared will be used anonymously to develop resources for disability service providers and domestic violence and rape crisis staff.

Focus groups will be held in Winter and Spring 2009 $25 compensation for participating in a focus group ASL interpreters available upon request Space is limited.

For more information, and to determine eligibility, contact: Dianne King, (512) 369-5944 email DKing/SafePlace.org Cema Mastroleo, (512) 356-1588

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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://austindeafevents.com/church.html Monthly Recurring Events (Deaf Coffee Chat, Deaf Seniors, etc.) Movies
Event listings by date

Alphabetic index:
2009 ADARA Conference 04/15-19
AAD Banknight following meeting 02/21
AAD Bowling Tournament 03/14
AAD Executive Board Meeting (Subject to change) 02/20 AAD Mexican Train games (1st Friday) 03/06 AAD Open for social 02/27
AAD Open for social 02/28
AAD Open for social 03/13
AAD Poker League 02/20
AAD Poker League 02/28
AAD Poker League 03/06
AAD Poker League 03/13
AAD Pool Tourney 02/20
AAD Regular Business Meeting 02/21
AAD Shuffleboard Tourney 02/27
AAD TINGO Games (1st Saturday) 02307
ABCD presents The Little Anglers Tournament 04/18 Any Baby Can Training (SI on request) 02-03 Capital MetroRail open houses 02/21, 27 Deaf Awareness Night 2009 (San Antonio) 03/26 Deaf Coffee Chat - IH35 (3rd Friday) 02/20 Deaf Coffee Chat - New Braunfels (2nd Thursday) 03/12 Deaf Deafblind Coffee Chat - Guadalupe (3rd Saturday) 02/21 Deaf Motorcycle Cruise 03/07
Deaf Seniors of Austin (1st Thursday) 03/05 Deaf Social and Dancing (All kinds music, mostly country) 02/20 DeafNation Expo Austin 03/07
Fourth annual O&M-athon. Volunteer for blind kids. 04/18 Movie Night: Sweet Nothing in My Ear 02/28 National ADARA Conference 04/15
People's Law School (SI on request) 02/28 Sean Forbes performance and presentation on D-PAN 03/08 TAD 45th Biennial Conference -- "Moving Forward Together!" 06/11-13 Tax preparation (SI by appointment) Through 04/15 Texas Parent Round Up 03/07
Texas State Independent Living Conference for Exhibitors 03/9-10 Volunteer Legal Aid Services (SI) 03/02

Date index:
02-03 Any Baby Can Training (SI on request) 02/20 AAD Executive Board Meeting (Subject to change) 02/20 AAD Poker League
02/20 AAD Pool Tourney
02/20 Deaf Coffee Chat - IH35 (3rd Friday) 02/20 Deaf Social and Dancing (All kinds music, mostly country) 02/21 AAD Banknight following meeting
02/21 AAD Regular Business Meeting
02/21 Deaf Deafblind Coffee Chat - Guadalupe (3rd Saturday) 02/21, 27 Capital MetroRail open houses 02/27 AAD Open for social
02/27 AAD Shuffleboard Tourney
02/28 AAD Open for social
02/28 AAD Poker League
02/28 Movie Night: Sweet Nothing in My Ear 02/28 People's Law School (SI on request) 02307 AAD TINGO Games (1st Saturday)
03/02 Volunteer Legal Aid Services (SI) 03/05 Deaf Seniors of Austin (1st Thursday) 03/06 AAD Mexican Train games (1st Friday) 03/06 AAD Poker League
03/07 Deaf Motorcycle Cruise
03/07 DeafNation Expo Austin
03/07 Texas Parent Round Up
03/08 Sean Forbes performance and presentation on D-PAN 03/12 Deaf Coffee Chat - New Braunfels (2nd Thursday) 03/13 AAD Open for social
03/13 AAD Poker League
03/14 AAD Bowling Tournament
03/26 Deaf Awareness Night 2009 (San Antonio) 03/9-10 Texas State Independent Living Conference for Exhibitors 04/15 National ADARA Conference
04/15-19 2009 ADARA Conference
04/18 ABCD presents The Little Anglers Tournament 04/18 Fourth annual O&M-athon. Volunteer for blind kids. 06/11-13 TAD 45th Biennial Conference -- "Moving Forward Together!" Through 04/15 Tax preparation (SI by appointment)

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

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

February
20 Fri 7:30 Pool Tourney

       8pm   Poker League
             Executive Board Meeting (subject to chage)
21 Fri 8pm   Regular Business Meeting
             Banknight following meeting
27 Fri 7:30  Shuffleboard Tourney
             Open for social
28 Sat 8pm   Poker League
             Open for social

March
6 Fri 7pm Mexican Train games (1st Friday)

8pm Poker League
7 Sat 8pm TINGO Games please be seated before 7:30 (1st Saturday) 13 Fri 8pm Poker League

Open for social
20 Fri 7:30 Pool Tourney

       8pm   Poker League
             Executive Board Meeting (subject to chage)
21 Fri 8pm   Regular Business Meeting
             Banknight following meeting
27 Fri 7:30  Shuffleboard Tourney
             Open for social
28 Sat 8pm   Poker League
             Open for social

• $1 for social games.

Happy Hour 7 - 10pm Fridays and Saturdays. Open for social: 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://austindeafevents.com/church.html

-------------------- MONTHLY RECURRING EVENTS ------------------- DEAF SENIORS OF AUSTIN (South Central)--Every 1st Thursday 03/05 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 03/12 697 S Walnut Ave (at I35), New Braunfels TX Host: Sam Jackson tejasam/aol.com

STARBUCKS COFFEE (West)--Every 2nd Saturday, 7-10pm 03/14 6600 S Mopac Expy, Austin TX 78749
Host: Monica Mason monicamandrew/yahoo.com

DEAF DEAFBLIND CHAT
STARBUCKS COFFEE (Central)--Every 3rd Saturday, 6-8pm 02/21 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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Through April 15, 2009. Wednesday and Thursdays, 3 pm - 7 pm Tax preparation (SI by appointment)

Where: Foundation Communities, 3036 S 1st St, Austin TX

Community Tax Centers provides free tax preparation to qualified individuals and households. Contact 2-1-1 for more details. We