Date: March 4th 2009

                       AUSTIN DEAF EVENTS
                   http://austindeafevents.com/
 5-Mar-2009               Issue No. 93            Circulation 775
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Announcements

Hearing aid tax credit
I fail to see how we allow insurance companies to get away with excluding hearing aids as part of a person's health package, but mine does discriminate this way. That's why the Hearing Aid Tax Credit interests me. Learn more at http://hearingaidtaxcredit.org/.

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http://www.coataccess.org/node/add/petition to electronically sign the COAT petition for equal access in public communications.

Interpreted performances
The University of Texas Performing Arts Center is reaching out to the Deaf community by offering Broadway shows with sign interpreted performances, usually at the first Saturday matinee during the run of each show. These seats are offered at the lowest ticket price. See http://link.paciolan.com/viewmsg.cfm?n35217s195c0t197 for a list of performances and your ticket contact.

Churches: http://austindeafevents.com/church.html Update to Austin Cornerstone listing, and new listing: Celebration Community Church in Bastrop.

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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
2009 SafePlace Field Day & Festival 04/18 AAD Banknight following meeting 03/21
AAD Bowling Tournament 03/14
AAD Executive Board Meeting (Subject to change) 03/12 AAD Mexican Train games (1st Friday) 03/06 AAD Open for social 03/13
AAD Open for social 03/27
AAD Open for social 03/28
AAD Poker League 03/06
AAD Poker League 03/13
AAD Poker League 03/21
AAD Poker League 03/28
AAD Pool Tourney 03/21
AAD Regular Business Meeting 03/21
AAD Shuffleboard Tourney 03/27
AAD TINGO Games (1st Saturday) 03/07
ABCD presents The Little Anglers Tournament 04/18 Any Baby Can Training (SI on request) 03/various Celebrate ASL 04/04
Deaf Awareness Night 2009 (San Antonio) 03/26 Deaf Coffee Chat - IH35 (3rd Friday) 03/20 Deaf Coffee Chat - New Braunfels (2nd Thursday) 03/12 Deaf Deafblind Coffee Chat - Guadalupe (3rd Saturday) 03/21 Deaf Motorcycle Cruise 03/07
Deaf Seniors of Austin--meeting (1st Thursday) 03/05 Deaf Seniors of Austin--social (3rd Thursday) 03/19 Deaf Social and Dancing (All kinds music, mostly country) 03/20 DeafNation Expo Austin 03/07
Diversity Happy Hour 03/07
Egg Hunt 04/04
Fourth annual O&M-athon. Volunteer for blind kids. 04/18 Movie: BEYOND SILENCE 03/25
Movie: STOKED 03/12
National ADARA Conference 04/15
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:
03/various Any Baby Can Training (SI on request) 03/02 Volunteer Legal Aid Services (SI) 03/05 Deaf Seniors of Austin--meeting (1st Thursday) 03/06 AAD Mexican Train games (1st Friday) 03/06 AAD Poker League
03/07 AAD TINGO Games (1st Saturday)
03/07 Deaf Motorcycle Cruise
03/07 DeafNation Expo Austin
03/07 Diversity Happy Hour
03/07 Texas Parent Round Up
03/08 Sean Forbes performance and presentation on D-PAN 03/12 AAD Executive Board Meeting (Subject to change) 03/12 Deaf Coffee Chat - New Braunfels (2nd Thursday) 03/12 Movie: STOKED
03/13 AAD Open for social
03/13 AAD Poker League
03/14 AAD Bowling Tournament
03/19 Deaf Seniors of Austin--social (3rd Thursday) 03/20 Deaf Coffee Chat - IH35 (3rd Friday) 03/20 Deaf Social and Dancing (All kinds music, mostly country) 03/21 AAD Banknight following meeting
03/21 AAD Poker League
03/21 AAD Pool Tourney
03/21 AAD Regular Business Meeting
03/21 Deaf Deafblind Coffee Chat - Guadalupe (3rd Saturday) 03/25 Movie: BEYOND SILENCE
03/26 Deaf Awareness Night 2009 (San Antonio) 03/27 AAD Open for social
03/27 AAD Shuffleboard Tourney
03/28 AAD Open for social
03/28 AAD Poker League
03/9-10 Texas State Independent Living Conference for Exhibitors 04/04 Celebrate ASL
04/04 Egg Hunt
04/15 National ADARA Conference
04/15-19 2009 ADARA Conference
04/18 2009 SafePlace Field Day & Festival 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.

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

       8pm   Poker League
             Open for social
 7 Sat 9-6   DeafNation Expo at Convention Center
       8pm   TINGO Games please be seated before 7:30 (1st Saturday)

12 Thu 8pm Executive Board Meeting (subject to chage) 13 Fri 8pm Poker League

Open for social
14 Sat 8pm Regular Business Meeting

             Banknight following meeting
20 Fri       Open for social
21 Fri 8pm   Poker League
27 Fri       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.

Sign language interpreters are provided for AA meetings by Travis County Services for the Deaf & Hard of Hearing in Austin, TX.

Women only AA meetings
March 7 & 14, 2009
11 am to 12 pm
601 Bouldin

Open AA meetings
March 7 & 14, 2009
1 pm to 2 pm
601 Bouldin

Sign language interpreters are provided for NA (Narcotics Anonymous) meetings by Travis County Services for the Deaf & Hard of Hearing.

March 2, 7, 9, 14 and 16, Monday and Saturday evenings 7 pm - 8:30 pm
212 E Monroe

---------------------------- 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)
Travis County Deaf Association
03/05 Meeting 1st Thursday of Month, 1-4 pm 03/19 Social 3rd Thursday of the Month, 1-4 pm Senior Activity Center, 3911 Manchaca, Austin TX 512-448-0787, TDD: 512-462-2853

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 03/21 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