Date: March 18th 2009

                       AUSTIN DEAF EVENTS
                   http://austindeafevents.com/
19-Mar-2009               Issue No. 94            Circulation 775
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Announcements

     ** Celebrate Deaf History Month: March 13 - April 15 **
     http://www.tsd.state.tx.us/news/deafhistorymonth.html

National Association of the Deaf partnering with IRS to share tax tips in ASL: http://www.nad.org/NADandIRSshareASLtaxtips

Set the video recorder. "The Silencer", a top rated episode of Law & Order: Criminal Intent, and featuring deaf actors, extras, and crew repeats on USA Fri Mar 27 3am. http://www.tv.com/law-and-order-criminal-intent/silencer/episode/1006126/summary.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://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 A Night of IMPROV with Trix: "Whose ASL Is It?" 04/03 AAD Banknight following meeting 03/21
AAD Executive Board Meeting (Subject to change) 03/12 AAD Mexican Train games (1st Friday) 04/03 AAD Open for social 03/27
AAD Open for social 03/28
AAD Open for social 04/10
AAD Poker League 03/21
AAD Poker League 03/28
AAD Poker League 04/03
AAD Poker League 04/10
AAD Pool Tourney 03/21
AAD Regular Business Meeting 03/21
AAD Shuffleboard Tourney 03/27
AAD TINGO Games (1st Saturday) 04/04
ABCD presents The Little Anglers Tournament 04/18 Austin Dog Alliance Summer Camps (SI) 06/8-12, 07/6-10, 07/20-23 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) 04/09 Deaf Deafblind Coffee Chat - Guadalupe (3rd Saturday) 03/21 Deaf Seniors of Austin--meeting (1st Thursday) 04/02 Deaf Seniors of Austin--social (3rd Thursday) 03/19 Deaf Social and Dancing (All kinds music, mostly country) 03/20 DEAFensive Driving 04/18
Egg Hunt 04/04
Family day at Church of Glad Tidings 03/22 Fourth annual O&M-athon. Volunteer for blind kids. 04/18 Movie: BEYOND SILENCE 03/25
Movies by ASL Films 04/25
Musical: GREASE! 04/03, 04
National ADARA Conference 04/15
TAD 45th Biennial Conference -- "Moving Forward Together!" 06/11-13 Tax preparation (SI by appointment) Through 04/15 Volunteer Legal Aid Services (SI) 04/06 Workshop: "Face Painting" with Non-Manual Signals in ASL 04/04

Date index:
03/12 AAD Executive Board Meeting (Subject to change) 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) 03/22 Family day at Church of Glad Tidings 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
04/02 Deaf Seniors of Austin--meeting (1st Thursday) 04/03 A Night of IMPROV with Trix: "Whose ASL Is It?" 04/03 AAD Mexican Train games (1st Friday) 04/03 AAD Poker League
04/03, 04 Musical: GREASE!
04/04 AAD TINGO Games (1st Saturday)
04/04 Celebrate ASL
04/04 Egg Hunt
04/04 Workshop: "Face Painting" with Non-Manual Signals in ASL 04/06 Volunteer Legal Aid Services (SI) 04/09 Deaf Coffee Chat - New Braunfels (2nd Thursday) 04/10 AAD Open for social
04/10 AAD Poker League
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 DEAFensive Driving
04/18 Fourth annual O&M-athon. Volunteer for blind kids. 04/25 Movies by ASL Films
06/11-13 TAD 45th Biennial Conference -- "Moving Forward Together!" 06/8-12, 07/6-10, 07/20-23 Austin Dog Alliance Summer Camps (SI) 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

April
3 Fri 7pm Mexican Train games (1st Friday)

       8pm   Poker League
             Open for social

4 Sat 8pm TINGO Games please be seated before 7:30 (1st Saturday) 10 Fri 8pm Poker League

Open for social
11 Sat 8pm Regular Business Meeting

             Banknight following meeting
18 Fri       Open for social
29 Fri 8pm   Poker League
25 Fri       Open for social
26 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 --------------------------

NA and AA meetings with Sign language interpreters

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

NA (Narcotics Anonymous)
When: Monday and Saturday evenings
March 14, 16, 21, 23, 28, 30, 2009
Where: 212 E Monroe
Time: 7 pm - 8:30 pm

Women only AA meetings
March 14, 21, 28, 2009
11 a.m. to 12 p.m
601 Bouldin

Open AA meetings
March 14, 21, 28, 2009
1 pm to 2 pm
601 Bouldin

Also, you can 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)
Travis County Deaf Association
03/19 Social 3rd Thursday of the Month, 1-4 pm 04/02 Meeting 1st Thursday of 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 04/09 697 S Walnut Ave (at I35), New Braunfels TX Host: Sam Jackson tejasam/aol.com

STARBUCKS COFFEE (West)--Every 2nd Saturday, 7-10pm 04/11 6600 S Mopac Expy, Austin TX 78749
Host: Monica Mason monicamandrew/yahoo.com

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