Date: September 1st 2010

                       AUSTIN DEAF EVENTS
                   http://austindeafevents.com/
 2 September 2010          Issue No. 128          Circulation 921
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Calendar:      http://austindeafevents.com/calendar.html
Archive:       http://austindeafevents.com/archives
Un/Subscribe:  http://austindeafevents.com/subscribe
Facebook       http://facebook.com/AustinDeafEvents

---

Announcements

Happy back to school.

---

In this issue...
(OC) Open Captions; (SI) Sign Interpreted, (VI) Voice Interpreted

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

Alphabetic index:
Austin Deaf Club Poker League 09/03
Coffee and Dessert Chat at AAD 09/18
Deaf Seniors of Austin 09/02
Deaf Wine Chat - New Braunfels 09/04
Global Deaf Women's Network: "Doing What You Love" 09/19 Mexican Train games at AAD 09/03
SafePlace 2010 Celebration: New Beginnings (SI on request) 11/18, 19 Southern Hills Church of Christ Deaf Ministry presents One 10/10 The Little Anglers Tournament presented by Austin Bass Club of the Deaf 10/16 The Ranger Stampede 5K and 1 miler at 7pm 09/29 TINGO at AAD 09/04
TSD Homecoming 10/09

Date index:
09/02 Deaf Seniors of Austin
09/03 Austin Deaf Club Poker League
09/03 Mexican Train games at AAD
09/04 Deaf Wine Chat - New Braunfels
09/04 TINGO at AAD
09/18 Coffee and Dessert Chat at AAD
09/19 Global Deaf Women's Network: "Doing What You Love" 09/29 The Ranger Stampede 5K and 1 miler at 7pm 10/09 TSD Homecoming
10/10 Southern Hills Church of Christ Deaf Ministry presents One 10/16 The Little Anglers Tournament presented by Austin Bass Club of the Deaf 11/18, 19 SafePlace 2010 Celebration: New Beginnings (SI on request)

---

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

Confirm calendar at http://www.austindeafclub.org/events/events.htm

Summer recess -- no regular business meetings until September.

September
3 Fri LCR (Left, Center, Right) dice game 3 Fri Mexican Train games
3 Fri Poker League starts for third season (details below) 4 Sat TINGO
11 Sat Regular Business Meeting 8pm; $BankNite$ 9pm 18 Sat Coffee and Dessert Chat 9am - Noon

• $1 for social games.

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

Where: Austin Deaf Club, 8818 Cullen Ln, Austin TX 78748

Social Affairs: Connie Dannels secretary@austindeafclub.org Newsletter: Melissa Montoya-Calogar (austindeafclubeditor yahoo.com)

----------------------- AA and NA MEETINGS ----------------------

TCSDHH provides sign language interpreters for the following AA and NA meetings in Austin:

Mondays evenings 7:00-8:30pm NA Support Group 212 E Monroe

Wednesday evenings 5:30-7:00pm AA Support Group 901 Trinity, 3rd floor, Adult room #4 (First Baptist Church)

Saturday afternoons 11:30am-1:00pm AA Support Group - Women only 601 Bouldin Ave

Saturday afternoons 1:00-2:30pm AA Meeting - Open to all 601 Bouldin Ave

You can contact the Austin AA Hill County Intergroup at: 24-hour hotline 512-444-0071(v) or http://www.austinaa.org/.

Call Travis County Services for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing at 512-854-9221 to request an interpreter for other meeting times.

Also, AA meetings via WebCam led by Deaf and HoH sobriety facilitators: http://doda.nefsis.com/doda

---------------------------- 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, 1-4pm 09/02 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.

AUSTIN ASSOCIATION OF THE DEAF--3rd Saturday each 3rd month, 9a-Noon 09/18 8818 Cullen Ln, Austin TX 78748
Committee: Sally Porter, Brenda Mills, Brenda Oates, Beth Strain

DEAF BLIND COFFEE CHAT
STARBUCKS COFFEE (Central)--Every 3rd Saturday, 6-8pm 08/21 3706 Guadalupe St, Austin TX 78705 (corner of Guadalupe and 38th Street)

Please join our growing Deaf Blind Chat for drinks, snacks and fun chatting. Every month we see both new and familiar faces, and we welcome signers of all skill level, so tell your friends, family and classmates about us, too!

Host: Lizzy Berry Elizabeth.Berry@dars.state.tx.us

DEAFNESS RESOURCE SPECIALIST available
Tue Aug 10 1pm - 4pm (Monthly at 1pm on the second Tuesday) TCSDHH, 2201 Post Rd #100, Austin TX 78704 Contact: Brian Determan DeafnessRS7a@dars.state.tx.us

DEAF WINE CHAT
Gruene Winery (New Braunfels)--Every 1st Saturday 5-10pm 09/04 1308 Gruene Rd, New Braunfels TX. http://www.gruenewinery.com Host: Debbie Parker (debbie81 gvtc.com). NO KIDS PLEASE.

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

Captioned movie trailers and search for captioned web videos. http://ccmovies.org/

YouTube Captioning
http://captvids.com/

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

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

Cinemark Tinseltown 17, 5501 IH-35 (OC) S I-35 North Of Stassney Ln, Austin TX 78744 http://www.cinemark.com/

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

---

THIRD Annual Austin Deaf Club Poker League September thru May, 1st two Fridays and last two Saturdays each month Austin Deaf Club, 8818 Cullen Ln, Austin TX

Registration begins after 7 pm and ends at 8:15 pm. Games begin at 8:30.

1. The game fee is now $20 to play. The breakdown is: $10 for the tournament pot, $2 best hand (one winner, must be 10-10-10-2-2 full house or better), $2 Bounty (any one knocks a player out is automatically credited $2 every time), $5 for the final tournament, $1 for deaf club social fee).
2. Manager on duty will play to earn points.
3. Deaf Club opens at 7pm, registration starts shortly after, registration ends at 8:15pm (SHARP - no late-comers!) And game starts at 8:30pm.
4. You must be physically present to register, no more covering for someone else.
5. You must show membership card or pay $5 for day use fee to register for the game.
6. Stack starts with 17,000 chips. You can add 2,000 more chips if you buy an alcoholic or two non-alcoholic beverages at any time during the game up until beginning of 1,000/2,000 blind level.
7. After you register and pay for the game, you're allowed to leave deaf club for any reason - your stack will not be taken away but will be due for blinds.

More info: http://adcpl.austindeafclub.org

ADCPL Chair,
- matt

---

Global Deaf Women's Network: "Doing What You Love" Sun, September 19, 12:00pm – 2:30pm Jack Allen's Kitchen, 7720 Highway 71 West, Austin TX

Are You Doing What You Love? Come and share your story! It'd be filled with photos, film, delicious foods*, laughter, heart touching stories, networking opportunity, joy & fullfillment!

Please invite all of your local deaf, CODA, HOH & ASL User lady friends to this event. The more the merrier!

RSVP to info@globaldeafwomen.com before September 15, 2010.

(*Foods at your own expense)

Questions? Fire away at info@globaldeafwomen.com. Also, you can check more info about Global Deaf Women at http://globaldeafwomen.com/.

---

SafeParenting in ASL
Six Monday Evenings 2010:
September 27th, October 4th, 11th, 18th, 25th, November 1st

A FREE 6-Week Workshop in ASL!!!
(no voice interpreter provided for the signing impaired)

Childcare available first come first served!

• Does your child refuse to listen to you?
• Do you have trouble communicating with your child?
• Do you feel alone or lost and don’t know how to handle your children?
• Do you wonder how other parents handle their children?
• Do you need support?

If you have answered yes to any of these questions, SafeParenting might be for you!

You must sign-up for all 6 classes. We have seats for up to 10 people in this workshop.

You MUST contact Katie Brader to register and to find out the time and location of the workshop. Be sure to let Katie know how she can contact YOU! People who are not clients at SafePlace will have to be screened by Katie before they can register.

Katie Brader, Deaf Services Counselor
Email: kbrader@SafePlace.org

using relay services: (512) 356-1549 voice

---

The Ranger Stampede 5K and 1 miler
Wed Sept 29 7pm
Texas School for the Deaf, 1102 S Congress Ave, Austin TX 78704 (map)

Open to anyone, any age.

Enter thru Elizabeth Street gate. Park in parking lots. Register at Football Field concession stand.

We ask for a $5 contribution to participate in the Ranger Stampede 5K/1miler.

There will be run/walks each month through the school year thru April 2011. So come on out and get your fitness in, encourage and celebrate with others! Get faster, better, smarter!

Info: nick.bannon@tsd.state.tx.us

Future dates: (On a Wednesday at 5pm, except for September) Oct 27
Nov 17
Dec 8
Jan 19
Feb 23
Mar 23
Apr 20

---

TSD Homecoming
Sat Oct 9
Texas School for the Deaf, 1102 S Congress Avenue, Austin TX 78704 (512) 462-5353 (v/tty)

---

Southern Hills Church of Christ Deaf Ministry presents One Sun Oct 10 9am, 10am, 6pm
Southern Hills Church of Christ, 3740 Ranch Rd 967, Buda TX 78610

One Body, Ephesians 4:4

9 am: Bible class, "Essential Ingredients for Unity" 10am: Worship, "One Body: Many Parts Working Together" 6 pm: Worship: "Maintaining Healthy Relationships"

All with Mark Lowenstein, Deaf Minister

Potluck meal after AM workship.

southernhills@txwinet.com
http://www.southernhillscoc.org, http://blog.southernhillscoc.org (512) 410-7278 (VP), (512) 312-5900 (V)

---

The Little Anglers Tournament presented by Austin Bass Club of the Deaf Sat Oct 16 1pm – 7pm
Travis County East Metro Park – Bullfrog Pond. http://www.co.travis.tx.us/tnr/parks/east_metro.asp for directions

Tournament: 1:00 to 4:00
Dinner: 4:30 to 6:00
Door prizes: 6:00 to 7:00

Hot Dogs, Chili Dogs, Chips and Bottled Water will be provided free! Bring lawn chairs!

Tournament Results, Awards, and Door Prizes! Door Prize Tickets: 1 Ticket: $1; 6 Tickets: $5; 15 Tickets: $10; 35 Tickets: $20

PLEASE BRING YOUR OWN RODS!
We provide free hooks, bobbers, and bait!

Welcome to the Little Anglers tournament, where the focus is on the fun of fishing. Austin Bass Club of the Deaf believes that it's critical to teach kids and help instill in them a love for the sport that will last a lifetime!

Chairmen for the 2010 Little Anglers Tournament: Email: Matt Erickson and Ronny Taylor VP: 512-410-6682
http://austinbassclubdeaf.org/

---

SafePlace 2010 Celebration: New Beginnings (SI on request) Thu Nov 18 – Fri Nov 19 See below for dates, times and locations

2010 marks a new decade and a new beginning for the annual SafePlace Celebration. Thursday, November 18th & Friday, November 19th, SafePlace will present Academy Award-winning actress and social activist, Olympia Dukakis. With two special film screenings of Steel Magnolias on Thursday night at the Alamo Drafthouse, South Lamar and a luncheon with Olympia on Friday at the Hyatt Regency Town Lake, there will be a little something for everyone.

Thurs Nov 18, 2010: two film screenings of Steel Magnolias Alamo Drafthouse South Lamar, 1120 S Lamar Blvd, Austin TX + VIP "Blush" screening of Steel Magnolias, and special Q&A with Olympia Dukakis + Public "Bashful" screening of Steel Magnolias with an introduction by Olympia Dukakis

Fri, Nov 19, 2010: SafePlace Celebration Luncheon, Hyatt Regency Hyatt Regency Austin, 208 Barton Springs Rd, Austin TX + 10:30 am VIP Coffee with Olympia Dukakis + 11:00 am Registration Opens
+ 11:30 am – 1:00 pm Luncheon, Emcee Katherine Stolp, KEYE 46 TV

Celebration Luncheon -
TABLES for the Celebration Luncheon are now available. Top table levels include tickets to the Alamo Drafthouse film screenings. Please call 512.356.1573, email CHiett@SafePlace.org or visit SafePlace.org/Celebration.

TICKETS and show times to the film screenings will be available online through the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema’s website, http://originalalamo.com/show.aspx?id=7440

Info, and to request sign language interpreter: Christina Hiett, Special Events Coordinator email CHiett@SafePlace.org Direct - 512.356.1573
Cellular - 512.695.7832
Events Line - 512.481.9255

SafePlace exists to end sexual and domestic violence through safety, healing, prevention and social change.

24-hour Hotline - 512.267.SAFE (7233) and 927.9616 TTY for the Deaf community

---

Published 1st and 3rd Thursday of each month. Submissions, corrections, requests to info@austindeafevents.com.