Date: August 3rd 2011
AUSTIN DEAF EVENTS
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4 August 2011 Issue No. 148 Circulation 1021
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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 title and by date
2011 - 2012 Texas Performing Arts Season (SI performance info)
Title index:
Austin Deaf Club Charity Poker & Bank Nite 08/13
Deaf Unity Election Meeting 08/05
Footloose musical (SI) 08/05
LSGTO 6th Annual Chili Cook Off - Austin 11/05
MATA-Sign Language Media Expo 2011 at Austin, TX 10/29
Date index:
08/05 Footloose musical (SI)
08/05 Deaf Unity Election Meeting
08/13 Austin Deaf Club Charity Poker & Bank Nite
10/29 MATA-Sign Language Media Expo 2011 at Austin, TX
11/05 LSGTO 6th Annual Chili Cook Off - Austin
AAD - Austin Association of the Deaf (Austin Deaf Club) Calendar http://www.austindeafclub.org/events/
Fri Aug 5th 7pm Mexican Train games
Sat Aug 6th 8pm Tingo
$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)
ADCPL - Austin Deaf Club Poker League
http://adcpl.austindeafclub.org/Calendar.html
AA and NA MEETINGS (SI)
TCSDHH provides sign language interpreters for the following AA and NA meetings in Austin:
Mondays evenings 5:45-7pm AA Meeting
United Methodist Church, 205 E Monroe
Mondays evenings 7:00-8:30pm NA Meeting 212 E Monroe
Wednesday evenings 5:30-7:00pm NA Meeting First Baptist Church, 901 Trinity, 3rd floor, Adult room #4
Friday evenings 6:00-7:30pm ALANON Meeting St. Catherine Catholic Church, 4800 Convict Hill
Saturday afternoons 1:00-2:00pm AA Open Meeting 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 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 08/04 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 9/17 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 8/20 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: DeafBlind Apt Program staff (DeafblindApartmentProgram@dars.state.tx.us); Doug Rollins (sspdbterps gmail.com)
DEAFNESS RESOURCE SPECIALIST available by appointment. TCSDHH, 2201 Post Rd #100, Austin TX 78704. Contact: Brian Determan DeafnessRS7a@dars.state.tx.us or 512-410-1786.
MOVIES
Find captioned movies by zipcode or city at http://captionfish.com/
Captioned movie trailers and search for captioned web videos at http://ccmovies.org/
Miss Deaf Texas Pageant in Houston TX
July 23, 2011
Info: cindi@deaftexas.org
http://deaftexas.org/wp/?s=pageant
Footloose musical (SI)
Fri, August 5, 6pm – 9pm Zilker Park Hillside Theater
Deaf Unity Election Meeting
Fri, August 5, 4pm – 7:30pm Austin Community College conference room
Anyone who wants to be candidate for the Deaf Unity Movement and sign up to see who would want to be the best and would tell them about the "events" for everyone who is interested in saving the Deaf Unity Movement for the future.
Everyone is welcome to come and hear us about the events. Free admission for the first meeting. We will be able to discuss and vote about our events, how to set our goal to raise money by selling baked goodies, key chains, car wash, etc. for the trip to Washington D.C. for our Deaf Unity Movements booths, and who is willing to participate for the cost of rental and transportation for charter bus to Washington D.C.
Austin Deaf Club Charity Poker & Bank Nite Sat, August 13, 7:00pm – 9:30pm Austin Association of the Deaf, 8818 Cullen Ln, Austin TX
Help the club with renovation expenses!
REGISTRATION: 7-9:30PM GAME STARTS AT 8:30PM Bonus Chips: Show up before 8:15PM - 3,000 chips.
$21 buy in (10,000 chips), unlimited $5 add-on (6,000 chips) within one hour after game started. Unlimited re-buys allowed during the first hour - $10 per re-buy.
Each player will be given special chip. You knock out as many players you can and when we reach to 10 players left. Each special chip will count as 1,000 chips (if you had 7 special chips, you will get 7,000 chips).
Bonus 6,000 chips will be placed on the table at each first 5 blinds (100/200, 200/400, 300/600, 400/800 & 500/1000).
During break after 500/1000 blinds - you will have the chance to buy 3,000 extra chips for $5 (limit 2).
BANK NITE during this break – extra chance of winning $.
20 minute blinds. Final table 10 minute blinds. No ante!
Info: ATXbassmaster@yahoo.com
Vacation Bible School at JLCD
Mon Aug 15 8am – 12pm - 5:30pm Jesus Lutheran Church of The Deaf, 1307 Newton St, Austin TX (across from Texas School for the Deaf)
We will be having Vacation Bible School from August 15 to 19. Our VBS will be at Jesus Lutheran Church of the Deaf. There will be around 60 children ages 3 through those entering 6th grade. Most of them are deaf. There will be Bible lessons, Games, Crafts, Mission Projects, Activity Lessons, and Bible Storytelling/Drama. VBS will be from 8:00 to 12:00 every day and we will provide childcare from 12:30 to 5:30 pm every day.
Each year, our VBS is a madhouse, but a whole lot of fun! We need volunteers to help out. Come join us and be a part of our team!
If you have children, you are welcome to send them to VBS! We are sending out registration forms and information now and want to make sure everyone has the opportunity to join us.
Let Jennifer know if you can volunteer or if you want to send your children! Please email her at JesusDeafVBS@gmail.com.
2011-2012 University of Texas Performing Arts Season http://texasperformingarts.org/
SIGN INTERPRETED PERFORMANCES
Typically for Broadway Across America tours performing at Bass Concert Hall, the Saturday matinee performance is Sign Language Interpreted (ASL). Contact the box office at 512.475.7102 to purchase tickets in the reserved section for those in need of this service. For additional questions about this or other services for the deaf or hard of hearing, please contact Guest Services:
GUEST SERVICES INFORMATION
Monday – Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM
512.471.2787
frontofhouse@texasperformingarts.org
RAIN – A TRIBUTE TO THE BEATLES September 24, 2011
SOUTH PACIFIC
November 12, 2011
DISNEY’S BEAUTY & THE BEAST December 17, 2011
WICKED
January 28, 2012
MARY POPPINS
April 14, 2012
LES MISERABLES
June 2, 2012
MATA-Sign Language Media Expo 2011 at Austin, TX Sat, October 29, 2011, 9am – 5pm Austin Convention Center 500 E. Cesar Chavez St. Austin, TX 78701
mataexpo.com/tx/
FREE ADMISSION! BEFORE October 27, 2011 PLEASE REGISTER FREE PASS TICKET AT http://mataexpo.com/tx
- Activities
- Social Gatherings. Amazing booths. ASL comedy shows and games. Raffle prizes contest. Chance to win!
Any questions or need a booth information? Early Bird Rate ends on or before September 22, 2011. Please email us - info@mataexpo.com or fax 951 346 5678.
MATA EXPO is more than just a trade show. It is an opportunity for companies, organizations, and individuals with talents to show off their sign language arts / deaf-hard of hearing products to thousands of people at once and make announcements about new products and services.
A japanese word 'MATA' means 'See you later or again'. MATA is a symbolic word "visual concept + small world" in the Deaf-related community.
LSGTO 6th Annual Chili Cook Off - Austin Sat, November 5, 2011, all day
Austin Deaf Club, 8818 Cullen Ln, Austin TX
Lone Star Good Times Organization 6th Annual Chili Cook-off and Salsa Contest
Chili cook-off, salsa contest, children games, adult games, food/dessert sold. Bar open all day.
Info: Chairman Ricky at rickymtaylor@yahoo.com
Proceeds will go to SafePlace
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