Date: October 5th 2011 

                       AUSTIN DEAF EVENTS
                   http://austindeafevents.com/
 6 October 2011          Issue No. 151         Circulation 1045
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REI Downtown Austin store offering six classes ASL interpretation during October 2011. See details here:
http://austindeafevents.com/ReiClassesInAslDowntownAustinOctober2011.html

:) October 7th - World Smile Day :)

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:
Deaf Blind Service Center of Austin 1st Annual Walk-a-thon 10/22 LSGTO 6th Annual Chili Cook Off - Austin 11/05 Magic Morgan's World Deaf Magicians Tour - Austin 10/07, 08 Mass in ASL by Fr. Tom Coughlin 10/16, 11/20, 12/18 MATA-Sign Language Media Expo 2011 at Austin, TX 10/29 Ranger Stampede 5K and 1 mail walk/run series 2011-2012 10/26 Socialize in Sign - North Austin/Round Rock 11/04 StorySign at Austin Public Library, Twin Oaks 11/07, 12/05 09/23 Texas Book Festival 2011 10/22, 23

Date index:
10/07, 08 Magic Morgan's World Deaf Magicians Tour - Austin 11/07, 12/05 09/23 StorySign at Austin Public Library, Twin Oaks 10/16, 11/20, 12/18 Mass in ASL by Fr. Tom Coughlin 10/22 Deaf Blind Service Center of Austin 1st Annual Walk-a-thon 10/22, 23 Texas Book Festival 2011
10/26 Ranger Stampede 5K and 1 mail walk/run series 2011-2012 10/29 MATA-Sign Language Media Expo 2011 at Austin, TX 11/04 Socialize in Sign - North Austin/Round Rock 11/05 LSGTO 6th Annual Chili Cook Off - Austin

AAD - Austin Association of the Deaf (Austin Deaf Club) Calendar http://www.austindeafclub.org/events/

$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

Austin Deaf Club Poker League: austindeafclub.org/adcpl/ADCPL%202010-2011%20Statistics%20-%20Web/ADCPL%20Schedule.pdf

DEAF SENIORS OF AUSTIN (South Central)--Every 1st Thursday, 1-4pm 10/06 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 10/15 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 10/15 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/

StorySign - Story Time at Austin Public Library Mon, October 3, 2011, 10:15am – 11:15am Twin Oaks Branch, Austin Public Library, 1800 S. Fifth St., Austin TX 512-974-9980

Sign Language storytime for deaf and hearing families of all ages. Join us for stories, songs, plus a craft activity!

First Monday of the month at 10:15 AM:
November 7, 2011
December 5, 2011

Presented in part by the Texas School for the Deaf http://austintexas.gov/library

The City of Austin is committed to compliance with the American with Disabilities Act. Reasonable modifications will be provided upon request. For assistance please call 512-974-7100 or contact the branch manager.

Magic Morgan's World Deaf Magicians Tour - Austin Friday, October 7 at 7pm. Saturday October 8, 10am & 7pm Texas School for the Deaf Auditorium, 2201 S Congress Ave, Austin TX 78704

Doors open one hour before show time.

$10 in advance from website: http://magicmorgan.com/tour/ $15 at the door.

Magic Morgan & Liliana's Tour 2011
Starring Matthew Morgan, Liliana Morgan, Nobuo Kamizuru (Deaf Japanese Magician) Paul Dymoke, Franz & Lisa Paulus (Deaf German Magicians).

http://youtube.com/watch?v=OwCtW0tn5ak
http://facebook.com/pages/Magic-Morgan/71762740403

Info: Robert Guintoli <rguintoli@sorenson.com>

Mass in ASL by Fr. Tom Coughlin
Sun, October 16, 2011. 3pm – 4pm St. Ignatius Martyr Catholic Church in the Mother Chapel, 120 W. Oltorf Ave, Austin TX 78704

Future dates:
Sunday, November 20th
Sunday, December 18th

Info: Sarah Bannon deafministry@st-ignatius.org

Deaf Blind Service Center of Austin 1st Annual Walk-a-thon Sat, October 22, 9am – 12pm Texas School for the Deaf Track, 1102 S. Congress Ave, Austin TX

Deaf Blind Service Center of Austin says join us for our First Annual Walk-a-thon to raise money to train SSPs! Support Service Providers are volunteers who help DeafBlind individuals remains independent in their daily living. They are vital to us and we need more! So join us to help raise money to train them or volunteer to become an SSP yourself!

Come walk or sponsor Deafblind person to walk! All donations are welcome!

Info: Amber Farrelly adfarrelly@yahoo.com or Kris Cue at kcue@sbcglobal.net

Ranger Stampede 5K and 1 mail walk/run series 2011-2012 Texas School for the Deaf, 1102 S Congress Ave, Austin TX (enter at Elizabeth Street gate)

Wednesdays at 5pm on these dates:
Oct 26
Nov 16
Dec 14
Jan 25
Feb 22
Mar 21
Apr 25
May 22

$2 per race. Free for under 21.
Run/walk is stopwatch timed with results posted on TSD website (wellness). Info: nick.bannon@tsd.state.tx.us
http://AustinDeafEvents.com/docs/RangerStampede5Kschedule2011-12.pdf

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

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

Texas Book Festival 2011
Sat, October 22 – Sun, October 23 State Capitol Building, Austin TX

texasbookfestival.org

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.

Socialize in Sign - North Austin/Round Rock Fri, November 4, 8pm – Sat, November 5, 2am Third Base, 3201 S IH 35, Ste 300, Round Rock TX

You've been invited to the very first Socialize in Sign event! Please invite anyone and everyone you think would like to come so that we can start off big and have a successful first event. See you at Third Base!

Checkout the link to the bar so you can see their menu and drinks! If you enter your email on their site you get a $5.00 coupon emailed to you and then you can use it at the event!

Here is a link to our facebook group:
http://www.facebook.com/groups/257919270920157/

Here is a link to this specific event:
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=184133141661047

Third Base:
http://www.thirdbaseaustin.com/

Organizers: Cassie Baker and Mitchell Nichols at socializeinsign@gmail.com

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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