Date: November 2nd 2011
AUSTIN DEAF EVENTS
http://austindeafevents.com/
3 November 2011 Issue No. 153 Circulation 1045
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Announcements
USFFD volunteers for this weekend requested! November 4th and 5th (see below by date) Email Commissioner@usffd.org
REI is happy to continue providing ASL interpreters for the free classes and clinics at the Downtown location (6th and Lamar Blvd.) for November and December. Class descriptions and register at http://www.rei.com/stores/103.
Thursday, Nov. 3 - Backpacking Basics, 7-8:30p
Monday, Nov. 7 - Central Texas Rock Climbing Basics, 7-8:30p
Wednesday, Nov. 16 - Hell on Wheels: Presentation and Book Signing, 7-8:30p
Friday, Nov. 18 - Road Cycling Basics, 7-8:30p
Monday, Nov. 21 - GPS Basics, 7-8:30p
Monday, Dec. 5 - You Can Climb the 7 Summits: Kilimanjaro, 7-8:30p
Tuesday, Dec. 6 - Vegetarian Travel, 7-8:30p
The Silent Network - http://thesilentnetwork.tv/ - restarts as "The world's only entertainment network exclusively for deaf, hard of hearing, and hearing audiences."
Fitness Boot Camp with two Deaf fitness trainers at http://fitnesszeal.com
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:
ASL Fusion III - a Sign Language Musical 11/17
CANCELED -- LSGTO 6th Annual Chili Cook Off - Austin 11/05
DEAFensive Driving 01/21/12
Mass in ASL by Fr. Tom Coughlin 11/20, 12/18
Ranger Stampede 5K and 1 mail walk/run series 2011-2012 11/16
Socialize in Sign - North Austin/Round Rock 11/04
StorySign at Austin Public Library, Twin Oaks 11/07, 12/05 09/23
TERPexpo 2011 11/10-13
USFFD 26th Tournament 11/03-05
Date index:
11/03-05 USFFD 26th Tournament
11/04 Socialize in Sign - North Austin/Round Rock
11/05 CANCELED -- LSGTO 6th Annual Chili Cook Off - Austin
11/07, 12/05 09/23 StorySign at Austin Public Library, Twin Oaks
11/10-13 TERPexpo 2011
11/16 Ranger Stampede 5K and 1 mail walk/run series 2011-2012
11/17 ASL Fusion III - a Sign Language Musical
11/20, 12/18 Mass in ASL by Fr. Tom Coughlin
01/21/12 DEAFensive Driving
AAD - Austin Association of the Deaf (Austin Deaf Club) Calendar http://www.austindeafclub.org/events/
$1 for social games.
Fridays 7pm - 1am, Saturdays 7pm - 2am.
Happy Hour 7 - 10pm Fridays and Saturdays.
Admission: Friday $5, Saturday $7
Where: Austin Deaf Club, 8818 Cullen Ln, Austin TX 78748
1st Saturday, 8pm TINGO
3rd Friday, 8pm HORNS
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 11/03 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 11/19 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 11/19 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/
USFFD 26th Tournament
Thu, November 3 – Sat, November 5 Austin Deaf Club House and Akins High School
Volunteers requested! Email Commissioner@usffd.org
http://usffd.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=137&Itemid=181
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
CANCELED - LSGTO 6th Annual Chili Cook Off - CANCELED
TERPexpo 2011
Thu, November 10, – Mon, November 13 Omni Austin Hotel at Southpark 4140 Governor's Row Austin, Texas 78744
Come and view 20+ different workshops offered by 7 different presenters! Out of those 20+ sessions, over 12 are NEW workshops offered at TERPexpo! 99% of CEUs offered is Professional Studies (PS), (only one is GS). (Schedule subject to change.)
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:
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
ASL Fusion III - a Sign Language Musical Thu, November 17, 7pm – 9pm Austin Community College Eastview Campus (Building 8000, Room 8500) 3401 Webberville Rd, Austin TX
ACC & ASL Friends United present the 3rd annual ASL Fusion!
Map: http://www.austincc.edu/locations/evc.php
Admission: $10.00
Tickets can be purchased at the door OR in advance at ACC's Rio Grande Campus, Bldg 3000, Room 3164 between the hours of 10am-4pm, Mon-Thurs.
A portion of the proceeds will go to benefit the American Sign Language and Interpreter Training Scholarship at ACC.
Questions? aslterp@austincc.edu
Mass in ASL by Fr. Tom Coughlin
Sun, November 20, 2011. 3pm – 4pm St. Ignatius Martyr Catholic Church in the Mother Chapel, 120 W. Oltorf Ave, Austin TX 78704
Future date:
Sunday, December 18th
Info: Sarah Bannon deafministry@st-ignatius.org
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
DEAFensive Driving
Sat, January 21, 2012, 9:00am – 3:30pm TCSDHH Conference Room, 100 Post Rd, Austin TX 78704
Cost: $40 with lunch included
Registration Deadline: Jan. 13th, 2012
Are you interested in taking a defensive driving course to reduce the cost of your insurance or to dismiss a speeding ticket? Here’s the place. TCSDHH will be sponsoring "Texas Friendly Defensive Driving Schools" to teach a class for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Participants. Interpreters will be provided. Please request additional accommodations and complete pre-registration and payment by 1/13/12. Note: Registration will not be refunded for no shows. Contact us: (512) 410-1598 (vp). **Please bring your ticket to the class for paperwork.
DEAFensive Driving Registration
Full Name:
Address:
City, State, Zip Code:
Phone:
Email:
Requested Accommodations:
Reason for taking the class: Ticket Dismissal / Reduce Insurance
Pre-payment Option: Cash / Money Order
Lunch Options: Turkey / Roast Beef / Veggie
Please mail or bring registration to TCSDHH 2201 Post Rd #100 Austin, TX 78704 Or contact us at: 512-854-9205 (v) or 512-410-1598 (vp)
Published 1st and 3rd Thursday of each month. (Deadline noon on the day before.) Submissions, corrections, requests to info@austindeafevents.com.
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