May 6, 2009.  El Camino Community College - Community Education welcomes you to SILENT YOGA (CLASSICAL HATHA YOGA FOR THE DEAF COMMUNITY) from 6 pm to 7:30 pm at El Camino College, 16700 Crenshaw Blvd., Torrance, CA  90506.  For the first time ever, yoga is reaching out to the deaf community. Silent Yoga focuses on mind, body and spirit through movement, breathing and relaxation; therefore, creating tremendous physical fitness and energy to the fullest extent. Attendance to the first meeting is mandatory for beginning students. Please bring a mat. Hearing students welcome, however, the class will be taught using ASL. Beginning to advanced level classical Hatha Yoga. Instructor Nikki Benjamin has been practicing classical Hatha Yoga for 25 years and has been teaching for four years. She received her training certification from the Sivananda Yoga Ranch Center. Nikki also has an A.S. degree in ASL/IT from El Camino College.  For more information contact http://eccommunityed.com or email beachnik7@hotmail.com.

May 6, 2009.  Dynamingle, Inc. welcomes you to DINING OUT NITE vrom 5 pm to 8 pm at Souplantation, 19081 Rinaldi Street, Porter Ranch, CA  910326.  Tell them you're supporting Dynamingle.  If you have any questions or more information regarding these monthly events in Los Angeles County, visit www.dynamingle.blogspot.com and www.dynamingle.net or E-mail Lynne Butler, VP of Marketing at LBirdieB@aol.com or dynamingleinfo@yahoo.com

May 7, 2009.  CSUN welcomes you to NCOD AWARDS PRESENTATION.  For all the details, visit www.csun.edu/ncod.

May 7, 2009.  Dynamingle, Inc. welcomes you to PIZZA NITE from 6 pm to 9 pm at Round Table Pizza - Torrance, 4330 Redondo Beach Blvd., Torrance, CA  90504.  If you have any questions or more information regarding these monthly events in Los Angeles County, visit www.dynamingle.blogspot.com and www.dynamingle.net or E-mail Lynne Butler, VP of Marketing at LBirdieB@aol.com or dynamingleinfo@yahoo.com.

May 8, 2009.  You are invited to COFFEE NIGHT at Starbucks, 3957 State St., Santa Barbara, CA 93105 (5 point shopping center) from 6pm to close.  For more information, contact mas.to@hotmail.com. 

May 8, 2009.  Calvary Murrieta High School welcomes you to OLIVER TWIST! from 7 pm to 9 pm at 24225 Monroe Ave., Murrieta, CA  92563.  Charles Dicken's Oliver Twist! is a heart-warming story of a young orphan boy who is caught in the middle between a family who wants to take him in as their own and a band of theives who wants him for their own profit. Come join Oliver as he tries to find his way to what is right even when everything around him seems to be going wrong. This play will be performed in American Sign Language while voicing actors will speak the English translation for the hearing audiences. Tickets are $3 for students and $5 for the general public.  For more information, contact sstarr@ccmurrieta.com or visit http://www.cccsmurrieta.com/secondary/finearts/aslperformance.asp

May 8, 2009.  DYNAMINGLE, INC. welcomes you to COFFEE NITE from 7 pm to closing at Starbucks, 1711 N. Victory Place, (in Empire Shopping Center), Burbank, CA  91502.  For more information, contact LBirdieB@aol.com or visit www.dynamingle.blogspot.com & www.dynamingle.net 

May 8-10, 2009.  Sign Language Factory welcomes you to EXPRESSIONS IN SILENCE WEEKEND, BEGINNER-INTERMEDIATE.  Here's an opportunity to be submerged into ASL for an entire weeknd! Now is your chance to practice and advance your sign language skills and build your self confidence. Beginner-Intermediate levels are welcome to join in this unique experience and enjoy a weekend away in the beautiful mountains of Forest Falls, CAlifornia, surrounded by silence and sign language! In addition, you'll have the opportunity to attend a variety of ASL workshops throughout the weekend! Earlybird rate if postmarked by March 31st, 2009 is $195. After March 31 the fee is $225. Fee covers a $20 non-refundable registration fee, lodging, 4 meals and all workshops and materials for the weekend! For more info, visit our website at www.signlanguagefactory.net or call Bonnie at 714-776-2551 to register over the phone with a credit card. slfwow@sbcglobal.net

May 9, 2009.  Los Angeles Lakers Youth Foundation, Los Angeles County Education Foundation, and LA 84 Foundation welcomes you to 29th Annual DHH High School Basketball Tournament from 8 am to 8 pm at Downey High School, 11040 Brookshire Ave., Downey, CA  90241.  Come cheer on six various DHH high school basketball teams at this annual tournament to be held at the SELACO/Downey High School campus. There will also be a noontime cheerleader competition! This event is open to everyone. Admission is five dollars or fourteen dollars for a family of four. Children five or under will be admitted free. There will be tacos for sale and a variety of snacks, too. Parking is free. Please enter From Firestone, turn North onto Brookshire and pass the first parking lot (this is the one with the swap meet- don't drive up that driveway) Park in the next lot pass the first light signal. It is about 1/2 block down. This is the lot next to the football field. Look for signs and balloons!  For more information, contact flores_celeste@lacoe.edu

May 9, 2009.  SCRID presents I’m Not a Doctor: but I Play One on TV!: Medical Terminology for Interpreters Workshop from 8:45 am to 4 pm at Riverside Community College, 4800 Magnolia, Quad 128, Riverside, CA  92506.  Presented by Lori Whynot, M.A., CI & CT.  Interpreters working in medical settings are required to understand a wide-range of complex terminology in order to create effective interpretations. While we are not doctors or nurses, the knowledge demands are high in inpatient and outpatient settings. This workshop will be geared towards working interpreters, student interpreters, and Deaf interpreters. It will review the major human body systems and functions, medical testing, common illnesses, treatment, and related terminology. English will be utilized with some ASL practice for the purpose of more accurately conveying such concepts in interpreting practice. Through lecture and hands-on activities, participants will navigate the linguistic minefield of medical situations in case scenarios. Professional Studies: (CEU's) = .608 CEU's. SCRID Members to Pay $32.00 in advanced before 04/09/09; $52.00 after 04/09/09; $79 after 4/25/2009 and at the door if space is available. Non-SCRID Members to Pay $47.00 in advanced before 04/09/09; $52.00 after 04/09/09; $79 after 4/25/2009 and at the door if space is available. For more information, contact gracioushands@yahoo.com

May 9, 2009. WRAD, Inc. welcomes you to Leisure Hiking Day at Devil's Punchbowl from 10 am to 3 pm at Devil's Punchbowl, 28000 Devil's Punchbowl Rd., Pearblossom, CA.  WRAD presents a popular hiking place at Devil's Punchbowl in Pearblossom near Palmdale, California on Saturday May 9th, 2009 (new date) as we meet at 10am then go hiking on Loop's Trail around the Punchbowl. About 2-3 hours total. A one mile "Loop Trail" is long and quite strenuous with a 300 foot elevation drop into the canyon and back to the top above the picnic area and parking lot. It is a very beautiful place to hike with breathtaking view of the canyons and the desert. Go to www.devils-punchbowl.com to see the pictures of the area. Bring hiking shoes and something to eat for lunch at the picnic area or near the creek along the trail. It is a Natural Area and is well preserved. Stay on trails and bring alot of water! FREE ADMISSION and FREE PARKING. The park closes at 4pm. Everyone is welcome including friends and families of the deaf and hard of hearing. Go to the website to get directions to Devil's Punchbowl from your home. BRING YOUR CAMERA!!!!!!! More about Devil's Punchbowl--- The most conspicuous features of the park are geological. The Punchbowl is a deep canyon cut by the runoff of large quantities of water from the higher San Gabriel Mountains occurring over a long period of time. These mountain peaks above the park are 8,000 feet in elevation while the Nature Center is located at 4,740 feet above sea level. The Punchbowl Canyon is 300 feet deep at the vista point. The peculiar uptilted rock formations to be seen in the entire area are layers of sedimentary rocks that were formed long ago by the depositing of loose material in horizontal layers by water. Later they were squeezed into their present steeply-tilted form by the continuing action of uplift along the Punchbowl and Pinyon Faults and pressures along the San Andreas Fault. The Punchbowl Fault is to the south of the rock formation while the Pinyon and San Andreas Faults are to the north.  Bruce Gross, Tour Guide.  For more information, contact wradceo@aol.com.

May 9, 2009.  California Association for the Deaf San Jacinto Valley welcomes you to DEAF/HH AWARENESS PICNIC from 10 am to 5 pm at Valley Wide Park, 901 W. Esplanade Ave., San Jacinto, CA  92582.  Free event but we are asking for give-aways or donations. Appropriate for all ages. Vendors must complete application and return by March 31, 2009. The application can be obtained via e-mail RobertaESmith@msn.com or at our web site http://cad1906.org/sanjacintovalley/ All are welcomed.

May 9, 2009. California Association of the Deaf Greater Palm Springs Chapter welcomes you to DEAF DAY IN THE PARK from 10:30 am to 4 pm at Palm Desert Civic Center Park, 73-510 Fred Waring Drive, Palm Desert, CA.  The Greater Palm Springs chapter of CAD (PSCAD)and the Desert Senior Foundation (DSF) are hosting a fund-raising Deaf Day in the Park. BBQ, food, and drinks will be offered at $10 per person, all ages. This fun event will be held in the main Pavillion area of the beautiful Civic Center park in Palm Desert. All D/deaf/hard of hearing, ASL students, and friends of the D/deaf/hoh community will be welcome. The park is situated south of the Monterey Avenue exit from I-10 between Magnesia Falls, San Pablo, and Fred Waring.  For more information, contact kvz@msn.com.

May 9, 2009.  South Coast Repertory invites you to ASL INTERPRETED PEFRMANCE OF "EMILIE: THE MARQUISE DU CHATELET DEFENDS HER LIFE AT THE PETIT THEATRE AT CIREY TONIGHT" at 2 pm at South Coast Plaza, Julianne Argyros Stage, 655 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa, CA  92628.  Passionate. Independent. A great beauty. A prodigious scientific intellect. These are the qualities that inspired this story of 18th century Parisian noblewoman Emilie du Châtelet and her lifelong affair with the Enlightenment superstar Voltaire. In this highly theatrical rediscovery of one of history's most intriguing women, Emilie must defend her life by tallying her achievements in Love and Philosophy—and searching for a formula that will convince the world of her worth.  Tickets: $31 (please use code 2816).  This fascinating conflict between friends has a serious theme but is filled with humor. Junior High and up will be captivated by the intelligence and wit of the characters as the playwright presents ethical and moral choices and that will be long discussed. For more detailed information, please call ticket services at (714) 708-5555.  For more information, contact amelia@scr.org or visit http://www.scr.org/season/08-09season/emilie.asp

May 9, 2009.  University High School welcomes you to University High School - CSDR Deaf Basketball Game from 5 pm to 7:30 pm at University High School, 4771 Campus Drive, Irvine, CA  92612.  "University High School- CSDR Friendship Day" will have food, fun, friends and a deaf basketball game between the deaf students at these two schools. Cost is $5.00 to get into the activity. Snack bar will be available for dinner. Come enjoy this friendly basketball competition between the two biggest deaf programs in the area!Great for the Deaf Community or ASL students who need to attend a deaf event!  For more information, contact jlevy@iusd.org or visit www.uhstrojans.net.

May 9, 2009.  Calvary Murrieta High School welcomes you to OLIVER TWIST! from 7 pm to 9 pm at 24225 Monroe Ave., Murrieta, CA  92563.  Charles Dicken's Oliver Twist! is a heart-warming story of a young orphan boy who is caught in the middle between a family who wants to take him in as their own and a band of theives who wants him for their own profit. Come join Oliver as he tries to find his way to what is right even when everything around him seems to be going wrong. This play will be performed in American Sign Language while voicing actors will speak the English translation for the hearing audiences. Tickets are $3 for students and $5 for the general public.  For more information, contact sstarr@ccmurrieta.com or visit http://www.cccsmurrieta.com/secondary/finearts/aslperformance.asp

May 10, 2009.  Santa Barbara City College's American Sign Language Club welcomes you to BOWLING NIGHT from 6 pm to 8:30 pm at Zodo's Bowling & Beyond, 5925 Calle Real, Goleta, CA  93117.  Join us even if you want to just chat or practice your signing with us. Bowling will be fun with Sunday special pricing of $5.50/game excluding shoes.  An additional $1.00 would be asked of the players to be applied to the Club's funds for future events and activities.  For more information, contact sbccaslclub@gmail.com

May 11, 2009.  Trevi Entertainment Center welcomes you to Deaf Bowling Night from 6 pm to 9 pm at 32250 Mission Trail, Lake Elsinore, CA  92530.  Deaf Bowling Night, cost is $2.00 per person/per game + $2.00 for shoes. People of all ASL ability welcomed. LEAGUES FORMING. Contact April with questions or if interested in more information about joining a Deaf Bowling League at want2beprov31@tmail.com. 

May 12, 2009.  Dynamingle, Inc. welcomes you to ICE CREAM NITE  from 7 pm to 9 pm at Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream, 9301 Tampa Ave. Northridge, CA  91324 (in Northridge Fashion Center).  If you have any questions or more information regarding these monthly events in Los Angeles County, visit www.dynamingle.blogspot.com and www.dynamingle.net or E-mail Lynne Butler, VP of Marketing at LBirdieB@aol.com or dynamingleinfo@yahoo.com

May 13, 2009.  OC DEAF welcomes you to COFFEE CLUB from 8:30 am to 12 noon at OC DEAF, 6022 Cerritos Ave., Cypress, CA  90630.  Deaf and Hard of Hearing gathering.  Coffee & Donuts served.  For more information, email info@ocdeaf.org, call 714-826-9793 tty/v or visit www.ocdeaf.org.