Deaf Events 2012 Southern California

March 2, 2012. Santa Monica College welcomes you to Visualize This: Drawing in Space with ASL Classifiers from 9 am to 4 pm at Santa Monica College, 1900 Pico Blvd, Santa Monica, CA 90405, Theater Arts Bldg., Room 102. Join us for an amazing workshop presented by Trix Bruce (www.TrixBruce.com). Focus will be on breaking the habit of signing in English linear structure and instead quickly and artistically conveying concepts in ASL. Lots of hands-in practice. 0.6 CEUs offered. Cost for interpreters $65 (at the door cost $75), student cost $35 (at the door cost $45). Workshop presented in ASL. Please contact Kathy Toomey at toomey_kathleen@smc.edu or call 310-849-6877.

March 2, 2012. Temple Beth Solomon of the Deaf welcomes you to Purim Hamentachen Bake from 5:30 - 8:00 p.m. at Temple Adat Shalom, Activities Center, 18200 Rinaldi Place, Granada Hills, CA 91326. Come celebrate Purim with Temple Beth Solomon in a different way. We will be making Purim baskets filled with Hamentachen, that we bake ourselves, and other goodies to deliver to our friends and members who aren't able to spend much time with TBS anymore. So be sure to join us for this fun event. This is a Free event for both Deaf and hearing. ASL is interpreted into English. No age limit, families welcomed. For more information, contact Jan Seeley tbsdeaf@verison.net or visit www.tbsdeafjewish.org.

March 2,2012. Los Angeles Deaf Christians welcomes you to Los Angeles Starbucks Social Night, Starts at 7 pm and ends at 10 pm at 3680 Wilshire Blvd. #102, Los Angeles, CA 90010. It is the corner of Wilshire & Serrano. It is a deaf social night! Under 16 years old must be with parent's supervision. For more information, visit www.losangelesdeafchurch.com or email Jeff Perri at ladeafchurch@gmail.com.

March 3, 2012. ASL Club welcomes you to COFFEE NITE from 7:30 pm to closing at Starbucks Coffee, 3429 Foothill Blvd., Pasadena, CA 91105. For more information, contact Darryl, Hangloose4656@hotmail.com.

March 8, 2012. ASL Club welcomes you to PIZZA NITE from 6 pm to closing at Shakey’s Pizza, 10340 Reseda Blvd., Northridge, CA 91325. If you have any questions or more information regarding these monthly events in Los Angeles County. Contact Newton, NewtonGray@earthlink.net.

March 10,2012. Shut Up and Sign welcomes you to Coffee Night from 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm at 665 East Foothill Blvd., Claremont, CA. Shut-Up and Sign ASL group would like to invite everyone out to Coffee Night at the Claremont Starbucks. If you have questions please email Charmaine at aslfan@hotmail.com.

March 9, 2012. ASL Club welcomes you to COFFEE NITE from 7:30 pm to closing at Starbucks Coffee, 1711 N. Victory Pl., Burbank, CA 90502 (in Empire Shopping Center). For more information, contact Darryl, Hangloose4656@hotmail.com.

March 12, 2012. ASL Club welcomes you to DINING OUT NITE from 5 pm to closing at Subway, 19753 Rinaldi St., Porter Ranch, CA 91326. For more information, contact Newton, NewtonGray@earthlink.net.

March 11, 2012. You are invited to Palm Springs Lanes Bowling Alley from 2 pm to 4 pm at 68051 Ramon Rd, Cathedral City, CA 92234, corner of Landau Blvd & Ramon Road. If you want to play it will be better for you to arrive a little early to sign your name on the list to give yourself time to find a ball that you feel comfortable with, and pay $3.50 for ONE game & rental shoes, both are included. If you want TWO games it will be $6.50 then give to the man at the front desk, or give them to me (if I'm there). For more information, contact deafculture760@yahoo.com.

March 12, 2012. ASL Club welcomes you to COFFEE NITE from 7:30 pm to closing at Starbucks Coffee, 19759 Rinaldi St., Porter Ranch, CA 91326. For more information, contact Newton, NewtonGray@earthlink.net.

March 17, 2012. Southern California Asian Deaf Association (SCADA) welcomes you to Annual Lunar New Year Banquet from 5:30 to 10pm at Tanzore Restaurant, 50 North La Cienega Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90211. www.tanzore.com. The Southern California Asian Deaf Association proudly hosts its Lunar New Year Banquet at Tanzore Indian Restaurant on Saturday, March 17, 2012. We will start at 5:30 pm with a cash bar in the lounge and the banquet room opens at 6pm. The evening will start with a guest speaker, and includes entertainment, and a raffle. Tanzore Restaurant, 50 North La Cienega Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90211. www.tanzore.com. Tickets are $35 each. Please print the flyer from our SCADA website (http://www.scadausa.org/index.html) and mail check to make your reservation! Send your completed registration form and check to SCADA, P.O. Box 5336, Torrance, CA 90510. See you there! For more information, please contact SCADA at twpucca@gmail.com.

March 21, 2012. ASL Club welcomes you to ICE CREAM NITE from 7 pm to 10 pm at Ben and Jerry’s Ice Cream, 23630-C Valencia Blvd, Santa Clarita, CA 91355. If you have any questions or more information regarding these monthly events in Los Angeles County. Contact NewtonGray@earthlink.net.

March 22, 2012. Five Acres & GLAD welcomes you to Foster Care for Deaf Children from 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm at GLAD, 2222 Laverna Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90041. Five Acres will provide an informational session about our Foster Care program for Deaf children. Individuals interested in becoming a foster parent for a Deaf child must live in Los Angeles County. This event is free. For more information, contact jmoseby@5acres.org or visit www.5acres.org.

March 23, 2012. Shut Up and Sign welcomes you to Coffee Night from 6:30 pm to 9:30 pm at 665 East Foothill Blvd., Claremont, CA. Shut-Up and Sign ASL group would like to invite everyone out to Coffee Night at the Claremont Starbucks. If you have questions please email Charmaine at aslfan@hotmail.com.

March 23, 2012. ASL Club welcomes you to COFFEE NITE from 7:30 pm to closing at Starbucks Coffee, 1356 Third St. (in Promenade), Santa Monica, CA 90401. For more information, contact Newton, NewtonGray@earthlink.net.

March 23, 2012. You are invited to SANTA MONICA ASL from 8 pm until close at Starbucks, 1356 3rd Street Promenade, Santa Monica, CA 90401. This event welcomes anyone interested in ASL...Deaf, Hard of Hearing and Hearing. Especially open to beginners. A safe place to practice Sign! A great place to network for other Deaf events. Contact Jessmyne at santamonicaasl@yahoo.com if you have questions. SantaMonica ASL on fb. DON'T WAIT UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE TO DO YOUR OBSERVATION ASSIGNMENTS!!!

March 23-25, 2012. PYRAM.com presents CERTIFIED DEAF INTERPRETER WORKSHOP. March 23, Friday, 6 p.m.-9 p.m. (3 hours) March 24, Saturday, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. (9 hours) March 25, Sunday, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. (8 hours). CSDR Conference Room 1, 3044 Horace Street, Riverside, CA 92506. Are you Deaf? Are you interested in becoming a Certified Deaf Interpreter (CDI)? To obtain RID certification as a CDI, you must pass a written test and a performance test. To qualify to take the written test, you must have 8 hours of Ethics training on the RID Code of Professional Conduct and 8 hours of training on the Role & Function of a Deaf interpreter. Jimmy Beldon, CDI, a nationally renowned CDI trainer and interpreter educator will present the RID required training and end the workshop with practicing for the written test. Workshop Requirements: You must purchase So You Want to Be an Interpreter: An Introduction to Sign Language Interpreting by Janice Humphrey and Bob Alcorn. Please read this book prior to the workshop. For more information, contact aslfirstbeldon@gmail.com.

March 31, 2012. South Coast Repertory welcomes you to ASL-interpreted performance of Sight Unseen at 2 pm at 655 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa, CA 92626. In this OBIE award-winning play, Jonathan Waxman is the art scene's new visionary, with a waiting list to buy paintings he has yet to paint. In London for his first European show, Waxman is under the gun. He could be spurned, causing the American art world to re-evaluate his work. Or he could be further lionized, causing more demand and greater expectations. Either way, something is missing. On impulse, he escapes to the country to search for the woman who was his first love and early inspiration and maybe to get back in touch with the past—and those feelings that made him an artist in the first place. For more information, visit www.scr.org/tickets or contact peter@scr.org.