Archive for the Entertainment Category
2010 Deafnation World EXPO at Las Vegas This Week!
Click the website for the Miss Deaf International Contest held this Friday, July 23, 2010 at the Deaf International Expo for more information. www.missdeafinternational.com
The ADA at 20: Dreams Delivered, Dreams Deferred
The ADA Coalition of Connecticut, Inc. (ADACC)
cordially invites you to a reception to recognize the Twentieth Anniversary of the signing of the Americans with Disabilities Act and those who have been key in making the ADA work in Connecticut and the premier showing of ADACC’s informative and exciting video:
“The 20th Anniversary of the Americans with [...]
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Deaf World Expo at Las Vegas from July 18 to 23, 2010
For more information, click http//:www.deafnation.com/deafnationworldexpo
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Lake Compounce on July 24, not July 3!
Connecticut Association of the Deaf (CAD) hosts and celebrates the Annual Deaf Awareness Day at Lake Compounce, 822 Lake Avenue, Bristol, CT (exit 31 from I-84) on July 24, 2010 (rain or shine) from 11 am to 10 pm. The gate opens at 10 am, and you have to pay $7.00 for parking.
The 2010 [...]
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IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN ATTENDING, MAKE SURE THAT YOU RSVP AND REQUEST AN INTERPRETER !
Stacie Mawson, Executive Director of Commission on Deaf & Hearing Impaired advises to request an interpreter if you are interested in this forum. Congressman Blumenauer, the strong supporter of bicycle and pedestrian programs in the US Congress, and the congressman who introduced the Active Community Transportation Act (see http://support.railstotrails.org/ACT for more information) , [...]
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Jenilee, First Deaf Actress Winning the Award
June 14, 2010….Jenilee Simons Marques received the DEBUT Award for her outstanding acting as Helen Keller in the performance of the “Miracle Worker” from Connecticut Critics Circle at its 20th Annual Awards ceremony tonight. When receiving the awards, she spoke of her gratitude to Doreen Simons, her mother and family members for their heartfelt [...]
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Blue Man Group Performance at the Bushnell
The Bushnell Memorial in Hartford Connecticut is offering a special group performance for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing of the Blue Man Group. This is an excellent show and is very visual, and does not require the services of sign language interpreters.
The show is on Sunday, Oct. 31, 2010 at 6:30, (yes, on Halloween [...]
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Deaf Heritage at American School for the Deaf
Please feel free to observe the “Deaf Heritage” at American School for the Deaf (ASD), 139 North Main Street, West Hartford, CT. Click ASD’s website for the schedule of the festival occurring during the week of April 12-16, 2010 http://www.asd-1817.org/page.cfm?p=392&newsid=11
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Request for Captioned Entertainment Films During the Flights
WASHINGTON, D.C. (February 18, 2010) – The Association for Airline Passenger Rights (AAPR) today called on the U.S. Department of Transportation to require commercial air carriers to provide closed-caption or subtitles on all in-flight entertainment for the deaf and hard-of-hearing passengers. While DOT requires that captioning be available on all safety and information related videos, [...]
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Film “Universal Signs” Shown at Wesleyan University
Wesleyan University at Middletown presents a screening of “Universal Signs” followed by question and answer with Filmmakers Ann Calamia and Catherine Miller Saturday, February 6, 2010 at 2:00 p.m. at Goldsmith Family Cinema at the Welysan University.
Ticket information: $5.00 for the general public. Available online at http//:www.wesleyan.edu/cfa/boxoffice.html or by calling (860) 685-3355 [...]
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