Upcoming/Ongoing Deaf Events - Western MA and CT

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All events are open to all deaf, hard of hearing, hearing and ASL students
All levels welcome at all events; however, intermediate or above signing skills recommended where noted.

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Oct 10th - New England Deaf Festival - Three Rivers, MA (http://americadarn.com/nedfestival.html) (mostly deaf/hh, intermediate + recommended)
Oct 15th - Mother Hicks play - Southington, CT -interpreted performance - play include a deaf actor/character (http://www.centerstageshelton.org) (mixed group, all levels)
Oct 24th - Game Afternoon - 1pm, Amston, CT (join https://www.facebook.com/groups/If.You.Sign.You.Are.In/ for the address) (mixed group, all levels)
Dec 19th - Holiday Deaf Social - Texas Roadhouse, Manchester, CT (mostly deaf/hh, intermediate + recommended)

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Deaf Coffee Chat - 2nd Sunday at 6pm, Thirty Minds Cafe, South Hadley, MA (mixed group, all levels)
Deaf Coffee Chat - 2nd Saturday at 6:30pm, Starbucks, Bristol, CT (mostly deaf/hh, intermediate + recommended)
Deaf Social - 3 Saturday at 1pm, Buckland Hills Mall, Manchester, CT (food court near the carosel)(mostly deaf/hh, intermediate + recommended)
ASL Group - 1st Tuesday, Platform Sports Bar,125A Pleasant St, Northampton, MA 01060 (https://www.facebook.com/groups/191066987616182/) (mostly ASL students, all levels)
ASL Group - Fitzwilly's Restaurant & Bar, 3rd Tuesday, 23 Main St, Northampton, MA 01060 (mostly ASL students, all levels)
 
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March 25-26, 2017 - DEAFinitions: A Deaf Studies Conference, Hampshire College, Franklin Patterson Hall (http://tyler22k.wixsite.com/deafinitions) (All levels, interpreters and CART available for non-signers. This is organized by "The Five Colleges" with ASL programs in the area. It is free but registration is required. This is the 2nd year. I went last year and I highly recommend it.)

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Deaf Coffee Chat* - 2nd Sunday 1pm, Atkins Farm, Amherst, MA (mixed group, all levels)
ASL Social - 2nd Friday at 5pm, Springfield College, Richard B. Flynn Campus Union Café, Springfield, MA; parking in lot #4 (mixed group, all levels)

* This is the same Deaf Coffee Chat in South Hadley listed early but it has moved to Atkins Farm and at a different time.

** The Deaf social at Buckland Hills Mall in my last post is intermittent and sometimes meets at a restaurant. Join https://www.facebook.com/groups/If.You.Sign.You.Are.In/ for updates on dates and location.
 
Another area activity is The Mouth storytelling events which are ASL interpreted. This is held at the Mark Twain House in Hartford, CT. The interpreting is provided for free to the event hosts by an interpreter training program. Most of the interpreting is done by the two certified terps who run the training program but occassionally student interpreters will get an opportunity to practice. The number of DHH and other ASL users in attendance varies.

The dates and topics of the 2017 program are:
March 31 - You Can’t Always Get What You Want
June 9 - Take My Advice
September 8 - Realizing the Obvious: Epiphanies
November 17 - All In The Family

http://marktwainhouse.org/visitor/events_programs.php#
(Not sure why they don't list that it is interpreted on their website but it is.)
 
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