Stand Up for Mental Health
AGE Building 3710 Cedar Street, Room 101, Austin, TX, United StatesLearn stand-up comedy with comic and counselor, David Granirer. Specifically for people with addiction or mental health issues.
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Veterans – Journal Making/Writing Class
Help Heal Veterans 2508 S. 5th St., Temple, TX, United StatesIn this two day class, start by making Journals using handmade paper. Learn the skills to put together your own multi-page journal. Then, in the second week, learn how to make the ideas and pictures inside your head come alive on paper by sharpening your use of color and imagery. You will be led through visualization exercises, easy writing prompts, and useful writing examples to create strong writing by careful word choice and many other effective writing techniques. Discover your own writing style in a relaxed, supportive class atmosphere.
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Speaking Advocates: Independence
AGE Building 3710 Cedar Street, Room 101, Austin, TX, United StatesJoin the Speaking Advocates this month to share your own definition of independence: what does independence look like for you, what are the obstacles that stand in your way to a self-determined life, how do you become independent?
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Veterans – Ink Stick Project Writing Class
Apache Arts & Craft Center 761st Tank Battalion and 62nd Street, Bldg 2337, Fort Hood, TX, United StatesThis four-week course is designed to help current and prior service members tell their stories. This class will give you the tools to write about your experiences or to express the truths you have learned in a life built on service. We will focus on fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.
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Stand Up for Mental Health
AGE Building 3710 Cedar Street, Room 101, Austin, TX, United StatesLearn stand-up comedy with comic and counselor, David Granirer. Specifically for people with addiction or mental health issues.
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Call for Creative Writing: Pen 2 Paper Creative Writing Competition
TX, United StatesThe annual disability focused Pen 2 Paper Creative Writing Competition (P2P) is open for 2019! P2P will be celebrating its tenth year of sharing and recognizing fiction, non-fiction, poetry, and comics on the topic of disability. Submissions are accepted from anywhere in the world and from writers of any age, ability or disability, and writing level.
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Spouses – Journal Making/Writing Class
Help Heal Veterans 2508 S. 5th St., Temple, TX, United StatesIn this two day class, start by making Journals using handmade paper. Learn the skills to put together your own multi-page journal. Then, in the second week, learn how to make the ideas and pictures inside your head come alive on paper by sharpening your use of color and imagery. You will be led through visualization exercises, easy writing prompts, and useful writing examples to create strong writing by careful word choice and many other effective writing techniques. Discover your own writing style in a relaxed, supportive class atmosphere.
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Call for Short Films: Cinema Touching Disability Film Festival
Alamo Drafthouse Village 2700 West Anderson Lane, Austin, TX, United StatesThe Cinema Touching Disability Film Festival dispels common misperceptions about disability by showing films that portray people with disabilities in an accurate and interesting way. The selected films show that individuals with disabilities live the same sort of full and independent lives as all other people. The short film competition invites filmmakers to share their personal views of disability through a short film. The films with the most imaginative and interesting portrayals of people with disabilities will be featured at Cinema Touching Disability. The three best films will also win a cash prize and an award certificate.
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Artist Market at Houston Abilities Expo
NRG Center 8400 Kirby Drive, Houston, TX, United StatesHouston's most celebrated artists with disabilities will feature an eclectic mix of original, unforgettable artistry. From paintings, 3-D printed art, jewelry, word search books, gift items, dog items, prints, photography and more. These amazing works will be available for appreciation and purchase.
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Artist Market at Houston Abilities Expo
NRG Center 8400 Kirby Drive, Houston, TX, United StatesHouston's most celebrated artists with disabilities will feature an eclectic mix of original, unforgettable artistry. From paintings, 3-D printed art, jewelry, word search books, gift items, dog items, prints, photography and more. These amazing works will be available for appreciation and purchase.
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Veterans – Ink Stick Project Writing Class
Apache Arts & Craft Center 761st Tank Battalion and 62nd Street, Bldg 2337, Fort Hood, TX, United StatesThis four-week course is designed to help current and prior service members tell their stories. This class will give you the tools to write about your experiences or to express the truths you have learned in a life built on service. We will focus on fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.
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The Lion and The Pirate Open Mic
Malvern Books 613 W. 29th Street, Austin, TX, United StatesShare a story, poem, song, or other talent in a fun and supportive neighborhood bookstore!