Jun
28
to Jun 30
May
25
12:30 PM12:30
Apr
6
to Apr 10
Oct
29
7:00 PM19:00
DEAFSTAR RISING
Download Flyer
It’s been a long pandemic and we are itching to see each other again. Come join ASL Love and Urban Jazz Dance Company at our Halloween fundraiser benefiting both Bay Area Asian Deaf Association (BAADA) and Bay Area Black Deaf Advocates (BABDA).
As is tradition with ASL Love’s hosted Halloween events, with your participation our story develops…
Our last Halloween event was “Hearing Institution 185.”
100 YEARS AFTER “HEARING INSTITUTION 185” COMES…
DEAFSTAR RISING: FIRST VOYAGE INTO THE UNHEARD
In a world long ago ravaged by HEARING POX and where the remaining hearing folks were put in a HEARING INSTITUTION, Deaf folks from all walks of life banded together and built the high-tech DEAFSTAR. The wondrous DEAFSTAR can combine all frequencies into one and reveal a new fantasy of our wild, queer and weird ways of co-existing.
Be sure to wear your science fiction or halloween outfits as we gather on a rooftop launchpad in Oakland to witness the DEAFSTAR RISING!
COSTUME CONTEST
ENTERTAINMENT
LIGHT REFRESHMENTS
CASH BAR
DJ MUSIC
SPONSORED BY URBAN JAZZ DANCE COMPANY
MASK REQUIRED, MOSTLY OUTDOORS, AGE 21+ EVENT
IMPORTANT NOTE ABOUT COSTUMES & CULTURAL APPROPRIATION
Our team asks that all guests avoid engaging in cultural appropriation. We respect the work of BIPOC community leaders who have educated us that when people outside their marginalized communities appropriate clothes or behaviors, it is a form of harm to that community. For example, when white people wear blackface or dress as a geisha/ninja, it is a form of harm because of negative cultural stereotypes. Another example is when a non-Native or non-Indigenous person wears a war bonnet/feathered headpiece or in any way dresses as a Native based on stereotypes. Refraining from cultural appropriation will not undo the harm that has already been caused, but it is an important step in making sure future harm is prevented.
COVID PRECAUTIONS & ACCESSIBILITY
Our team is committed to language justice as well as disability justice. We respect that there are members of our ASL Love community who are chronically ill, have compromised immune systems, or live with elders/children. In the interest of community safety, we will take practical COVID precautions. Masks are required at all times indoors as well as outdoors. Requirements for entry: proof of vaccination OR negative self-test taken within 24 hours.
The event is mostly outdoors on a rooftop deck, bathrooms are indoors. The space is wheelchair accessible.
TRANSPORTATION
BART accessible (13th St Oakland or Lake Merritt BART stops)
NO REFUND POLICY
Tickets are nonrefundable, but they can be transferred to someone else.
Feb
22
7:00 PM19:00
Feb
16
to Feb 22
GO OFF YOUR SCRIPT
Improv classes in ASL with The Deaf Guys Josh Castille and Jules Dameron.
Oct
26
8:00 PM20:00
Hearing Institution 185
Fortunately, the tide of the HEARING POX has passed, yet in its wake we are presented with a new problem:
What do we with all those poor UNFORTUNATE SOULS?
Come to our HEARING INSTITUTION 185 and find out! What kinds of SECRETS are in its echoey halls? Does the ghost of notorious eugenicist Alexander Graham Bell haunt the belfry?
25% of ticket sales will help fund DeafHope’s programs and services.
Admission includes appetizers, dessert, and a free drink.
Donation based cash bar
Tarot reading
Live performances
Music by brothercolor and dancing
A secret game with a naughty prize
Apr
11
7:00 PM19:00
Festival of Fools
ASL ❤️ PRESENTS: Festival of Fools
ASL COMEDY * ASL IMPROV * DANCE * SURPRISES
Times:
Doors open at 7:00pm
Show starts at 7:30pm
Event ends at 10:00pm
Location:
Deaf Community Center
1550 San Leandro Blvd, San Leandro CA
Across the street from San Leandro BART
18+, for alcohol, 21+
Ticket price: $40, purchase online
Limited number of low income tickets available. Limit one per person. Email us at contact@asllove.com. If you CAN afford to pay the full ticket price, please do so…. Some of our community members are experiencing financial setbacks, and we would very much like them to be able to attend.
No tickets will be sold at the door. Food and drink will be available for purchase through Tilden Cafe.
===FEATURING===
----
ASL IMPROV by
Rosa Lee Timm
JAC
Amber Zion
Chris DeSouza
----
DANCE PERFORMANCE by
Urban Jazz Dance Company
----
SPECIAL SURPRISE PERFORMANCES
We have some surprises in store for you! We have a wild collection of fools ready to entertain you while the Big Fools take a break.
----
Tilden Cafe -- DEAF FOOD and DRINK!
The Tilden Cafe food truck will be available onsite for your food and drink needs. They will have a menu available, along with drinks and alcoholic beverages. They are owned, staffed, and run by Deaf folks!
----
==FESTIVAL OF FOOLS==
ASL ❤️is excited to bring you FESTIVAL OF FOOLS during the foolish month of April. Do you miss being foolish? Do you want to see a bunch of fools entertain you? Come join us while we help you feel just a little bit FOOL-ish!
We have volunteer shifts available, be a part of the ASL ❤️ team and help create the future of #DeafTalent! Fill out the form at https://bit.ly/2BYgMti
We are the official kick-off event to the DeafNation Expo weekend.
==PROCEEDS FROM TICKET SALES==
More than 50% of ticket sales go directly to the performers! The other 50% is used to pay for hosting the event, and any money left is used to support #DeafTalent at our future ASL ❤️ events.
ASL ❤️ is co-creating, with your help, a stronger #DeafTalent economy in the Bay Area!
Oct
27
to Oct 28
Hearing Pox
ASL ❤️ Presents: Hearing Pox
A pox on you! A pox for everyone at ASL Love's first event! See Deaf artists producing visual, auditory, and physical spectacles, ranging from visual arts, performances, mind-bending games, and music/movement.
Hear and feel several Deaf and hearing DJs playing electronic music, a dance floor, a haunted house, and LED and fire flow arts.
Drink beer, zombie brews, and nonalcoholic drinks at a cash bar. Your ticket gives you two free drinks. Light refreshments will be available if your POX is leaving you a mite peckish.
Please wear costumes! There's a prize waiting for the person who wears the best costume to fit the theme of HEARING POX!
This is a 21+ event. Money from ticket sales goes DIRECTLY to hosting the event, and funding each party's artists and their overactive imaginations! Limited tickets available, when they run out they run out! We're selling fast.
WHERE
Event address will be sent to all those that purchase tickets. But I can tell you it will at a large private residence in the Mission District in San Francisco! No entry without a valid ticket; we may have limited tickets available at the door.
Venue is not wheelchair accessible.
WHEN
Saturday, October 27, 2018 from Sundown (8pm) to the wee hours in the morning.
HOW?!
When you purchase tickets, your money goes directly to fund the construction of the art during the event, as well as future events. We have BIG plans for you!
WHAT IS ASL ❤️?
ASL Love is a collective and a movement started by Deaf folk, to reclaim and celebrate music and movement through our sign language, ASL. Each ASL Love event will support artists in creating their vision; then we all celebrate and party together inside and around their art!
WHY ASL ❤️
Do we need a reason to have fun during Halloween season? No, really... YOU are the reason we are hosting this event, WE are the reason. We are excited to have you join us to create spaces where art can grow and thrive, and what better way than to bring our talents to the table and share amazing moments together.