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More information on St. Anthony Main Saturday showing to celebrate Open Caption movies

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As we posted about earlier a local Minneapolis movie theater has made the incredible decision to have ALL MOVIES, EVERY DAY at St. Anthony Main (in Minneapolis, MN) open captioned. This means the captions show on the screen and it makes movies more accessible to a wide range of audiences (including deaf and hard of […]

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All movies, at all times at a Minneapolis movie theater are Open Captioned!

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In a wonderful new development for disability rights, Minnesota is now the first state in the country to have a movie theater with 100% open captioning ALL THE TIME! St. Anthony Main Theaters in Minneapolis, MN now offers open captioning all day, every movie, every showtime, every day. Having open captions on every movie every

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Hearing News Update

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We haven’t had a regular “Hearing News Update” in a while and we just wanted to post about some various points of interest related to hearing loss. HLAA National News: HLAA Webinar and Virtual Meetings Recordings (HLAA website) Hearing Life eNews Sign-up (the twice per month HLAA e-news) U.S. House of Representatives Expands Medicare to

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Thank you for Give To The Max Donations!

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Yesterday November 18, 2021, was Give To The Max Day here in Minnesota. It is an annual day where charities and nonprofits can participate for a chance to win additional money. Therefore every donation dollar received is truly maximized. This is our third year participating. Thank you to everyone who donated. How Will We Use

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Give To The Max Day is TODAY November 18, 2021. Please Donate!

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As we posted about earlier, HLAA-TC is participating in Give To The Max Day today, November 18, 2021. Give To The Max Day is a statewide initiative for nonprofits and charities to help them earn more donation dollars. It is put together by GiveMN and throughout the day on Give To The Max Day (which

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MNCDHH Focus Group Session #2 is Nov. 15 from 6 pm – 7:30 pm

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As we shared earlier, the Minnesota Commission of the Deaf, DeafBlind, and Hard of Hearing is hosting a series of focus groups to find out how the Commission can better support the local hearing loss community. The first session happened roughly a week ago (November 5th) and the second session is happening today, Monday, November

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December Book Club Title, Date and Time Announced

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HLAA-Twin Cities Virtual Book Club is meeting on Zoom in December to discuss the novel “The Art of Hearing Heartbeats” by Jan-Philipp Sendker. We are alternating between discussing nonfiction and fiction books, last month we discussed a memoir and this month is a novel. We will be meeting on Monday, December 6th at 7:00 pm

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A Summary of the Oct/Nov Book Club and Looking Forward

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On Thursday, November 4th the HLAA-TC Virtual Book Club met to discuss “Invisible: My Journey Through Vision and Hearing Loss” by Ruth Silver. We were joined by two special guests, Joan Schneider and Dani Kaslow from the Center for Deaf-Blind Persons (a non-profit organization in the Milwaukee, WI area founded by Ruth Silver). Both women

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HLAA-TC Book Club Thursday, November 4th at 7:00 pm on Zoom

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A reminder: The HLAA-TC Virtual Book Club is TODAY, Thursday, November 4th from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm (Central Time). We will be discussing “Invisible: My Journey Through Vision and Hearing Loss” by Ruth Silver. We will be joined by two special guests who knew and worked with Ruth Silver. Our guests are Joan Schneider,

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