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On April 16th, Austen's Autistic Adventures, in conjunction with the City of Burleson and Russell Farm Art Center, and in honor of Autism Awareness Month, will put on a sale and show!
The title of our event is The Lost Circus Troupe of 1877. The day will be broken into two parts.
From 12-5, an open air market with vendors of all kinds, as well as information booths for special needs services and information. Period players will wander about the grounds, entertaining festival-goers.
From 6-8, we will host a ticketed talent show, where both autistic performers and neurotypical folk will show off their skills. In addition to the show, there will be a raffle of dozens of items donated by vendors at the Circus!
Entry is FREE to the festival and tickets to the the evening shows $25. Admits one adult and one child. Additional people requires additional ticket purchase. All proceeds benefit Austen’s Autistic Adventures.
If you are interested in selling your wares, we still have lots of space for vendors! Booths are 10X10 and $50. Special needs services receive free booth space. You may reserve more than one booth if needed. Here is the link to register.
Are you a performer? You are welcome to collect donations. We request that you donate 10% to AAA.(Buskers, improv skits, stilt walkers, jugglers, etc). Here is the link to register!
Thank you to Tom Sale, who is largely responsible for organizing this festival. We hope to make this a yearly event (with different themes each year!) Help us make it successful, sell your stuff, strut your stuff, and join us! Please share or tag people who might want to participate.
Austen is a bit of a local celebrity (lol) and AAA is so pleased to have been asked to participate in Uptown Rotary Club’s annual fundraiser, “Men Who Cook.”
AAA was invited to be among the chefs providing treats after I spoke to their members at a club meeting and they were impressed by the work we are doing with ASD adults in our community.
Using the skills they have learned from our life-skills cooking teacher, members will be making bite-sized mini-muffins for you to enjoy. Of course, dozens of other chefs will be there with delicious samples for everyone!
Please come out and support the great work Uptown Rotary Club does for North Texas, not only for our nonprofit, but for many others as well.
Please come out next Saturday, 10/23, 2-5 pm. Lisa and I will be serving up delicious Frito Pie and cold drinks. AAA is the sole concessions vendor for this event, from which we receive all profits.
THANK YOU to everyone who donated to cover our expenses, making the money raised go even farther. If you donated, stop by and we will happily give you a Frito Pie on us. Okay, okay. AND A DRINK TOO.
FREE concert featuring local artists Clay Mobley, Big Tex on Fire, and national artist, Ruby Jane. Silent auction and raffle to benefit Austen’s Autistic Adventures! Come on out for a night of music, dancing, craft beers, and great raffle and silent auction items.
Join Austen's Autistic Adventures for a night of immersive art!
Painting lesson, Community Mural Creation, Art Sale (members and community), Face Painting!
How to Participate:
1) Art for Sale: For a tax-deductible donation, (you decide) artists of any medium may sell their work at our event. Please provide your own easel or other display requirements. Table(s) and tablecloths provided.
2) Sponsor an AAA Artist: For a tax-deductible $200 donation, you receive free entry to the event for you and a guest. You both may participate (if desired) in the painting lesson. In addition, your donation provides art materials for an artist of your choice for a year. Your sponsored artist(s) will also work each month on an easel with your name(s) or company name on at the base, (Example: Logan McGee, Sponsored by ________, 2020).
3) Buy a ticket, make some art!
Two options:
Option 1: Ticket, entry only, $25. For this option, you may participate in contributing to the Community Mural, shop our art, and watch the live painting sessions, both group and on stage.
Option 2: Ticket Entry and Painting Lesson: Your $50 ticket includes all of the above PLUS a painting lesson from professional artists Kara Eisensmith, owner of The Artists Studio Garland and Julia Schloss, owner of Julia Schloss Art.
Please buy as soon as possible! Seating for the painting session is limited to 38 participants.
Food and drink available at the venue.
Families and supporters! PLEASE SHARE! Artists, please let your creative friends know. We would love for this art event to truly reflect the community ♥
Austen’s Autistic Adventures (“AAA”) invites you to attend our first annual “Price is Right Autism Night” benefitting adults with autism in the North Texas area. This exciting event will be held October 12, 2019 at Highland Country Fellowship (across from NorthPark Mall) from 7:00-9:00 pm. Enjoy a light dinner, then play many of the same games featured on the long-running television game show. Audience members will be randomly selected to “Come on down!” for a chance to win over 100 fabulous prizes! The event will be hosted by a popular local DJ, and models from the Meraki Talent Agency will add glamour to the evening!
In addition to having fun and winning prizes, the evening will also feature a trivia contest about autism (with prizes!) and members of AAA showing off their talents. Have dinner, get to know people with autism, play our games, and win prizes!
Tickets are $25.
PLEASE NOTE: DATE/TIME CHANGE DUE TO WEATHER
Austen’s Autistic Adventures will be hosting our First Annual Spring Carnival at Olde City Park in Wylie. The purpose of the carnival is not only to raise money for our organization but also to raise awareness of the presence of adults with autism in our community. The carnival will bring people on the spectrum, their friends, family, and the community together for an afternoon of fun and inclusion. The carnival will feature a wide variety of games, prizes, food, bounce houses, autism-related services and autism-friendly products. Wrist bands will be available for all-access gaming (food excluded) or individual tickets (voluntary donations).
Come out to Allen's Cafe Del Rio Friday, Oct 19, from 7-9pm. Rock out with Stone Cold Sweat, enjoy free light appetizers, and do some early Christmas shopping at an enormous silent auction. This benefit is being held to support Texas's ONLY social skills improvement group for adults with autism, Austen's Autistic Adventures. All proceeds support this nonprofit program.
WHY am I posting an event that takes place in June in February? Because this is SO. DANG. COOL and I want to make *sure* AAA gets to go! Please buy your tickets asap. I will purchase them from the venue as soon as you do and will close the event when we reach 12 (not including volunteers/parents).
Here's what's in store (literally)
"Imagine a world where sweets are larger than life. With fantastical desserts and surprises behind every door, Sweet Tooth Hotel brings together work by some of Dallas’s most innovative artists and a curated selection of products and sweets to purchase in The Gift Shoppe. The Sweet Tooth Hotel is a 1,200 sq. ft. experiential art and retail pop up in Dallas,
The faux hotel will include one room featuring a giant Ring Pop, another with colorful macarons. In all, Sweet Tooth Hotel will have five dessert-themed rooms...customers will traipse around the pop-up hotel in a choose-your-own-adventure manner.
Actors will serve as bell hops and concierges, seemingly convinced they're operating inside a present-day Willy Wonka hotel.
Bring something to share for a picnic lunch at nearby Klyde Warren after our hour at Sweet Tooth is up. I will supply drinks, ice, plastic ware and plates. If you would prefer to eat at one of the food trucks, that's fine too just bring some extra money.
Cost: $30 or $50. Choose from either general admission ($30) or Keyholder ($50...Ticket includes 'entrance for an hour into Sweet Tooth Hotel plus a limited edition key chain and key which unlock experiences throughout).
To sign up for this event, RSVP on Facebook and purchase your tickets on Picatic. All payments must be received the before the day's adventure begins!
Thanks to Jeanmarie DellIsola Beno for helping to set up this corporate tour/lunch for our group! Participants take a tour, participate in a discussion about working at Cane’s and then we feast! Come join us!
These types of events are very important for our group; they help fulfill one of my goals in getting our "kids' out there, where businesses actually get to know them and vice versa. Many job placement agencies drop them into places were the "fit" may be untenable. I strongly encourage parents to attend, as you are the best judge of what may be a possibility for your son or daughter.
Cost: $20
To sign up for this event, RSVP on Facebook and purchase your tickets on Picatic. All payments must be received the before the day's adventure begins!
My friend Julia has generously offered to have our group out to her lovely ranch and art studio to give us real art lessons and help YOU create lovely pieces our guests will truly want to purchase at our Spring Fundraiser/Art Auction on March 24!
Paradise in Palmer, TX. 30 minutes south of downtown Dallas on I-45. I am HAPPY to have as many people who need rides meet at my home; we can accommodate at least 11.
The art session will take places on Julia's property: 30 acres of blackland prairie owned and honored by Julia Schloss and her husband, the musician David Schloss. Their home and studios are made from recycled materials salvaged from beautiful vintage and antique Fort Worth homes. They are happy to share the wonder and natural beauty of their home and the creativity of the art studio with our group. (And I bet Julia will let us pet some of her animals too!)
Cost: $20 *Please note: Time includes travel. 30 mins to/from. Session is 1-3.
To sign up for this event, RSVP on Facebook and purchase your tickets on Picatic. All payments must be received the before the day's adventure begins!
As we prepare for our BIG art auction Spring Fundraiser, the one-and-only Tom Sale returns to work with us, teaching our group something brand new. Veterans of AAA may remember the terrific papier mache art or the shadow puppets Tom taught last year. This time, he's thought of something brand new: totem sculptures!
First, I will tell you a little bit about Native American iconography. I have a background in Native history (I bet you didn't know that!) Then you can decide (or the group will help you decide) what should go on your own mini-totem pole.
This project will take two days to complete. We hope you can attend both Fri and Sat sessions. Please pay for the Part 1 or 2 events, even if you can only make it on Fri or Sat, but we really hope you will attend both sessions!
For the show, we will feature a picture of you and what your totem means that will sit beside your art.
Cost: $20 (covers both days) PAY ON FRIDAY TICKETING ONLY
To sign up for this event, RSVP on Facebook and purchase your tickets on Picatic. All payments must be received the before the day's adventure begins!
As we prepare for our BIG art auction Spring Fundraiser, the one-and-only Tom Sale returns to work with us, teaching our group something brand new. Veterans of AAA may remember the terrific papier mache art or the shadow puppets Tom taught last year. This time, he's thought of something brand new: totem sculptures!
First, I will tell you a little bit about Native American iconography' I have a background in Native history (I bet you didn't know that!) Then you can decide (or the group will help you decide) what should go on your own mini-totem pole.
This project will take two days to complete. We hope you can attend both Fri and Sat sessions.
For the show, we will feature a picture of you and what your totem means that will sit beside your art.
Cost: $20 (covers both days)
To sign up for this event, RSVP on Facebook and purchase your tickets on Picatic. All payments must be received the before the day's adventure begins!
This activity was proposed by a member! Everyone will be given a list of items, and a time limit, to find at Miss Henny Penny's Groovy Coop. Winner will get to select one item of $10 or less to treasure forever! (Of course, you are free to purchase any items with which you cannot part with your own $)
Following our thrift-o-rama, we will go next door to Emporium Pies for a tasty treat!
Cost: $20
To sign up for this event, RSVP on Facebook and purchase your tickets on Picatic. All payments must be received the before the day's adventure begins!
Pac-Man and Ms. Pac-Man! Caterpillar! Galaga! Pinball! Over 80 "retro" arcade games set to "free play", meaning no coins or card needed. It's a great way to get better at your favorite games. Come with us and see if you can set the new high score!
Soft drink included in fee. If you would like for your Adventurer to have a snack, please send extra money. Free Play has typical pub fare... burgers, pizza, etc.
Cost: $20
To sign up for this event, RSVP on Facebook and purchase your tickets on Picatic. All payments must be received the before the day's adventure begins!
Austen's Autistic Adventures will be making bowls alongside other community members during the "Empty Bowls McKinney 2018 event". Come get dirty and work with local artists to hand build bowls; you can choose from multiple techniques. Your creations will become donations for the hunger-fighting event. No experience is necessary! And, you may make up to 3 bowls as time allows.
Cost: $20
To sign up for this event, RSVP on Facebook and purchase your tickets on Picatic. All payments must be received the before the day's adventure begins!
Let's take a day to breathe and just kinda chill out...I found some fabulous giant fuzzy posters and bought them all :)... Tropical fish, 70s themes, colorful macaws. We will spread out on the big tables at Half Price Books and also enjoy treats from Black Forest Cafe.
I will supply all the markers but if you have some you personally favor, feel free to bring them along! (You might want to label them in case they get mixed up.)
Cost: $20
To sign up for this event, RSVP on Facebook and purchase your tickets on Picatic. All payments must be received the before the day's adventure begins!
Let's do something definitely out-of-the-ordinary and completely wacky! I personally have never been here, but this sounds really neat! (And I love the Museum of the Weird in Austin!)
While there are lots of different "packages" you can purchase for Ripley's, this one seems the most fun to me (maybe we will try out some others on another trip!):
RIPLEY’S BELIEVE IT OR NOT! ODDITORIUM- features the largest collection of the odd and unusual from all corners of the world.
To sign up for this event, RSVP on Facebook and purchase your tickets on Picatic. All payments must be received the before the day's adventure begins!
We don't have too many "recurring" events, but this is one! We will play for an hour or so, then have pizza, and then revv it up for another 45 mins or so of gaming. Prizes for winners! Get ready to play! :)
Cost: $25
To sign up for this event, RSVP on Facebook and purchase your tickets on Picatic. All payments must be received the before the day's adventure begins!
Today we will deliver the handmade Valentine's and baskets we created last week and deliver them to The Hillcrest of North Dallas Nursing home. Afterwards, we will head over to the nearby Ben and Jerry's Ice Cream (1501 Preston Rd Suite 400, Plano, TX 75093 for a tasty treat!
Cost: $20
To sign up for this event, RSVP on Facebook and purchase your tickets on Picatic. All payments must be received the before the day's adventure begins!
This will be our second session in preparation for our be Spring Fundraiser (March 24). YOU all are going to create art for auction! Kara will be working with us on three themes: Landscapes, Still Life or Animals, and Abstracts. You will select two of your three portraits to auction, or submit all three! We want to show the world the skills you all possess.
Cost: $30
To sign up for this event, RSVP on Facebook and purchase your tickets on Picatic. All payments must be received the before the day's adventure begins!
Join your friends and lots of other folks in the community as we celebrate Valentine's Day at Winfrey Point on White Rock Lake. Sponsored by Austen's church, Highland Country Fellowship, this lovely evening will feature Mike Drake's Sixteen Piece Big Band and of course, dancing! Appetizers and beverages are included as well. Parents, caregivers, friends welcome and BYOB if desired. Everyone must have a ticket.
Get your dancing shoes on!
*NOTE: I've been told that you should use Google Maps as iPhone directions are incorrect.
Cost: $25
To sign up for this event, RSVP on Facebook and purchase your tickets on Picatic. All payments must be received the before the day's adventure begins!
Dress up like your favorite Harry Potter character (or not... not mandatory) and come with us for a very special "Day of Magic Managed." The magic happens at Southfork Ranch where we will gather to celebrate the magical world we all know and love! Is your scar tingling? Come walk through to seek your magical wand, down some Butterscotch beer and enjoy meeting our very much alive owls There will be a costume contest at 2:00, followed by a Divinations class, a potions class, and we will close by participating in a trivia contest!
Cost: $25 *Please bring extra money if you would like to buy treats or souvenirs
To sign up for this event, RSVP on Facebook and purchase your tickets on Picatic. All payments must be received the before the day's adventure begins!
We had a really good time with good old fashioned board games last month, so let's do it again! We barely got going with Scrabble last time, so we will make sure to set up that one sooner. I will also bring a variety of other games, but feel free to bring your own favorites and teach us how to play! I will also be providing drinks and Valentine-themed snack (and popcorn!) too.
Cost; $20
To sign up for this event, RSVP on Facebook and purchase your tickets on Picatic. All payments must be received the before the day's adventure begins!
One of the primary reasons I founded Austen's Autistic Adventures is to combat loneliness. Today, our members will think about others who often suffer from a lack of friends and contact with the world. Today, we will gather at Half Price Books on NW Highway to make cards for the residents and small gift baskets too; in addition, each AAA participant will select a large print puzzle book or novel to include in the basket from the wide selection of titles in the store. Then, we will deliver them to the home, where my father-in-law resides in Plano, Hillcrest of North Dallas, on Valentine's Day.
All supplies provided to make cards and fee for book is included in the event price, as well as some other small gift items, but feel free to bring donations you might want to personally include as well. Welcomed items include small nicely-scented hand lotions, warm socks, soap, shampoo, chapstick and hair brushes, tissues, and personal hygiene products.
Cost: $25
To sign up for this event, RSVP on Facebook and purchase your tickets on Picatic. All payments must be received the before the day's adventure begins!
In just a few months, we will be enjoying splash days under the hot Texas sun. But until then, we can squeeze in a couple more swimming sessions at the fabulous Carpenter Park Rec Center Pool. Come loll in the lazy river, scream down the slides, and do the backstroke in the wide pool.
Please bring your own towel (and googles or other pool toys, if desired). Drinks provided.
Cost: $20
To sign up for this event, RSVP on Facebook and purchase your tickets on Picatic All payments must be received the before the day's adventure begins!
At Austen's Autistic Adventures, we are always seeking new things to try and to do. Tonight we will accomplish both! First, we will sample authentic Jamaican cuisine at The Island Spot including jerk-chicken dishes & tropical drinks (for the parents!) Then we will head over to the nearby Clique Studio and travel to Africa through music and Dance . This low impact, high energy dance fitness class will be good for us all! :)
Cost: $25
To sign up for this event, RSVP on Facebook and purchase your tickets on Picatic. All payments must be received the before the day's adventure begins!
Come check out the new hippo exhibit with us and all the amazing animals (including penguins and otters, MY favorites!). Weather forecast promises a mild 67 degrees, so wear a long sleeved shirt or light jacket. Ticket includes a drink but please bring extra cash if you'd like to purchase snacks or a souvenir.
Cost: $20
To sign up for this event, RSVP on Facebook and purchase your tickets on Picatic. All payments must be received the before the day's adventure begins!
PWSH Theatre Dept presents the musical INTO the WOODS on stage. Plot: "As the result of the curse of a once-beautiful witch, a baker, and his wife are childless. Three days before the rise of a blue moon, they venture into the forest to find the ingredients that will reverse the spell and restore the witch's beauty: a milk-white cow, hair as yellow as corn, a blood-red cape, and a slipper of gold. During their journey, they meet Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel and Jack, each one on a quest to fulfill a wish.
Cost: $25
To sign up for this event, RSVP on Facebook and purchase your tickets on Picatic. All payments must be received the before the day's adventure begins!
I think we can all agree that the world needs more reminders to be kind. AAA created kindness rocks once before and truly enjoyed it. I personally learned a lot about materials and best practices to create better specimens for this time around!
If you are unfamiliar with the "Kindness Rocks Project", please check it out.
Location for this event will be announced at a later date(composing this on 12/30/17. Hoping an AAA parent or friend will offer their home (hint hint...my place is way too small).
ALL materials will be provided. Please wear old clothes that you don't mind getting messy. After our rocks dry, we will travel to a park to leave them for lucky finders!
Cost: $20
To sign up for this event, RSVP on Facebook and purchase your tickets on Picatic. All payments must be received the before the day's adventure begins!
