AIA-FVG / American
Corner Trieste - FEBRUARY 2016
NEWSLETTER
FEBRUARY
- Made For Each Other is back for its 7th
Season! Join us for our other regular
appointments: Moms & Babies, Makers, Readers, Teachers. Special Events: GLOW – Girls Leading our
World – a must for teenage girls! Celebrate
Black History Month with the film THE MARCH and our Short Story. Add us to your
address book so you will be sure to receive our Newsletters!
OFFICE:
OFFICE
HOURS
Our Hours
are: Mornings: Tuesday and Thursday 9–12, Afternoons: Monday to Friday 4-7.
During Office Hours, you can renew your Membership or
Course with Cash, Pick up your receipts for IBAN Payments, Check Out Books,
DVD’s Magazines.
CLOSED for
CARNIVAL from Friday, February 5 until Wednesday, February 10th. NO Classes or Activities
during those dates.
You can
become a member at any time of year! Here
is the Membership Form. You can pay cash or pay via IBAN. Remember to fill in and scan your Membership
Form along with the copy of your IBAN Payment.
Prices remain unchanged: €35 for the Regular Adult Membership
and €25 for Reduced Membership - Students
age 16 and over, Teachers and over age 65.
To attend courses, the student (or a parent) must be a member). Membership is valid for checking out books,
magazines, DVD’s and for 9 films in
the 2015/16 American Cinema Series in the Original Version
at Cinema dei Fabbri and plus reduced ticket prices on other films at Fabbri. Membership is valid until August 31, 2016.
COURSES:
AIA
FVG ENGLISH COURSES
You can
still register for WINTER Classes. Looking ahead? SPRING Classes begin on April 2nd. Here are the Course Offerings for ADULTS and KIDS. If
there is space, after contacting us, you can join start a course at any time of
the year. Remember to pick up your
receipts at the Front Desk during Office Hours.
Do you need to change day or class?
No problem, we’ll try to help.
WEEKEND WARRIOR FULL IMMERSION ENGLISH for ADULTS.
– The monthly dates have been set for the year
- 1 weekend each month. The next session
is Feb 20-21, 2-7 pm on Saturday and
Sunday. 10 hours of intensive English
over the weekend. Objective: English Fluency!
Too busy during the week? This is
for you. Start communicating in English,
fast!
NEW – FRIDAY NIGHT ADVANCED ADULT CONVERSATION – Friday evenings from 8:00pm–9:30pm – for 15 weeks starting on January 29th.
TOEFL
and SAT EXAM PREPARATION – Contact us if you will be taking the exams to go
to the university in the US. We have set
up a class to help you.
THE AMERICAN
FILM SERIES continues at Cinema dei Fabbri. You can become a member even
after the series starts. ONLY Members
can attend the American Film Series. No
single tickets can be sold.
Feb. 11th at 2, 4, 6:30, 9 pm – INSIDE OUT – Disney Pixar (2015, 95 min.) After young Riley is
uprooted from her Midwest life and moved to San Francisco, her emotions - Joy,
Fear, Anger, Disgust and Sadness - conflict on how best to navigate a new city,
house, and school.
SPECIAL EVENTS:
BLACK HISTORY
MONTH
THE MARCH - Free and
Open to the Public at American Corner Trieste
February 1st
– 9 am, 11 am, 4 pm. (Film 2013,
60 min.) - A chronicle of Martin Luther King’s March on Washington for
Jobs and Freedom, August 1963. The
largest peaceful demonstration to take place in the US to date. Schools
are welcome to attend, upon reservation to aia.fvg@gmail.com
GLOW Weekend for Teenage Girls
–February 13-14. Girls
Leading Our World. A weekend of girl power for middle school and high
school girls. Mentored by young female professionals. All Activities in English. Get out your
sleeping bag! Reservation required. Limited to 20 girls. Application Deadline: Feb. 5.
MADE for EACH OTHER –– Free
and Open to the Public at American Corner Trieste
Monday
Nights at 8 pm – February 15th – March 21. Same theme – different Media. One week a TV Series and the next week a Film,
in English. American Pop Culture
101. Commentary by Leonardo Buonomo. Themes
Include: Macabre Fun, Tough Maine Women, Soap Operas.
ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS and FAMILIES – Free and Open to the Public
FAMILY FILM NIGHT - FREE and OPEN to the PUBLIC at American Corner
Trieste
Every month we will have a cartoon family film in
English. Bring the kids, the
grandchildren. Take a break! Bring some
friends. Cartoon Feature Films in English for all ages. Here is the list for 2015/16. This month:
February
12th, 5:30 pm – The PRINCESS and the FROG (2009,
97 min.) A waitress, desperate to fulfill her
dreams as a restaurant owner, is set on a journey to turn a frog prince back
into a human being, but she has to face the same problem after she kisses him.
Make, Create, Hang out in
English. Free and Open to all Middle and
High School Students. Every week a
different activity. Cooking, Playing,
Coding, Karaoke. Check it out!
WOMEN’S SPACE – FREE and OPEN to the PUBLIC
MOMS and BABIES (0-3 yrs)
MOM & BABY SURVIVAL ITALIAN - Every Tuesday from 9:30 – 10:30
am. Meet some other moms, learn some
Survival Italian in an informal setting.
Bring the Baby!
MOM & BABY PLAYDATE in English – Every Thursday from 9:30 –
11:30 am – Meet Moms. Hang out in
our baby friendly space and let the kids play together.
NATI per LEGGERE Bilingual Storytime Reading for ages 0-3 years with Moms or Caregivers. Thursday, February 18th, 10 am. Give your baby a head start on
life. Read together! It’s good for your baby and for good for you. Monthly appointment.
MAKER CREATOR SPACE – Every Thursday from 10-12. Use our sewing machines, knit or
sew in company. We’re working on a
logo.
ACTIVITIES FOR ADULTS – FREE and OPEN to the PUBLIC
TERRIFIC TUESDAYS
Feb. 16th - 10-12
- COFFEE BREAK –Take a pause, enjoy some
English conversation and a cup of coffee.
Feb. 23rd – 10 -11 am - SHORT STORY CLUB - Passages in the Life of a Slave Woman by Annie Parker, 1853.
EVERY
THURSDAY 10-11 am
SURVIVAL ITALIAN Conversation for Adults – Informal conversation in Italian for Italian language learners. No homework, no stress.
An English teacher network
managed by English teachers. Contact us via
email for the next meeting date and time.
COMING SOON:
March - SUSTENANCE: CHICAGO and the FOOD CHAIN – The realities of food access in Chicago through
the eyes of children at home, school, and in their communities.
April - LE VIE delle FOTO – AIA FVG High
School Students are preparing a photographic exhibit in collaboration with a
High School in Pennsylvania.
AMERICAN CORNER TRIESTE
– Programs, consultation of the library, public internet access computers, and
Wi-Fi are always free and open to the public.
A great place to study, meet friends, bring your kids. The US Department of State has granted us a
Gold Standard rating in terms of programs, facilities, services! In addition to
our regular library, we also feature an Education Advising Section, Children’s
Corner Library and Women’s Space. Consult
our on
line catalog of Books and DVD’s
VOLUNTEER
OPPORTUNITIES
Remember that we are a volunteer organization. We are looking for people to work in the
afternoons at the Front Desk, manage library checkouts, help at the cinema, manage
our morning programs, help with seasonal events, mentor teens and a variety of other
roles. Contact us! We’ll keep you busy!
