February 2019 Calendar


February 2019 Calendar



February 2019 Newsletter

FEBRUARY 2019 NEWSLETTER
American Corner Trieste / Associazione Italo Americana FVG


OFFICE:
ADMINISTRATION HOURS
Tuesday and Thursday mornings:  9-12 and Wednesday afternoons: 5-7 pm
Pick up your IBAN Receipts, Membership Cards, Make Cash Payments, during our Administration Hours, listed above.  

We will be CLOSED for Carnival from Saturday, MARCH 2nd until Friday, MARCH 8th.  No lessons, no activities, no library.  Lessons will start again on Saturday, March 9th.

LIBRARY and AMERICAN CORNER HOURS:
Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday mornings 9-12 and Monday to Friday afternoons from 4-7 pm.

WINTER WEATHER POLICY – We close ONLY when the city of Trieste closes schools.  We will post on Facebook and on the BLOG if we close. 


We are an association.  In order to participate in members only events, attend the American Film Series, take a course, check out library materials, you MUST be a 2018/19 MEMBER. 
Our 2018/19 Membership Year began on September 1st. 
Here is the Membership Form.  If you have been a member in recent years, we can quickly upload your data in the office.  Membership prices remain unchanged.  Euro 25 – Ridotto for Students 16 and over, Teachers and 65 and over.  Euro 35 – Intero.  Membership is valid until August 31, 2019.    Questions? aiafrontdesk@gmail.com

38th AMERICAN FILM SERIES at Teatro dei Fabbri
The film series continues with shows at 1:30, 4, 6:30 and 9 pm.
Great American films in Original Version on the Big Screen (not on your PC or TV!)  You must be a Member to attend the films. Only members over age 16 can attend the films. Coco will be shown at the American Corner for families in March.

2 films this month:
7/02/2019: Ant-Man and the Wasp. Starring Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly. Action, adventure. 118 min.
28/02/2019: Dog Days. Starring Eva Longoria, Lauren Lapkus. Comedy. 113 min.

PIE COOK OFF coming in March
Yes, there will be pie! Details coming soon. We will celebrate π 3.14… Start your ovens and test some recipes.  Check out this website for inspiration.  The heat is on!  Details coming soon.  We need lots of pies!  We’re working on some great prizes.  You’ll all be tasters.  Members and their families only. 

AIA FVG ENGLISH COURSES

SPRING CLASSES BEGIN the WEEK of March 25th 
Here is information.  KIDS and ADULTS.  

WEEKEND WARRIOR Full Immersion Weekends are Back.  10 hours, 2 days, Instant Fluency.  February 16/17 and / or March 16/17. Register Online HERE.

INDIVIDUAL LESSONS are possible all year long.  Yes, you can! Schedule an appointment to discuss your needs.

American Corner EVENTS - FREE and OPEN to the PUBLIC

06/02 at 10 am – The Annual Message that the President of the United States makes to Senate and Congress.  Come and watch the speech in playback.  The speech was made the night before.  We will also view the Opposition Speech.

SPECIAL EVENTS in FEBRUARY for BLACK HISTORY MONTH
20/2 – 10 am, 2 pm, 5 pm - FILM – BLACK PANTHER (2018) in English (135 min.)  Action, Adventure, Sci Fi.  Nominated for 7 Oscars.
Starring:  Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong'o.
T'Challa, heir to the hidden but advanced kingdom of Wakanda, must step forward to lead his people into a new future and must confront a challenger from his country's past.

26/2, 10 am- Short Story Club – Excerpts from The Underground Railroad  by Colson Whitehead.  Pulitzer Prize winning novel chronicling a young slave's adventures as she makes a desperate bid for freedom in the antebellum South.

REGULAR ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS and FAMILIES – FREE and OPEN to the PUBLIC
Every Tuesday and Thursday, 10 am - Mom & Baby Playgroup – Come on down! Meet some other moms and let the kids play.
Fridays at 4:30pm - TEEN MAKER SPACE – How cool! We’re 3D printing a Chess Set and Building a homemade Drone with our expert Mentor!
8/02, at 5:30 pm - GLOW TAP DANCE WORKSHOP for TEEN GIRLS- Girls Leading Our World – For Middle/High School Girls by reservation only.
15/02, 5 pm - Family Film Festival –FERDINAND (2017) 110 min.

21/02, 10:30 am – NATI per LEGGERE –Bilingual Reading English/Italian for ages 0-36 mo.

REGULAR ACTIVITIES FOR ADULTS – FREE and OPEN to the PUBLIC
Every Tuesday 10-12 – Refugee Teddy Bear Workshop – Morning Maker Space
17/01, 8 pm - Women’s Book Club -Reading around the World.  Love Medicine by Louise Erdrich.  Send an email to aia.fvg@gmail.com to participate.
19/02, 10 am – Tuesday Coffee Break – A cup of coffee and some great conversation!

TESOL TRIESTE LOCAL GROUP the first TESOL Workshop of the school year. Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages Workshop. If you’re not on the TESOL Italy Trieste Mailing list, send an email to tesolitalytriestemail@gmail.com for details.  Teachers, bring your teacher friends and colleagues.  You receive MIUR Credit, enrich your C.V. and free get professional development! Use your Bonus Docenti to become a TESOL Italy Member and attend meetings and workshops for credit, all over Italy.   Join us. Be a presenter in Trieste and put it on your CV. Share your teaching knowledge and experience!
Next Meeting: Details coming Soon!  Check our Blog Periodically.  Teachers will be emailed directly.

TEDDY BEAR PROJECT – Integration through Entrepreneurship
Refugee Teddy Bears are now around the world.  Look at our Refugee Bear Migration Map.  Tell us where your bear is and we’ll add your location to the map!  Watch the RAI FVG feature about the project.  In December all of our bears were “adopted”, but more are now available at the Associazione Italo Americana during our office hours.  Thanks to ICTP, the US Embassy to Italy and the Sewing Project for hosting us and promoting the bears!  Follow the Refugee Bears on Instagram and send us a picture and the location of your teddy bear.  Join the tailors and the volunteers every Tuesday and Thursday morning to stuff, cut, sew.  Refugee Bears make great gifts!  In addition to bears, new items include tote bags, tablet covers and small bags.  In December the Refugee Tailors held sewing workshops for students at CIOFS and helped the students & staff to produce beautiful items for the CIOFS Christmas Market.  We are looking for a heavy duty sewing machine to donate or at a reduced price?  Contact us. 

VOLUNTEERS
We are a Volunteer Run Non-Profit Association. Volunteers run our Library, American Corner Programs and Activities.  We are looking for Volunteers to Work at the Cinema, Help with our Morning Activities at the Front Desk and in the Library
We’re looking forVolunteers for:  American Film Series Cinema Check-In, Expert tailors Seamstresses for Tuesday Maker Space – Teddy Bear Project, TESOL Speakers, Teen Maker Space Mentors, Assistants for Nati per Leggere, 

Send us an email and we’ll find a role for you.  University of Trieste students in Humanities, P.R. and other majors can earn with us (CFU).  We accept students with a minimum of 75 hours (3 CFU).  You'll have a great experience and improve your English, while you also learn valuable life and people skills.  High School Students can also do Alternanza Scuola Lavoro.  Contact us! aia.fvg@gmail.com 

AMERICAN CORNER TRIESTE – Since 2007, we have been part of the American Spaces Network.  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.  Specific sections of the library are dedicated to Educational Advising, Children’s Corner Library and Women’s Space.  Consult our on line catalog of Books and DVDs.   The American Corner also offers Life Skills in English Courses for Refugees and Case Workers thanks to a U.S. Department of State Grant and the US Diplomatic Mission to Italy.  The American Corner promotes the Teddy Bear Integration through Entrepreneurship Project, encouraging professional refugee tailors to use their skills to produce the beautiful unique teddy bears, using recycled materials.  Select your bear and take it home with a donation.

TESOL

February / March 2019 Appointment Details Coming Soon!

Want to know more about TESOL Trieste?  Go to this LINK. 

Black History Month

BLACK HISTORY EVENTS 2019 - FREE and OPEN to the PUBLIC at American Corner Trieste / Associazione Italo Americana FVG

20/2/19 – 10 am, 2 pm, 5 pm - FILM – BLACK PANTHER (2018) in English (135 min.)  Action, Adventure, Sci Fi.  Nominated for 7 Oscars.
Starring:  Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong'o.
From the Marvel Series.  T'Challa, heir to the hidden but advanced kingdom of Wakanda, must step forward to lead his people into a new future and must confront a challenger from his country's past.

26/2/19, 10 am- Short Story Club – Excerpts from The Underground Railroad  by Colson Whitehead.  
Pulitzer Prize winning novel chronicling a young slave's adventures as she makes a desperate bid for freedom in the antebellum South.

GLOW Tap Dancing


GLOW TAP DANCE SESSION
GLOW - Girls Leading Our World 
FREE for Middle & High School Girls with a Reservation.

Friday February 8th from 1730 - 1900 

Get ready to groove, because you will be attending a TAP DANCE SESSION with Lara Basiaco and Konstantina Mavroidakos!

Konstantina started tapping when she was 10 years old and hasn't stopped moving ever since. She has tapped in various schools with various styles in Cologne, in Milan and now in Trieste. Lara started tapping 10 years ago at TOC TOC Trieste and is meanwhile teaching the absolute beginners at that school. Together they tap dance at TOC TOC Trieste.

Learn about their passion for Tap Dancing, different styles of tapping, and prepare to learn your first steps with real tap shoes!

If you want to participate, please register as usual here at this RSVP and don’t forget to tell us your shoe size! 
Let’s tap together! 
* GLOW Team *

The Week Ahead: Jan 28- Feb. 2, 2019

Short Story Club, Refugee Bears, Moms& Babies, Teen Maker Space.  Here's the plan at Associazione Italo Americana FVG / American Corner Trieste.  All American Corner events are FREE and OPEN to the PUBLIC.

Tuesday, January 29th
10 am - Short Story Club - Excerpts from Once There was a War by John Steinbeck when he was an embedded war correspondent with the U.S. Navy for the New York Herald Tribune in December 1943 during the Allied Invasion of Sicily during WWII. He was with Commander Douglas Fairbanks Jr. in Ventotene.  
10 am - Mom & Baby Play Date
10 am - Refugee Bear Workshop

Thursday, January 31st
9 am - Life Skills in English for Refugees
10 am - Mom & Baby Play Date
10 am - Refugee Bear Workshop

American Film Series at Teatro dei Fabbri - AIA FVG Members Only - Shows at 1:30, 4 pm, 6:30 pm, 9 pm 
Coco. Dir. Lee Unkrich, Adrian Molina. Starring Gael Garcia Bernal, Anthony Gonzalez. Animation. 105 minutes.

Friday, February 1st
4:30 pm NEW TIME!- Teen Maker Space 

RATATOUILLE - FRIDAY, January 25th at 5 pm

CORRECTION! 

 RATATOUILLE will be shown on FRIDAY, January 25th at 5 pm, as scheduled and NOT on Thursday, January 24th as written in Il Piccolo today. 


Regolamento per Chiusura a Causa del Tempo

SOLTANTO se il Comune di Trieste chiude le scuole a causa di maltempo, l'Associazione Italo Americana FVG chiude e annulla corsi ed eventi.  
Non sono previsti recuperi. 

Se hai qualche dubbio, troverete aggiornamenti sul ns. Blog oppure sule ns. pagine Facebook.   

 Policy for Winter Weather Closing: 
Only in the event that the City of Trieste Closes the Public Schools because of Severe Weather, We also Close and Cancel Classes and Events. No makeup lessons are foreseen.

If you are in doubt, you can always find updates on our Facebook Pages and Blog. 

The Week Ahead: Jan 21-25, 2019

Coffee Break, Nati per Leggere, Refugee Bears, Teen Maker Space.  Here's the plan at Associazione Italo Americana FVG / American Corner Trieste.  All American Corner events are FREE and OPEN to the PUBLIC.


Tuesday, January 22nd
10 am - Tuesday Coffee Break
10 am - Mom & Baby Play Date
10 am - Refugee Bear Workshop








Thursday, January 24th
10:30 am - Nati per Leggere - Early Childhood Bilingual Reading 0 - 36 months.
10 am - Refugee Bear Workshop
Friday, January 25th
4:30 pm NEW TIME!- Teen Maker Space 
5 pm - Family Film - RATATOUILLE in English

TESOL Workshop - Jan 18, 2019 - 6 pm


TESOL ITALY TRIESTE Local Group
cordially invites you to the Free Workshop:

Teaching Third Culture Kids-
Opportunities and Challenges

hosted by
Associazione Italo Americana FVG 
American Corner Trieste

Friday, January 18- 18:00-19:00
Piazza Sant’Antonio Nuovo, 6 – Trieste

This talk will be led by Janine Sprague Zolle, and discuss the unique life abroad of third culture kids (TCK), who straddle cultures and languages on a daily basis.  Find out how you can address this populations’ particular linguistic needs and provide a space where TCKs feel they belong and can express their unique cultural heritage.

Janine Sprague Zolle holds a bachelor’s degree in Psychology and Spanish and a master’s degree in Bilingual Education. She has worked over the past 25  years in Mexico, USA and Italy,  using her expertise in language and literacy acquisition to empower students of all ages and diverse backgrounds to reach their full potential.  She is currently working as an EFL teacher at the Associazione Italo Americana in Trieste, Italy, where she also coordinates the local School Programs and TESOL Italy local group. She is also the mother of 3 third culture kids.

Register to Participate at this link:
Teaching Third Culture Kids

The deadline for registration is: Friday, January 18, 2019
For additional information:
Janine Sprague Zolle, Trieste local group coordinator tesolitalytrieste@gmail.com

The Week Ahead: January 14-18, 2019


A week dedicated to John Paul Jones, JFK and U.S. Navy theme events in addition to our regular classes and activities.    Here's the plan at Associazione Italo Americana FVG / American Corner Trieste.  All American Corner events are FREE and OPEN to the PUBLIC.



Monday, January 14th
WINTER Session Classes are in Week 2.  There are still some openings.  New Students, until week 3 you can still register ONLINE.  Here's the LINK.  See you in class! Weekend Warrior Full Immersion this weekend.  

 Tuesday, January 15th

10 am - Film - John Paul Jones (1959) - in English (2 hours 6 min)The career of Revolutionary War naval hero, and Father of the U.S. Navy, from his youth in Scotland through his service to Catherine the Great of Russia.  Director: John Farrow, Stars: Robert Stack, Marisa Pavan, Charles Coburn

 10 am - Mom & Baby Play Date
10 am - Refugee Bear Workshop

 6 pm - Conference - John Paul Jones - (in Italian) with Guest Speaker Col. Walter Lipartiti, retired pilot - Italian Army, sailor and writer.  
Conference and Presentation of his book Una Tigre Sull'Oceano about the life of John Paul Jones, American patriot and hero in the U.S. Continental Navy.  Jones is considered one of the fathers of the U.S. Navy along with John Barry.  
Introduction:  Cap. Fabio Tognoni - Presidente Associazione Arma di Cavalleria - Sezione di Trieste
Thursday, January 17th
10 am - Film - PT 109 (1963) 2 hours 20 min.
True Story - During WW2, Lieut. John F. Kennedy took command of PT 109 to fight the Japanese in the Solomon Islands.  He and the crew narrowly escaped becoming POWs. This film was made a few months before the death of JFK.
Director: Leslie H. Martinson
Stars: Cliff Robertson, Robert Culp, Ty Hardin

 Thursday, January 17th
10 am - Mom & Baby Play Date
10 am - Refugee Bear Workshop
8 pm - Women's Book Club  - Discussing the The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls.  



Friday, January 18th
4 pm - Teen Maker Space
6 pm - TESOL Workshop - Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages - Teaching Third Culture Kids. 

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