The Week Ahead: Nov. 18-23, 2024

 

THURSDAY 10, 14, 16:30, 19:30 American Film Series - FALL GUY at Cinema Super - Members Only.  


THURSDAY 18:00 - FREE ONLINE English Conversation - American Road Trip - California and the Pacific Northwest

FRIDAY 
15:30 -FREE TEEN MAKERS SPACE 


SATURDAY 10:00 -  Trieste Ukulele Club.  Newcomers always welcome.  




ARE YOU A 2024/25 MEMBER?  The American Film Series at Cinema Super features FALL GUY this week.  You can become a member at any time of year.  

Thanksgiving 2024

 SOLD OUT




Prenotazioni PREPAGATE dal 4/11/2024 in sede.

SOLO per SOCI e i loro ospiti (max. 3 ospiti per ogni socio)

Posti limitati

Luogo: Hamericas, Viale XX settembre 39 - Trieste

Prenotazioni Prepagate in Sede AIAFVG - Piazza Sant'Antonio Nuovo, 6 - Trieste

Lun a Sab 9-13 e Lun a Ven 17-18.

Scelta di Menu Fisso

Musica dal Vivo con Club 5 - anni '60 e '70


Not a Member?  This Event, Thanksgiving and the American Film Series are great reasons to join.  

Membership INFO at this LINK


Programma:

12:30 - 13 - Musica

13 - Pranzo

14 - Musica

14:30 - Dolce

15 - 15:30 - Musica


Trieste Ukulele Club - Fall 2024






Trieste Ukulele Club - On the Road -Monopolele Festival May 2024

I Feel Good - Oct. 5, 2024

FALL 2024 Meeting Dates.  Saturdays, always from 10-12

October 5th
October 19th
November 9th
November 23rd
December 7th

Our meetings are FREE.  All are Welcome!  All Levels, All Ages.
Meetings at Associazione Italo Americana FVG / American Corner Trieste
Piazza Sant'Antonio Nuovo, 6 - Trieste - Italy

Loaner Ukes available for Meeting Days. 

Our Meeting and WhatsApp language is English.  Most songs are in English.  

We are NOT experts. We learn and have fun together.  Better Fun than Perfect.  

We play versions of songs that are ACCESSIBLE FOR EVERYONE, even the person who just started..  

Our goal is to learn one song well each meeting.  

If you are Advanced, you are welcome to play with us and then do an OPEN MIC of a song that you have been working on.  

FIRST TIME REGISTRATION REQUIRED at this LINK

While are meetings are FREE, we encourage participants to become members of the Associazione Italo Americana FVG to help support our efforts and take advantage of other opportunities. 

Annual Membership 1/09/24 - 31/08/25:   Reduced: €25 - students 16+, teachers, 65+, Regular: €35 

Check out:

We get inspiration from the Austin Ukulele Society and Cynthia Lin 
If you teach young students, you can get find tutorials from Dario VivianiSukuki Ukulele and Guitar Teacher in Trieste.

Are you a Music Teacher?  Download the UKULELE IN CLASS BOOKLET.

Previous meetings:

MEETING:  Nov. 23, 2024, 10-12   - Next Mtg. Dec. 7th

1) Warm Up:   Don't Worry Be Happy - Bobby McFerrin - C Dm F 

Swing Strum: d du | d du | d du | d du

OR

 

    2)  Featured Song -

    I GET BY WITH A LITTLE HELP FROM MY FRIENDS- The Beatles 


    Replay - Featured Song - Somewhere Over the Rainbow in C


    Replay - Yellow Submarine 1966 - McCartney/Lennon

    Extra Credit Songs for future reference:


    3) Play through for an eventual performance (15 min)

    4) Open Mic

    5) Closing: El Tram De Opicina
    I'll be There for You - Theme Song from Friends - 1st verse

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    MEETING:  Nov. 9, 2024, 10-12   

    1) Warm Up:   Don't Worry Be Happy - Bobby McFerrin - C Dm F 

    Swing Strum: d du | d du | d du | d du

    OR

     

      2) Featured Song - Somewhere Over the Rainbow in C


      Just because:  

      Yellow Submarine 1966 - McCartney/Lennon

      Extra Credit Songs for future reference:


      3) Play through for an eventual performance (15 min)

      4) Open Mic

      5) Closing: El Tram De Opicina
      I'll be There for You - Theme Song from Friends - 1st verse

      ________________ 

      MEETING:  Oct. 19, 2024, 10-12  

      1) Warm Up:   Don't Worry Be Happy - Bobby McFerrin - C Dm F 

      Swing Strum: d du | d du | d du | d du

      OR

       

        2) Featured Song - When the Saints Go Marching In.   C G F


        Extra Credit Songs for future reference:

        3) Play through for an eventual performance (15 min)

        4) Open Mic

        5) Closing: El Tram De Opicina
        I'll be There for You - Theme Song from Friends - 1st verse

        ________________ 


        MEETING:  Oct. 5, 2024, 10-12  

        1) Warm Up:   Don't Worry Be Happy - Bobby McFerrin - C Dm F 

        Swing Strum: d du | d du | d du | d du

        OR

         

          2) Featured Song - I Feel Good - James Brown- C F G7

          Strum  D DU UDU or Chucking D xU UxU or



          3) Play through for an eventual performance (15 min)

          4) Open Mic

          5) Closing: El Tram De Opicina
          I'll be There for You - Theme Song from Friends - 1st verse

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          Assemblea Ordinaria dei Soci 13/12/2024

          ASSOCIAZIONE ITALO AMERICANA FVG



           


          ASSEMBLEA ORDINARIA dei Soci
          dell’ASSOCIAZIONE ITALO AMERICANA
          della REGIONE FRIULI VENEZIA GIULIA


          13.12.2024

          1° convocazione ore: 16.30

          2° convocazione ore: 17.30


          ORDINE DEL GIORNO


          1. Approvazione verbale dell’assemblea della seduta precedente

          2. Approvazione bilancio consuntivo 2023 - 2024

          3. Approvazione bilancio di previsione 2024 – 2025

          4. Rassegna cinema

          5. Report attività e corsi Associazione Italo Americana

          6. Report attività American Corner

          7. Varie ed eventuali


          Il Presidente Karoline Jeane Steckley


          ___________________________________________________________________


          DELEGA 

          Con la presente delego ……….......………...…………........................……….......... a

          rappresentarmi all’assemblea ordinaria dell’Associazione Italo-Americana FVG del giorno 13

          dicembre 2024

          NOME E COGNOME DEL DELEGANTE……………………………............….....................…

          FIRMA …………………………………………………………………….....................................

          DATA…………………………………………………………………..….................................…

          Women's Book Club 2024 25

           


          QUESTIONS?  Fill in this FORM and we will contact you.


          Women's Book Club - 1 meeting a month.  American Authors.  

          Usually meeting on a Thursday evening at 18:00 at Bar Sircelli - Via Genova - Trieste

          Everyone reads in English on their own and comes ready to discuss in English. 

          The group votes on the book list at the beginning of the school year.  

          We have a WhatsApp Group in English for the participants.

          It is not mandatory to become a member of the Associazione Italo Americana FVG, but it would be an appreciated gesture.  Membership Info at this LINK.


          2024/25

          Meetings at Bar Sircelli, Via Genova - Trieste

          November 7th, 18:00 - You Like it Darker - Stephen King

          November 28, 2024, 18:00 - Olive Kitteridge - Elizabeth Strout

          December 16, 2024, 18:00 - Educated: A Memoir - Tara Westover

          January 16, 2025 , 18:00 - Hillbilly Elegy - JD Vance

          February 20, 2025 - 18:00 - The Violin Conspiracy - Brendan Slocumb

          March 27, 2025 - 18:00 - Sabrina & Corinna - Kali Fajardo Anstine

          April 16, 2025 - 18:00 - Manhattan Transfer - John Dos Passos

          May 15, 2025 - 18:00 - Counterfeit: A Novel - Kirsten Chen

          June 19, 2025 - 18:00 - This is Paradise - Kristiana  Kahakauwila

          Books we read in 2023/24

          When the Church Burns Down Cancel the Wedding by Sara Braca 
          Call Us What We Carry by Amanda Gorman. 
          In One Person by John Irving 
          The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
          Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
          The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath 
          The Passenger by Cormac McCarthy
          Overture: a Novel by Yael Goldstein 
           If l Survive You by Jonathan Escoffery

          Books we read in 2022/23

          Whereabouts by Jhumpa Lahiri
          I Will Die in a Foreign Land by Kalani Pickhart
          The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
          New York Trilogy by Paul Auster
          Mom & Me & Mom by Maya Angelou
          The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields
          Jazz by Toni Morrison
          Inheritance: Genealogy, Paternity, Love by Dani Shapiro
          Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin

          The Week Ahead - Nov. 4-9, 2024


           

          CLICK on the below links for DETAILS.



          TUESDAY 20:00 - ELECTION Night Event - by Reservation 


          THURSDAY 18:00 ONLINE English Conversation - American Road Trip - California and Pacific Coast

          THURSDAY 18:00 - 
           WOMEN'S BOOK CLUB - You Like It Darker by Stephen King 


          FRIDAY 15:30 - TEEN MAKERS SPACE 

          POSTPONED
          FRIDAY 18:00 - TESOL - Seminar - What is English for You? Monika Kavalir


          SATURDAY 10:00 -  Trieste Ukulele Club.  Newcomers always welcome.  




          ARE YOU A 2024/25 MEMBER?  The American Film Series at Cinema Super starts on October 24th with CHALLENGERS