AIA-FVG /
American Corner Trieste
SEPTEMBER 2014
NEWSLETTER
SEPTEMBER
September in 1 word:
BUSY! Intensive Classes, Open
Days, Fall Classes, New Programs, Hemingway, Read-a-thon, Banned Books, Pancakes
and much more.
OFFICE
HOURS
We’re back with regular hours. Monday to Friday 4 – 7 pm, Tuesday and
Thursday 9-12. Come on down!
INTENSIVE
COURSES – Need more info now? Tel
349 3730682 or aia.fvg@gmail.com
Elementary,
Middle School and High School: 1 more week of Classes September 1-5th. Get back your English before school starts. Amaze your Teachers, get out of the rain! If
you missed the first days, you can join now.
No problem.
Intensive
week for Adults
– The
week of September 8th – 2 hours a day for 5 days. A real jump start! Astound your boss with your English. Intensive English or Survival
Italian.
It’s that time of year again! You can purchase your Memberships for
2014/15. The prices remain
unchanged: €35 for the Regular Adult
Membership and €25 for Students age 16 and over, Teachers and over age 65. To attend courses, the student (or their
parent must be a member). Membership is
valid for checking out books, magazines, DVD’s and for the 2014/15 American
Cinema Program in the Original Version at Cinema dei Fabbri beginning on
October 30th. Membership is
valid one school year and must be renewed annually.
AMERICAN
CORNER TRIESTE – Programs, consultation of the library, public
internet access computers, and Wi-Fi are always free and open to the
public. It’s 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 and
Education Advising Section, Children’s Corner Library and Women’s Space. Oh, yeah!
OPEN
DAYS for Regular Courses
Come down
and learn about our FALL Courses. Bring
the kids. Take a Trial Lesson on OPEN
DAY.
Monday,
Sept. 8th, 5-6 pm – ADULT Courses for English
or Italian
Tuesday,
Sept. 9th, 5-6 pm – KIDS
– Materna, Elementary, Middle School, High School
Wednesday,
Sept. 10th, 5-6 pm – TEACHERS – Programs for Schools and for English Teachers
BANNED
BOOKS MONTH – Did you know that 46% of the best 100 novels of the
20th century have been the
target of ban attempts? Did you know
that we have 30 of these books in our collection? Check out our Banned Book Display… and most
importantly… Check out these and other books in our collection!
LAUREN
BACALL and ROBIN WILLIAMS FILM TRIBUTE - OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Monday
Nights at 8 pm
In August Lauren Bacall and Robin Williams left us. We want to remember them in this way. The sophisticated lady and the comic genius. English Version with Commentary before the
film.
Sept. 22nd–
To Have and To Have Not, 1944,
dir. Howard Hawks with Lauren Bacall
& Humphrey Bogart
Sept. 29th- Moscow on the Hudson,
1984, dir. Paul Mazursky, 115 min.
Oct 6th- Good Morning Vietnam, 1987, dir. Barry Levinson, 121 min.
Oct. 13th - Old Poet's Society, 1989, dir. Peter Weir, 128 min.
Oct. 20th - The Bird Cage, 1996, Mike Nichols, 117 min.
Oct 6th- Good Morning Vietnam, 1987, dir. Barry Levinson, 121 min.
Oct. 13th - Old Poet's Society, 1989, dir. Peter Weir, 128 min.
Oct. 20th - The Bird Cage, 1996, Mike Nichols, 117 min.
STORYTIME
LIGHT and I ♥ READING SUMMER READING – OPEN TO THE PUBLIC September 3, 6-7 pm CONCLUSION The SUMMER READING
Competition for Children and Adults ends on September 3rd. All participants in this competition will
receive a prize! Come on down for a
Grand Finale.
TUESDAY
MORNING REMIX in the American Corner
Sept. 9th
10-11:30 RELAXATION AND ANTI-STRESS in ENGLISH
Sept. 23rd ,10-11 - SHORT STORY CLUB –
New Entries and Old Classics – Short Story Club. This month we’ll be reading “Cat
in the Rain” and “A Clean
Well Lighted Place”, by Ernest Hemingway.
You can download here or come to the office to pick up your copies.
Sept. 30th,
10- 12. - TUESDAY COFFEE BREAK – 10-12 – Have a
cup of coffee and some great conversation. New day, same great conversation!
AMERICAN
EXPERIENCE is MOVING to THURSDAY MORNINGS at 10 am. –OPEN TO THE PUBLIC –
ERNEST HEMINGWAY
Great PBS documentaries, on American themes. The theme of the month is Ernest Hemingway: Journalist,
Novelist, Hunter, Fisherman
Sept. 18th 10 am – Ernest Hemingway:
Rivers to the Sea – PBS – 90 min.
The Hemingway Story, his life and work.
WINE,
CHEESE and BOOKS – September 18th at 8 pm
The Evening Book Club is on
the road. Monthly meetings are held in
different venues each month. The book
for September is The Killing Anniversary by Ian St. James. Ireland, England, the US: 3 families intertwined in 70 years of Irish history. Want to participate? Send an e-mail to aia.fvg@gmail.com. The October book title
will be revealed at the September 18th meeting.
A FAREWELL TO ARMS
by Ernest Hemingway READ-A-THON
September
26th from 9 am until we finish!
To celebrate the European Day of Languages, we will be reading Hemingway’s 1929 classic aloud
from cover to cover. An American We
need volunteer readers! Students, Classes, Teachers, Native Speakers,
anybody who loves languages. Each reader
will read at least 2 pages. We will
supply the text in English. If you want
to read chronologically in Italian or Slovene or any other language, that is
great. Bring your own copy of the book
in other languages. We hope to broadcast
the event in streaming. Come in, read,
listen, enjoy. Every reader receives a ticket to participate in the drawing to win a Kindle. Teachers, bring your English classes, invite
your friends! Contact us for more
details aia.fvg@gmail.com
MERCATO del CIBO e
GUSTO – Monfalcone Piazza Cavour
Sept.
6th, 11am – 4 pm AIA
FVG and American Corner Trieste are making pancakes and looking for volunteers
to help. Come and see us, make some
pancakes, enjoy the multi-ethnic food market!
Volunteer at aia.fvg@gmail.com
FUTURE
PLANS FOR FRIDAY NIGHTS
We’ve got more plans for your Friday nights, but we’ll
let you get settled for Fall. New
Programs are coming in October! Some new
proposals include: Family Date Night –
once a month night at the movies, Totally Teen Club – for ages 13-19 and
everybody in between – once a month teen film or game night.
TGIF, WOMEN’S SPACE, WELCOME HOME STRANGER - All
three initiatives back in October!
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 and for a variety of
roles. Contact us! We’ll keep you busy!
See you in
the Association!