December 2015 Newsletter

AIA-FVG / American Corner Trieste
DECEMBER 2015 NEWSLETTER

DECEMBER – Jackson Pollock and Food, Hemingway Read-a-thon, Cookies, Santa, Coding, Sci Fi and more!  We at Associazione Italo Americana FVG / American Corner Trieste take the opportunity to wish you and your families a Happy and Peaceful Holiday Season and the Best of New Years!    
OFFICE:
OFFICE HOURS  
Our Hours are:  Mornings:  Tuesday and Thursday 9–12,   Afternoons:  Monday to Friday 4-7. 
Closed Dec. 7-8 and Dec. 23 – Jan. 6th.  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.  Our Front Desk Volunteers have been working hard to automate our accounting and registration procedures!

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
It’s time to register for WINTER Classes.  Do you need to change day or class?  No problem, we’ll try to help.  Take advantage of the American Corner Library and Facilities.  Here are the Course Offerings for ADULTS and KIDS.  If there is space, after contacting us, you can join a course at any time.  Remember to pick up your receipts at the Front Desk during Office Hours.
WEEKEND WARRIOR FULL IMMERSION ENGLISH for ADULTS.   – The monthly dates have been set for the year - 1 weekend each month.  The next session is Dec. 12-13, 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!
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 FabbriYou can become a member even after the series starts.  ONLY Members can attend the American Film Series.  No single tickets can be sold.
Dec. 17thGET ON UP – Shows at 1:30, 4, 6:30, 9 pm – ATTENTION! The first show starts early because the film is 139 minutes long. 

SEASONAL EVENTS:
SANTA VISIT and COOKIE FEST – December 4, 2014, 5-7 pm
Have your picture taken with Santa, Delivery your Letter to Santa, Decorate the Tree, Sing Holiay Carols.  While you’re here you can also enjoy some holiday cookies and treats.  Free and Open for all Ages.  Would you like to help?  Do you sing and play and instrument?  How about bringing some homemade cookies! Contact us at:   aia.fvg@gmail.com

CONFERENCES and SPECIAL EVENTS:

SCI FI CONTACTS Film and TV SERIES – At American Corner Trieste. FREE ENTRY.
A series of science fiction movies and TV series.  In cooperation with the Energia Società Ambiente. Tra passato, presente e futuro, lecture series 2015-16 University of Trieste. Film Series organized by Giulia Iannuzzi, PhD. Exceptional guest speakers discuss the theme of the evening.  This month: 
Dec. 1st,  8 pm, STAR TREK II:  THE WRATH OF KHAN, 1982, 112 min.  Special guest speaker: Giovanni Vladilo (INAF)
Dec- 15thMAD MAX:  FURY ROAD, 2015, 120 min.  Special guest speaker:  Claudio Tunix (ICTP)


FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
Dec. 10th, 8:30am – 3 pm – Reading from the Beginning to the End.  In collaboration with the Associazione Culturale Cinzia Vitale  and the US Consulate Milan.  Everyone reads.   All Readers will be entered in the Drawing to Win a Kindle Paperwhite.  The voice of Richard Cantrell, a 50 year old Colonel who is war-scarred, embittered, and ill, based in Trieste with TRUST, but lost in love with a young Venetian countess.  The Colonel relives his battles and searches for peace in Venice and Fossalon di Grado.

Dec. 11 – Jan. 10 – Palazzo Gopcevich, 10 am – 5 pm – Tuesday to Sunday
Free and Open to the Public
This very special photographic exhibit is brought to us thanks to the U.S. Diplomatic Mission to Italy and the City of Trieste.  Jackson Pollock the artist needs no introduction—but perhaps lesser known is Jackson Pollock the gardener, baker, and dinner-party host.  Dinner with Jackson Pollock features more than fifty recipes collected from handwritten pages scrawled by Jackson in Long Island, interspersed with Jackson’s masterworks, still lifes of the Pollock summer home, and beautiful photographs of each recipe.  A unique and insightful portrait of a great American artist.

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: 
Dec. 11th, 5:30 pm – POLAR EXPRESS - A boy embarks on a magical adventure to the North Pole on the Polar Express. During his adventure he learns about friendship, bravery, and the spirit of Christmas.

AMERICAN CORNER TEEN CLUB - AC TC -  Every Friday from 5-7 pm
Make, Create, Hang out in English.  Open to all Middle and High School Students.  Every week a different activity.  Cooking, Playing, Coding in English.  This month we’re working on Thanksgiving and the Santa Claus Visit with Cookie Fest.   

THE HOUR OF CODE – Friday, Dec. 11th 5-7 pm – Free and Open to the Public
Learn how to code (computer program) with 100 million other people in 180 countries.  In one HOUR of CODE you can get a certificate, play great games, be part of something BIG!  Open for all ages. 
If you have a tablet or a smart phone, please bring it.  All new programs this year (Star Wars, Minecraft and Anna and Elsa) for ages 4-104! 

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.
MAKER CREATOR SPACE – Every Thursday from 10-12.  Use our sewing machines, knit or sew in company.  Bake a cake!  It’s all good.  Just clean up when you’re done. 
No reading required this month!  Send us an email for details.  aia.fvg@gmail.com

ACTIVITIES FOR ADULTS – FREE and OPEN to the PUBLIC
TERRIFIC TUESDAYS
Every Thursday 10- 11am – SURVIVAL ITALIAN Conversation for Adults – Informal conversation in Italian for Italian language learners.  No homework, no stress.
Dec. 1st  - COFFEE BREAK –Take a pause, enjoy some English conversation and a cup of coffee.
Dec. 15th – 10- 11:30 am - SHARING and RELAXING in ENGLISH – Talk, Reflect, Breathe, Relax. 
SHORT STORY CLUB – Back in January

TEACHER 2 TEACHER NETWORK
An English teacher network managed by English teachers.  Contact us for the next meeting date and time. 

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. 

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!

See you in the Association!       FOLLOW US on: www.aia-fvg.blogspot.it   https://twitter.com/AIAFVG 
Piazza S. Antonio 6, 34122 Trieste – 040 63 03 01   aia.fvg@gmail.com  

Hours: Monday- Friday 4-7 pm, Tuesday and Thursday 9-12