MAY 2018 NEWSLETTER
MAY: Theme of the Month: FRIENDSHIP
in the DIGITAL AGE. View the High School Poster Exhibit. Register
for a Summer Class. Make
a submission for MIS MAS 2018. Come
to a Poetry Reading. We will be closed on May 1st and June 2nd. View the Newsletter
on the Blog in Text Format and in Calendar
Format. Forward the
newsletter to a friend!
OFFICE:
ADMINISTRATION HOURS
Tuesday and Thursday mornings: 9-12
and Thursday afternoons: 4-7 pm
Please Pick up your IBAN
Receipts, Make Cash Payments, during our
Administration Hours, listed above. Questions? aiafrontdesk@gmail.com
LIBRARY and AMERICAN CORNER
HOURS:
Our Library hours are: Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday mornings 9-12
and Monday to Friday afternoons from 4-7 pm. The Library is volunteer run. Call
for Library Volunteers!
MAY HOLIDAYS! We CLOSE: May 1st and June 2nd
AIA FVG ENGLISH COURSES
WEEKEND WARRIOR May 19/20 - Full Immersion Weekend in English
for Adults. 1 weekend, 10 hours of Full
Immersion, Infinite Fun. Online Registration at this LINK.
SUMMER STEAM – Think
Summer! Registration is Open for Summer
Full Immersion weeks for Kids from age 3 to High School. Here’s the info and Registration LINK.
NEW! INTENSIVE SUMMER TEST
PREP – If you’re thinking of going to the University in the US, you will need
to take standardized Entrance Exams. TOEFL for English and SAT or ACT for
general knowledge. Summertime is the
best time to study for this. Info and Registration LINK.
HIGH DIVE Full Immersion Week
for Adults – Take the plunge. A Full Immersion
English Experience without leaving Trieste!
Info and Registration LINK.
SPECIAL EVENTS
May
– HBU? (How aBout yoU) – Collaborative US / Italian Photographic Exhibit by High School Students at
AIA FVG in Trieste and at the Abington Friends School in Pennsylvania. Students created long distance friendships through
social media, WhatsApp, Skype and designed an inspirational poster for their
overseas partner. On display for the
Month of May.
5/6 May – 24 hour GLOW
Weekend. The event of the year for Middle
and High School Girls. Registration is
closed.
07/05, 7 pm – ZACK ROGOW Poems of
Love and Humor: A reading in tribute to Umberto Saba. Zack Rogow an American poet,
translator, playwright, editor, critic, professor, is currently in residency at
the Emily Harvey Foundation in Venice, Italy where he is working on a volume of Selected
Translations of poetry from several languages. Among the poets he’s translating
is Trieste’s own Umberto Saba.
08/05, 6 pm – PRESENTATION
OF SUMMER COURSES and ACTIVITIES
Courses for Kids, Adults, Test Prep, Lit Flicks
for Adults, Lit Flicks for Kids, Independence Day!
12/05, 2 pm – TESOL Seminar Teaching the 21st
Century Student hosted by
the TESOL TRIESTE LOCAL GROUP Registration at this LINK. You will receive MIUR Credit, enrich your C.V. and get Professional Development for English Teachers!
MIS MAS 2018 Deadline for Submissions: May 18th
- 2018 edition of MIS MAS our in-house literary magazine in English. In addition to articles, prose, poetry, you
can also submit photos and artwork. Did
you miss MIS MAS 2017? You can read it
at this LINK.
INTENSIVE
ENGLISH CLASSES for REFUGEES – Many thanks to our
Volunteers Tom and Mary of Pittsburgh for teaching free classes during the
month of April. 31.5 hours of lessons
and over 50 students! Watch the feature on Tgr RAIFVG.
Our 2017/18 Membership Year began on September 1st. Here is the Membership Form. Membership prices remain
unchanged. €25 – Ridotto for Students 16
and over, Teachers and 65 and over. €35
– Intero. Membership is valid until
August 31, 2017. Renew your membership
each year to take advantage of the American Film Series, Register for Courses, Check
out Library materials, Participate in Members Only Events. READ MORE about what it means to be a Member.
You can become a member at any
time of the year.
FINAL FILM in the 37th
AMERICAN FILM SERIES at Teatro dei Fabbri – Shows at 13:30, 16:00, 18:30, 21:00 AIA FVG Members Only.
10/05 – THE BIG SICK Dir. Michael Showalter. Starring Kumail
Nanjiani, Zoe Kazan. Comedy. 120 minutes.
REGULAR ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS and
FAMILIES – FREE and OPEN to the PUBLIC
·
Every Tuesday and Thursday, 10 am - Mom & Baby Playgroup
ACTIVITIES FOR ADULTS – FREE and OPEN
to the PUBLIC
· 22/5, 10
am - Coffee Break
· 17/5, 8 pm -
Women’s Book Club. Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine [AFA1] [AFA2] by Gail
Honeyman send an email to aia.fvg@gmail.com to
participate.
VOLUNTEERS
We are a Volunteer Run Non-Profit Association.
Volunteers run our Library, American
Corner Programs and Activities. We are
looking for Volunteers to Mentor and Manage the Teen Maker Club, Assist with the Nati per Leggere program, Work at the Cinema, Help with our Morning
Activities at the Front Desk and
in the Library. Send us an
email. We’ll find a role for you. University of
Trieste students in Humanities, P.R. and
other majors can earn Internship Credit Hours 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
A Special Call for Volunteer 3D Printer lovers and Makers to help with our Teen Maker Space on Friday
afternoons. You need to know how to use
a 3D Printer and love mentoring teenagers.
You can also use our MakerBot for your own 3D projects. Contact us!
Did you study abroad with a FULBRIGHT SCHOLARSHIP or through a US
Department of State Exchange Program? Send us an email if you or
someone you know participated in one of these programs! We are organizing an Alumni Group in Trieste.
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 thanks to a U.S. Department of State Grant and the US
Diplomatic Mission to Italy.