FEBRUARY 2019 NEWSLETTER
FEBRUARY = Black History Month, State of the Union Message,
GLOW Tap Dance, Maker Space, Refugee English Classes and more. View the Newsletter
on the Blog in Text and in Calendar
Format. Forward the newsletter to a friend!
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.
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
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.
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.
