Road Trip USA Thematic Events - Nov. 2019



ROAD TRIP USA 2019 – November 2019
Thematic Events
All FREE and OPEN to the Public
at
Associazione Italo Americana FVG / American Corner Trieste
Piazza Sant’ANTONIO Nuovo, 6 - Trieste

Thursday, Nov. 7th – 6 pm
Inauguration of Hidden Route 66 Photographic Exhibit
The Exhibit runs through 30/11
Visit during our hours: afternoons Monday to Friday 4-7 and mornings Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday 9-12

Tuesday, Nov. 12th 10 am and 8 pm
Film: Nebraska
In English with English Subtitles - (2013) Starring Bruce Dern – Comedy Drama, 155 min.
"NEBRASKA" is a father and son road trip, from Billings, Montana to Lincoln, Nebraska that gets waylaid at a small town in central Nebraska, where the father grew up and has scores to settle. Told with deadpan humor and a unique visual style, it's ultimately the story of a son trying to get through to a father he doesn't understand.

Tuesday, Nov. 19th – 10 am and 8 pm
In English with English Subtitles - (1987) Starring Steve Martin and John Candy – Comedy , 120 min.
All that Neal Page wants to do is to get home for Thanksgiving. His flight has been cancelled due to bad weather, so he decides on other means of transport. As well as bad luck, Neal is blessed with the presence of Del Griffith, shower curtain ring salesman and all-around blabbermouth who is never short of advice, conversation, bad jokes, or company. And when he decides that he is going the same direction as Neal, they travel together.

Friday, Nov. 22th – 5 pm
Film:  Cars
In English with English Subtitles - (2006) Animation, 120 min.
While traveling to California for the dispute of the final race of the Piston Cup against The King and Chick Hicks, the famous Lightning McQueen accidentally damages the road of the small town of Radiator Springs and is sentenced to repair it. Lightning McQueen has to work hard and finds friendship and love in the simple locals, changing its values during his stay in the small town and becoming a true winner. 

Tuesday, Nov. 26 – 10 am
Short Story Club - Discussing in English some excerpts from:
Travels with CharleyJohn Steinbeck (1962)
In 1960, when he was almost sixty years old, John Steinbeck set out to rediscover his native land.
He felt that he might have lost touch with its sights, sounds and the essence of its people. Accompanied only by his dog, Charley, he travelled all across the United States in a pick-up truck.
The narration of a summer motorcycle trip across America's Northwest, undertaken by a father and his young son.   A story of love and fear -- of growth, discovery, and acceptance -- that becomes a profound personal and philosophical odyssey into life's fundamental questions.

Thursday, Nov. 28th – 10 am
In English (2018) 55 min. PBS Documentary.  55 min.
How streets have connected the nation, divided communities, and changed the way Americans live, work, and shop.
Friday, Nov. 29th – 6 pm
Paolo Battaglia traveled 20,000 miles from New York to California to find small communities of Italian Americans living all over the country. Battaglia interviewed hundreds of people, to understand their American life and its connection to their past in Italy.