FEBRUARY 2020 NEWSLETTER
FEBRUARY –BLACK
HISTORY MONTH, CARNIVAL
BREAK, PROJECT
28, SOCIAL
SECURITY. Check out a Book, DVD, Magazine. Participate in an Event. Go to the Cinema. Did you renew your
membership? Come down during our office
hours. View the Newsletter on the Blog in Text
Format and in Calendar
Format. Forward the newsletter to a friend!
OFFICE:
OFFICE and LIBRARY HOURS
Mornings from 9-12: Tuesday and Thursday.
Saturdays
Afternoons 4-7: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
CARNIVAL
VACATION – We will be closed from Saturday, 22/2 until Friday 28/2 – No
Lessons or Library. Have fun!
Winter Weather Closing Policy- We close ONLY IF
the city of Trieste closes public schools for severe weather. Stay up to
date on our BLOG.
NEWS – SPECIAL EVENTS at the
AMERICAN CORNER
05/02, 10 am
– STATE
of the UNION ADDRESS Viewing in Playback – We’ll watch the Annual Message of the President of
the United States to the Joint Session of the U.S. Congress.
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 2019/20 MEMBER.
Our 2019/20 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, 2020. Questions? aia.fvg@gmail.com
FOR MEMBERS ONLY
39th
AMERICAN FILM SERIES at Teatro
dei Fabbri – Via dei Fabbri -Shows at
1:30, 4, 6:30, 9 pm
You can
renew your Membership Cards at any time of the year. 9
great films including: Admission to
Films for Members Only. No single
tickets sold.
6/02: BOOKSMART. Dir. Olivia Wilde. Starring Kaitlyn Dever, Beanie
Feldstein. Comedy. 102 minutes.
On
the eve of their high school graduation, two academic superstars and best
friends realize they should have worked less and played more.
27/02: IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK. Dir. Barry Jenkins. Starring Stephan James, Regina King. Drama. 119 minutes.
A young woman embraces her pregnancy while she and her family set out to prove her childhood friend and lover innocent of a crime he didn't commit.
27/02: IF BEALE STREET COULD TALK. Dir. Barry Jenkins. Starring Stephan James, Regina King. Drama. 119 minutes.
A young woman embraces her pregnancy while she and her family set out to prove her childhood friend and lover innocent of a crime he didn't commit.
AIA FVG ENGLISH COURSES
NOTICE
TO PARENTS - PreK,
Elementary 123, 345, Native Speakers – YOU MUST COME UPSTAIRS TO PICK UP
YOUR CHILDREN. For safety reasons,
children cannot leave the premises by themselves.
2019/20 COURSES
WINTER COURSE REGISTRATION is CLOSED.
SPRING REGISTRATION for NEW STUDENTS WILL OPEN on MARCH 9th. Spring classes start March 24th.
SPECIAL AMERICAN CORNER THEMATIC EVENTS
BLACK
HISTORY MONTH is our Theme. Learn more about Black
History and the 150th
Anniversary of the Black Voting Rights.
Special
Events:
12/02, 10 am
– Film SELMA (2014) Dir. Ava DuVernay, Starring:
David Oyelowo, Carmen Ejogo, Tim Roth.
Drama/ Bio 128 min.
A chronicle
of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s campaign to secure equal voting rights via an
epic march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama, in 1965.
REGULAR AMERICAN CORNER EVENTS
TEEN MAKER
SPACE – every Friday from 4:30 – 7 pm – Free for Tweens and
Teens. Adult Mentor. Check out the
transformation of the space! Great job
Joshua and Kids!
REGULAR ACTIVITIES FOR ADULTS – FREE and OPEN to the
PUBLIC
Fridays, 9-12
– Project 28
– Female Asylum Seeker Sewing Project with ICS. Do you sew? Want to learn or
teach? We’re starting on our Spring
Project. Join us!
04/02, 10 am – Tuesday Coffee Break – A cup of
coffee and great conversation in English.
11/02, 11 am - Short Story Club – See Above in Black
History Month
20/02, 7 pm -
Women’s Book Club – The Overstory by Richard
Powers. Pulitzer Prize Winning Bestseller. Send an
email to participate.
07/02, 5 pm – Development of Intercultural & Global Competences
with Literature and Film. Speaker: Barbara Lapornik
English
Teachers, remember to renew your 2020 TESOL membership with your Carta
Docente. Get MIUR Credit and Free
Professional Development.
A call for guest speakers. Are you an English teacher who
would like to lead a seminar or workshop for the Trieste Local Group? Would you like to join us or be added to the
TESOL Local Group Mailing List? Send an email to tesolitalytrieste@gmail.com
06/03 –Save the Date for the next TESOL Meeting – U.S. State Department
Online Resources for English Language Learning with Anne Johnson - Regional
Public Engagement Specialist, U.S. Embassy Rome.
PROJECT 28 - Project 28 participants are female asylum seekers, in Italy with their children, spouses or relatives,
from various nations, and assisted by local mentor women. Our sewing project is by women for young
women. Join us! We’re looking for seamstresses, designers,
sponsors, health care professionals. Stay tuned for news on our launch on March
6th for International Women’s Day.
REFUGEE BEAR PROJECT – Integration through
Entrepreneurship
Check out our Refugee
Bear Migration Map. Many bears got new homes over the holidays. Tell
us where your bear is and we’ll add your location to the map! Send us a picture and the location of your refugee
bear and we’ll add it to Instagram.
Follow the Refugee Bears on Instagram and Facebook . A call for fabric donations and large
buttons! Non-stretch materials
please.
NEWS FOR AMERICAN CITIZENS
28/02
- SOCIAL SECURITY – In Trieste. Presentation and Individual
Appointments. Apply for a
Social Security Number or TIN. Learn
more about the Social Security System. Forward
this message to an American friend.
Attend the Presentation: 11:30 – no reservation necessary.
2020 is a GENERAL
ELECTION YEAR.
If you’re an American Citizen, you can register to vote…
even if you have never resided in the United States Request your
Absentee Ballots now with your Federal Post Card Application, so you
will be set for the entire year. Let
your voice be heard in the Presidential Primaries and General Election. VOTING REGISTRATION INFO HERE.
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 Sewing and
with our Morning Activities at the Front Desk and in the Library, 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. 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 Refugee Bear
Integration through Entrepreneurship Project, encouraging professional
refugee tailors to use their skills.
