June 2021 Newsletter




June 2021 – White Zone and it’s SUMMER!  School is almost over and we all need a break, preferably outdoors.  Let’s try Baseball! Watch our  June MUSICALS.  Register for the Summer English Academy, follow Caribbean American Heritage MonthLGBTQI+ Pride Month. See you on What’s the Buzz
 
WHITE ZONE - Cultural associations can reopen! 
The Library is now open from Monday to Friday from 9 am to 1 pm!
We ask you to return long overdue books and dvds.  If you can’t make it during our hours, put them in the mailbox or in the book bag outside our door. 
 
SPRING Session Students.  Finally we will meet! Your last lesson will be IN PERSON!  You will receive details on the class on the WhatsApp Groups and via email. 
 
JUNE AMERICAN  MUSICALS SERIES
Enjoy our 6 Musical Films at the American Corner.  In English with English Subtitles. FREE Shows at 10 am and 6 pm.
With an online RESERVATION at this LINK
 
Tues. 22/6 - THE WIZARD of OZ (1939)
Wed. 23/6 - AN AMERICAN IN PARIS 
Thu. 24/6 - GREASE (1978)
Tues. 29/6-  CHICAGO (2002)
Wed. 30/6 - MAMMA MIA (2008)
Thu. 01/7 - THE GREATEST SHOWMAN (2017)
Special Musical Event – October 28th at Sala Luttazzi – Save the Date!
 
 
INDEPENDENCE CELEBRATION – Add it to your calendar
July 3rd, 6 pm – An Independence Day Celebration in Opicina with Junior. Alpina Baseball & Softball.  More details coming soon. 
 
SUMMER ENGLISH ACADEMY –
Registration is Open! Spaces are Limited.  Some weeks are already full.
Full Immersion English Weeks with an emphasis on STEAM (Science Technology Art Engineering Math) all in English – in person. PreK through High School.  More info HERE.  Contact us if you need more info.
 
Online Individual Lesson Packages for Adults and Children are available.
 
AIA FVG 1961- 2021 - 60 YEARS YOUNG
Susanne is editing and our interns are completing the transcripts and translations. We have had more great interviews with Leonardo, Joe, Luciano, Alice, Jerica – more names next month. You can still fill in the AIA 60th Anniversary Info Form and share your memories with us! Join the FREE AIA FVG Alumni Association and get on our mailing list.
 
AMERICAN CORNER
The American Corner offers ONLINE ACTIVITIES.
More events will be posted on Facebook Pages, Instagram and our Blog.
eLibraryUSA – Temporary Remote Access– Request your personal temporary access code today.  Read The New York Times, National Geographic, Oprah!  Watch RBG free of charge in English.  American newspapers, magazines, videos, read and watch children’s books from BookFlix, resources and databases are available remotely only during the Covid-19 period (afterwards only at the American Corner).
 
OUR CALENDAR
 
Mondays – What’s the Buzz this Week?  Month 5 of weekly 20 minute weekly Buzzchats in English with Karoline and Denise and special guests. New Topic each week.  Be part of the buzz in English. On FacebookLIVE AIAFVG and AC TS. Binge watch past episodes on our YouTube Channel.
 
Registration continues for the Summer English Academy
 
2/06, 2pm and 7pm - American English Live Teacher Development Series 11
3/06, 3pm – Transatlantic Thursdays on Facebook LIVE–US Embassy to Italy. Or with Italian simultaneous translation in Italian on US Embassy YouTube Channel.
5/06 – Continuation of Free TESOL Language Improvement Course for Teachers taught by Janine and Karoline every Saturday morning
8/06, 11 am – Adult Read Aloud– reading and discussing Girl by Jamaica Kincaid on FacebookLIVE ACTS
8/06 - World Oceans Day
10/06, 6 pm – Big John the Dinosaur visit in English for Spring Adult Students. 
10/06, 7:30 pm – Women’s Book Club– Last meeting of this year’s series.  In person with a la carte dinner for regular participants. 
15/06, 11 am – Documentary –The Last One: Unfolding the AIDS Memorial Quilt (72 min) available on Kanopy – An updated history of the AIDS epidemic in America through the story of the AIDS Memorial Quilt.The film traces how what at first was labeled a "gay disease". FREE anytime on eLibraryUSA - Kanopy with your temporary remote access code or on American Corner Home Theater FB
20/06World Refugee Day
22/06 – Webinar Education USA – Fulbright Italy EducationUSA – Fulbright Commission Italia
22/06 – American Musicals Series THE WIZARD of OZ 
23/06 – American Musicals Series AN AMERICAN IN PARIS 
24/06 – American Musicals Series GREASE 
29/06- American Musicals Series CHICAGO
30/06 – American Musicals Series MAMMA MIA 
01/07 – American Musicals Series THE GREATEST SHOWMAN

 Looking ahead:
 
3/07, 6 pmIndependence Day Celebration in Trieste with Junior Alpina Baseball & Softball in Opicina
 
06/07 – Summer Family Film Festival a FREE film every Tuesday at 5:30 pm
 
28/10 – Save the Date – Special  Event fat Sala Lelio Luttazzi
 
REPEATING EVENTS on FACEBOOK
Every Thursday at 3 pm – Transatlantic Thursdays on Facebook LIVE–US Embassy to Italy. Or with Italian simultaneous translation in Italian on US Embassy YouTube Channel.
 
Every Wednesday at 5 pm Faces and Places across the US on Facebook American English.  Meet and interact with Americans in their homes and learn about their states, cities, traditions.
 
ENGLISH TEACHER’S CORNER
This month English teachers in FVG are completing their TESOL English Language Improvement course for English Teachers!  There will be more classes like this in the future. 
 
Browse the Resources on American English at State for Educators, including their YouTube Channel .
 
02/06, 2pm and 7pm - American English Live Teacher Development Series 11. On Facebook with the theme: “Classroom Management for In-person, Online, or Hybrid Courses" and "Approaches to Teaching Grammar" Every other Wednesday from June 2nd through July 14th. To join these FREE LIVE sessions and earn your badges, go to AmericanEnglishforEducators Facebook page
 
STAFF PICKS for the Month
Preparing Caribbean Feast.
Dreaming of the Best Beaches in the US.
Listening to the Harry Belafonte Greatest Hits.
Applying Sunscreen. Taking a Swim.  Reapplying Sunscreen.
 
 
 
JUNE/JULY Office and Library Hours
Mornings: Mon-Fri - 9-13
Piazza Sant'Antonio Nuovo, 6 - Trieste - IT
Available Online at aia.fvg@gmail.com We'll get back to you.
For Administration Queries contact aiatriesteinfo@gmail.com
 
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