Independence Day 2023 - July 1, 2023

 

Saturday, July 1, 2023, from 18:00 - sabato 1/07 dalle 18 in poi.

FREE ENTRY - INGRESSO LIBERO

Baseball, Burgers and Music by Ukulollo, Italian Ukulele musician of international fame recently on tour in the US and China.  Ukulelista di fama internazionale appena tornato dagli USA e dalla Cina. 

Soldiers Field Opicina - SP 35 - Trieste - IT

in Collaboration with - in collaborazione con:

Associazione Italo Americana FVG / American Corner Trieste 

and  Junior Alpina Baseball 

🎸Bring your UKULELE or borrow one of ours for a Play and sing-along!

⚾Don't forget your baseball glove for the Slow Pitch Home run Challenge.  

Cornhole too!  

Ukulollo è Lorenzo Vignando, un ukulelista di Lucca.

Con i suoi spettacoli multimediali - che uniscono ukulele, voce e proiezioni sincronizzate - ha girato tutto il mondo, dall'Italia all'Inghilterra, dalla Spagna alla Francia, Belgio, Germania e Finlandia, dall’Israele agli Stati Uniti, all'Australia e Nuova Zelanda,  CIna Hong Kong e Singapore, collaborando con un incredibile numero di artisti del mondo dell’ukulele e non.

Nel 2021 ha formato l' Ukulollo Power Duo, nel quale duetta con il polistrumentista Vittorio Fioramonti. Insieme hanno girato il video "Live on the Walls of Lucca" per la serie Ohana Session e sono stati in tour negli USA nel Marzo 2022.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xc6XayTpUJA

Ukulollo ha pubblicato 5 Album: “Completely Unbroken” (2011) “Devotion” (2013), “Aware” (2015), "Tales From The South Seas (2017)", "Hidden in Plain Sight" (2019)

I video di Ukulollo hanno ricevuto numerosi premi e nominations sui più importanti siti web dell’ukulele, come Ukulele Underground e Ukulele hunt. Il Video del suo singolo Routine si è guadagnato un riconoscimento speciale dalla Città di Lucca.

Il suo canale: www.youtube.com/ukulollo ha più di 830.000 visualizzazioni

Nel mese di gennaio è uscita una sua intervista su Uke Magazine, la principale rivista dell'Ukulele in Europa.

Ukulollo è ambasciatore di Ukulele’s for Peace, il meraviglioso progetto creato da Paul Moore che riunisce bambini ebrei e musulmani in un orchestra di Ukulele nello stato di Israele.

Suona l'ukulele Ohana Pineapple Tenor e usa le sue personali corde Tender Blue.

www.youtube.com/ukulollo

https://www.facebook.com/Ukulollo

July / August 2023 Newsletter

July / August 2023 Newsletter Associazione Italo Americana FVG / American Corner Trieste July / August: July 1st  🟥⬜ 🟦 Independence Day Celebration   🌞📽Summer Films 😎Summer English Academy, Vacation!    July 25th - Social Security in Trieste ASSOCIAZIONE ITALO AMERICANA FVG NEWS WELCOME NEW MEMBERS!  Our membership year is Sept. 1 - Aug. 31.   Summer Office Hours:  Monday to Friday 9-12 and Wednesday afternoons 17-19. We will be closed from July 31 - August 19.  You can contact us via email.      INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION SATURDAY, July 1st from 6 pm - 10:30 p.m..  FREE ENTRY ⚾🍔🎸   Baseball, Burgers, Cornhole, Music by UKULOLLO - Lorenzo Vignando. Concert at 8 p.m. Bring your baseball glove and ... your ukulele!   Again this year we celebrate with Junior Alpina at the Soldiers Field in Opicina.   ⭐🟥⬜ 🟦A Stars and Stripes evening.  Bring your friends and family.  Join us for a fun evening. Jam with the Trieste Ukulele Club and Ukulollo!  SUMMER ENGLISH ACADEMY 😎  SUMMER ENGLISH ACADEMY 2023 Full Immersion English mornings without leaving Trieste.  or Elementary, Middle School and High School Students SOME SPACES STILL AVAILABLE Questions about Courses or SUMMER ENGLISH ACADEMY? Pass by the office in the mornings.  Call 040 63 03 01 or write to aiatriesteinfo@gmail.com .   FALL ENGLISH CLASSES? ⛱ Enjoy the summer.  Schedules will be published in SEPTEMBER.  No pre-registration. SUMMER FILM SERIES FREE films in ENGLISH at Associazione Italo Americana FVG / American Corner Trieste.  Bring the kids, come on your own, do a double feature.  What a great (and cheap) Date Night!   Sing Out Loud 17:30 5/7        Encanto  12/7      Vivo  19/7      Sing 2 Mel Brooks Collection 20:00 5/7       Silent Movie  12/7     High Anxiety 19/7     Spaceballs AMERICAN CORNER TRIESTE Free Events are posted on Facebook Pages, Instagram and our Blog.   FREE opportunities are made possible thanks to volunteers and the support of the government of the United States of America and the U.S. Embassy to Italy. The American Corner Library is open!  Here is the American Corner Library Catalog.  Check out a book, magazine dvd.   Looking for Digital Library Resources? eLibraryUSA - Temporary Remote Access Get your personal temporary access code.  Read American newspapers, magazines. Watch documentaries on Kanopy, July / August Theme: INDEPENDENCE DAY “We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness"  The Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776 For more resources, including a reading of the Declaration of Independence, go to this LINK US CITIZENS SOCIAL SECURITY APPOINTMENTS in TRIESTE -  July 25, 2023. Register ONLINE for an appointment.  The representative  comes only once a year.   U.S. Passport Renewal.  Be travel ready! Check your expiration date. Credit Card payment now accepted!  ​Smart Traveler Enrollment Program (STEP) is a free service for U.S. citizens traveling to, or living in, abroad so that the Department of State can assist in an emergency and supply information from the nearest U.S. embassy or consulate. Vote from Abroad. Send your FVCA form to request your 2023 Overseas Voters Ballots automatically. Go to www.fvap.gov STAFF PICKS Watching:  A Capitol Fourth Concert and Fireworks  Drinking: Strawberry Lemonade  Promoting: Cornhole as an Olympic Sport Following: The President's Race during the Fourth of July Baseball Game in Washington D.C. Go Cincinnati Reds! TEACHING / LEARNING ENGLISH and STUDY in the US  English Teachers - Check out FREE  resources on American English at State for Educators and on Facebook – American English for Educators. Join TESOL and our Trieste Local Group.   IMPROVE your American ENGLISH this summer Take a FREE Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) to enhance your English language skills and specialized content knowledge!  The courses are self-paced. ​Summer is a great time to self-prepare for TOEFL Exams.  STUDY in the US The Fulbright Italy Office offers opportunities for graduate students.   The EducationUSA website helps you plan your studies in the US.   Were you a Fulbrighter or a US Govt. Exchange Alumni?  We would LOVE to meet you to learn about your experience.   Contact us. WANT TO VOLUNTEER? We are a volunteer, non-profit association with openings in the Teen Maker Space, Craft Workshop, Cinema Check-In and for University Students for Internship Credits.  Fill in this FORM and we'll get back to you. 📢THANK YOU VOLUNTEERS!   US and INTERNATIONAL SPECIAL DAYS July: Fourth of July July 4: US Independence Day July 8: Video Games Day July 11: World Population Day July 15: World Youth Skills Day July 17: World Emoji Day July 18: Nelson Mandela International Day July 20: Space Exploration Day July 26: Americans with Disabilities Act July 28:World Hepatitis Day  July 30: World Day against Trafficking in Persons August: International Peace Month & Summer August 6: Sisters' Day August 9: International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples August 12: International Youth Day August 19: World Humanitarian Day August 21: International Day of Victims of Terrorism August 22: International Day Commemorating Victims of Violence based on Religion or Belief August 23: International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and Its Abolition August 26: Women’s Equality Day August 29: International Day against Nuclear Tests

Coming Soon 

US Declaration of Independence

 

Learn more about the Declaration of Independence.

Read the complete text of the Declaration of Independence. 

How did the Declaration of Independence come to be?

Where can I view the original Declaration of Independence?

Meet the 56 Signers of the Declaration of Independence.

Listen to a reading of the Declaration of Independence at the National Archives on July 4th at 4:00 p.m. Italian time.

Summer Film Series 2023

All films shown at:

Associazione Italo Americana FVG / American Corner Trieste
Piazza Sant'Antonio Nuovo, 6 - Trieste

Initiative made possible through the support of the U.S. Embassy to Italy, U.S. Department of State - Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.  

SING OUT LOUD SERIES
Animated Musical Films for All Ages 
Wednesdays at 17:30

FREE

14/6     Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007) 1 hour 32 min.  Three musical chipmunks are discovered by an aspiring songwriter who wants to use their amazing singing abilities to become famous.

21/6     Sing (2016) In a city of humanoid animals, a hustling theater impresario's attempt to save his theater with a singing competition becomes grander than he anticipates even as its finalists find that their lives will never be the same. 

28/6     Soul (2020) 1 hour 40 min. Music by Jon Batiste - Winner of 2 Academy Awards - Best Animated Film, Best Film Score.  After landing the gig of a lifetime, a New York jazz pianist suddenly finds himself trapped in a strange land between Earth and the afterlife.

5/7     Encanto (2021) - 1 hour 42 min.  Winner Academy Award . Best Animated Feature Film.  A Colombian teenage girl has to face the frustration of being the only member of her family without magical powers

12/7     Vivo (2021) Music by Lin Miranda - musical adventure featuring all-new original songs from Lin-Manuel Miranda, will take audiences on an epic adventure to gorgeous and vibrant locations never before seen in animation.

19/7     Sing 2 (2021) Buster Moon and his friends must persuade reclusive rock star Clay Calloway to join them for the opening of a new show.

MEL BROOKS SERIES
The 96 year old Sensation
Wednesdays at 20:00

14/6         The Producers (1967) 1 hour 28 min. Academy Award for Best Writing and Screenplay. A stage-play producer devises a plan to make money by producing a sure-fire flop.

21/6 Young Frankenstein (1974) 1 hour 46 min. An American grandson of the infamous scientist, struggling to prove that his grandfather was not as insane as people believe, is invited to Transylvania, where he discovers the process that reanimates a dead body.

28/6 Blazing Saddles (1974) 1 hour 33 min. In order to ruin a western town, a corrupt politician appoints a black Sheriff, who promptly becomes his most formidable adversary.

5/7 Silent Movie (1976) 1 hour 27 min. A film director and his strange friends struggle to produce the first major silent feature film in forty years.

12/7 High Anxiety (1977) 1 hour 34 min. A psychiatrist with intense acrophobia (fear of heights) goes to work for a mental institution run by doctors who appear to be crazier than their patients, and have secrets that they are willing to commit murder to keep.

19/7 Spaceballs (1987) 1 hour 36 min. A star-pilot for hire and his trusty sidekick must come to the rescue of a princess and save Planet Druidia from the clutches of the evil Spaceballs.

June 2023 Newsletter

June 2023 Newsletter Associazione Italo Americana FVG / American Corner Trieste June Summer Films, Summer English Academy   Save the Date:  July 1st -  Independence Day Celebration  July 25th - Social Security in Trieste

ASSOCIAZIONE ITALO AMERICANA FVG NEWS WELCOME NEW MEMBERS!  Your Membership Card 2022/23 gives you special prices at TriesteCinema.  Show your card at the box office.  Our membership year is Sept. 1 - Aug. 31.   Summer Office Hours:  from June 19th - Monday to Friday 9-12 and Wednesday afternoons 17-19. We will be closed the first 3 weeks of August.

THANK YOU FOR BECOMING A MEMBER and for TAKING an ENGLISH COURSE!  You were all fantastic!  Remember to pick up your certificate.  A SPECIAL THANKS to our TEACHERS!      Course Lists for FALL 2023/24 will be published in September.  We look forward to having you back.

SUMMER ENGLISH ACADEMY   SUMMER ENGLISH ACADEMY 2023 Full Immersion English mornings without leaving Trieste.  or Elementary, Middle School and High School Students SOME SPACES STILL AVAILABLE Questions about Courses or SUMMER ENGLISH ACADEMY? Pass by the office in the mornings.  Call 040 63 03 01 or write to aiatriesteinfo@gmail.com .

Shows at: Associazione Italo Americana FVG / American Corner Trieste

SUMMER FILM SERIES Join us this summer for fun FREE films.  Bring the kids, come on your own, do a double feature.  What a great (and cheap) Date Night!   All Films FREE.  In English with English subtitles.   At: Associazione Italo Americana FVG / American Corner Trieste Piazza Sant'Antonio Nuovo, 6 - Trieste

INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION SATURDAY, July 1st from 6 pm on.  FREE ENTRY    Baseball, Burgers and music by UKULOLLO - Lorenzo Vignando.  Bring your baseball glove and ... your ukulele!   Again this year we celebrate with Junior Alpina at the Soldiers Field in Opicina.  Cool off in the Carso.  Join us for a fun evening. Jam with the Trieste Ukulele Club and Ukulollo! Cornhole too for all you mid-westerners!

AMERICAN CORNER TRIESTE Free Events are posted on Facebook Pages, Instagram and our Blog.   FREE opportunities are made possible thanks to volunteers and the support of the government of the United States of America and the U.S. Embassy to Italy. The American Corner Library is open!  Here is the American Corner Library Catalog.  Check out a book, magazine dvd.   Looking for Digital Library Resources? eLibraryUSA - Temporary Remote Access Get your personal temporary access code.  Read American newspapers, magazines. Watch documentaries on Kanopy,

June Theme: PRIDE MONTH “All human beings should be treated with respect and dignity and should be able to live without fear no matter who they are or whom they love.”   President Biden For more resources, including documentary films and the Library of Congress, go to this LINK

FREE Activities in June  School is out and several activities have come to an end until Fall.   A salute to our participants in:   STEM Space Camp - Mission to Mars - Mission Accomplished! TEEN MAKER SPACE  FULL IMMERSION English for those CURRENTLY working / volunteering with Displaced Persons TRIESTE UKULELE CLUB - a great road trip to Monopolele 2023 and enthusiastic participation at meetings.  Maybe you'll see us jamming on the beach, in the park or on the baseball field this summer.  Enjoy our YouTube Playlist  Extra special thanks to Marino our "Uke Master". End of the School Year Meetings in June:   BOOK CLUBS - Reading and Discussing US Authors in English Women's Book Club  - Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin.   20/30 Something Yr Old Co-Ed Book Club -The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson. ALL STARS Non-competitive Soccer for Unaccompanied Minors, Ukrainian teens, Underprivileged teens.  Continues through June.

WANT TO VOLUNTEER? We are a volunteer, non-profit association with openings in the Teen Maker Space, Craft Workshop, Cinema Check-In and for University Students for Internship Credits.  Fill in this FORM and we'll get back to you. THANK YOU VOLUNTEERS!

TEACHING / LEARNING ENGLISH and STUDY in the US  English Teachers - Check out FREE  resources on American English at State for Educators and on Facebook – American English for Educators. Join TESOL and our Trieste Local Group.   IMPROVE your American ENGLISH this summer Take a FREE Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) to enhance your English language skills and specialized content knowledge!  The courses are self-paced. STUDY in the US The Fulbright Italy Office offers opportunities for graduate students.   The EducationUSA website helps you plan your studies in the US.   Were you a Fulbrighter or a US Govt. Exchange Alumni?  We would LOVE to meet you to learn about your experience.   Contact us.

US CITIZENS SOCIAL SECURITY APPOINTMENTS in TRIESTE -  July 25, 2023. Register ONLINE for an appointment.  The representative  comes only once a year.   U.S. Passport Renewal.  Be travel ready! Check your expiration date. Credit Card payment now accepted!  ​Smart Traveler Enrollment Program (STEP) is a free service for U.S. citizens traveling to, or living in, abroad so that the Department of State can assist in an emergency and supply information from the nearest U.S. embassy or consulate. Vote from Abroad. Send your FVCA form to request your 2023 Overseas Voters Ballots automatically. Go to www.fvap.gov

STAFF PICKS Listening to: Daniel Ho the Ukulele Star  Cooking: Every variation of Slaw  Beach Read: The People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry Following: US Major League Baseball

US and INTERNATIONAL SPECIAL DAYS June: LGBTQI+ Pride Month and National Caribbean-American Heritage Month June 1: Global Day of Parents June 3: World Bicycle Day  June 4: International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression June 5: World Environment Day June 8: World Ocean Day Best Friends Day June 12: World Day Against Child Labour June 14: National Flag Day  June 15: Elder Abuse Awareness Day June 17: The World Day to Combat Desertification June 18: Father's Day June 19: Juneteenth and International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict June 20: World Refugee Day  June 26: International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking June 27: Micro-, Small, and Medium-sized Enterprises Day June 29: International Day of the Tropics  June 30: Meteor Watch Day July 1: International Joke Day July 4: US Independence Day