JANUARY 2024 NEWSLETTER  Associazione Italo Americana FVG / American Corner Trieste 🎦 MOVIES 📢 MARTIN LUTHER KING Jr. and MORE!  ASSOCIAZIONE ITALO AMERICANA FVG NEWS HAPPY NEW YEAR!    Welcome back after the long break.   The new year brings some new movie times and new projects! WINTER Office Hours:   Mornings:  Monday to Saturday 9-13 and  Afternoons: Monday to Friday 17-19. CLOSURE due to WINTER WEATHER.  We close only if the City of Trieste closes the public schools.  Updates on our blog, FB, Instagram. NEW YEAR!  NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTIONS.  ENGLISH CLASSES.  CLASSES BEGIN  the week of January 8th.   There is still availability in some classes.   New participants welcome! ADULTS - We have morning and evening classes.    QUESTIONS?  Call 040 630301 in the morning or  write to aiatriesteinfo@gmail.com INFO COURSES 2023/24 (Days, Times, Prices) AMERICAN FILM SERIES 2023/24 ADDITIONAL SHOW at 14:00.   6 more great American Films in English in the series.  Shows at 10, 14:00, 16:30, 19:30. Go to the cinema during your lunch break or after school! NEXT FILM:  BROS - January 11th.   Upcoming films:  Next Goal Wins, Ferrari, Poor Things, Past Lives, The Holdovers,  You must be a Ridotto or Intero member to attend the films.  Sorry, no single tickets and no one under age 16 can attend the movies.  Members must be 16+.   Your Membership Card gives you FREE ENTRY and discounts at Cinema Nazionale. FILM PROGRAM and MEMBERSHIP INFO 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, AMERICAN CORNER NEWS FREE ACTIVITIES in January:  🧲Teen Maker Space, - Every Friday 16:30-18:30.  Open for Middle and High School Students with Adult Mentors.  Make, Create, Innovate. Registration Required. 🇺🇸 American English Conversation Club - Jan. 18, 11:30.  One hour of English Conversation with our Conversation Leader.  Registration Required. 🎵 Trieste Ukulele Club - Jan. 13, 27, 10-12.  This week we're playing I Have a Dream by ABBA.  All Ages and All Levels Welcome.  Registration Required.     📚 Book Clubs Women's Book Club - Jan. 18, 18:00 - The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride  🟦🟨 Ukrainian Women United  - Fridays from 10-12. For Ukrainian women.  Led by a Cultural Mediator. New Ukrainian/Russian Library section.   🥕🍎 FARMCRAFT - If you like Minecraft, you'll love Farmcraft.  For students age 8-18.  Register today.  Build the best farm, learn  how technology impacts farming, compete against teams from around the world, win prizes. Also open to Middle and High Schools. ⚙ CALLING ALL CRAFTERS. Come in the morning and use our new CRICUT to design objects, labels and CRICUT Press to make personalized T-Shirts, Bags etc.  Martin Luther King DOCUMENTARY - at the American Corner - FREE.  No Registration Required. Jan. 15, 10 am - I Have A Dream - 22 min.  Highlights of MLKs most famous speeches DIGITAL STORYTELLING WORKSHOPS for High School and University Students, to tell the stories of second generation Italians, immigrants and refugees in our area.     January Theme:  Martin Luther King Jr. Under Dr. King’s leadership, nonviolent protest became the defining feature of the modern civil rights movement in America. King first demonstrated the efficacy of passive resistance in 1955–56 while helping to lead the prolonged bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama, that succeeded in dismantling bus segregation laws. King’s words were as powerful as his deeds, and his moving and eloquent addresses, which gave hope to millions, continue to inspire people throughout the world. What is your dream?  Email it or drop it off and we'll post it on our We Have a Dream Wall.   US CITIZENS Vote from Abroad. It's important! 2024 is a General Election Year and the Primaries are starting. Send your FVCA form NOW to receive your Ballots in each election in 2024.  Go to www.fvap.gov 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. JANUARY STAFF PICKS 🚴‍♀️ Taking a: Virtual Bike Ride in Hawaii.  🥕 Cooking: Winter Salads    🔥 Enjoying: Wood Burning Fireplaces 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 Take a FREE Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) to enhance your English language skills and specialized content knowledge!  The courses are self-paced for ENGLISH TEACHERS and ENGLISH LANGUAGE STUDENTS.. STUDY in the US Fulbright Italy has a new website. Apply for a world of opportunities.      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. The US Embassy to Italy offers Grant opportunities for Fulbrighters.  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 January: Human Trafficking Awareness Month January 2: Science Fiction Day January 4: World Braille Day January 11: Human Trafficking Awareness January 15: Martin Luther King Jr. Day (US Federal Holiday) January 16: National Religious Freedom Day January 24: International Day of Education January 25: Opposite Day January 27: International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust January 29: Puzzle Day