AIA-FVG /
American Corner Trieste MAY 2014 NEWS
Summer is almost here!
Enjoy the month with a virtual tour of America’s unspoiled wilderness, a
presentation of Leonardo Buonomo’s latest work for Book Club, our final film at
Cinema dei Fabbri and last Made for Each Other Couple, our first Women’s Space
Conference as well as many other events.
Want to get outside? Think about Open
Water Diving… in English.
Library and Administration CLOSED FOR HOLIDAYS on May 1st and 2nd
RECEIPTS
If you have paid with an IBAN, please remember to pick
up your receipts. Come to our office on
Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday afternoons during Paola’s shift from 4-7pm to pick
up your receipts. Questions? Contact aiafrontdesk@gmail.com
SUMMER
COURSES - Check
our blog and facebook page
periodically for news about upcoming June Intensive courses for Adults and
Teens.
MADE
FOR EACH OTHER–in our Multimedia Room, OPEN TO THE PUBLIC 8:15 pm
Women’s
Best Friend Theme this month. Mondays at
8:15 pmMay 5th Will and Grace (TV Series – 1998 – 2006) Eric McCormack, Debra Messing
May 12th My Best Friend’s Wedding (film 1997) Julia Roberts, Cameron Diaz, Rupert Everett
FRIDAY
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE in our Multi-Media Room at 6 p.m. – OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Dedicated
to The Last Unspoiled Places
on Earth – Living EdensMay 9th Yellowstone: America’s Sacred Wilderness
May 16th Big Sur: California’s Wild Coast
May 23 rd Denali: Alaska’s Great Wilderness
THURSDAY
COFFEE BREAK in our library 10 – 12 – OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
May 8th
- Come and enjoy a cup of coffee and some great conversation in English!
TUESDAY
BOOK CLUB in our library May 13th - 5:30 -7 pm – OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
May 13th
– 5:30 pm - Book Presentation : Immigration,
Ethnicity, and Class in American Writing, 1830-1860: Reading the Stranger by Leonardo Buonomo, AIA FVG President and
Professor of Anglo American Studies. The book examines the close relationship between the portrayal of
foreigners and the delineation of culture and identity in antebellum American
writing.
AMERICAN
FILM SERIES 2013/14
Last film in our 33rd Annual English
Language American Film Series will be shown at the Cinema dei Fabbri, Via dei
Fabbri 2/A in Trieste. Showings on Thursday at 2, 4, 6:30 and 9 pmMay 15th – Saving Mr. Banks (2013). 125 minutes with Emma Thompson and Tom Hanks
WOMEN’S SPACE
Our Book Drive continues. We are still accepting donations, both pertinent books and contributions to purchase books for our Women’s Space Library.
May 20th – 5:30 pm – Women’s Space Conference – Marriage and the Gender Issue – Speaker: Elisabetta Bini, Research Fellow in Contemporary History.
May 6th at 5 pm - Presentation of the Free Course and Study Group
A free on-line Course by the US Department of State and the University of Oregon. The online course begins on May 12th. Sign up online and participate in our Study Group at the American Corner. Free and Open to all taking the online course.
Study Group Meetings on: May 16, 22, 30, June 6, 13 always from 6-7 pm
WELCOME
HOME, STRANGER –always OPEN TO THE
PUBLIC
May 15th , 10-11:30 am – Anti-stress and
relaxation session in English with the Gestalt Method.
PRESENTATIONof DIVING CLASS in ENGLISH in our Multimedia Room – Open to the Public
May 8th
at 6 pm – Information session at AIA FVG office with Centro Sub Trieste - Barcola.Get
your Open Water Diver Certification in Trieste with certified instructors who
speak both English and Italian. Discounted
Prices for AIA FVG Members.
ENGLISH
CHAT EVENINGS and COFFEE MORNINGS in
Staranzano – Open to the Public
Some English conversation for our Monfalcone
followers. Friday, May 2nd and 16th at 6 pm. – TGIF Happy Hour
Friday, May 9th and 23rd at 10:15 am - Coffee Morning and Book Exchange
At Compagnia delle Creme – Via Firenze 17, Staranzano (GO).
See you in
the Association!
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