If you are interested in participating in this week's intensive courses, please come to the Association at 6pm or a few minutes before so we can get you enrolled!
See you then!
Associazione Italo Americana FVG / American Corner Trieste - Piazza S. Antonio Nuovo, 6 - 34122 Trieste TS Italy - +39040630301 +393498666667 aia.fvg@gmail.com
What's Up - June 16th-20th
What's Up? All Events FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC at Associazione Italo Americana FVG/ American Corner TriesteMon. June 16th, 6 pm: Conference - Women's Space: Stereotype Risk: Women and Math - Guest Speaker: Andrea Carnaghi
Tues. June 17th, 10 am: An American in Paris - 1951 classic - Musical - 2 guys fall in love with the same girl in Paris! How much better can it get? Add music by Gershwin, choreography and dancing by Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron. Wow! - Great Musicals every Tuesday and Thursday morning from 10-12 in June and July.
Wed. June 18th, 6 pm: Storytime Light - A story and some fun! Every Wednesday at 6pm - Until end July. Join our I Love Reading - Summer Reading Competition too!
Thurs. June 19th, 10 am: The Lion King - The Disney Classic - The circle of life with Simba and all his friends.
Fri. June 20th, 6 pm: Small Ball, Little League - The Little League World Series.
INTENSIVE WEEK for ADULTS in English or Italian starts on June 16th. You're still in time. Call or email or just come on down on Monday before the course starts - 349 8 66666 7 aia.fvg@gmail.com
STEAM Weeks for kids ages 6-18 - Enrollment is Open. Learn English by doing... in English. Check it out. Call or e-mail!
Summer Courses for Students and Adults
GET READY for SUMMER - Get out the sunscreen and your English thinking cap!
ADULT INTENSIVE WEEKS in English or Italian start on June 16th.
SUMMER INTENSIVE Weeks for ages 6-18 – Learn by doing, in English
What's Up? June 9 - 13
This week, we've got Coffee, Anti-Stress, Baseball - Not necessarily in that order!
Of course our Fantastic Library and our Super Friendly and Helpful Volunteers are there every day from Monday to Friday 4-7 pm and Tuesday and Thursday Mornings from 9-12.
THURSDAY JUNE 12th
Thursday Coffee Break - 10-12 . Have a cup of MoJo - Hot or cold and tell us about your summer plans. This is our last Coffee Break until September
THURSDAY JUNE 12th
Relaxation and Anti- Stress in English - 10-11:30 - June 12th - Melissa, our Gestalt facilitator, will get you calm cool and collected before the Summer rush - kids at home, mother-in-law in town, big family reunion, husband on the war path!
FRIDAY, JUNE 13th
FRIDAY AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: THE HISTORY OF BASEBALL, by KEN BURNS - 6-7 pm. The origins of the game and the first organized teams.
Of course our Fantastic Library and our Super Friendly and Helpful Volunteers are there every day from Monday to Friday 4-7 pm and Tuesday and Thursday Mornings from 9-12.
THURSDAY JUNE 12th Thursday Coffee Break - 10-12 . Have a cup of MoJo - Hot or cold and tell us about your summer plans. This is our last Coffee Break until September
THURSDAY JUNE 12th
Relaxation and Anti- Stress in English - 10-11:30 - June 12th - Melissa, our Gestalt facilitator, will get you calm cool and collected before the Summer rush - kids at home, mother-in-law in town, big family reunion, husband on the war path!
FRIDAY, JUNE 13th
FRIDAY AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: THE HISTORY OF BASEBALL, by KEN BURNS - 6-7 pm. The origins of the game and the first organized teams.
June 2014 Newsletter
AIA-FVG /
American Corner Trieste
JUNE 2014 NEWS
Ice Cream, Baseball, Summer Camp, Summer Movies,
Summer Reading! These are a few of our
favorite Summer things. Join in the fun!
June 6th
at 6 pm – All
of our Students (young and not so young) and their families are invited to our
Graduation and Ice Cream Social. Please
RSVP so we have enough ice cream for everybody! aia.fvg@gmail.com A big round of applause goes to all of our
teachers as well!
PRESENTATION
OF SUMMER COURSES AND ACTIVITIES
June 6th
at 5:30 pm – See our schedule of SUMMER
STEAM Weeks for ages 6-18 – Learn by doing, in English. ADULT
INTENSIVE WEEKS and all of our Summer Fun!
SUMMER
MUSICAL MATINEES –OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Tuesday
and Thursday mornings 10-12 am
Let’s Get Musical! Something for Everyone: Kids, Grandparents, Adults. From June 17th until July 24th
. Enjoy our cool room and go home
singing.
June 17th
– An American in Paris (1951)
with Gene Kelly and Leslie Caron
June 19th
– Lion King
(1994) a modern Disney animated classic
June 24th
– Mamma Mia (2008)
with Meryl Streep, Pierce Brosnan
June 26th
– Easter Parade
(1948) Judy Garland and Fred Astaire
STORYTIME
LIGHT and I ♥ READING SUMMER READING – OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Wednesdays,
6-7 pm starting on June 18th
A story read by an English Mother Tongue, followed by
a related activity. Are you a Native
Speaker? Want to read? Contact us!
aia.fvg@gmail.com We are also looking for Junior Volunteers.
I ♥ READING SUMMER READING Competition for Children
and Adults – Check out a book, Get a Point!
Put a trip to the library on your weekly summer agenda. All Summer Long!
THURSDAY
COFFEE BREAK in our library 10 – 12 – OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
June 12th
- Come and enjoy a cup of coffee and some great conversation in English!
FRIDAY
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE in our Multi-Media Room at 6 p.m. – OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
June 13th Baseball a Film by Ken Burns -
The History of Baseball
June 20th A Little League Story - From
the Local Leagues to the Little League World Series
June 27th
Lidia Bastianich –
Independence Day in America
WOMEN’S SPACE CONFERENCE
June 16th – 6 pm –STEREOTYPE THREAT: WOMEN and MATH – Speaker: Andrea Carnaghi, Psychologist,
Assistant Professor – U. of TS , Dept of Life Sciences. The theoretical sterotype background and how
stereotypes effect our behavior. The impact of gender stereotypes on women's
performance in math tests.
Our very own Shiela Khawaja translated the play Dr.
Jekyll and Mr. Aids into English as an Associazione Italo Americana Volunteer. The opening of the play in Italian is on June
6th at the Museo Revoltella and in English in Copenhagen on June 23rd. Way to go Sheila!
ANTI-
STRESS and RELAXATION in English OPEN to
the PUBLIC
June 12th , 10-11:30 am – Anti-stress
and relaxation session in English with the Gestalt Method. Thank you Melissa!
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
June 5th
and June 9th , 6 – 7 pm - Free
and Open to all taking the free online course that started in May.
2014/15
MEMBERSHIP
We began selling Memberships for 2014/15. The prices remain unchanged: €35 for the Regular Adult Membership and €25
for Students, Teachers and Over age 65. Membership
is valid for checking out books, magazines, DVD’s and for the 2014/15 American
Cinema Program starting in the Fall. Membership
should be renewed each year. If you are
a 2013/14 member, you can continue to use our library until Fall 2014. We closed the season with 570 members! Go AIA!
TUESDAY
BOOK CLUB - On Vacation until September
VOLUNTEER
OPPORTUNITIES
Remember that we are a volunteer organization. We are looking for people to work in the
afternoons at the Front Desk, manage library checkouts and for a variety of
roles. Contact us! We’ll keep you busy!
See you in
the Association!
FOLLOW US
on:
Piazza S. Antonio 6, 34122 Trieste – 040
63 03 01 aia.fvg@gmail.com
Hours: Monday-Friday 4-7 pm, Tuesday and Thursday 9-12
Storytime Light and I Love Reading
STORYTIME Light – Wednesday evenings from 6-7 p.m at Associazione Italo Americana FVG / American Corner Trieste- P.S: Antonio 6.
June 18, 25, July 2, 9, 16, 23, August 27th, September 3. Grand Finale, September 10th
Our Mother Tongue Mommies and Daddies will delight you with their favorite stories, followed by a related activity. Lots of fun! Keep it light!
I Love Reading Summer Reading fun again this year!
I Love Reading Summer Reading Competition. Check out a book, get points. Put a library visit in your schedule every week. Are you a native speaker? Volunteer to read! We are also looking for Junior Volunteers to help out.
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Women's Space Conference
WOMEN’S SPACE CONFERENCE
Stereotype Threat: Women and Math
Speaker: Andrea Carnaghi, Psychologist, Assistant Professor – University of Trieste, Department of Life Sciences.
The theoretical stereotype background and how stereotypes affect our behavior. The impact of gender stereotypes on women's performance in math tests.
Our Book Drive continues. We are still accepting donations, both pertinent books and contributions to purchase books for our Women’s Space Library.
Our Book Drive continues. We are still accepting donations, both pertinent books and contributions to purchase books for our Women’s Space Library.
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