AIA-FVG / American Corner Trieste
MAY 2013 NEWS
MAY
Yes, we
are very happy in our new home! Come
over and visit, or better yet, use our Library, participate in a Coffee Hour,
TGIF, Friday American Experience. Thanks
to all of our volunteers for their hard work.
It takes a village, and we certainly got one! From volunteer carpenters, to electricians,
library shelvers, cleaning crew. Thank
you, thank you. There is still some work
to do, but things are looking great.
LIBRARY
We are
now finished stocking the shelves and Open for business. We need to label the shelves, but you’ll love our new set up. We now have a real reading room.
COURSES
We are planning another INTENSIVE
ENGLISH WEEK. May 13-18. This time in the daytime! How about a 1 week, 10 hour course during your
lunch break. Advanced Beginner,
Intermediate and Advanced Conversation and even 1 week Intensive for Middle
School and High School (remember those final exams coming up).
For info
call: 349 8666667.
For Middle School Students with Advanced English Proficiency in the Summer
starting June 13th for 7 weeks we have – LIT FLIX – Advanced Multimedia
and Reading Class. This class will
meet every Wednesday from 5-6 p.m. (Cost €70). Keep up your reading skills and improve your
English.
MADE FOR EACH OTHER at Cappella Underground – showtime
8 p.m. – MEMBERS ONLY
Made for
Each Other closed with The Wizard of Oz.
Our favorite classic. Thank you
to Leonardo Buonomo and our volunteer team for making the series a success
AMERICAN FILM SERIES at Cinema Ariston – 2, 4, 6:30
and 9 p.m. – MEMBERS ONLY
The last
movie of the 2012/13 season. Sorry, no
single admission tickets can be sold.
May 2nd
- Beasts of the Southern Wild. 93 minutes.
THURSDAY COFFEE BREAK in our library 10 – 12 – OPEN TO
THE PUBLIC
May 9th –
Our monthly appointment to have a coffee and some good conversation (in
English). Help us shelve some books!
FRIDAY AMERICAN EXPERIENCE in our Aula Magna at 6 p.m.
– OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
We are
back with our schedule. May is Cultural Diversity Month. We’ll look at Americans in Italy, multi-cultural
weddings in the United States, and the
American Gay Rights Movement.
May 10th
– Guest:
Gail
Spilsbury, American writer, reads from her book “Sabina Quartet”. Gail lives
in Washington DC and works for National Geographic. Some of you might remember her from the early
80’s when she was in Trieste with the US Foreign Service and taught English at
AIA FVG.
May 17th - Stonewall
Uprising - In June 28, 1969 police raided the Stonewall Inn, a popular gay
bar in the Greenwich Village section of New York City. That night the street
erupted into violent protests and street demonstrations that lasted for the
next three days, which marked a major turning point in the modern gay civil
rights movement in the United States and around the world.
May 24th
- Lidia
Celebrates America: Weddings – Something Borrowed, Something New – Lidia
Bastianich meets couples as they plan to tie the knot. Wedding celebrations in America are as
diverse as the nation itself. A look at
how different cultures celebrate their cross cultural weddings in the US.
TGIF! – in our office from 7 p.m. – OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
May 17th
- Happy Hour with drinks and snacks in our library. Meet new people, speak English, enjoy ethnic
cuisine. After our Pizza Party with Il
Barattolo, this month is mystery month.
We’ll create some suspense. Don’t
worry, it will be good! Of course the
company is fantastic! (€5 contribution,
BYOB). Participants bring drinks to
share. Make a reservation so we know how
much food to order at aia.fvg@gmail.com
or by phone 040 63 03 01.
STORYTIME at Biblioteca Civica Quarantotti Gambini – Via Lodole 7/A – Trieste (San Giacomo) –
Monday, May 6th, at 5 p.m. our American Corner Storytime team will read “The Foot Book” by Dr. Seuss. You can bet that there will be a Hokie Pokie Dance
and another activity. Within the “Un
Mondo di Storie – il giro del globo con fiabe e racconti” Project, organized by
the Trieste Public Library, every week a different nationality reads a story
every other week From now until December.
STORYTIME Light will begin on June 13th –
Every Wednesday evening from 6-7 p.m. -
Mark your
calendars. Summer Reading fun again this
year! Put a library visit in your
schedule every week.
See you in May at the Association!
Hours: Monday-Friday 4-8pm, Tuesday and Thursday 10-12
