September Newsletter

AIA-FVG / American Corner Trieste
SEPTEMBER 2013 NEWS

SEPTEMBER… Back to work and Back to School! 
Enough playing!  Time to get back to work and school.  Come back to the Associazione!  We have a full schedule of activities  and courses to keep you busy!  Don’t forget to renew your membership so that you can attend our film series, use our library and take advantage of member only activities. 

RENEW YOUR MEMBERSHIP!
Membership is valid for 1 school year.  Renew for 2013/14!  In addition to our American Cinema Series, we also have a fantastic library with over 5000 books, magazines and 1000 DVD’s that are available for check-out for members. Membership is €25 for students, teachers and over age 65 and €35 for regular membership.  You must be 16 to become a member.  Our Membership Goal for 2013/14 is 700, 1000 members would be even better!  Bring a friend, your spouse, your colleagues… your mother, your teenager!

NEW OFFICE HOURS
We are a volunteer run organization.  Officially these are our hours for the Library and for Information.  Courses and Programs may be held outside of office hours.  As always, if we’re here, we’re open! Ring the bell and come on up!  If you need information outside of hours you can always send an e-mail aia.fvg@gmail.com or call 349 8 66666 7.  Monday to Friday: 4-7:00 p.m. and Tuesday and Thursday mornings 9-12.

Registration is open.  We have lots of classes this year. Intensives,  Mommy & Baby, Just Parents, Materna, Elementary, Middle School, High School, English for Young Native Speakers, Adult English at all levels, Business English at Lunch, Italian at Lunch.  Here is a link to all the courses.  If you need more info, click the link, call 349 8 66666 7, or aia.fvg@gmail.com.

ADULT INTENSIVE CLASSES the week of SEPTEMBER 9-13.  TOTAL 10 HOURS: € 130
Adult Beginners, Advanced Beginner , Intermediate, Advanced Intensive 10:00-12:00 or 18:00 - 20:00.  There are still openings. Contact us!

PRESENTATION OF 2013/14 ACTIVITIES – Tuesday, September 17th at 6 p.m.
It’s going to be fantastic again this year:  American Film Series, Made for Each Other, Friday American Experience, Thursday Coffee Breaks, Storytime, American Cooking School, TGIF, Life in Trieste “Welcome Home Stranger Series”, Morning Play Date and MUCH MUCH MORE!  We are thinking of new activities while you sleep… literally!

We are a 100% Volunteer Run organization.  Only our teachers are paid.  We manage the library, answer the phone, clean, take out the garbage, assemble furniture, do the accounting, design flyers, organize programs, staff the cinema, organize Storytime, present documentaries, cleanup after TGIF, set-up for Coffee Break.  Sound interesting?  Come on down!  We would love to have you join us!

RENEW YOUR MEMBERSHIP!
Membership is valid for 1 school year.  Renew for 2013/14!  In addition to our American Cinema Series, we also have a fantastic library with over 5000 books, magazines and 1000 DVD’s that are available for members. Membership is €25 for students, teachers and over age 65 and €35 for regular membership.  You must be 16 to become a member.  We closed 2012/13 with 520 members and this year our OBJ is 700!

SCI-FI Contacts – From TEXT to SCREEN Film Series – September 24- October 15th – Tuesdays and Thursdays at 8 p.m.
Giulia Iannuzzi, a post-doc, has put together a great program of classic Sci-Fi films and TV Series, linking the original novels to the films.  Science Fiction to the max.  Before each film, a commentary about the media “contact” and more info about the making of  the films.  Open to the Public in our new multimedia room.  Piazza S. Antonio 6.  Bring a friend and a stay away from Martians!  Here are the films scheduled for September.  For a full list, check out our blog.
Sept. 24 – Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
Sept. 26 – The Incredible Shrinking Man ( 1957)

 STORYTIME – back in January
We all enjoyed Storytime  Light!  Congratulations to our I Love Reading Winners:  Abigail, Aurora, Greta, Isabella, Ethan, Daniele, Anastasia, Viriginia, Francesco!     Storytime will be back on Saturday mornings in January. 

 THURSDAY COFFEE BREAK in our library 10 – 12 – OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
Back on September 12th.  Come and enjoy a cup of coffee and some great conversation in English!    

FRIDAY AMERICAN EXPERIENCE in our Aula Magna at 6 p.m. – OPEN TO THE PUBLIC  Back in September with Education theme .
Sept. 13thTEN9EIGHT  - Shoot for the Moon – Stories of high school children from Harlem who compete in a business plan competition, that changes their lives (85 min.)
Sept. 20th – Guest Speaker - Shae McNamara, Life Coach and Professional American Athlete in Pro Basketball and Australian Rules Football, speaks on “Creating Action in your Life by Following Your Dreams and Your Goals”
Sept. 27thSpellbound – 8 Young Americans who share one goal:  to win the National Spelling Bee (107 min.)

TGIF! – in our office from 7 p.m. – OPEN TO THE PUBLIC 
Back in October with more ethnic cuisine and good company!

Three days of American Studies with scholars from all over the Italy and the US will be in Trieste for their Bi-Annual Conference.  The topic is Discourses of Emancipation and the Boundaries of Freedom.  Here is the link for more details.  You can attend any sessions that you want, but the coffee breaks and meals are reserved for registered attendees.  Of special local interest is:
Scientific Research in Trieste and the US:  ties, exchanges, projects.  Thursday, September 19th in Piazza Unità, Palazzo del Governo from 6-7 p.m.  If you would like to volunteer to work at the Conference, contact us at aia.fvg@gmail.com

See you this Fall at the Association!       
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