Program Activities 2005

Calendar of Events in May 2005

American Corner Skopje
Monthly Program

May 2005

May 05, 2005 18:00 o'clock
Lecture – World Press Freedom Day by Mr. Jerome Aumente, Professor of Journalism – Rutgers University.

May 06, 2005 18:00 o'clock
Video Showing – American Cinema
5) Romantic Comedy 

May 07, 2005
Exhibition of posters in the hall of the library on “60 th Anniversary of VE Day”.
Handout – on a topic related to “60 th Anniversary of VE Day”.

May 09, 2005 18:00 o'clock
Workshop – Creative Writing
- Memoir writing with Mrs. Semple Siegel *previous confirmation is required.
Handout – “A Tribute to Our Mothers”.

May 12, 2005 18:00 o'clock
Video Showing – American Cinema
6) The Combat Film 

May 16, 2005
Handout – “Today in History / May” 

May 17, 2005 18:00 o'clock
Conversational Hours
With Peace Corps Volunteers *previous confirmation is required.

May 19, 2005 18:00 o'clock
Video Showing – American Cinema
7) Film Noir 

May 24, 2005 18:00 o'clock
Lecture – American sports: Baseball by Prof. Gerald Siegel.

May 26, 2005 18:00 o'clock
Video Showing – American Cinema
8)Film in the Television Age 

You are welcome to all of our events!

What is new at the Corner?
•  This month the American Corner Skopje will start the Conversational Hours. These meetings at the American Corner would be of great help to all those that lack the chance to practice there spoken English.

Held by American speakers these meetings will also be a great chance to learn more about American culture.

Most important dates in May

May 1

On this date in 1931, with the press of a button in Washington, D.C., President Herbert Hoover turned on the lights of the Empire State Building . This event officially opened the edifice, at the corner of Fifth Avenue and 34th Street in New York City, to the public. At 102 stories, it reigned as the world's tallest skyscraper until 1974.

May 8

Dr. John S. Pemberton sold the first Coca-Cola in 1886, at Jacob's Pharmacy in Atlanta, Georgia. Bookkeeper Frank Robinson coined the name and it is his handwriting we recognize as the Coca-Cola trademark. By the late 1890s, Coca-Cola was one of America's most popular fountain drinks.

May 9

President Woodrow Wilson iss ued a proclamation on May 9 , 1914 asking Americans to give a public expression of reverence to mothers through the celebration of Mother's Day. Carnations have come to represent this day.

May 27

San Francisco's famous Golden Gate Bridge was completed and opened to pedestrian traffic on May 27 , 1937. Until the Verrazano Narrows Bridge was completed in 1964, the Golden Gate's 4,200-foot orange-painted structural steel suspension span was the longest in the world.