NARVA AMERICAN SPACE Monthly Report – January 2019 New and most popular programs: American Movie Night: Jersey Girl Narva Central Library American Space and the U.S. Embassy film series. Jersey Girl is a 2004 American comedy-drama film written, co-edited and directed by Kevin Smith. It stars Ben Affleck, Liv Tyler, George Carlin, Stephen Root, Mike Starr and Raquel Castro. The film follows a young man who must take care of his precocious daughter in the midst of a family tragedy. It was the first film written and directed by Smith not to be set in the View Askewniverse as well as the first not to feature appearances by Jay and Silent Bob, although animated versions of them appear in the View Askew logo. At $35 million, it is Smith's biggest-budgeted film, and went on to become a box-office bomb, grossing just $36 million. The movie screens in English with Russian subtitles. Conversation Club Themes: Reflection, Resolutions, MLK Jr. Day, Education, NYT Article, US Trivia Conversation Club is led by Madeline Williamson our English Teaching Assistant. The club meets on Mondays and Wednesdays. 3-D Master Classes This is a continuation of a master class series on 3D printing, laser cutting, and seeking innovative approaches for introducing new ideas in the MakerLab innovation laboratory at Narva American Space. American Club American club continued its meetings in January. Themes: Asking and giving directions. Parts of a public building; American English. A hotel guest asks directions. Prepositions of movement. Roleplay: Giving directions to a visitor.Vocabulary: Hotel words. Booking a room vocabulary. Converstional activity ’ I would like to book.....’ Comparing places in Estonia (talk). Adgectives to describe places. Comparatives. Famous places in America. Discussion:’Choosing a better place’. Superlatives.Conversational activity: ’The best place for me....’Grammar + new vocabulary. Disney Saturday: Aladdin This month’s Disney Saturday movie was another Disney classic. Aladdin is a 1992 American animated musical fantasy film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The film is the 31st Disney animated feature film, and was the fourth produced during the Disney film era known as the Disney Renaissance. It was produced and directed by Ron Clements and John Musker, and is based on the Arabic folktale of the same name from One Thousand and One Nights and the French interpretation by Antoine Galland. The voice cast features Scott Weinger, Robin Williams, Linda Larkin, Jonathan Freeman, Frank Welker, Gilbert Gottfried and Douglas Seale. The cartoon screens in Russian with English subtitles. American Space Tour The tours of the American Space are conducted in Russian, English, or Estonian, depending on the guests’ preference. During the tour, we talk about the space mission, activities, and demonstrate 3D printer and laser cutter items made during the workshops. .