Come and get some amazing gifts from around the world at The Valparaiso International Center's Holiday Bazaar/Welcome Mat holiday sale. When you buy a fair trade craft you provide skilled, underprivileged artisans with a fair income, sustainable...
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5th Annual World Cultural Festival Bringing Culture to Central Park
Our World Cultural Festival is our annual celebration of various cultures from around the world. We offer a variety of performances, great foods, and awesome music. Bring your entire family and explore different cultures. The 5th Annual Celebration...
4th Annual World Cultural Festival
Join us for a family-friendly day filled with food, fun, games, and entertainment that will celebrate the cultural diversity of Northwest Indiana and the ever growing connectedness of our world. Featured acts include Planetary Blues, South Shore...
World Cultural Festival Planning Meeting Wednesday the 16th at 5pm
Help be a part of one of the neatest events in NWI! Volunteers are needed to help plan our WCF which will be held at the new downtown park on Sept 22nd 2012! Please let us know if you are intersted in volunteering even if you can't make the meeting....
Fourth Friday Series: Poland & the EU
Join us, Friday, April 27, 2012 at 7pm, to learn about Poland and its path to European Union Membership. Also learn about local Polish immigrants and their efforts to preserve their language, culture and history through the Polish Saturday School...
The VIC’s Fourth Friday Series Presents Syria: A Year of Protest
This upcoming Friday, March 23rd at 7 pm, The Valparaiso International Center (The VIC) will be exploring the conflict in Syria and its consequences both abroad and at home. Dr. Yaser Alobeid will lead a panel discussion with others from Syria who...
The Valparaiso International Center’s English Second Language Classes Are Starting
Starting on February 28th, The Valparaiso International Center (VIC) will be offering their English as a Second Language program (ESL). Classes will be held every Tuesday and Thursday from 6-8pm, at the VIC, located at 309 E. Lincolnway, Valparaiso,...
Happy Fair Trade Month
Well, it’s finally fall again in North West Indiana. This season has a lot to bring to the table. The leaves are changing color and falling off of their branches. The farmers are beginning to prepare for harvest, and many families are decorating...
VIC Brings World Goods Through The Welcome Mat
On July 15th, from 10:30 am to 6:00 pm, The Valparaiso International Center will be launching an exciting new initiative: The Welcome Mat! The Welcome Mat is a fair trade home goods store which will be operated out of the VIC’s current location....
Valparaiso International Center’s 4th Friday Series: The Arab Spring
The Valparaiso International Center (the VIC) is hosting a free presentation discussing the many revolutions throughout the Middle East including: Yemen, Syria, Tunisia and Egypt. The featured speaker, Imam Mongy El-Quesny, recently returned from a...