Thank You for Joining Us for Fourth Friday! What a wonderful evening of culture, conversation, and international friendship! Thankread more
Fourth Friday Events
EVERY FOURTH FRIDAY OF THE MONTH, THE VALPARAISO INTERNATIONAL CENTER HOSTS PRESENTATIONS AND DISCUSSIONS ABOUT DIFFERENT CULTURES. BELOW ARE A COUPLE OF EXAMPLES OF THE TYPES OF EVENTS WE HAVE SPONSORED. CHECK BACK OFTEN TO SEE WHAT WE WILL FOCUS ON NEXT!
The Valparaiso International Center’s May 2026 Fourth Friday Speaker Series welcomed guests for a memorable evening celebrating the culture, traditions,read more
April Fourth Friday Took Guests on a Journey to Uruguay with Eduardo “Ed” Brussa The Valparaiso International Center’s April 2026read more
March Fourth Friday Featured Pedram Etebari and His Journey from Iran to the United States The Valparaiso International Center’sread more
The Valparaiso International Center’s February Fourth Friday Speaker Series welcomed Amanda Herrera for an inspiring and heartfelt evening of storytellingread more
The Valparaiso International Center’s October Fourth Friday Speaker Series — an evening of stories, travel, and cultural reflection with Pedroread more
An Evening with Dr. Payear S. Howell Date: Friday, September 26, 2025 About Dr. Howell:Originally from Thailand, Dr. Payear S.read more
The Valparaiso International Center’s July Fourth Friday Speaker — a heartfelt evening of storytelling, inspiration, and cultural discovery with localread more
Explore Chilean Culture and Immigration Stories with Daniel Goldfarb at the June Fourth Friday Event Daniel Goldfarb shared storiesread more
The Valparaiso International Center’s April 2025 Fourth Friday event featured a special presentation by Ana-Maria Haiduc, a local educator andread more
Discover Venezuela: Culture, Identity, and Perspectives at the March 2025 Fourth Friday Event. The Valparaiso International Center held its Marchread more
The Valparaiso International Center hosted its February 2025 Fourth Friday event, featuring a special presentation on Mexican music and cultureread more
Experience the Flavors of Africa at the January Fourth Friday The Valparaiso International Center’s January 2025 Fourth Friday event, featuredread more
The Valparaiso International Center’s November 2024 Fourth Friday event, held on November 22, was a tremendous success. The evening featuredread more
The Valparaiso International Center presented its October 2024 Fourth Friday event, featuring three distinguished visiting scholars from Zhejiang University, China.read more
Yabtsega Wolde Yabtsega Wolde was born in Bale Goba, Ethiopia and was raised in the capital Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Sheread more
Flavia Lee Cheng was born in Guangdong, China and grew up in Hong Kong. While in Hong Kong, she hadread more
Lubos Barton Lubos Barton is a native from Ceska Lipa, located in the northern part of Czech Republic, Born inread more
Sonia Rivadeneyra Kincaid is from the northern part of Peru near Chiclayo and has lived in the United States forread more
Zika Khamitzhanova Zika Khamitzhanova was born and raised in Kazakhstan. She moved to the United States in 1996 and wasread more
Valparaiso International Center’s Fourth Friday Speaker series on March 22, 2024 Featured Sean Lee Sean Lee is the President ofread more
Born in Chevreuse, France, Hà Do Phan is the second child of a five-sibling family. His parents were first generationread more
Danny Jeftich Serbia is considered the crossroads of Europe due to its land locked nature. It is a country richread more
BANGLADESH Friday, August 25th Trinity Lutheran Featuring Akhtar Zaman, a Bangladeshi born Civil Engineer. Since independence in 1972, Bangladeshread more
PUERTO RICO Miguel E. Rosario-Vega Friday, July 28th, 7:00pm Trinity Lutheran 201 N. Washington, Valparaiso, IN 46383 Friday, July 28read more
Check out our latest Fourth Friday event from June featuring Sweden! Friday, June 23rd Coming to America –read more
Watch the video above. Dr. Natalie Krivas was be featured speaker at the Valparaiso International Center’s Fourth Friday Speaker Series,read more
Dr. Hasan Mahdi was the featured speaker at the Valparaiso International Center’s Fourth Friday Speaker Series, Friday April 28, 2023.read more
Valparaiso International Center March Fourth Friday – India Renu Juneja, was be the featured speaker at the March Fourth Fridayread more
Carlos Rivero came to the United States from his native Spain in 1972 and worked in the Steel Millsread more
The Valparaiso International Center (The VIC) has resumed its Fourth Friday Speaker Series with a timely presentation about Ukraine. Onread more
The Valparaiso International Center presents FOURTH FRIDAY WITH Serdar Gurses Turkey Friday, February 28, 2020 7 pm at MONTAGUE/URSCHEL GALLERYread more
The Valparaiso International Center presents FOURTH FRIDAY WITH EDUARDO GIMENEZ Philippines Friday, January 24, 2020 7 pm at MONTAGUE/URSCHEL GALLERY OFread more
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MACEDONIA Friday, January 27, 2017 GORDANA TRAYCOFF talked about the history and culture of her native Macedonia. From the glory ofread more
POLAND Friday, November 18, 2016 AGNIESZKA FEZATT discussed the history and culture of her native Poland, an Eastern European country thatread more
NEPAL Friday, October 28, 2016 SAJANA SHRESTHA discussed the history and culture of her native Nepal, a small mountainous country locatedread more
LEBANON Friday, July 22, 2016 at 7pm JULIE MASSOUD presented on the culture of her native Lebanon, discussing how her country’s richread more
July 25, 2015 10:38 pm • Susan O’Leary Times Correspondent VALPARAISO | A recent Peace Corps volunteer introduced an audience toread more
May 24, 2015 5:18 pm • Susan O’Leary Times Correspondent VALPARAISO | A Danish foreign exchange student at Valparaiso High Schoolread more
SOUTH KOREA Friday, June 24, 2016 YONG DANCHO presented an overview of her native South Korea, focusing on history and culture. read more
June 26, 2015 10:30 pm • Susan O’Leary Times Correspondent VALPARAISO | Ljubica Salamic, a Valparaiso University graduate with a bachelor’s degreeread more
BRAZIL BRAZIL BRAZIL BRAZIL Friday, March 25, 2016 at The Valparaiso International Center REGINA CROSS presentedread more
Friday, May 22, 2015 7 pm at The Valparaiso International Center CATRINE FAURBY shared stories about Denmark, aread more
Friday, June 26, 2015 7 pm at The Valparaiso International Center LJUBICA SALAMIC spoke about Bosnia and Herzegovina,read more
Friday, April 24, 2015 7 pm at The Valparaiso International Center Howard Hunte will speak about his nativeread more
Friday, March 27, 2015 7 pm at The Valparaiso International Center Zanele Kutamo spoke about the rich cultural diversity of her nativeread more
Friday, February 27, 2015 7 pm at The Valparaiso International Center Rob Lynch spoke about his native country, giving a generalread more
Aida Lugo McAllister was born in Gary, Indiana to Puerto Rican parents and at the age of 12, cooked and servedread more
Audrey Gardner hails from the parish of St. Andrew, Jamaica, West Indies – the third largest island in the Caribbean. Sheread more
Full width featured post generally considered the most beautiful post in the Caribbean, Cartagena in Colombia grew unimaginably wealthy.