Vermont Italian Cultural Association
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History Storia

The Vermont Italian Cultural Association is a tax exempt 501(c)(3) non-profit organization with a mission of discussing, learning, sharing and celebrating the cultural heritage of Italy and Italian-Americans. Our organization  brings to the Vermont community educational and other events and activities that foster an intimacy with Italy through the people who love her. Whether through travel to Italy, the study of the Italian language, or through the love of Italian film, art , literature, opera, or food/cooking, the members share their experiences through a variety of  activities.

The organization was established in the fall of 1983 as the Vermont Italian Cultural Association by a group of Italian Americans, newcomers to Burlington, Vermont, where the organization is centered.


Upcoming Events

Thursday, April 19, 2018, 11:45 a.m., Amici Luncheon, Jules on the Green, 1 /Commonwealth Ave.,Essex
  Junction.
Come join us for good food and good conversation.  Call Nancy Specht for reservations:  879-1087
Saturday, April 21, 2018, 2:00-4:00 pm.  Coffee with Peggy Citarella and Julia Wagner, the clubhouse at
  Ridgewood Estates, Swift St., So. Burlington 
  
Peggy Citarella, a beloved and long-time VICA member, and Julia Wagner, a senior at St. Michael’s College, will
  share Peggy’s amazing life’s story, including how she became the first female welder at the Charlestown Navy Yard
  during W.W.II!
 
​Sunday, April 22, 2018, 3:00 p.m., Coffee at Junior's, Junior's Italian, 85 So. Park Dr., Colchester. 
Come join us
  for our monthly coffee at Junior's - an informal and relaxing Sunday afternoon.
Tuesday, April 24, 2018, 6:30 p.m., 
 Italian Special Interest Group, Vermont French Canadian Genealogy            Society  (VFCGS), 377 Hegeman Ave, Fort Ethan Allen, Colchester.   An Italian Special Interest Group  event
  co - sponsored by VICA focusing on tracing your Italian heritage.  Requirement for participation is membership in
  VFCGS.  For more information go to their website:
   
http://www.vtgenlib.org/store/membership/index.php 
Wednesday, April 25, 2018, 3:00 p.m. - Movie Matinee,  Brownell Library, Essex Junction.  Part Three of The
  Best of Youth. 
This is the third two hours of a six-hour film which is in Italian with English  subtitles.  The movie
  won multiple awards throughout Europe and was given 4 out of 4 stars by critic Roger Ebert.   The film chronicles
  two close-knit brothers from 1963 to 2000.  A brief summary of the first two parts will be given for those who were
   unable to attend.
Thursday, May 17th, 2018, 11:45 a.m., Amici Luncheon, La Villa Bistro, Shelburne Rd., Shelburne
  Come join us 
for good food and good conversation.
  


Ongoing Events  (See Events & Activities pages for more information)
--Italian language group held at St. Michael's  - 7 to 9 p.m. 
   Intermediate/Conversation - 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of the month
--Amici Luncheons - monthly - date and time varies. Usually held the third Thursday of the month. Come join     us for good food and good conversation at our monthly Amici Luncheon. 
--Coffee at Junior's - 4th Sunday of the month - 3:00 p.m.  Informal get togethers for coffee, pastry, and               conversation.  
--Bocce Socials - Several socials are held at the Burlington Bocce Courts each summer.  Members and their guests     are invited to play and/or learn bocce.
--Italian films - Italian films with subtitles will be shown periodically at the Brownell Library in Essex Junction or at
  other locations.  Members will be notified by email when a film is scheduled.

Italian Opera in Vermont
-- Palace 9 Theater - Saturday performances live from the Metropolitan Opera
--2018-2019 season
      October 6th. 2018 Verdi’s “Aida”
     October 27th, 2018, Puccini’s “La Fanciulla del West”
     December 15th, 2018 Verdi’s “La Traviata”
     January 12, 2019, Cilea’s “Adriana Lecouvreur” 


   
   

*See our Lending Library page.  We have a wide selection of books in both English and Italian available for members and non-members to borrow.

*Recipes
We have many delicious members' favorite family Italian recipes on our recipe page.  If you have one you'd like to share, send it to Barbara Guiduli (bguiduli@gmail.com).

VIC Members are encouraged to attend an educational and culturally inspiring event with friends and family. 

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