Culture Café Speaker Series
The NCVPS Culture Café is a virtual speaker series designed to broaden cultural awareness and global understanding across our school community.
Originally rooted in our World Language Department, Culture Café featured hour-long lectures in Spanish, French, Chinese, Japanese, Russian, Latin, and Arabic on cultural, historical, geographic, and culinary themes. These archived sessions remain an important part of the program’s foundation.
Today, Culture Café has expanded to include moderated 30-to 60-minute sessions led by NCVPS teachers, students, and invited guests who share personal passions connected to culture, history, travel, language, global traditions, and the arts. Each session is hosted to ensure a structured, safe, and engaging virtual experience.
Our goal is to foster curiosity, celebrate diverse perspectives, and strengthen global connections within the NCVPS community.
Join a Live Session
Check out our Café calendar to find the next event. When you’re ready to join, click “Join the Café.” We look forward to seeing you there
SEARCH & VIEW OUR PREVIOUS EPISODES:
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| Category | Date | Title | Presenter | Episode Recording |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latin | 02/10/2020 | Roman Marriage | Frank Williams & Mary Stevens | View (opens in new tab) |
| Japanese | 11/21/2025 | Origami Christmas | Kayoko Green | View (opens in new tab) |
| Chinese | 08/07/2025 | Discovering Traditional Chinese Sports | Christina Efird and Mandarin Coaches | View (opens in new tab) |
| Japanese | 10/28/2025 | Spooky Japan
| Sarah Boutin | View (opens in new tab) |
| Chinese | 10/15/2025 | Iconic Chinese City Tours
| Christina Efird & Margaret Lee-Fitzgerald | View (opens in new tab) |
| Chinese | 07/17/2025 | Find your path to nature: Iconic natural landmarks in China
| Christina Efird | View (opens in new tab) |
| Russian | 05/05/2025 | Culture of Russian | elena Skudskaia | View (opens in new tab) |
| Arabic, Chinese, French, Japanese, Latin, Russian, Spanish | 04/22/2025 | Spring Holidays Around the World | Christina Efird and World Language Coaches | View (opens in new tab) |
| Japanese | 02/13/2025 | Japanese Valentine’s Day
| Revae Bostwick | View (opens in new tab) |
| Japanese | 04/03/2025 | Easy Japanese Cooking
| Kayoko Green | View (opens in new tab) |
| Spanish | 03/18/2025 | Vamos a la Playa: A Coastal Tour In Spain
| Juan Martin | View (opens in new tab) |
| Japanese | 03/11/2025 | Kanji 101
| Revae Bostwick | View (opens in new tab) |
| Spanish | 10/08/2024 | Top 10 University Cities of Spain | Juan Martin | View (opens in new tab) |
| Japanese | 09/03/2025 | Visit the Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens | Sarah Boutin | View (opens in new tab) |
| Spanish | 10/01/2025 | Celebrating Colombia: A Journey Through Culture, Holidays, and Traditions | Adriana Persin | View (opens in new tab) |
| Other | 05/06/2024 | Culture Café: Travel the World through Art | NCVPS World Languages Team | View (opens in new tab) |
| Mandarin Chinese | 05/07/2024 | Along the River During the Qing Ming Festival | Judy Chen | View (opens in new tab) |
| Japanese | 08/21/2024 | Who knows best? Japanese Trivia Quiz!!
| Kumiko Baird | View (opens in new tab) |
| Spanish | 12/03/2024 | Machu Picchu, Truly a World Wonder
| Carrie Maravi | View (opens in new tab) |
| Arabic, Chinese, French, Japanese, Latin, Russian, Spanish | 12/11/2024 | The Holiday Sampler: Traditions from Around the World
| Sarah Boutin and the NCVPS World Language Team | View (opens in new tab) |
| Japanese | 12/17/2024 | Who Knows Best? Japanese Trivia!
| Kumiko Baird | View (opens in new tab) |
| Arabic | 10/22/2024 | The Arabic Club and the Arabic Honor Society
| Farida Badr | View (opens in new tab) |
| Japanese | 08/22/2024 | Kyoto Japan: The Thousand Year Capital
| Kayoko Green | View (opens in new tab) |
| Japanese | 08/15/2024 | Your Survival Guide in Japan
| Izumi Harris | View (opens in new tab) |
| Japanese | 08/20/2024 | Hauntings and Spooky Ghost Stories from Japan
| Sarah Boutin | View (opens in new tab) |
| Student Research Alliance | 02/18/2020 | Are Some Mental Illnesses Linked to Others? | Jazmin V-G | View (opens in new tab) |
| Japanese | 08/05/2024 | Robots of Japan
| Sarah Boutin | View (opens in new tab) |
| Other | 02/19/2020 | Your Voice, Your Vote | Elizabeth MacDonald | View (opens in new tab) |
| French | 02/25/2020 | Mardi Gras ... Unmasked! | Anabela Mendes | View (opens in new tab) |
| French | 03/18/2020 | French Art and the Musée d'Orsay | Teresa Drian | View (opens in new tab) |
| Russian | 03/30/2020 | Culture Trip Yekaterinburg, Russia | Tatyana Miller | View (opens in new tab) |
| Student Research Alliance | 08/05/2021 | Student Research Alliance: COVID & Social Media Use | Noah C | View (opens in new tab) |
| Spanish | 10/06/2020 | El Camino de Santiago: A Christian Pilgrimage Route in Spain | Juan Martin | View (opens in new tab) |
| French | 10/28/2020 | Francophone Music | Anabela Mendes | View (opens in new tab) |
| Japanese | 01/09/2020 | Trip to Japan with Japanese 3 Students | NC Virtual Japanese 3 Students | View (opens in new tab) |
| Japanese | 1/07/2021 | Trip to Japan with Japanese 3 Students | NC Virtual Japanese 3 Students | View (opens in new tab) |
| Japanese | 8/04/2020 | Robots of Japan | Sarah Boutin | View (opens in new tab) |
| Other | 03/09/2022 | African American Genealogy
| Grace Jackson | View (opens in new tab) |
| Spanish | 03/15/2022 | México Pueblos Mágico (Mexico Magical Towns)
| Laura Garza | View (opens in new tab) |
| Russian | 03/15/2022 | Bulgaria
| Oxana Kostadinova | View (opens in new tab) |
| Japanese | 03/30/2022 | Let's Make Mochi & Hot Pot - Japanese Cooking
| Revae Bostwick | View (opens in new tab) |
| Russian | 04/06/2022 | What is Siberia?
| Elena Allen | View (opens in new tab) |
| Japanese | 04/06/2022 | A Trip to Miyazaki, Japan
| Revae Bostwick | View (opens in new tab) |
| Chinese | 04/21/2022 | Chinese Dragon Boat Festival
| Judy Chen | View (opens in new tab) |
| Other | 10/12/2022 | Introduction to the Stock Market Club
| Ellen Hart & Sarah Boutin | View (opens in new tab) |
Contact Us
Curious about the Culture Café program? Interested in presenting a session?
Please contact:
Kendall Nifong
North Carolina Virtual Public School (NCVPS)
