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October 2, 2022 | Japan Day (Fall Festival)

Interested in Japanese traditional or pop culture? You are at the right place! Did you know that Maryland and Kanagawa Prefecture in Japan have been in a sister state relationship for more than 40 years? Celebrating the relationship, Maryland and Kanagawa Sister State committee along with Misako Ballet, Matcha Time Café, and UMBC welcome you to this cultural exploration event!

Our Japan Day/Fall Festival has many performances and hands-on activities for you to experience Japanese culture free of charge!

Date: Sunday, October 2, 2022
Time: 3:00-6:00pm
Location: The Meeting House, Oakland Mills Interfaith, Inc. 5885 Robert Oliver Place, Columbia, MD 21045
For more information and registration click here.

Co-organized by Baltimore-Kawasaki Sister City Committee.

October 13, 2022 | Night Market Untapped: A Social with Calligrapher Setshui Shiraishi

Uppu & OTS productions team up with Waverly Main Street to provide a space for Baltimore’s creatives, professionals and community to come together for this special cultural performance. This is an official event of the Night Market Untapped Series and Free Fall Baltimore.

The main performance is a collaboration between calligrapher Setsushi Shiraishi from Chiba, Japan and Shakuhachi player Hideo from Tokyo, Japan. After the performance, the artworks created by Setsuhi Shiraishi will be for purchase. We will also feature local food vendors, makers and additional performances. The event will be capped to 300 attendees.

Date: Thursday, October 13
Time: 5:00pm – 10:00pm
Location: Peabody Heights Brewery, 401 E. 30th St. Baltimore, MD 21218
Tickets: Free, reservations encouraged

For tickets and updates, visit here.

July 6 | Baltimore Sister Cities Meet & Greet

Baltimore Sister Cities (BSC) Meet & Greet July 6, 5:30-8pm. BSC logo. Names of each of the sister cities.

Come mingle with our volunteers and friends!

Date: Wednesday, July 6, 2022
Time: 5:30-8pm
Location: R.House, 301 West 29th Street, Baltimore MD 21211
Has outdoors and indoors seating.
Weather note: The forecast calls for rain on July 6. We will still hold the event on July 6. It will not be moved or cancelled.

Meet our friends and volunteers; find out more about our sister cities and our activities at this informal summer get-together.

Spread the word to others in your network and invite them to come, too!

How you can find us: look for people wearing “Baltimore Sister Cities” logo stickers on their shirts, or look for table-top signs with “Baltimore Sister Cities” logo.

No RSVP needed — just show up!

About the R.House

R.House is a food hall with several food stalls from Baltimore chefs and a bar. It is a large space with open floorplan seating — both outdoors and indoors seating available. No reservations accepted — it is walk-in only. Located in the Remington neighborhood, near the Maryland Avenue bike lane and near several bus routes, including Purple Circulator; CityLine Silver; Bus 21. Street parking.

R.House website

July 23 | Bmore for Ukraine!

Bmore for Ukraine fundraiser event July 23, 2022. Illustration of yellow sunflowers with blue stems and leaves on a black background; logos of the sponsors

Date: Saturday, July 23, 2022 (Rain or shine)
Time: 12-6pm ET
Location: Pulaski monument in Patterson Park, Baltimore
For more info and to purchase tickets: Eventbrite page

Join the Baltimore-Odesa Sister City Committee for the first annual BMore for Ukraine, a celebration of communities coming together to support Ukraine in its time of need. The event will feature live music, cultural dance, raffles, and more!

All proceeds will benefit World Central Kitchen & United Help Ukraine.

Blooming Rainbow Project

Blooming Rainbow class – making art
Blooming Rainbow class – making art
Blooming Rainbow class – writing names in English and Korean characters

During 2021-2022, artists conducted “Blooming Rainbow” — a collaborative class with children, 5-15 years old, in Baltimore and South Korea to create abstract painting jointly together. In this program, children paint scribbles — they can express their feelings, impulsion or their favorite figures. The scribbles are then exchanged with the artists in Baltimore and Korea, who overlap color onto the scribbles. The children learn about the sister cities of Baltimore, Maryland USA and Changwon, South Korea, and learn about abstract art concepts and artists. The program is coordinated by artists Ara Ko, Jack Koppert, and Huaqi Liu (graduate students in MICA’s LeRoy E. Hoffberger Painting MFA Program in Baltimore) and Chaeyeon Hong, Yongeun Kwon and Jaeeun Kim from Ewha University in Seoul, South Korea (who travel to Changwon to teach their group of students).

Baltimore-Changwon Sister City Committee (BCSCC) is a project partner.

Video about the Blooming Rainbow project

Exhibition – Summer 2022

The work is shown online on Instagram, and in an exhibition in summer 2022 in Baltimore, Maryland USA and Changwon, South Korea.

The opening was on June 10 at 7:00pm ET Baltimore time and on June 11 at 8:00 AM Changwon time and was livestreamed online. Dami S. Schlobohm was the MC at the opening show and performed music. Dami is a cellist and music teacher born in Seoul, South Korea and raised in Maryland.

Watch highlights from the exhibition opening event

The full-length recording of the event can be viewed on YouTube.

The artists who are leading this program

Artist Ara Ko with examples of her artwork
Artist Ara Ko
Artist Chae Yeon Hong
Artist Chae Yeon Hong
Blooming Rainbow hand-drawn logo with hand prints

August 9, 2022 | Life During COVID-19: A Youth Perspective

Date: Tuesday, August 9
Time: Doors open at 5:30pm; Event begins at 6:00pm
Location: The Arena Players, 801 McCulloh Street, Baltimore, MD 21201
Cost: This event is free, but donations are welcomed and encouraged.

Please join us for an impactful evening at The Arena Players. The Arena Players is the oldest continuously operating African American community theatre in the United States, bringing quality theater to Baltimore since 1953. Show support for this Baltimore cultural icon and the youth.

August 20, 2022 | Asia Collective Night Market

Date: Saturday, August 20, 2022
Time: 2:00-11:00pm ET
Location: Howard County Fairgrounds, 2210 Fairgrounds Rd, West Friendship, MD 21794
For more info and to purchase tickets: Eventbrite page

All throughout Asia, night markets are famous, from the Chiang Mai Night Bazaar in Thailand to the Donghuamen Night Market in Beijing, China. Night markets are not only a place to taste a variety of local delicacies, but also an occasion to foster a community and celebrate culture with your friends and families.

At the Asia Collective Night Market, over 40 local vendors will present their best Asian cuisine and special dishes for you! The event will also feature music, performances, merchandise, and family friendly activities.

Find the Baltimore Changwon Sister City Committee (BCSCC) table in the nonprofit section at booth E7. They will be hosting a craft session from 2:00-6:00pm, where you can create your own Korean-inspired paper fan.

Find the Baltimore Kawasaki Sister City Committee (BKSCC) table at booth E10. Fumiko Campbell will be showing her Origami arts, Misako Aoki her Japanese tea tasting and Yoshitaka Fujii his ceramic arts from 2:00-6:00pm.

Learn more about this event here.

2021 Year in Review: Baltimore Sister Cities

Annual Report & Plan

Baltimore Sister Cities Annual Accomplishments Report for 2021 (PDF, 3mb)

Baltimore Sister Cities Annual Plan for 2022 (PDF, 1.3mb)

Some of our 2021 highlights:

Photo collage of Baltimore Sister Cities 2021 activities - the activities are described in the report.

2nd photo collage of Baltimore Sister Cities 2021 activities - the activities are described in the report.

Baltimore-Xiamen chair speaks at Baltimore Mayor’s “410 Report” event

Xin (Cindy) Wang (Chair, Baltimore-Xiamen Sister City Committee) was one of the speakers in the 2022 Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month edition of Baltimore Mayor Brandon M. Scott’s “410 Report.”  Other speakers included HyeSook Chung (President, Baltimore Civic Fund), Cori Dioquino (Co-Executive Director & Co-Founder, Asian Pasifika Arts Collective), and Heang Tan (Deputy Commissioner, Office of Aging). Mayor Scott and these members of our local Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community celebrated the contributions and experiences of our city’s AAPI communities. With a rich history in our city, AAPI communities continue to be a thriving source of what makes Baltimore, Baltimore. The program was originally broadcasted on Thursday, May 19, 2022, on the Mayor’s Facebook page, the CharmTV Facebook page, and the Mayor’s Instagram page. 

To view a recording of this program, visit the CharmTV Facebook page.

April | Baltimore Sister Cities workshops at Enoch Pratt Library

Photos of painted Pysanky egs; paper dolls; Korean fan dance for the workshops on April 9, 14, and 16, 2022. BSC & Enoch Pratt Library logos.

Baltimore’s public library hosts Imagination Celebration throughout the month of April. This signature event celebrates creativity and honors diverse voices and experiences within children’s literature and our communities. The celebration features special events, arts and crafts, and more.

Baltimore Sister Cities offers fun activities for kids from some of our sister city committees!

Admission is free.

Saturday, April 9: Pysanky Eggs

Time: 3pm ET
Location: Patterson Park Branch (158 N. Linwood Avenue, Baltimore MD 21224)
Event page on the library website

Learn about the Ukrainian tradition of decorating pysanky, or eggs, and create your own. 

This indoor program has limited space and pre-registration is recommended. To register, please look at the library’s event page for instructions. Walk-ins are also accepted until the program reaches maximum capacity.

Presented by Baltimore-Odesa Sister City Committee (BOSCC).

Thursday, April 14: Imagine YOU!

Time: 2pm ET
Location: Orleans Street Branch (1303 Orleans St, Baltimore MD 21231)
Event page on the library website

Join Susan L. Roth, author of “Hands Around the Library: Protecting Egypt’s Treasured Books” and Baltiimore-Luxor-Alexandria Sister Cities to make paper dolls together. Create a doll that represents who you are now, or who you want to be in the future. This workshop is inspired by this year’s Imagination Celebration book selection: What Will You Be? by Yamile Saied Méndez.

Presented by Baltimore-Luxor-Alexandria Sister City Committee (BLASCC).

Saturday, April 16: Korean Fan Dance Demonstration

Time: 2pm ET
Location: Central Library (400 Cathedral St, Baltimore MD 21201)
Event page on the library website

Learn about the tradition of Korean fan dance and enjoy a performance from the Baltimore-Changwon Sister City Committee.

This indoor program has limited space and pre-registration is recommended. To register, please look at the library’s event page for instructions. Walk-ins are also accepted until the program reaches maximum capacity.

Presented by Baltimore-Changwon Sister City Committee (BCSCC).

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