A list of upcoming events organized or supported by Baltimore Sister Cities and our sister city committees (Changwon, South Korea; Gbarnga, Liberia; Kawasaki, Japan; Luxor & Alexandria, Egypt; Odesa, Ukraine; Piraeus, Greece; Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Xiamen, China) and our affiliates. Events include:
Spring 2022
“Operation Trash” middle school virtual exchange program
Rotterdam-based theatre artist/educator Kathie diStefano designs and coordinates this exchange that inspires kids to become environmental stewards. The 2022 spring edition features Bay Brook middle school in south Baltimore and Wolfert Lansing school north of Rotterdam. More information: harbortraces.org/operationtrash-2022/
Supported by Baltimore-Rotterdam Sister City Committee (BRSCC).
Wishes in the Wind: Korean Kite Kit
STEAM@Home — Learn about art, social studies, and engineering while designing and making a colorful Korean-inspired aerodynamic kite to fly and make your wishes come true. Each kit contains kite paper, bamboo kite spars, kite string and spool, illustrated instructions, STEAM info, and more.
To order, fill out the order form from Asian Arts & Culture Center at Towson University and make a donation to support the costs and the programming at the center.
April 8 – May 28, 2022
Asia North Festival 2022 | Annual Celebration of Art, Culture and Community
Annual Asia North community exhibition and festival celebrates Baltimore’s Charles North (a.k.a. Station North) neighborhood’s constantly evolving identities as a Koreatown, arts district, and creative center. This year’s events will provide a healing and empowering space for regional Asian and AAPI artists to express remembrance, resilience, power and pride. Many events happening this month! See the Asia North festival event page. Events include:
Opening night event: April 8
Time: 6:30pm ET
Location: Stillpointe Theatre, 1915 Maryland Ave, Baltimore MD 21201
Featuring Korean traditional dance and gayageum music provided by Baltimore-Changwon Sister Committee (BCSCC).
Exhibit: April 8–May 28
Locations:
Stillpointe Theatre, 1915 Maryland Ave, Baltimore MD 21201
Motor House, 120 W North Ave, Baltimore, MD 21201
Remembrance, Resilience, Power + Pride: This exhibition provides a healing and empowering space for regional Asian and AAPI artists to express remembrance, resilience, power and pride within the context of the ongoing triple pandemic of COVID-19; social, environmental, and racial injustice; and economic insecurity.
Living Altar: Growing Our Gardens: This interactive healing and art space at Motor House pays homage to the importance of ritual and ceremony throughout the Asian diaspora and serves as a proactive communal container to celebrate pride and heritage, process and memorialize grief, and connect with each other.
HellBond – Dancing with the Spirits: April 30–May 1, May 7–8
Exhibit, Performances, Lectures & Workshops
Location: James E. Hooper House, 100 E 23rd St, Baltimore MD 21218
Experience a metamorphosis at HellBond: Dancing with the Spirits, an experimental live performance inspired by the imaginative and elaborate portrayal of Hell in Chinese folk religion. Chaotic yet orderly, Hell is a place full of surprises. It is also a rite of passage for all souls, good or bad, to pass through in order to reincarnate into a new life. Dancers and musicians from all over East Asia, with an eclectic range of traditional and modern artistry, will come together to create an immersive and interactive experience for you! Designed by Interdisciplinary Artist, Jia Le Ling, and Curated by Jia Le Ling + Miki. Collaborative Performance, Lectures and Workshops featuring Butoh Master, Azumi Oe; Shakuhachi Master, Hideo Sekino; Performance Artist, Hsiao Chu Julia Hsia; and Musician, Dami Soh Schlobohm.
For more information and even more events, visit the Asia North festival event page.
Festival hosted by Asian Arts & Culture Center at Towson University. Event partners include Baltimore-Changwon Sister City Committee (BCSCC) and Baltimore-Kawasaki Sister City Committee (BKSCC).
May 2022
Workshops and crafts for kids — hosted by Enoch Pratt Library
Take & Make: Japanese Fan Making
Take & Make: Japanese Sunshine Doll
May 6 – 22, 2022
AAPI Women’s Voices Theater Festival
Asian Pasifika Arts Collective (APAC) is teaming up with Strand Theater in Baltimore to produce a series of new and original short plays written by and for Asian American and Pacific Indigenous (AAPI) Women.
More info on APAC website.
May 15, 2022
Baltimore-Kawasaki Spring Picnic
Patapasco Valley State Park Glen Artney #66
More info: bit.ly/KawasakiPicnic
Hosted by Kawasaki Sister City Committee (BKSCC).
May 19, 2022
Baltimore Mayor’s monthly 410 Report: Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month edition
Xin (Cindy) Wang (Chair, Baltimore-Xiamen Sister City Committee) is one of the speakers in this month’s edition of the Mayor’s 410 Report. The program will be broadcasted on Thursday, May 19, 2022, on the Mayor’s Facebook page, the CharmTV Facebook page, or the Mayor’s Instagram page. Follow MIMA on Facebook and Instagram for further details as they become available.
May 21, 2022
Ceremony: Growing Our Gardens Seed Planting
Time: 12-3pm
Location: Meet at Motor House at noon (120 W North Ave, Baltimore, MD 21201); walk to Blue Light Junction
Registration: Eventbrite page. Advance registration required.
Celebrate the beauty, power, and resilience of Asian culture at this event featuring music by Chinese guzheng musician, Aiai Calmer, poetry by Ryan Artes, and a communal planting of the seed paper placed on the Growing Our Gardens altar since April 8. Plant a garden together, so the plants along with the memories and wishes they represent can continue to survive, thrive, and support us along the way.
Part of Asia North Festival 2022 hosted by Asian Arts & Culture Center at Towson University.
May 24, 2022
Today is Tomorrow: The Future of Work and the Workforce
World Trade Center Institute’s 2022 AGILE program continues with Today is Tomorrow: The Future of Work and the Workforce at the historic Parkway Theater in Baltimore, MD (event will also be live-streamed).
More info: AGILE event series
Baltimore Sister Cities is a member of World Trade Center Institute.
May 25, 2022
Maryland Export Day 2022
Time: 3-5pm ET
Location: World Trade Center Baltimore
More info & to register: Event page. Advance registration required.
Maryland District Export Council hosts this event to celebrate Maryland’s export successes on the global stage with VIP speakers from federal and state government. Connect with the best international business experts in the region; celebrate Maryland’s Export Achievement award winners; network in the “around-the-world” networking session; Learn how your company can go-to-market thorough various local, state, and federally supported programs for participation in tradeshows, trade missions, the USDOC Gold Key Service, and Maryland Department of Commerce grant programs.
May 27, 2022
Asia North 2022 Festival Closing Party
Time: 8pm ET
Locations:
Stillpointe Theatre, 1915 Maryland Ave, Baltimore MD 21201
Motor House, 120 W North Ave, Baltimore, MD 21201
Celebrate the creativity and passion of the many artists and community members who came together to make Asia North 2022 a success. Meet the artists, enjoy locally crafted beer, mix, mingle and dance.
Part of Asia North Festival 2022 hosted by Asian Arts & Culture Center at Towson University.
June 14, 2022
Women Spanning the Globe
The theme for the 2022 Women Spanning the Globe conference is “Here. We. Grow.” It serves as a powerful backdrop for women leaders to gather and discuss the collective and individual progress and challenges in their professional journey. This annual conference is hosted by World Trade Center Institute. Keynote speaker: Zainab Salbi, Founder of Women for Women International.
Time: 8:30am – 5:30pm ET
Location: American Visionary Art Museum (AVAM) in Baltimore.
More info & to register: Event page
Baltimore Sister Cities is a member of World Trade Center Institute.
Summer 2022
Blooming Rainbow project exhibit
During 2021-2022, artists Ara Ko (MICA graduate student in LeRoy E. Hoffberger Painting MFA Program) and Chae Yeon Hong (South Korea), together with other artists from Baltimore and South Korea, are conducting “Blooming Rainbow” — a collaborative class with children, 5-10 years old, in Baltimore and South Korea to create abstract painting jointly together. The work will be shown online on Instagram, and in an exhibition in summer 2022 at in Baltimore and South Korea. Dami S. Schlobohm will perform at the opening show. Dami is a cellist and music teacher born in Seoul, South Korea and raised in Maryland.
Exhibit opening event:
June 10, 2022 at 7pm
Live stream broadcast in U.S. and South Korea
In-person event is by invitation only, at Greenmount West Community Center.
More info: Blooming Rainbow
Baltimore-Changwon Sister City Committee (BCSCC) is a project partner.
June 13, 2022
B’MORE BOLD: Business Conference for Entrepreneurs & Innovators
Time: 8am-5pm ET
Location: Maritime Conference Center, Linthicum Heights
More info & to register: Conference website
Conference includes a special workshop called Scenario Planning for Entrepreneurs & Innovators of Odesa, Ukraine“ hosted by Oliver Schlake, Clinical Professor, University of Maryland, School of Business.
As the Russian invasion continues into Odesa, Ukraine – a sister city of Baltimore – conference attendees are invited to participate in this special workshop. Scenario planning is a strategy tool that explores the possible what-ifs for a future that is volatile, uncertain, and unpredictable. Discover how to apply the principles of scenario planning as you begin to develop new possibilities for Ukrainian entrepreneurs and innovators who have been devastated by the war with Russia. Attendees will emerge with a better understanding of how scenario planning can be used in their own local businesses while also doing good and providing a series of strategic roadmaps for a new future in Odesa. Afterwards, participants will be invited to continue the scenario planning process and provide mentoring support to entrepreneurs of Odesa.
Co-organized by Baltimore-Odesa Sister City Committee (BOSCC).
June 14, 2022
Virtual Author Conversation with Laila el-Haddad
Time: 7-8pm ET
Location: online
Registration: Event page. Advance registration required.
This spring, the Baltimore-Luxor-Alexandria co-hosts another edition of the author conversation series together with Middle Eastern American Advisory Group (MEAAG) and the Montgomery County Public Libraries system. June 14 is the last event of this season. Laila el-Haddad is an author from Howard County, Maryland and a social activist, policy analyst, and journalist. She will discuss her book The Gaza Kitchen: A Palestinian Culinary Journey, which received the “Best Arab Cuisine Book” award.
July 23, 2022
Bmore for Ukraine
The Baltimore-Odesa Sister City Committee is planning a great fundraiser for Ukraine. If you would like to volunteer, be a sponsor, or a vendor, or get more information, visit the committee’s website at baltimoreodesa.org
September 2022
Xiamen China International Fair for Investment & Trade (CIFIT)
Annual event. Details to come.
Supported by Baltimore-Xiamen Sister City Committee (BXSCC).
Maryland business delegation trip to the Netherlands for environmental technology firms
Maryland Department of Commerce plans to send a delegation of Maryland environmental technology firms to the European Water Technology Week 2022 conference and trade expo, September 19-22, in the Netherlands. Baltimore-Rotterdam Sister City Committee will help plan side trips to Rotterdam & The Hague for the delegation, to take place before or after the conference. If your firm is located in Maryland and you are involved with water technology, climate tech, or environmental engineering, then this will be of interest to you. Maryland Commerce has grants available to help firms cover a portion of their travel costs. Contact the Baltimore-Rotterdam Sister City Committee if your firm is interested in joining this event.
Organized by Maryland Department of Commerce with help from Baltimore-Rotterdam Sister City Committee (BRSCC).
Today is Tomorrow: Cyber Insecurity
World Trade Center Institute’s 2022 AGILE program continues with Today is Tomorrow: Cyber Insecurity at the historic Parkway Theater in Baltimore, MD (event will also be live-streamed).
More info: AGILE event series
Baltimore Sister Cities is a member of World Trade Center Institute.
September 18, 2022
Japan Day (Aki Matsuri – Fall Festival)
Annual event in Columbia, Maryland. Details to come.
Co-organized by Baltimore-Kawasaki Sister City Committee.
September 2022
November
Today is Tomorrow: Climate Change and Sustainability
World Trade Center Institute’s 2022 AGILE program continues with Today is Tomorrow: Climate Change and Sustainability at the historic Parkway Theater in Baltimore, MD (event will also be live-streamed).
More info: AGILE event series
Baltimore Sister Cities is a member of World Trade Center Institute.
Note: due to the evolving worldwide COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, we advise you to check each event’s page or event organizers for the latest updates about the event, before you go to attend an event.
