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:
January 14 – March 15, 2023
Lunar New Year Exhibition at Baltimore Clayworks
Times: Tuesday – Saturday 10am-5pm ET. Sunday 12-5pm ET.
Admission: Free and open to the public
Location: Baltimore Clayworks, 5707 Smith Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21209
About the exhibition: Exhibition page on Baltimore Clayworks site
Opening Reception: Saturday, January 14 from 6-8 pm
Virtual Artist Talk: January 24 at 2pm ET with curator Adam Chau About the artist talk & to register for it
Chinese/Vietnamese American artist, Adam Chau, has produced this series of exhibitions across the United States celebrating the Asian New Year since 2019. Participating AAPI and mixed-heritage artists share original ceramic works inspired by the animals from the Asian zodiac – a rabbit for the year 2023. Multiple cultures are represented in this project, including China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Myanmar, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.
Event partners include Baltimore-Kawasaki Sister City Committee (BKSCC), Baltimore-Xiamen Sister City Committee (BXSCC), Towson University Asian Arts & Culture Center (AA&CC).
January 24, 2023
Virtual Artist Talk for Lunar New Year exhibition
Date & time: January 24, 2023 at 1pm EST
Format: Online
For more info & to register: Eventbrite page
Chinese/Vietnamese American artist, Adam Chau, has curated this exhibition at Baltimore Clayworks. Participating AAPI and mixed-heritage artists share original ceramic works inspired by the animals from the Asian zodiac – a rabbit for the year 2023. Multiple cultures are represented in this project, including China, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Myanmar, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam. Join Adam Chau for a virtual artist talk about this exhibition at 1pm ET on January 24.
Event partners include Baltimore-Kawasaki Sister City Committee (BKSCC), Baltimore-Xiamen Sister City Committee (BXSCC), Towson University Asian Arts & Culture Center (AA&CC).
Science and Technology to Leverage Cultural and Cultural History
Date & time: January 24, 2023 at 5pm EST
Format: Online
To register for a seat: Registration form
This seminar discusses how Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) is used in cultural and cultural heritage domains. how it can contribute to better knowledge of various cultures and to exchange information about cultural heritage sites. The second part of the seminar is about recent applications of technologies at the Giza Plateau on Egypt, where scientists from Egypt, Japan, France, and Canada were able to successfully employ cosmic rays in order to scan the international structure of the great Pyramid of Cheops (Khufu) and were able to determine the existence of a previously voids within the pyramid. Presented by Professor Yasser Elshayeb, Professor of Engineering at the American University in Cairo, and the former Chief of Party of the “Center of Excellence for Water.”
Announcement from the the Embassy of the Arab Republic of Egypt’s Cultural and Educational Bureau. Promoted by Baltimore-Luxor-Alexandria Sister City Committee.
February 7, 2023
Author conversation with Reem Faruqi
Time: 7-8pm EST
Format: Zoom
More info & to register: mcpl.libnet.info/event/7813041
Reem Faruqi is the award-winning author of Lailah’s Lunchbox, a children’s book based on her own experiences as a young Muslim girl immigrating to the United States. In this author conversation, she will be sharing Milloo’s Mind: The Story of Maryam Faruqi, Trailblazer for Women’s Education, the story of Reem’s grandmother who founded Happy Home Schools which educated thousands of girls across Pakistan at a time when girls were not encouraged to go to school.
Hosted by Montgomery County Public Libraries, in partnership with Montgomery County Middle Eastern American Advisory Group, Office of Community Partnerships and Baltimore-Luxor-Alexandria Sister City Committee.
February 14 – March 7, 2023
Baltimore+Rotterdam: Designing Cities
Architects, designers, and researchers from Baltimore (Maryland, USA) and Rotterdam (the Netherlands), pair up to discuss architecture, urban design, and how design and policy can improve the built environment for all residents. This series is designed and coordinated by Cristina Murphy, Assistant Professor at Morgan State University School of Architecture + Planning (MSU SA+P) and Adjunct Professor at Virginia Tech School of Architecture + Design’s Washington-Alexandria Architecture Center.
More information: 2023 webinar series
Supported by Baltimore-Rotterdam Sister City Committee.
February 15, 2023
Annual meeting of Baltimore Sister Cities members
Members will receive an invitation to this event.
February 20-23, 2023
Sister Cities International Africa Summit
The 2023 Sister Cities International Africa Summit, the first of its kind, is designed to strengthen and increase the number of US-Africa sister cities within the SCI network. Sister Cities International (SCI) will have its first African Regional Summit from February 20-24, 2023 in Cape Town, South Africa.
The summit will focus on three key areas: Strengthening Existing US-Africa Sister Cities, Support for the Development of New US-Africa Sister City Relationships, and Service to the Western Cape and South Africa.
More information: Summit website
March 7, 2023
Author conversation with Mojdeh Bahar
Time: 7-8pm EST
Format: In-person
Location: Rockville Memorial Library, 21 Maryland Avenue, Rockville, MD 20850
More info & to register: mcpl.libnet.info/event/7817344
Mojdeh Bahar is a patent attorney and technology transfer professional in the public sector. The recipient of numerous professional awards, Mojdeh currently chairs the Board of Directors of the Iranian-American Community Center. She has a deep interest in poetry. Milkvetch and Violets is her first book of translations from one of her favorite contemporary Persian poets, Mohammad Reza Shafi’i-Kadkani. She will be talking about the power of poetry in any language and her process of translation.
Hosted by Montgomery County Public Libraries, in partnership with Montgomery County Middle Eastern American Advisory Group, Office of Community Partnerships and Baltimore-Luxor-Alexandria Sister City Committee.
March 12–19, 2023
Morgan State architecture student trip to Rotterdam
Students and faculty from Morgan State University School of Architecture + Planning (MSU SA+P) will travel to Baltimore’s sister city of Rotterdam in the Netherlands in March. In April, architecture students from Rotterdam will travel to Baltimore to reciprocate the exchange
The Baltimore-Rotterdam Sister City Committee is inviting companies to become sponsors of the exchange, to help cover the travel costs for the Morgan State students and faculty.
See the Trip to Rotterdam webpage for more information.
Supported by Baltimore-Rotterdam Sister City Committee.
March 26, 2023
Annual Maryland Greek Independence Day Parade in Baltimore
Supported by Baltimore-Piraeus Sister City Committee.
April 11, 2023
Author conversation with Diana Abu-Jaber
Time: 7-8pm EST
Format: Zoom
More info & to register: mcpl.libnet.info/event/7813047
Born to an American mother and a Jordanian father, Diana Abu-Jaber now teaches writing and literature at Portland State University in Oregon. She is the author of the highly-acclaimed memoirs Life Without a Recipe and The Language of Baklava as well as the novels Crescent and Birds of Paradise. Abu-Jaber will be talking about her newest book, Fencing with the King, which has been described as a “mesmerizing breakthrough novel of family myths and inheritances.”
Hosted by Montgomery County Public Libraries, in partnership with Montgomery County Middle Eastern American Advisory Group, Office of Community Partnerships and Baltimore-Luxor-Alexandria Sister City Committee.
June 2, 2023
Baltimore Immigration Summit
Towson University and the Baltimore Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs (MIMA) host the 10th Baltimore Immigration Summit at West Village Commons at Towson University, returning after a three-year hiatus. This is a one-day event bringing together academics, policymakers, service providers, activists, community leaders and others working with and for New Americans (immigrants and refugees) in the Baltimore region. Stay tuned for more information to come!
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.
