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; Piraeus, Greece; Rotterdam, the Netherlands; Xiamen, China) and our affiliates. Events include:
Saturday, September 21, 2019
Charm City Night Market (2nd annual edition)
Location: Outdoors at 200 Park Ave & 100 N Charles St.
Time: 3-11pm
Admission: Free.
More info: Event site
Food stalls, live performances, artists, and makers — an Asian-style night market experience! One of Baltimore’s largest one-night celebrations. The Charm City Night Market is a tribute to what used to be Baltimore’s Chinatown and a promise of what it could be again.
Supported by Baltimore-Changwon, Baltimore-Kawasaki, and Baltimore-Xiamen Sister City Committees.
Howard County’s Korea Festival
Location: Howard County Fairgrounds, 2210 Fairgrounds Road, West Friendship, MD 21794
Time: 10-7pm
Admission: Free.
More info: Event page
Saturday, September 28, 2019
Meet-and-Greet our Liberia Committee
Location: Suya Spot, 10309 Grand Central Ave, Unit 104, Owings Mills, MD 21117
Time: 7-10pm
Admission: Free. Food & drinks available for purchase at the restaurant.
Dress code: Casual
Meet the newly revived sister city committee that manages Baltimore’s relationship with Gbarnga, the capital of Bong County in Liberia! This networking event is informal and open to the public. The purpose of this event is to get to know the committee committees in an informal setting and to meet others that may be interested in joining or helping the committee. There will be live music at the venue.
Wednesday, October 9, 2019
The Body and Soul of Urbanity: Designs for an Open City
Location: Morgan State School of Architecture and Planning, CBEIS Building, 5201 Perring Parkway, Baltimore MD 21214
Time: 5:30-6:30pm
Admission: Free
Wouter Veldhuis, Architect and Director of MUST’s Amsterdam office and professor at Rotterdamse Academie van Bouwkunst (RAvB) speaks at Morgan State University School of Architecture + Planning’s lecture series.
More info: Facebook event page
Supported by Baltimore-Rotterdam Sister City Committee.
Thursday, October 10, 2019
From Exclusion to Inclusion:
Rethinking Infrastructure to Bridge Baltimore’s Divides
Location: 1100 Wicomico Street, Baltimore, MD 21230
Symposium: October 10, 8:30am-5:30pm, followed by a networking reception 5:30-7pm
Symposium info & tickets: Event page (Advance registration required)
Exhibits: October 7–17, 2019 | Open weekdays 7am-5pm (Free & open to the public)
Exhibits info: Exhibits page
Sponsor this event! Sponsorship opportunities (PDF)
A one-day symposium in Pigtown, that traces the impact of policies and design practices that reinforced segregation and disparity in Baltimore — focusing on infrastructure like roads, streetscape, and transit — and envisions a better way forward for the MLK, Jr. Boulevard corridor. With a special focus on the south end where MLK meets Washington Boulevard.
Several companion exhibits will be on display October 7-17 in the same building:
- Undesign the Redline by Designing the WE
- JUST Baltimore + JUST Rotterdam — Graduate student work from Spring 2019 studio by Rotterdam Academy of Architecture and Urban Design (RAvB) and Morgan State University School of Architecture + Planning (MSU SA+P), centered on the neighborhoods of Hillesluis in Rotterdam and Pigtown in Baltimore.
- International PARK(ing) Day 2019 — MSU SA+P student designs for an installation near MLK Boulevard
This event is part of AIA Baltimore’s Architecture Month.
Organized by Cristina Murphy, Assistant Professor, Morgan State University School of Architecture + Planning (MSU SA+P) & Co-founder XCOOP; with assistance from Baltimore-Rotterdam Sister City Committee (BRSCC).
Simple Steps to Global Success
Practical advice for taking your small business, start-up or solopreneur venture global
Location: Emerging Technology Center, 101 North Haven Street, Suite 301 Baltimore, MD 21224
Time: 1:30-5pm, followed by a networking happy hour 5-6pm
Admission: Free; RSVP required
This event is intended to help startups, small businesses and freelancers consider how engaging in global markets can increase their chances of building a stable, sustainable business.
Part of Baltimore Innovation Week 2019.
More info & to RSVP: Event page
If you can’t make it to the daytime event, come for the happy hour at 5pm.
Presented by US Commercial Service Maryland, Global Innovation Forum & ETC (Emerging Technology Centers)
Happy hour sponsored by U.S. Commercial Service Maryland and Startup Grind Baltimore.
Week of October 13, 2019
Kawasaki mayor to visit Baltimore
Kawasaki Mayor Fukuda to visit Baltimore with a delegation, in celebration of the 40th relationship of Baltimore-Kawasaki sister city relationship.
Organized by Baltimore Kawasaki Sister City Committee.
Monday, October 21, 2019
Dutch Drinks happy hour
Location: Fado Irish Pub, 808 7th Street NW, Washington, DC 20001
Time: 6-8pm
Admission: Free, cash bar
More info & to RSVP: Event page
Organized by Netherland-America Foundation, Netherlands Embassy, NACCWM, Baltimore-Rotterdam Sister City Committee, DC Dutch and BrettonWoodsNL.
Monday, October 28, 2019
Design Matters: Planning New Psychiatric Facilities in Europe
Location: Morgan State School of Architecture and Planning, CBEIS Building, 5201 Perring Parkway, Baltimore MD 21214
Time: 5-6pm
Admission: Free
Andrea Möhn, Principal, AM_A (Andrea Möhn Architects), speaks at Morgan State University School of Architecture + Planning’s lecture series. AM_A is an international architectural firm situated in Rotterdam, with 21 successful years producing bespoke, high quality architecture in a range of scale and function
More info: Facebook event page
Supported by Baltimore-Rotterdam Sister City Committee.
Wednesday, November 6, 2019
Seagull Mama: Performance Piece about Trash and Recycling
A Sister City Event at Enoch Pratt Library
Location: Enoch Pratt Central Library, 400 Cathedral Street, Baltimore, MD 21201
Time: 10:30am
Admission: Free
This interactive show takes young audience members on a journey through the eyes of a seagull mamma who mistakes trash for fish while hunting for food for her young. How do our waterways get so polluted with plastic trash? The term ‘plastic soup’ is introduced; lakes, rivers, and seas that have so much plastic trash that no fish can live there. This presentation also uses physical theatre techniques to provide comic relief.
Geared to kids in kindergarten through grade 2, but fun for the whole family!
Performed by theatre artist & educator Kathie diStefano from Rotterdam’s Avalanche Arts.
Supported by Baltimore-Rotterdam Sister City Committee.
Wednesday, November 13, 2019
WTCI State of the Ports & Embassy Wine Tasting
This year, World Trade Center Institute is combining the annual State of the Ports event with its 30 Anniversary Celebration. In addition to major exporters and companies providing services through the Port of Baltimore and BWI Airport, this event will attract companies who have made an impact on the World Trade Center Institute over the last 30 years.
More info & tickets: Event site
Wednesday, December 11, 2019
Unravel the Code
MICA Student Exhibition
Location: Open Works, 1400 Greenmount Avenue, Baltimore MD 21202
Opening reception: December 11 at 6-8:30pm
Exhibit dates: T.B.A.
Admission: Free
Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore and Willem de Kooning Academie in Rotterdam co-teach “Unravel the Code”, a recurring digital fabrication course. The course is a a multi-disciplinary and multi-institution exploration of contemporary digital fabrication processes rooted in a study of traditional craft practices. Students participate in the class on both sides of the ocean, visit each other’s cities, and mount exhibits of their work. This fall, the MICA students visit Rotterdam and Dutch Design Week.
This exhibition features the works created by Baltimore students in fall 2019.
Promoted by Baltimore-Sister City Committee.
Did you miss our Asian Pacific American Heritage Celebration on May 31?
Watch the video highlights!
Organized by Baltimore-Changwon, Baltimore-Kawasaki, and Baltimore-Xiamen Sister City Committees.
Hosted by Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA).
