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Tacoma Sister Cities International Film Festival: Ma’ Rosa

The Grand Cinema 606 Fawcett Avenue, Tacoma, WA, United States

The International Film Festival is an annual event that allows the City of Tacoma to share cultural aspects of each Sister City with its community members. In partnership with the Grand Cinema, the film festival brings you films from all the Sister Cities to help you better understand each city through an interactive experience. Film […]

Tacoma Sister Cities International Film Festival: Ivan

The Grand Cinema 606 Fawcett Avenue, Tacoma, WA, United States

The International Film Festival is an annual event that allows the City of Tacoma to share cultural aspects of each Sister City with its community members. In partnership with the Grand Cinema, the film festival brings you films from all the Sister Cities to help you better understand each city through an interactive experience. Film […]

2018 International Multicultural Folk Festival: Vallejo Sister City Association

The Empress Theatre 330 Virginia Street, Vallejo, CA, United States

The 2018 International Multicultural Folk Festival, hosted by the Vallejo Sister City Association, will feature World Class Level performers representing the Philippines, Korea, Japan, Italy, Africa, Norway, and Mexico. The program will also feature Hawaiian dance groups and the World Famous Soprano Singer Soloist Kay Balajadia-Liggayu. Sponsorship opportunities are available. This is a fundraiser event […]

Nashville in Belfast – Sister Cities of Nashville

Belfast, Ireland Belfast, Ireland

Sister Cities of Nashville is bringing “Authentic Nashville” to our sister city Belfast, Northern Ireland. We’ll be sharing and celebrating the music, food, history and culture of Nashville from April 28 – May 3. The events kick off with the Belfast Lord Mayor’s festival, featuring a Global Belfast theme. Nashville Metro Council members will speak […]

Spring Leadership Meeting: San Antonio

See the leadership meetings page for additional information.   Please make your hotel arrangements for the leadership meeting at the following hotel: Hotel Valencia Riverwalk 150 East Houston Street, San Antonio, Texas 78205 210-227-9700 | Reservations 855-596-3387 Reserve a room online

Sister Cities Working Together: Tackling the Heroin Crisis

Seattle Municipal Tower, Floor 40, Room 4050 700 Fifth Avenue, Seattle, WA, United States

Join Seattle Deputy Mayor Shefali Ranganathan as she welcomes Mayor Marte Mjøs Persen of Bergen, Norway, and leading experts from Bergen, Seattle, and Vancouver, B.C., who will present an overview of the current programs offered in their respective cities, followed by a panel discussion and open Q&A session. Panel Participants: Marit Sagen Grung, Addiction Treatment […]

Tacoma Sister Cities International Film Festival: Felix

The Grand Cinema 606 Fawcett Avenue, Tacoma, WA, United States

The International Film Festival is an annual event that allows the City of Tacoma to share cultural aspects of each Sister City with its community members. In partnership with the Grand Cinema, the film festival brings you films from all the Sister Cities to help you better understand each city through an interactive experience. Film […]

Try and Taste: Baltimore Luxor Alexandria Sister City Committee

R. House 301 West 29th Street, Baltimore, MD, United States

Register here http://bit.ly/2IswzkY An Egyptian Culinary Experience with Chef and Author Aida Mady (cookingandbeyond.com) Consider it an early Mother’s Day Gift for yourself or your mom! Come into the kitchen at R. House, The Launch Pad for Baltimore’s Most Exciting Chefs at 301 W 29th Street, Baltimore, MD. Learn to prepare the Egyptian national comfort food […]

Diplomacy, Religion, and Resilience in Small Island Developing States

Hogan Lovells 555 13th St NW, Washington, DC, United States

Co-sponsored by Sister Cities International and American University’s Center for Latin American & Latino Studies The role of religious actors as citizen diplomats in shaping public perceptions and priorities around resiliency and climate change is often overlooked, This forum focuses on the role of citizen diplomacy in climate issues for small island developing states (SIDS), […]

Maryland-Anhui Promotion Week

Maryland-Anhui Promotion Week is the outcome of a meeting between Governor Larry Hogan and Anhui Party Secretary Li Jinbin last summer. During that meeting, the Governor and Party Secretary agreed that the 38-year-old Sister State relationship between Maryland and Anhui, established in 1980, is deserving of a focus, a celebration, and a re-commitment to the […]