The Beihai Partnership shared Chinese cultural activities with youth at OU-Tulsa and Dillon International’s summer camps in 2023, offering campers an engaging look at Beihai’s heritage.

The Beihai Sister City Partnership helped bring global culture to life at the May 2023 Global Gatherings event, featuring vibrant performances by the China Rose dance troupe and interactive engagement with Tulsa families.

The Beihai Sister City Partnership helped celebrate Asian heritage in Tulsa through cultural activities at OU–Tulsa’s Asian World Experience and by participating in the Tulsa City-County Library’s annual Asian American Festival in May.

Nam Hai Oriental Market hosted a Night Market on May 19, 2023 to celebrate Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month.

Tulsa Global Alliance supported the Eisenhower International Festival in March 2023 by hosting culture booths highlighting Tulsa’s Sister Cities and global connections.

The Beihai and Kaohsiung Partnerships celebrated Lunar New Year at community events throughout January and February, sharing culture and performances at schools and organizations across the Tulsa area.

GAST’s annual Germanfest filled the weekend with food, music, and community spirit. The Tulsa-Celle Sister City Partnership joined the celebration alongside volunteers and friends from across TGA.

At World in a Box Day, the Utsunomiya table invited children to translate their names into Japanese, make origami Pokémon, stamp passports, and play “Taiko no Tatsujin.”

The Tulsa Amiens Partnership hosted a special screening of the French film Petite Maman with Circle Cinema and Alliance Française de Tulsa, where the evening’s remarks and a tribute from Circle Cinema honored the memory of Cathy Izzo.

To celebrate Tiberias’s 2,000th anniversary and the 70th anniversary of the State of Israel, the Tulsa Tiberias Sister City Partnership is presenting a life-sized bison artwork to the city of Tiberias. The sculpture, created by Tulsa’s own Garden Deva, symbolizes the friendship between the two cities and highlights the cultural connections at the heart of the Sister City relationship.

In early February 2022, students at Broken Arrow Public Schools celebrated Lunar New Year through a collaborative event with the Broken Arrow Asian Club, Tulsa Global Alliance, and the Beihai Sister City Partnership, highlighting the impact of student-led global education.

TGA and the Japan America Society of Oklahoma hosted a traditional Japanese Tea Ceremony in Tulsa on December 17, offering the community an opportunity to experience this cultural tradition.

Circle Cinema presented Russian film programs in 2019, including a Meeting Gorbachev lecture and screening and a live-accompanied showing of Battleship Potemkin, offering Tulsa audiences a deeper look at Russian history and culture.

Students from Amal Nofarim visited Tulsa in December 2018, and Carver students traveled to Tiberias in March 2019, continuing an active school-to-school exchange supported by an annual video conference.

A program on monarch butterfly migration through San Luis Potosí was featured at Guthrie Green’s Festival of the Americas as part of the Passports to Global Cultures Program.

Circle Cinema welcomed Carver Middle School’s visiting students and teachers from Tiberias for a farewell reception alongside a public screening of the Israeli film Apples from the Desert.