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2012
April 3

Focus: Culture
The Bogota Committee of Chicago Sister Cities International partnered with the Instituto Cervantes of Chicago and MAS Studio to present the groundbreaking architecture exhibition, COLOMBIA: TRANSFORMED / ARCHITECTURE = POLITICS.

This exhibit traces ten recently built social projects by five leading voices in contemporary Colombian architecture: Daniel Bonilla and Giancarlo Mazzanti from Bogota, and Felipe Mesa, Juan Manuel Pelaez, and Felipe Uribe from Medellín. These visionary and socially conscious works: daycare centers, kindergartens, schools, a sport complex, and a library – mostly winners of architectural competitions, which have become the norm for building public projects in Colombia – reflect significant social shifts that are taking place in Latin America today. They demonstrate ideas of social inclusion as well as innovative architectural forms and spaces, which have been steadily transforming Colombian cities and the nation.

A lecture was also presented by David Escobar, the Planning Department Commissioner of the City of Medellin, Colombia and Fernando Villa, co-curator of the exhibit, with a wine reception to follow.

 

2011
June 5

Focus: Culture
The Bogota Committee of Chicago Sister Cities International, in collaboration with the Consulate General of Colombia in Chicago and the Latino Cultural Institute of Chicago, held a public film screening of the Colombian film, El Paseo (The Trip) in the Chicago Cultural Center’s Claudia Cassidy Theater. There was a reception before the film with traditional Colombian appetizers.

June 5

Focus: Culture
The Bogota Committee of Chicago Sister Cities International hosted a private welcome reception for Sergio Jaramillo Caro, National Security Advisor to the President of Colombia, in the Chicago Cultural Center’s G.A.R. Rotunda. Mr. Jaramillo Caro is the recipient of the 2011 Gus Hart Fellowship awarded by The Chicago Council on Global Affairs, and was in Chicago for one week to interact with a range of Chicago-based business, civic and media professionals as part of the fellowship.

June 20

Focus: Government
The Bogota Committee of Chicago Sister Cities International hosted a breakfast in honor of Carlos José Herrera Jaramillo, Secretary of Education of Bogota, Colombia, at the AIA Chicago on Wacker Drive, during which the Secretary shared his experience in designing and implementing cultural and educational projects related to the peace process, multicultural coexistence, and conflict resolution in Colombia.

July 20

Focus: Culture
The Consulate General of Colombia in Chicago in partnership with the Bogota Committee of Chicago Sister Cities International, celebrated the Colombian Independence and Bicentennial on Tuesday, July 20th with a one-hour ceremony at Millennium Park's Jay Pritzker Pavilion featuring presentations by American Baritone, Matt Carroll from the Chicago Lyric Opera House, Colombian-American Soprano, Kathryn Carroll, Colombian Classic Guitarist, Nilko Andreas, and Cuban-Brazilian Soprano, Angélica de la Riva. In attendance were several members of the Chicago Consular Corps, Bogota Committee Members, and the supporting community.

July 20 – October 4

Focus: Culture
The Bogota Committee of Chicago Sister Cities international hosted a cultural contest that consisted of a web-based questionnaire with fun facts about the cities of Chicago and Bogota. Each person who took the quiz was entered into a drawing to win various prizes, with the winner selected randomly on October 4th.

August 23-27

Focus: Arts & Culture
The Sister City of Bogota was represented at the 5th Annual Chicago Sister Cities International Festival in Millennium Park, via Macondo Colombian Empanadas & Coffee as a food vendor, and via Grupo Cumbé as a performer.

October 25

Focus: Health, Arts & Culture
On the evening of October 25th, the Consulate General of Colombia in Chicago in conjunction with the Bogota Committee of Chicago Sister Cities International, hosted a sponsorship “Thank You” reception to close out the Bi-national Health Weeks and present the Cultural Contest winners with their prizes.

2009
April 24

Focus: Government
The Honorable Samuel Moreno Rojas, Mayor of Bogotá

April 28

Focus: Sister Cities Signing Agreement
Mayor Richard M. Daley and Bogotá Mayor Samuel Moreno Rojas signed Chicago's 28th Sister Cities agreement April 28, 2009, the second day of the Chicago Global Cities Forum.

October 1 - 4

Focus: Medical
Dr. Rafael Andrade from the Hospital Universitario Fundacion Santa Fe de Bogota participated in the Lynn Sage Breast Cancer Symposium - Sister Cities Medical Initiative.

 

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