You had to be there - a stupendous musical performance on Saturday, March 30, 2024, by the fine young string musicians, pianist, and drummer from Lindbergh High School Orchestra and the Telemänner of Stuttgart. The youngest musician of the Telemänner was 11 years old. It was a musical journey through time and beautifully performed.
Susanne Evens, President of St. Louis - Stuttgart Sister Cities, presents a donation supporting travel to Stuttgart
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The Sister City Circus performance was co-created by Circus Harmony in St. Louis and Circus Circuli in Stuttgart as part of our 60th anniversary of these two sister cities. Full video below:
Listen to an interview by Ray Hartmann with Big 550 KTRS in St. Louis, MO, Jessica Hentoff with Circus Harmony, and Susanne Evens with St. Louis - Stuttgart Sister Cities regarding an upcoming event. St. Louis - Stuttgart Sister Cities provided a grant to support the wonderful civic partnership and commemorative event. In 2020, St. Louis and Stuttgart are celebrating 60 years of a vibrant sister cities relationship.
Full listing of Winter Ball photos
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Well-known radio personality, Ray Hartman, interviews St. Louis-Stuttgart Sister Cities President, Susanne Evens and Winter Ball Chair, Alyssa Vukovic. Hear about St. Louis-Stuttgart Sister City origins, the work that the organization does with schools in the community, what to expect this year at Winter Ball Karneval, and much more!
Listen here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WmzcJkW0egySMEXQZ6UvHVTYU7SLVXyM/view
University of Missouri - St. Louis German Culture Center
St. Louis University German Program
German School Association
Webster University Internship Exchange Program & German studies
Paul ArtSpace - Residency Art Exchange with GEDOK Stuttgart
A recap of SLSSC’s activity from Dec. 2018 through Nov. 2019:
December:
Annual Christmas Benefit Party hosted by Ken & Barbara Dressel
Beneficiary: Sweet Babies
Benjamin Schardt with Collegium Iuvenum Knabenchor Stuttgart
February 9: 32nd Winter Ball Karneval - Renaissance Hotel
April: Lindbergh - Geschwister Scholl High School Exchange
Stanley Cup: Email from the Head of International Relations with the Sister City Stuttgart, Germany, Frédéric Stephan:
“Congratulations to the St. Louis Blues from your oldest Sister City Stuttgart, Germany. What an outstanding and fantastic achievement! The story behind it and the course of the season makes it even greater! We are celebrating with you!!!
June: Boris Kaupp - Stuttgarter Zeitungslauf in honor of Harrison Billy
July: Paul ArtSpace resident Jessie Donovan heads to Germany as part of Sister City exchange program. The St. Louis artist, whos work considers the history of categorization and exploring issues of identiy, will live and work at GEDOK in Stuttgart, Germany for a month.
August:
Paul Artpsace hosting John Patrick Mikishch / Anja Klafki from Stuttgart for one month
24th & 25th: Annual Festival of Nations
September 15 Annual BBQ, Larson Park Webster Groves
Spetember / October: Stuttgart Delegation - DAZ (German American Center & City of Stuttgart)
October 13: Voices of Valhalla, a Historic Hayride through History
October 28 Annual Meeting
From St. Louis-Stuttgart Sister Cities President, Susanne Evens:
It’s been a privilege and honor to be the president of St. Louis’ oldest Sister City of Stuttgart, Germany for the past 13 years. We continuously strive to welcome visitors and delegations and have hosted economic, student, and art exchanges between our cities for the past 59 years.
At the end of September, a delegation visited St. Louis and from the moment they arrived there was an immediate bond which deepened every day. This is precisely what President Dwight D. Eisenhower had in mind when he proposed in 1956 a non-partisan people-to-people citizen diplomacy initiative to promote peace through mutual respect, understanding, and cooperation – one individual, one community at a time.
This year under the Wunderbar Together celebration, the German American Center – Deutsch-Amerikanisches Zentrum / James-F.-Byrnes-Institut in Stuttgart, together with the International Department of the City of Stuttgart, St. Louis Stuttgart Sister Cities Board Members, and volunteers, arranged a six-day visit to St. Louis.
The Stuttgart delegation tours St. Louis
On the first day, Explore St. Louis took us on a tour of St. Louis, including the Delmar Loop, the Blues Museum, lunch at Sugarfire BBQ, up in the Arch, and ending up at a St. Louis Cardinals vs. Chicago Cubs game.
On the second day, we were invited by the St. Louis Art Museum to view their extensive German Art collection, visited Forest Park, and received a private tour of local brewery Urban Chestnut, co-owned by a German and St. Louis Stuttgart Sister Cities board member.
Business discussions started on Day 3 with a welcome by Mayor Lyda Krewson at City Hall. A welcome and luncheon was hosted by the World Trade Center, which included a briefing of the German companies located in the St. Louis area. The World Trade Center in St. Louis is the umbrella organization for all of St. Louis’ Sister Cities.
The Missouri Partnership was also in attendance and showcased all of the Missouri-wide German companies.
The Stuttgart delegation visits Bayer in St. Louis
In the afternoon, we were welcome by Bayer Crop Sciences for a private tour of their facilities.
In the meantime, two start-up companies from Stuttgart were provided an all-day tour of the local start-up scene, from the Cortex Innovation Community to the CIC Co-working Space to the T-Rex Start-Up Community, all courtesy of St. Louis Makes.
On the same day, a board member with the Stuttgart Reds Baseball Team met with the St. Louis Cardinals to discuss future collaboration for youth baseball exchanges.
The evening ended with a networking reception hosted by the International Department of the City of Stuttgart at the Four Seasons Hotel in downtown St. Louis.
The Stuttgart delegation tours St. Louis landmarks
Day 4 was spent at the University of Missouri St. Louis with meetings and breakout session discussing future collaborations, even the possibility of having a University of Stuttgart Desk at the University of Missouri St. Louis and a University of Missouri St. Louis Desk at the University of Stuttgart.
The afternoon was spent at the St. Louis Zoo with a meeting between Stuttgart and St. Louis Zoo officials and a private tour of the Zoo.
Day 5 included a guided tram tour of the Botanical Garden and a visit to Tower Grove Garden, the oldest Victorian Garden west of the Mississippi. The afternoon was spent at the Cortex Innovation Community with a welcome and tour and a briefing by Boeing HorizonX. Afterwards we were invited to the Wunderbar Together PopUp Tour Science Slam, hosted by Bayer AG and Merck KGaA based in Darmstadt, Germany.
Afterwards some ended up at the world-renown Blueberry Hill in the Delmar Loop, where Chuck Berry used to perform.
Day 6 was hosted by the Missouri Humanities Council with a guided trip along the German Heritage Corridor on Highway 94. We were welcome at the Peers Store along the Katy Trail by Magnificent Missouri and learned about the rich German history of the area. After that we visited Bryan Haynes Gallery in Washington, Missouri for a delicious lunch and a presentation of his New Regionalist art.
The last evening was spent at the Trainwreck Saloon in Westport breaking bread one more time and saying good-bye to old and new friends.
Our new friends and new colleagues arrived without any expectations about the Midwest and left energized about all the new opportunities that unfolded during their visit and they will be visiting St. Louis again.
One major thing that made this visit really special was that board members, volunteers and I volunteered to chauffeur our visitors to the various locations, which opened up discussions that would not have otherwise happened. They felt the true “American Spirit” during those times they were traveling together. New friendships were created, as well as a bond that will last above and beyond the new exchanges, in the true spirit of the Sister Cities mission.
A big thank you to everyone instrumental in making this delegation visit, in preparation for our 60th anniversary in 2020, a huge success.
We are excited to announce that the SLSSC will be hosting a delegation from Germany at the end of September as part of Wunderbar Together, an effort on behalf of the Goethe Institute to strengthen ties between St. Louis and Stuttgart, Germany. The delegation will focus on creating connections between startup companies in both cities and broaden High School exchange programs. Our partners in Stuttgart have also invited the Stuttgart Reds Baseball team to join the delegation knowing St. Louis to be an avid baseball town! If you want to learn more about this delegation or take part in their visit, please contact Susanne Evens at sevens@aaatranslation.com.
On the topic of exchanges, Paul Artspace resident, Jessie Donovan is currently in Germany for a month long program focusing on the arts and culture. St. Louis Magazine ran an article in a recent edition, which we are excited to share below:
https://www.stlmag.com/culture/artist-jessie-donovan-heads-to-germany-in-sister-city-exchan/
The 30th Annual Christmas Party was held on Friday, December 7 at the beautiful home of board member Barbara Dressel.
Sweet Babies – www.sweetbabies.org – was this year’s beneficiary.
Entertainment was provided by former board member Mike Orzel.
Thank you for attending and supporting Sweet Babies.
Grants and stipends were presented to:
University of Missouri - St. Louis German Culture Center
German School Association
Webster University Internship Exchange Program & German studies
Paul ArtSpace - Residency Art Exchange with GEDOK Stuttgart
St. Louis High School programs with Germany
Year in Review - THANK YOU VOLUNTEERS!
A recap of SLSSC’s activity from December 2017 through November 2018.
December: Annual Christmas Benefit Party hosted by Ken & Barbara Dressel
Beneficiary: Sweet Babies [hyperlink]
February 3: 31st Winter Ball Karneval - Four Seasons Hotel Downtown
March 9 - Jana Keck, Amerikanische Literatur & Kultur Universitaet Stuttgart
June 17, World Cup Germany vs Mexico Viewing Party - Urban Chestnut Brewing Company
Young Professionals Beer Tasting - Schlafly
August 24/25 - Festival of Nations
August 28 - Eva Schmeckenbecher, Art Resident from GEDOK Stuttgart spent 2 weeks at Paul ArtSpace
September 16 - Annual Members BBQ, Webster Groves
October 12 - Voices of Valhalla, A Historic Hayride through History
October 6 - German American Day at Donaupark
November 5 - Annual Meeting
St. Louis- Stuttgart Sister Cities fosters cooperation and promotes mutual understanding through direct people to people contact- all while having fun! We offer members a variety of special cultural, social, economic and sporting events. Join us as we meet visitors from Stuttgart and provide world-famous St. Louis hospitality!
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