Tacoma Sister Cities is holding major events during the year which include:
Visit each dedicated page to learn more about these events. In addition, we organize other cultural and fundraising events all year long. You can check our calendar below for our upcoming events. Hope to see you soon!

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January Book Club: Human Acts by Han Kang
Join us as we learn about our Sister City Gunsan cultural identity through a book from its country, South Korea. All while snacking on delicious treats inspired by international cuisine!
This month book:
Human Acts: A Novel by Han Kang
Description: From the internationally bestselling author of The Vegetarian, a “rare and as
tonishing” (The Observer) portrait of political unrest and the universal struggle for justice.

Author: Han Kang was born in 1970 in South Korea. In 1993 she made her literary debut as a poet, and was first published as a novelist in 1994. A participant in the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa, Han has won the Man Booker International Prize, the Yi Sang Literary Prize, the Today’s Young Artist Award, and the Manhae Prize for Literature. She currently works as a professor in the department of creative writing at the Seoul Institute of the Arts.
Animator of the Book Club: Hunter White. Learn more about Hunter here