Arlington-Teosinte Sister City Project

Welcome!

In September of 1988, the Arlington Board of Selectman officially recognized Teosinte, El Salvador, as the sister city of Arlington, Massachusetts. (Arlington's other sister cities are Nagaokakyo, Japan and Port Arlington, Ireland.) The Arlington-Teosinte Sister City Project is a volunteer-based organization that fosters the relationship between Arlington and Teosinte.

Arlington is one of nineteen U.S. communities or organizations that have partnered with a Salvadoran village. Our neighbors, Cambridge and Watertown, also have sister cities in El Salvador. The Arlington-Teosinte Sister City Project is a member of the National US-El Salvador Sister Cities Network (www.elsalvadorsolidarity.org).

Just announced for 2010! The Family Folk Chorale: Our Global Villagea concert benefiting the Arlington Sister City Projects Nagaokakyo, Japan and Teosinte, El Salvador.

The multi-generational Family Folk Chorale with special guests Sol y Canto and Malika African Dancers invite all ages to an uplifting afternoon of songs of international unity by Bob Marley, John Lennon and U2 alongside music from Latin America, Africa and Asia. A great way to begin your holiday season, the concert will inspire and delight, with new and familiar works highlighting the many ways that we live—all together—in one Global Village. In our Global Village, we love to sing together!

Date: Sunday, November 21, 3:00 pm.

Location: Arlington Town Hall, 730 Massachusetts Avenue, Arlington.

Advance tickets prices: $10 through 10/31; At the door: $12. Tickets are available at the door and in advance through www.familyfolkchorale.org or by calling Herb Pearce at 781-648-3737. For more information, contact Sarah at 781-643-7804. For more information, download the press release.

At the show, enjoy our bake sale and shop for fair-trade handbags, housewares, and other items…all beautifully handcrafted in Teosinte! Get a start on your holiday shopping!

Proceeds to benefit the Arlington-Teosinte Sister City Project’s high school and college scholarship program for youth in Teosinte.

Teosinte is a farming village in rural El Salvador that has been Arlington’s sister city since 1988. For more information, see www.arlingtonteosinte.org or www.solycanto.org

What the critics say…
"The Family Folk Chorale is what folk music is all about – or what it should be all about – people coming together as a community, crossing generations, and singing because it’s what they love to do."
Matt Smith, Manager, legendary Club Passim, Harvard Square