Giving Voice to the Korean American Community
Twin Cities percussionist Eri Isomura and Richardson Handjaja Kilis, who plays Korean traditional drums, will team up for an original duo piece Chilchae for Janggu and Marimba as part of Isomura’s Summer Marimba Recital to be held at Studio Z in St. Paul on Sunday, June 25. Also in the program is Isomura’s first composition […]
Rethinking What's Possible is the theme of a gathering of the International Korean Adoptee Association, to be held July 10 through 16 in Seoul. The IKAA Gathering, held every three […]
To mark the 70th anniversary of the armistice which halted the combat of the Korean War, a three-day event will be held in July in Washington DC to push for […]
A retrospective series of Korean films, entitled Korean Cinema’s Golden Decade: The 1960s will be presented from September 1 through 17 at Lincoln Center, New York. The series features some […]
The Korean Adoptees Ministry will hold a free Korean cultural event in September with a samulnori performance by Sejong Academy’s Korean drum ensemble, and a Korean dinner. Jiwhi Eo, the […]
A free event entitled Casual Conversation with Ven. Pomnyun Sunim will be held at the Crystal Community Center on Tuesday, September 19 at 7 p.m. Ven. Pomnyun Sunim ("Ven." is an abbreviation for "venerable" and sunim is the Korean form of address for a monk) is one of the most influential religious leaders in South […]
The filmmaker of the documentary film project Side By Side Glenn Morey, who did a video oral history project about Korean adoptees in the U.S. and Europe "side by side" with adult Korean nationals who grew up in orphanages and were never adopted, will speak as part of an online panel discussion called Reframe and Refresh, by […]
The documentary Chosen, about five Korean American candidates who ran for Congress in 2020, will be screened at the Korea Society in New York City, on Thursday, November 2, at 7 p.m. EDT. The screening will be followed by a director talk and interview afterward. The film by Joseph Juhn follows five Korean American candidates […]
Adoptee Hub will hold a cultural identity and self-care workshop targeted to adult Korean adoptees (age 18 and older) to be held Saturday, November 4. The all-day event will feature […]
Twin Cities actor Sun Mee Chomet will perform her one-woman play How to Be a Korean Woman, at Theater J in Washington D.C., from January 4 through 14. How to […]
