Events

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 […]

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  four different sessions. Topics will include: yoga and meditation; massage therapy; the traditional Korean tea ceremony; essential Korean language learning; cooking classes for making kimbap […]

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 Be a Korean Woman is part-commentary and part-satire on the experiences of  a Korean American adoptee woman who returns to Korea for the first time, […]

The Twin Cities Asian American theater organization Theater Mu will host a cabaret for Lunar New Year February 3 at the North Garden Theater in St. Paul. The Theater Mu 2024 Lunar New Year Cabaret is an annual fundraising event. This year’s cabaret will feature lion dancing, live music, comedy and merriment, and some complimentary […]

The Sejong Cultural Society will hold a concert of Korean-themed music on Sunday, February 4 at 2 p.m. with a 4 p.m. reception, at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois.  The concert will be comprised of required pieces used in the Society’s annual music competition. The Society has commissioned numerous composers to craft pieces with Korean […]

JangMi Arts, a school for Korean dance and drumming in the Twin Cities, will hold its annual Seollal (Lunar New Year) Celebration on Saturday, February 10, with activities from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The celebration will include a Korean traditional marketplace with Korean American organization info tables, a lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 […]

HANA Center in Chicago will hold a Lunar New Year celebration for the Year of the Blue Dragon on Saturday, February 10, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the center, located at 4300 N. California Ave. The event will include a poongmulnori (traditional drumming) performance, with opportunities to try the traditional drums,  New Year blessings, […]

Registration is open to participate in Korea Peace Advocacy Week, March 18-22. Every year, Korea Peace Advocacy Week brings hundreds of constituents from across the country to talk to their members of Congress about legislation to support peace in Korea. Participants of the 2024 Korea Peace Advocacy Week will join two or three half-hour virtual meetings […]