Hanji class in Korean paper ornament craft to be held

Marine Mills Folk School 550 Pine St., Marine-on-St. Croix, MN, United States

The Hanji Crew, a Twin Cities craft group, will offer a class on making hanji holiday ornaments in a class to be held Saturday, November 5, 1 to 4 p.m. at the Marine Mills Folk School, located in Marine-on-St. Croix. No experience is necessary for the class, which teaches the Korean art of making traditional […]

$34.00

Korean Culture Festival at MOA November 6

Korean music, percussion and dance groups from the Twin Cities and Chicago will perform for a free Korean Culture Festival to be held at the Mall of America, Bloomington, on Sunday November 6 from 1 to 5 p.m. The Korean American Association of Minnesota is sponsoring of the event, which will feature Twin Cities performing […]

Free

Workshop on self-care for Korean adoptees

Hilton Hotel 3900 American Boulevard West, Bloomington, MN, United States

Adoptee Hub will hold an all-day Self-Care Workshop on Saturday, November 12, 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., for Korean adoptees, age 18 and older. The workshop will include Korean cultural elements, including a traditional tea ceremony and basic Korean language learning.   It will also include discussion on understanding adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) a conversation on […]

$30

Korean adoptee visual artists call for submissions due November 20

The Facebook group Korean Adoptees Diaspora Art and Culture (KADU) is calling for submissions for an exhibition entitled Motherland.  Submissions are due November 20, and the curated exhibition will be held April 19 through May 2 at the Maru Art Center, in the Insadong neighborhood of Seoul. Submissions are limited to two-dimensional artwork (photography, video, […]

Free

Free live webcast: Bong Joon Ho: Dissident Cinema author talk

Screenwriter and culture writer Karen Han, author of the monograph Bong Joon Ho: Dissident Cinema will be featured in a live webcast Tuesday, January 17, 6 p.m. EST (5 p.m. CST). Han will discuss the work of the Academy Award-winning director Joon Ho Bong.  Bong has been making films in Korea since the early ‘90s, […]

Free

JangMi Arts holds Seollal event with lunch and performance

White Bear Lake High School South Campus 3551 McKnight Rd. N., White Bear Lake, MN, United States

A celebration with dance and drum performances, taekwondo demonstrations, kids’ activities and games, holiday market, and a special new year lunch will be held  by JangMi Arts on Saturday, January 21.  The event will be at the White Bear Lake High School South Campus, in White Bear Lake. The event is in honor of Lunar […]

Chicago Korean adoptees celebrate Lunar New Year (Seollal)

Hana Center 4300 North California Avenue, Chicago, IL, United States

The Korean Adoptees of Chicago (KAtCH) will ring in the Year of the Rabbit at its Lunar New Year (Seollal) celebration 2023 to be held at the HANA Center in Chicago on Saturday, January 21.  The event will include food and celebratory activities around observance of Lunar New Year in Korea.  There will be a […]

Korean Adoptee Ministries to hold new year (seollal) event

Korean Presbyterian Church 5840 Humboldt Avenue North, Minneapolis, MN, United States

Korean Adoptee Ministries will hold a 2023 Lunar New Year celebration on Saturday, January 28, 2023, 4:30 to 6:30 at Korean Presbyterian Church of Minnesota, 5840 Humboldt Avenue North, Minneapolis 55430 The event is the first after a pandemic break of three years.  It will feature Korean food, Korean traditional games, and a sebae (bow […]

$5

Author Heinz Insu Fenkl to speak about novel Skull Water at Korea Society online event

Heinz Insu Fenkl, author of the just-published novel  Skull Water, will speak in a free live event sponsored by the Korea Society, to be held February 7, 5:30 p.m. CST (6:30 EST). Fenkl’s novel is based in his life experiences as a half-German, half-Korean kid growing up in 1970s Korea, dealing with identity and displacement, […]

Free

Author David Mura to speak about new book

Minnesota Humanities Center 987 Ivy Avenue East, St. Paul, MN, United States

Author David Mura will speak in a free book launch event of his new book The Stories Whiteness Tells Itself: Racial Myths and Our American Narratives on Wednesday, February 8, 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Minnesota Humanities Center in St. Paul. The book, available after January 31 from the University of Minnesota Press, uncovers pernicious […]

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