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 […]

Korean Adoptees of Chicago monthly dinner event set

Sun Wah BBQ 5039 N Broadway, Chicago, IL, United States

Korean Adoptees of Chicago (KAtCH) will hold its February dinner at Sun Wah BBQ, 5039 N. Broadway, Chicago, February 25, 6:30 p.m. The event is for Korean adoptees and their friends and family. Registration is required; seating is limited. For more information or for last-minute reservations or cancellation, please email:  kads@katchicago.com. KAtCH exists to represent […]

$15.00

Webinar on Korean peace open for registration

Laying Out a Roadmap for Peace in Korea in 2023 is the title of a free online webinar to be held at 2 p.m. (CST) Wednesday, March 1. New Korea peace legislation will be re-introduced in Congress on that day by Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA). The discussion at the event will center around the political […]

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Adoptee Hub to hold fifth year anniversary and fundraiser event

Roseville Center Ice Arena 2661 Civic Center Drive, Roseville, MN, United States

Adoptee Hub will hold its fifth anniversary and fundraiser April 15, 4:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Roseville Center Banquet Hall. The keynote speaker for the event will be Korean adoptee Rebecca Kimmel of Washington (state), whose birth family search resulted in her discovery that her birth records had been falsified.  Her story was reported […]

Lotus Flower Lantern-Making for Buddha’s Birthday

34 13th Avenue NE 34 13th Avenue NE, Minneapolis, MN, United States

Jangmi Arts will hold a workshop on lotus flower lantern-making, a traditional lantern used for worship and for parades on Buddha's birthday in Korea.  The workshop will be held Saturday, May 6, in two sessions: 1 to 3 p.m. and 3 to 5 p.m.  The event will be held at 34 13th Ave. NE, Minneapolis. […]

$25

Ariana Kim and Chamber Music Society of Minnesota to perform Maksimal

Sundin Music Hall 1531 Hewitt Avenue, St. Paul, MN, United States

The Chamber Music Society of Minnesota (CMSM) violinist and artistic co-director Ariana Kim, along with pianist Ieva Jokubaviciute, will perform the Minnesota premiere of Maksimal for violin and piano at […]

$25

Crossings screening to be held in San Francisco

Great Star Theater 633 Jackson St., San Francisco, MN, United States

The documentary film Crossings will have a San Francisco premiere at the film festival CAAMFest 2023 on May 13, 5:30 p.m. at The Great Star Theater, located in Chinatown. Crossings, […]

$15

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