Korean Americans will take the stage at the Huntington Rotunda at the Mall of America on Saturday, September 21, 1 to 5 p.m. for a free Korean Culture Festival. The event, hosted by the Korean American Association of Minnesota and the Korean Consulate in Chicago, will feature cultural performances, such as the Korean martial art […]

Vendors, Korean cultural performances, kimchi tasting and a kimchi-making contest will all be featured at the Kimchi Festival, to be held Sunday, September 29 in St. Louis Park. The festival is free to the public (no registration required) and will have family-friendly activities scheduled throughout the day. The event is sponsored by AdopteeHub, an organization […]

Korean Adoptees of Chicago (KAtCH) will host an adoptee-only roundtable event to encourage a variety of topics of interest to adoptees, and to review an eventful year. The free event will be held at the Albany Park Library, 2 to 3:30 p.m. on Sunday, November 24. The roundtable will be facilitated by Kim Langrehr, a […]

The comedy play Dinner for One will open in Minneapolis November 30, starring Twin Cities actor (and Korean adoptee) Sun Mee Chomet.  The show will run until January 5, with preview shows on November 27 and 29. The play is based on a comedy sketch from the 1920s, and tells the story of a dutiful […]

Father-daughter authors Heinz Insu Fenkl and Bella Myong-wol Dalton-Fenkl will give a free virtual talk, followed by discussion, Thursday, December 12 on their recent book  The Korean Myths: A Guide to the Gods, Heroes and Legends.  The zoom event will be held at 6 p.m. (Central Time) and is a part of a book talk […]

Korean traditional music, dance, the martial art taekwondo, festive foods and a traditional painting workshop will be included in a Lunar New Year (Seollal) celebration. The Korean Cultural Association, the support organization for JangMi Arts traditional dance and drumming school, is sponsoring the annual event at the White Bear Lake Area High School (south campus) […]

AK Connection will celebrate the Year of the Snake with a Seollal party, to be held Saturday, February 15. The event will include a meal of traditional foods for New Year, including tteokguk (a traditional soup for new year),  japchae (noodles),  rice, and kimchi (provided by Myonghi Kimchi), and chicken mu from the bb.q Chicken […]

An exhibit of Korean wrapping cloth (bojagi) with workshops on techniques in the craft, will be part of an event Bojagi and Beyond, to be held in Miami in March.  The exhibit will be on display at Gato Gordo Gallery March 6 through 20, with an opening reception to be held March 8, 6 to […]

The Minnesota Chinese Music Ensemble (MCME) will hold a concert featuring pieces for  the classical Chinese instruments urhu and yangqin on March 29 in St. Paul. The concert, entitled Soul of Dragon’s Heritage, will spotlight erhu virtuoso JuanJuan Wang and yangqin master WenTing Zhang.  Joining them will be soprano QianHui Ma and pianist Yu-Chien Huang. The artists will perform […]

Chili and other fun foods will be the center of a chili cook-off and baking contest to be held by Adoptee Hub on Saturday, April 19. The Bake 'N Chill proceeds will benefit the 2025 programming of Adoptee Hub, including social and cultural events by and for adult Korean adoptees, and for its ongoing birth […]