Adoptee referral portraits collection to be featured at Weissman Art Museum
2022-01-16 - 2022-05-31 | MN
The work of Minnesota Korean adoptee artist Megan Rye will be featured in an exhibit entitled Foundling, to open at the Weissman Museum of Art, Minneapolis, on January 16, 2022.
More than 70 families participated in sharing referral photos of themselves or adoptee loved ones, who are adopted from many countries to Minnesota. She collected the photos over some years, and there are now portraits of 100 adoptees in the exhibit, rendered in paint on Target shopping bags.
The exhibit will have a soft opening in January, and there will be events at the museum in spring 2020. Because construction is ongoing at the museum with no solid finish date, and due to possible stricter COVID protocols in the future, and Minnesota weather generally, the events at the museum were delayed, although the exhibit will be opening on time, Rye said.
Rye said she got the idea after having her second child, and realizing she had only a few black and white photos of herself as a baby, while there were thousands of images of her son and daughter, as well as many keepsake objects, not to mention roomfuls of toys, clothes and other objects related to them.
Rye was brought up in the Twin Cities, got her undergraduate degree from Rhode Island School of Design, and her Master’s of Fine Arts from the University of Minnesota. The Weissman exhibit is a kind of a homecoming for her, she said, and she expects to invite in adoptee groups locally, as well as University of Minnesota students to observe and learn from the project.
Megan Rye’s website, featuring this collection and her I Will Follow You Into the Dark exhibit of her paintings of her brother’s photos of his military tour in Iraq, is at: meganrye.com . The Weissman Art Museum is at: wam.umn.edu.

Sijo teaching class offered to all educators
2021-12-05 | MN
The Sejong Cultural Society is offering a free online five-part class for all educators on how to teach sijo, a traditional Korean poetry form.
Course start dates this fall are on Sundays (September 12, October 24, and December 5) and continue into 2022. The course is designed to train teachers about the sijo poetry form and how to use it in their classrooms. It includes detailed analyses and critiques of student and professional sijo, and guidance and writing and editing in sijo form. Participants will practice creating and implementing a sijo lesson plan.
To register, see the website for a link to a registration google form. Teachers who complete all assignments. Teachers who complete all course assignments and submit a lesson plan at the end of the course will be eligible for a $50 stipend after the course ends. Exceptional lesson plans will earn an additional $50, and will be distributed to other teachers with the author’s permission. For more information and details on this program, email: sejong@sejongsociety.org

Adoptee Hub fundraiser with film and dinner
2021-11-06 16:30 - 20:00 (America/Chicago) | MN
Adoptee Hub, a Twin Cities service and educational organization by and for intercountry adoptees, will hold its (in-person) annual fundraiser under the title theme Jeong: The Power of Reunification, on Saturday, November 6.
Keynote speaker for the event will be filmmaker Sun Hee Engelstoft (born Sun Hee Shin), a Korean adoptee from Denmark. Her 2021-released film Forget Me Not, will be shown at the event. Other special guests at the event will be a recently-reunited Korean birthmother and adult son (names to be announced). A panel discussion of the three guests will also be included in the event.
Adoptee Hub seeks to connect adoptees with one another and with resources and critical post-adoption services. It strives to offer programs, opportunities and events that encourage adoptees to know their history, have a sense of belonging, experience their birth culture, and access services in a safe and supportive environment.
The fundraiser will be held at Moundsview Community Center, starting at 4:30 p.m. with a social hour and silent auction, followed by dinner and program. Tickets will be available on the website: www.adopteehub.org/events.

Boston Korean Adoptee hold virtual Korean cooking classes
2021-11-06 11:00 - 13:00 | MN
A series of online classes hosted by the Boston Korean Adoptees association ongoing into the fall will focus on street food and how it has become an integral part of Korea’s history.
Two tracks of cooking classes will focus on meat dishes and vegetarian dishes. Each has four two-hour sessions with a maximum of eight participants each. Each class will instruct on creating a main dish and some side dishes. The classes are appropriate for all levels of cooking experience. Class registration is available on a first come, first served basis.
As part of the registration, participants will receive a Korean cooking starter kit, comprised of many common Korean pantry items. Participants in the Boston area can pick up the kit at two or more locations. Non-local participants (with advance notice) can request a kit to be shipped to them. Participants are responsible for purchasing fresh produce, meat, and other ingredients on their own. Participants will receive a menu and a list of ingredients one week before the scheduled class through email.
Menus include snacks such as kimchi, pickled radishes and carrots, radish water kimchi, Korean corn dogs, kimchi pork buns, Korean-style barbecue, and various savory pancakes, among other dishes. Online lessons on Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. are coming up in September, October and November. For more information, see the website at: bkadoptee.org/events.
Boston Korean Adoptees, Inc. is a Boston/Boston-Metro organization committed to building a community of adult adoptees and their families in the New England area. We host, sponsor and collaborate on panels, workshops, cultural events and casual get-togethers. Its primary goal is to provide a safe space and forum for the exchange of ideas and experiences of our members and the greater community.
Classes will continue (all from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.) on September 4 and 18, October 16, and November 6. Class registration for the virtual cooking series is available on a first come, first served basis. To register, email to info@bkadoptee.org. A Google form will be emailed for registration. See blog post at link below for updates.

Land of My Father film is in TCs Film Festival lineup
2021-10-29 16:30 - 18:30 | 1625 West End Boulevard, Minneapolis, 1625 West End Boulevard, Minneapolis, MN, 55106, United States
The Twin Cities Film Festival will screen a documentary film by Matthew Koshmrl, Land of My Father, about the story of the territory dispute between Japan and South Korea over the Dokdo Islands. It details the stories of two activists. One is a Korean farmer who protests the Japanese government regularly in Tokyo, after finding out his father was abducted and enslaved in a coal mine during the Japanese occupation of Korea. The second is a woman who lived on Dokdo with her father, and considers Dokdo her homeland. She struggles to keep her father’s legacy alive after the Korean government mysteriously erases the history of their family as pioneering residents of this remote island group.
This screening includes a short Q and A with the filmmaker and the producer Christina Kim. The film will be shown at 4:30 p.m. Friday, October 29, at the Showplace Icon Theaters, 1625 West End Blvd, Minneapolis. The film festival price is $12. See the TC Film Festival website for more information.

Hyon Kim to speak for Great Decisions series on Korean peninsula
2021-10-29 12:30 - 14:00 | MN
Hyon Kim, a Twin Cities entrepreneur, non-profit co-founder, author and thought leader will be a featured speaker for the annual Great Decisions series of the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at the University of Minnesota.
The presentation via Zoom will be held 12:30 to 2 p.m. on Friday, October 29. The topic is about the Korean peninsula.
Kim is the founder and CEO of MN Best, Inc., a Twin Cities project management and engineering support firm. She also serves as chair of the Asian-African Business Development Committee at the International Leadership Institute. Named one of the Top 25 Women to Watch by Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal she was the first Asian person to serve on the University of Minnesota Board of Regents.
Kim is the author of the autobiographical My Name is Maria, published in South Korea in the Korean language. It is now being translated to English. Kim is also co-founder of the Twin Cities non-profit education and advocacy organization Midwest Alliance for North Korean Refugees.
OLLI classes are open to the public; with an annual membership, participants can register for an unlimited number of classes. Fall offerings include topics in finance, photography, literature, creative writing, history, botany, a study of the Mississippi River and economic theory, among many others. More information is available on the OLLI website, link below.

Virtual event commemorates 25 years of Asian American Studies
2021-10-26 15:00 - 17:00 | MN
A virtual conference, Asian American Studies Now, will be held October 26 to mark the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the Asian American Studies program at New York University. The program was launched when a group of students came together, and with faculty support, began organizing for the first Asian American Studies course, and a program. The Asian/Pacific/American Studies program was founded in 1996.The program will welcome back alumni and faculty who were instrumental in the historic founding.
In the 1990s, college students in the Midwest and on the east coast began to fight for the establishment of Asian American studies programs. This movement came nearly three decades after the pivotal student strikes in Califormia that led to the nations first Asian American studies programs there.
The conference will begin at 4 p.m. EST, 3 p.m. CST. o register for this historic conference see the below link.

Asian Media Access holds pop-up vaccine event
2021-10-17 14:00 - 17:00 | 7901 12th Avenue South, Bloomington, Minnesota, 7901 12th Avenue South, Bloomington, MN, 55425, United States
A free vaccine event with COVID testing and free food giveaway, targeted to the Asian American community, will be held in Bloomington on Sunday, October 17.

The free event will include $50 Target gift cards for each vaccine recipient. Registration is required for a vaccine (see below link), but not for the free testing kits and food giveaway.

The event will be held 2 to 5 p.m. at the Chinese American Chamber of Commerce, 7901 12th Ave. S., Bloomington.

Register for vaccination https://bit.ly/3ofSfc0

The event requires standard COVID-19 precautions, including masks and social distancing.

KAM Center celebrates 20th anniversary
2021-10-09 16:30 - 20:00 | MN
Korean Adoptee Ministries, a Christian non-profit organization targeted to Korean adoptees and their families, will celebrate its 20th anniversary with a dinner and fundraising event on Saturday, October 9.
Keynote speakers will be Rev. Hyung Joon Kim, senior pastor of Dong An Church, Seoul; and Kim Deardoff, production manager of NRBTV, a network that features Christian programming content on various platforms.
The event, from 4:30 to 8 p.m. CST, will also include the testimonies and stories of those who attended the KAM tour to Korea and/or participated in other KAM Center programming over its 20-year history.
KAM Center is seeking donations of cash and silent auction items for the event, as well as stories and photos from participants whose lives have been positively impacted by KAM Center’s programs.
The event will be held at the Delta Hotel Minneapolis Northeast, and a block of rooms has been reserved for the event. Many details are to be determined (at press time). Tickets will be available closer to the event through an on-line reservation system. For more information, please contact email: kamcenter@gmail.com or phone: 651-324-0208.

Sejong Cultural Society announces first international sijo competition
2021-09-30 | MN
Sejong Cultural Society of Chicago will hold its first International Sijo Competition, which will be open to participants globally. Deadline for submission is set for September 30.
Since 2008, Sejong Cultural Society has been hosting a writing competition with essay and sijo (traditional Korean poetry) categories. This separate international contest has been developed for poetry enthusiasts outside the U.S. and Canada. This contest is offered in one division, and is open to poets of any age. Contestants may be from any country (including the U.S. and Canada). Entries must be written in English, and one entry per applicant is permitted. Previously published (or awarded) sijos will not be accepted. Entries must be received as an online submittal by September 30, 11:59 p.m. CST. Cash prizes will be awarded for the winner ($500), runner-up ($250) and honorable mentions ($100).
Other details and resources, including sijo samples, and links to video workshops about this poetry form, are available on the website (link below).

Minnesota China Garden to hold celebration and poetry contest
2021-09-18 10:00 - 19:00 | MN
The Minnesota China Friendship Garden Society will hold a site dedication and launch of its proposed expansion plan on September 18. Various events, free to the public will be held at and around the garden, located at Phalen Regional Park in St. Paul and Maplewood, from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Events will include a Nine Art Stones celebration, and New Voices in the Garden poetry contest reading and prize ceremony, and Mid-Autumn Moon Festival Celebration.
Entries are being sought for the New Voices in the Garden poetry contest. Prizes will be awarded for poems in each of four languages: English, Chinese, Hmong, and Dakota/Lakota, Theme of the contest is Earth’s Balance, and prizes will be awarded in two age categories; younger than age 18, and 18-plus. Winners will read their entries at the ceremony on Sept 18 at 3:30 p.m. See the Minnesota China Friendship Garden Society Facebook page for a link to the entry form (link also below).

Korean adoptee-themed St. Paul restaurant to hold birthday bash
2021-07-29 17:00 - 20:00 | MN
Bap and Chicken, a St. Paul eatery that reflects the story of Korean adoptee John Gleason will hold a party in honor of turning two (and making it through the pandemic) on July 29.

The party will feature specials, entertainment, prizes and a “Free Chicken for a Year” giveaway.

Beginning July 1, Bap and Chicken visitors can enter a drawing for free chicken for a year. On July 29, there will be dining specials and giveaways throughout the day. From 5 to 8 p.m. on July 29, there will be entertainment, complimentary cake, plus Mimosas and sparkling teas from Jinx Tea, another local business that opened in 2019. The evening will wrap up with the grand prize “Chicken for a Year” drawing on-site, broadcast via Instagram Live at @bapandchicken

Virtual course on Korean poetry, and comparative Japanese and Chinese poetry offered
2021-07-20 15:00 - 17:00 | MN
A poetry writing and teaching course, Virtual Sijo Workshop: Comparing Verses from Korea, China, and Japan, will be offered by the Sejong Cultural Society, on three Tuesdays – July 6, 13 and 20, 3 to 5 p.m. CST.
Participants will learn about the Korean traditional poetry form, the sijo, Korean traditional literature, Chinese jueju, and Japanese haiku. The webinar will additionally discuss how to teach sijo in a school setting and how to edit and improve sijo. Participants will be invited to write their own sijo and discuss lesson plans for sijo.
A stipend of $100 is available for current K-12 teachers in the U.S. upon completion of both the sijo and related Korean history webinars and all related homework assignments. Current educators are also eligible for free reference books upon completion of the courses. Other applicable certifications are available; see website: sejongculturalsociety.org
A detailed program schedule is available on the Sejong Cultural Society website. The Sejong Cultural Society, located in Chicago, offers annual music, essay writing, and traditional poetry writing contests. It also offers classes to enhance teachers’ ability to teach about Korean arts and history in the U.S.

Mina Cheon artist talk
2021-06-30 17:30 - 18:30 | MN
Art activist Mina Cheon, who creates visual art around the theme of Korean reunification, will speak in a virtual event sponsored by the Korea Society. The event will be held June 30, 5:30 CST (6:30 EST). Her work includes painting, sculpture, video, installation, and performance to portray the precarious relationship and turbulent history of North and South Korea. Her solo exhibition at The Korea Society showcases her most recent painting series of Unification Flags.
Mina Cheon will discuss her art and career; with a special introduction by Ethan Cohen, director of Ethan Cohen Gallery, New York.

Virtual Korean History and Culture workshop to be held
2021-06-28 15:00 - 2021-06-30 18:00 | MN
The Sejong Cultural Society will hold a virtual Korean History and Culture Workshop, from Monday to Wednesday, June 28, 29, and 30, 3 to 6 p.m. CST.
Lectures include Korean history, democratization, the economic development of South Korea, Korean American immigration and community development history, including the LA Riots of 1992 and aftermath. It will also include a review of Korean traditional music and arts.
A detailed program schedule is available on the Sejong Cultural Society website. The Sejong Cultural Society, located in Chicago, offers annual music, essay writing, and traditional poetry writing contests. It also offers classes to enhance teachers’ ability to teach about Korean arts and history in the U.S.
The Korean history and culture classes are free for K-12 and college-level educators and administrators. For more information about sponsorship for educators, refer to the website (www.sejongculturalsociety.org) or email sejong@sejongculturalsociety.org.

International Korean Adoptee Association hosts virtual age-breakout groups
2021-05-28 | MN
On Saturday, June 5 and Sunday, June 6, a free series of virtual age-breakout sessions will be held to facilitate discussion among a global group of intercountry adoptees. The event is co-hosted by the coalition group International Korean Adoptee Associations (IKAA) and Also-Known-As (AKA), a U.S.-based founding member of the IKAA network.
During previous (in-person) annual IKAA adoptee gatherings, one of the most meaningful events has been the Age Breakout Sessions, which allow adoptees from around the world to connect and share their experiences. The pandemic has provided an opportunity to host these sessions virtually.
This event is open to all intercountry adult adoptees. Registration closes Friday, May 28.
The event honors the growing community of intercountry adoptees seeking connection with other adoptees. It is also in recognition of the 25hth anniversary of Also-Known-As. The anniversary, themed “Celebrating the Global Adoptee Community” is an acknowledgement that the Also-Known-As community is also global, although it is based in New York.
While the majority of adoptees in the IKAA network are of Korean origin, international adoptees share similar experiences, milestones and challenges . The event will provide an opportunity for adoptees to share common experiences with other adoptees in their age group.

Conversation about immigration, food, and "What We Hunger For"
2021-05-20 19:00 - 20:00 | MN
A free virtual conversation event about food and immigration will be held Thursday, May 20 as part of a series of conversations with writers across genres, discussing the experience of migration, leaving one’s home, and building a new one.
The event, Perspectives: Writers on Migration – What We Hunger For is hosted by the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota, and will feature Sun Yung Shin, editor of the new anthology What We Hunger For: Refugee and Immigrant Stories About Food and Family, with two of the anthology contributors Roy G. Guzmán and Saymoukda Duangphouxay Vongsay. The panel will discuss the complexities, humor and joy related to relationships to food, cooking, and eating.
Sun Yung Shin is a poet/author and racial justice activist. She is also the editor of the anthology A Good Time for the Truth: Race in Minnesota.
The event is free, but registration is required by Wednesday, May 19. Zoom Meeting Link will be sent after registration.

Adoptee Bridge to hold Twin Cities retreat for adult transracial adoptees
2021-05-14 - 2021-05-16 | MN
Adoptee Bridge, a Twin Cities area social and outreach organization serving transracial adoptees, will hold a retreat for adult (age 21-plus) transracial adoptees, to be held Friday, May 14 through Sunday, May 16, in Shoreview (MN).
The OurHistory Retreat, named for the Adoptee Bridge’s monthly Zoom peer-led discussion group, will be focused on the theme of Healing Connections. Guest speakers will be writer/activist Shannon Gibney, music therapist Hillary Fredenburg, and Lindsey from Embody Yoga.
Cost is $100 for the full schedule plus meals and hotel. The retreat will be held at the Best Western Plus-St. Paul North, located in Shoreview. See link for further information on costs, times, topics and schedule.

Minneapolis-St. Paul Film Festival opens May 13 in hybrid format
2021-05-13 | MN
The MSP Film Society presents the 40th Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival May 13-23, sponsored by the MSP Film Society. The MSPIFF is one of the largest and longest-running film festivals in the U.S. The festival will showcase more than 150 films representing more than 100 cultures. This year, MSPIFF40 will be a hybrid festival, with films and panels screening online, plus special in-person outdoor screenings in Minneapolis and St. Paul.
For more information and tickets, visit the website: MSPfilm.org

Adoptee Hub holds workshop on letter writing
2021-05-08 13:00 - 14:00 | MN
Adoptee Hub will hold a virtual writing workshop led by adoptee and author Mei Hwang, who wrote 100,000 Cranes for My Mother, Saturday, May 8, at 1 p.m. (CST). The workshop will be a letter-writing exercise for transracial adoptees, or any adoptees, who will address the letter to their birthmothers. Hwang will address the range of emotions, from grief to relief, that participants feel while engaging in this exercise in a safe and supportive environment. Due to the sensitivity of the subject matter, this workshop is open to adoptees only.
Hwang is a professional educator and counselor who conducts workshops in expressive arts, healthcare and education, and educates organizations in cultural competency and diversity development. She also conducts individual, group, and family private coaching.
The workshop will be online via Zoom. A link will be sent out to registrants in advance of the event. Register at the link below.

"What We Hunger For" virtual book launch
2021-05-04 19:00 - 20:00 | MN
A virtual book launch will be held Tuesday, May 4, 7 p.m. CST for a new collection What We Hunger For: Refugee and Immigrant Stories about Food and Family, edited by Minnesota poet and author Sun Yung Shin.
Through 14 contributors, this book relates, in individual stories, how newcomers to Minnesota bring their own culinary traditions and may re-create food memories at home, introduce new friends and neighbors to their favorite dishes, and explore comforting flavors and experiences of hospitality at local restaurants, community gatherings, and spiritual ceremonies.
It also explores the broader context of how food can unify, heal, and bring people together across generations and cultures. It is published by the Minnesota Historical Society Press.
Shin is a multi-award winning poet and author of the bestselling anthology A Good Time for the Truth: Race in Minnesota. Her most recent poetry collection is The Wet Hex (April 2022).
The launch will be streamed on the Via the Minnesota Historical Society Facebook Page and YouTube Channel, and also archived as a recording on both platforms.

ROAR Story Slam to feature six Korean American stories
2021-04-30 18:00 - 19:30 | MN
The organization KoreanAmericanStory will hold its annual story slam in a virtual format on Friday, April 30, 6 to 7:30 p.m. CST (7 to 8:30 p.m. EST) on the organization’s website.
KoreanAmericanStory.org’s Story Slam is an annual competition where six contestants showcase their oral storytelling about their Korean American experience in front of a live audience for a chance to win a cash prize of up to $1,000. All finalists also receive free virtual storytelling coaching, free LG Tone free earbuds, and a free circle light for their virtual performance.
The past two story slams have been live; this year’s is completely virtual, and speakers will be asked to use the theme “My Taboo.” All stories are true life experiences, as the storytellers remember them.
KoreanAmericanStory is an organization that collects and preserves stories of Korean Americans in written, audio-only (podcast) and video archive formats.
Submissions of stories are now closed. Further information for the live event can be found at: https://koreanamericanstory.org/roar-story-slam/ for more information.

OurHistory discussion group to hold monthly Zoom meeting
2021-04-11 15:00 - 16:00 | MN
Adoptee Bridge will hold its monthly OurHistory discussion group that meets via Zoom on Sunday, April 11, 3 p.m. CST. The group discusses not only history, but current events of interest to Korean Americans; the group has become particularly important in light of recent events around the March 16 mass murder of eight Asian Americans in Atlanta, Georgia.
The purpose of the discussion group is to allow transracial adoptees to meet in a safe space to explore matters of interest to them. This group is not therapy, rather it is a peer-led discussion group.
AdopteeBridge is able to refer transracial adoptees to appropriate counselors upon request. The group is free, but requires pre-registration. Please see the link for more information.

Minnesota's Stop Asian Hate Commemoration Rally at State Capitol
2021-03-28 17:00 - 20:00 | MN
A rally to speak out against hate crimes targeting Asian Americans will be held Sunday, March 28 at 5 to 8 p.m. at the Minnesota State Capitol.

The event is for Asian Americans and allies to remember the victims of the Atlanta shooting and to demonstrate solidarity and support for one another with performances, speeches, pledges and a candlelight vigil.

Wax candles are not permitted at rallies. Instead, the organizers have suggested bringing an LED candle or using a smart phone candle app. Organizers will also provide some LED lights. Organizers have also suggested bringing signs. An arts-and-crafts table will also be provided to make signs there. There will be escorts for participants back to their cars, if needed.

The rally is co-sponsored by 27 Asian American community, arts and religious organizations in Minnesota, with funding from the Coalition of Asian American Leaders (CAAL), the Council on Asian Pacific Minnesotans, and Asian Plaza.

Author talk on second edition of anthology of adoptee stories
2021-03-27 20:00 - 21:00 | MN
Two Minnesota editors of an anthology of adoptee stories will read and discuss their adoption journey stories in a virtual event sponsored by the Minnesota service and educational organization Adoptee Hub.
Author/activists Jane Trenka and Sun Yung Shin will read excerpts from this second edition of essays, fiction, poetry and art from the perspective of transracial adoptees. Following the reading, the two will take questions from the Zoom audience.
The event will be held Saturday, March 27 at 8 p.m. CST. The event is free and open to the public, but reservations are required (see link below) There will be a book giveaway to a limited number of attendees.

National Vigil for the Victims of the Atlanta Shooting
2021-03-26 18:30 - 19:30 | MN
A national vigil to remember the victims of the Atlanta shooting will be held Friday, March 26, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. CST (7:30 to 8:30 p.m. ET). The event #StopAsianHate National Day of Action and Healing, will be held at the Korean American Association of Greater Atlanta, and livestreamed. To RSVP for this event, go to www.326vigil.org.
The physical location of the vigil is the KA Association of Greater Atlanta, 5900 Brook Hollow Parkway, Norcross, GA 30071

140 Lbs - How Beauty Killed My Mother to be broadcast online by Theater Mu
2021-03-26 | MN
140 Lbs -How Beauty Killed My Mother by Susan Lieu will be staged in an online live broadcast by Theater Mu on March 26. The play describes intergenerational trauma, ; parent-child relationships; body insecurity and shame; repression and healing from personal loss; lack of accountability in the medical system; Vietnamese folkloric practice of spirit channeling.
The solo theater work, performed by the playwright, describes how Susan’s mother dies during a medical procedure, and how 19 years later on her wedding day, Susan’s mother’s seat sits empty and Susan realizes she can no longer ignore her longing to know who her mother reallyw was. Sifting through thousands of deposition pages and reaching out to the killer’s family, Susan uncovers the painful truth of her mother, herself, and the impossible ideal of Vietnamese feminine beauty.
Note: Theater Mu is offering “pay as you are” pricing to make community stories as accessible as possible. $35 is ticket value; if an audience member needs to pay less, they may do so by choosing as little as $5/ticket. See the website for information about tickets.

Virtual live reading of A Comedy of Errors
2021-03-20 19:00 - 20:00, 2021-03-19 19:00 - 20:00, 2021-03-18 19:00 - 20:00 | MN
Shakespeare’s play A Comedy of Errors will get a live reading in three sessions in March by Twin Cities actors, including Sun Mee Chomet, in a production by Ten Thousand Things theater.
The readings will be held March 18, 19, and 20 at 7 p.m. each evening. In addition to Minnesotan Korean American actor Sun Mee Chomet, other readers include Sarah Agnew, Jasmine Bracey, Crisina Florencia Castro, Mo Perry, and Sally Wingert. The production is directed by Risa Brainin, with music and sound by Peter Vitale.
This comedy explores the richness of finding love in unexpected places and the challenges of immigrating to new lands. Filled with zany confusion, the play asks questions relevant for today: How do any of us really know who we are—or what day it is, for that matter?
Ten Thousand Things is a theater company that brings the talents of people of all backgrounds and life experiences to the stage. This production is free, but reservations are required at the link below.
