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SUMMARY:Korean adoptee comic tells his multi-media homeland trip story in Minneapolis
DESCRIPTION:Edward Yoo Pokropski will present his solo show Case 84: Adopted in the USA describing his return to Korea in 2015 at age 32 to discover his origins as a Korean adoptee. The show is a one-time appearance in Minneapolis\, sponsored by AK Connection\, an organization by and about adult Korean adoptees. \nCase 84: Adopted in the USA uses comedy to explore how the media shapes many misconceptions about adoption. The show uses compelling visuals from pop culture and personal pictures from the artist’s trip to Korea. The content of the presentation is a journey through one adoptee’s life\, from childhood to present day. \nProkropski is an executive producer of Asian Comedy Fest\, the longest-running all-Asian comedy fest in the country. He is also an Emmy-nominated writer/producer at NBCUniversal. \nDoors open at 2 p.m. Bryant Lake Bowl has a full menu\, and food can be served in the theater. \n 
URL:https://www.koreanquarterly.org/event/korean-adoptee-comic-tells-his-multi-media-homeland-trip-story-in-minneapolis/
LOCATION:Bryant Lake Bowl and Theater\, 810 West Lake Street\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55408\, United States
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SUMMARY:Mu Films and Me & Korea to host Koreans and Camptowns conference
DESCRIPTION:A conference entitled Korean Adoption and Its Global Legacies: 70 Years and Beyond will be held at Northwestern University\, in Evanston\, Illinois\, April 13–14. The Korean adoptee service organization Me & Korea will co-sponsor the conference\, along with Northwestern University and Mu Films\, a documentary film company established by Deann Borshay Liem\, a Korean adoptee. \nThe goal of the conference is to bring adoptees\, first families\, journalists and scholars together to discuss the origins of Korean adoption and its impact on families and individuals\, including discussion of birth family search and reunion. The event is in honor of the late Korean adoption researcher Sue-Je Lee Gage. \nThe conference is intended to provide perspectives that challenge and expand participants’ understanding of adoption’s beginnings in the context of war and militarism\, while exploring present-day consequences of South Korea’s adoption practices on adopted Koreans and their first families. \nA gathering of alumni of Me & Korea’s many adoptee tours to Korea will be held on the evening of April 12\, more details to be released closer to the date. \nThe keynote address will be by Yuri Doolan\, assistant professor of history and sexuality studies at Brandeis University. He will discuss his new book\, The First Amerasians: Mixed Race Koreans From Camptowns to America which relates how the concept of the Amerasian was used to remove thousands of mixed-race children from their Korean mothers in U.S.-occupied South Korea to adoptive American homes during the 1950s and ‘60s. \nSpeakers scheduled for this conference include Kori Graves\, Associate Professor of History\, University at Albany\, State University of New York (SUNY) will discuss her book A War Born Family: African American Adoption in the Wake of the Korean War. This talk will describe how during and immediately after the Korean War African American soldiers in Korea and African Americans in the states learned about and then endeavored to adopt Korean children and the ways their efforts fit in the larger history of Korean transnational adoption. \nCatherine H. Nguyen\, who teaches Asian literature at Emerson College will discuss themes of her work-in-progress book Children Born of War\, Adoptees Made by War\, about Vietnamese mixed-race children who were transnationally adopted during and after the Vietnam War. Patti Duncan\, a professor from Oregon State University will discuss how war and militarism in South Korea affected her as a mixed-race Korean American woman. \nVeteran Korean photographer and journalist\, Yongnam Lee\, will present his career-spanning work which documents the people living and working in U.S. military camptowns near the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). Through his photography and videography\, Lee will discuss the Korean women who worked in “comfort stations” for American troops\, and the lawsuit they brought that led to a South Korean Supreme Court victory in 2022. \nThe Sunday panels will focus on the long arc of Korean adoption and its impacts through the lens of birth family search. \nThe conference registration is free\, with the option to purchase lunch and dinner in advance. For more details\, and to register\, visit https://kadconference2024.eventbrite.com/\n \nFor further information or questions\, email:  conference@meandkorea.org 
URL:https://www.koreanquarterly.org/event/mu-films-and-me-korea-to-host-koreans-and-camptowns-conference/
LOCATION:Northwestern University\, 633 Clark Street\, Evanston\, IL\, 60208\, United States
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SUMMARY:Taiko artist and teacher Jennifer Weir to speak at Adoptee Hub event
DESCRIPTION:The organizer  of a global women taiko drummers event in the Twin Cities is the featured speaker at the Adoptee Hub annual gala and fundraiser. The event will take place Saturday\, April 27 in Roseville. \nKorean adoptee Jennifer Weir\, who created the project and is the founder of her own taiko school\, Taiko Arts Midwest\, will discuss her upbringing and her diverse career as an actor\, producer\, and drummer. \nThe convergence of women taiko artists from many countries in February 2022 was the first of its kind in history\, and was captured in the documentary film Finding Her Beat\, co-directed by Dawn Mikkelson (producer\, director) and Keri Piekett (director of photography\, editor). The film will be screened at the event. \nWeir is also the artistic director of Ensō Daiko and a performing member of the taiko group Ensemble-MA\, led by Iris Shiraishi.  Weir is also a theater director and dramaturg with Theater Mu\, and a past recipient of grants for composing\, producing and performing new music. \nWeir was brought up in North Dakota\, and had no references during her upbringing to Asian American culture\, community or identity. As a young adult in Minneapolis\, she found her way to the Asian American theater organization Theater Mu and its taiko performance group Mu Daiko (now Enso Daiko). \nWeir writes in her bio that “Taiko allows me to become a bigger\, better version of myself. It integrates my mind\, body and spirit. It allows me to embody strength\, grace\, and to claim and celebrate my ‘Asian-ness.’ ” \nAdoptee Hub is a Twin Cities service and advocacy organization for and about adult Korean adoptees. It offers regular events and facilitates services for adult adoptees to assist in travel to Korea\, translation and birth parent searches. Tickets are $25 until April 1\, $35 April 1-26 and  and $45 on the day of the event. In-person attendees of any other Adoptee Hub event in March and April can purchase Gala tickets for $25.
URL:https://www.koreanquarterly.org/event/taiko-artist-and-teacher-jennifer-weir-to-speak-at-adoptee-hub-event/
LOCATION:Roseville Center Ice Arena\, 2661 Civic Center Drive\, Roseville\, MN\, 55113\, United States
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SUMMARY:Korean and Korean American composers featured in East Meets West concerts
DESCRIPTION:A selection of works from Korean and Korean American composers will be featured during May in four performances in Minneapolis and St. Paul entitled East Meets West. \nThe concert will be presented at four venues in May: University Lutheran Church of Hope\, Minneapolis\, on Friday\, May 3 at 7 p.m.; MacPhail Center for Music\, (Gary Sipes Hall)\, Minneapolis\, Saturday May 4 at 2 p.m.; Hamline United Methodist Church\, St. Paul\, Friday\, May 10 at 7 p.m.; and Metronome Brewery\, St. Paul\, Saturday\, May 11 at 2 p.m. \nAdmission to all the concerts is free\, with suggested donations. The concert is made possible with a grant through Metropolitan Regional Arts Council through a grant from the state Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. \nThe concert\, presented by the ensemble 10th Wave Chamber Music Collective\, will include musicians playing Western instruments\, and gayageum (a Korean traditional stringed instrument)\, with voice performers.   Performers in this concert include: Angela Cabrera\, percussion; Eun Cho\, flute; Weily Grina-Shay\, clarinet; April Kim\, piano; Soomin Kim\, voice; Soojin Lee\, gayageum; Ruth Marshall\, cello; Ashely Ng\, violin; and Mikyoung Park\, voice.
URL:https://www.koreanquarterly.org/event/korean-and-korean-american-composers-featured-in-east-meets-west-concerts/
LOCATION:University Lutheran Church of Hope\, 601 13th Ave SE\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55414\, United States
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SUMMARY:Korean and Korean American composers featured in East Meets West concerts
DESCRIPTION:A selection of works from Korean and Korean American composers will be featured during May in four performances in Minneapolis and St. Paul entitled East Meets West. \nThe concert will be presented at four venues in May: University Lutheran Church of Hope\, Minneapolis\, on Friday\, May 3 at 7 p.m.; MacPhail Center for Music\, (Gary Sipes Hall)\, Minneapolis\, Saturday May 4 at 2 p.m.; Hamline United Methodist Church\, St. Paul\, Friday\, May 10 at 7 p.m.; and Metronome Brewery\, St. Paul\, Saturday\, May 11 at 2 p.m. \nAdmission to all the concerts is free\, with suggested donations. The concert is made possible with a grant through Metropolitan Regional Arts Council through a grant from the state Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. \nThe concert\, presented by the ensemble 10th Wave Chamber Music Collective\, will include musicians playing Western instruments\, and gayageum (a Korean traditional stringed instrument)\, with voice performers.   Performers in this concert include: Angela Cabrera\, percussion; Eun Cho\, flute; Weily Grina-Shay\, clarinet; April Kim\, piano; Soomin Kim\, voice; Soojin Lee\, gayageum; Ruth Marshall\, cello; Ashely Ng\, violin; and Mikyoung Park\, voice.
URL:https://www.koreanquarterly.org/event/korean-and-korean-american-composers-featured-in-east-meets-west-concerts-2/
LOCATION:Hamline United Methodist Church\, 1514 Englewood Avenue\, St. Paul\, MN\, 55104\, United States
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SUMMARY:Korean and Korean American composers featured in East Meets West concerts
DESCRIPTION:A selection of works from Korean and Korean American composers will be featured during May in four performances in Minneapolis and St. Paul entitled East Meets West. \nThe concert will be presented at four venues in May: University Lutheran Church of Hope\, Minneapolis\, on Friday\, May 3 at 7 p.m.; MacPhail Center for Music\, (Gary Sipes Hall)\, Minneapolis\, Saturday May 4 at 2 p.m.; Hamline United Methodist Church\, St. Paul\, Friday\, May 10 at 7 p.m.; and Metronome Brewery\, St. Paul\, Saturday\, May 11 at 2 p.m. \nAdmission to all the concerts is free\, with suggested donations. The concert is made possible with a grant through Metropolitan Regional Arts Council through a grant from the state Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. \nThe concert\, presented by the ensemble 10th Wave Chamber Music Collective\, will include musicians playing Western instruments\, and gayageum (a Korean traditional stringed instrument)\, with voice performers.   Performers in this concert include: Angela Cabrera\, percussion; Eun Cho\, flute; Weily Grina-Shay\, clarinet; April Kim\, piano; Soomin Kim\, voice; Soojin Lee\, gayageum; Ruth Marshall\, cello; Ashely Ng\, violin; and Mikyoung Park\, voice.
URL:https://www.koreanquarterly.org/event/korean-and-korean-american-composers-featured-in-east-meets-west-concerts-2-2/
LOCATION:Metronome Brewery\, 385 Broadway\, St. Paul\, MN\, 55101\, United States
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240622T160000
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SUMMARY:Classes in Korean traditional needlecraft jogakbo to be held
DESCRIPTION:Minneapolis-based textile artist Jae Hyun Veenstra is offering a series of free classes in the traditional art of jogakbo\, a Korean hand-sewing patchwork craft used since ancient times to make wrapping cloths and traditional crafts. In modern times\, jogakbo has become a recognized art form and can be used to make innovative designs. \nThe series\, entitled Colorful Korean: Re-Rooting with Jogakbo\, is funded with a grant\, and targeted to Korean adoptees and their family members\,  age 16 and older.  Enrollees will be referred to a Facebook group to stay in touch during and beyond the class. \nEach of the series of four classes will introduce a new craft project. Classes are free and include all the supplies. Enrollees may sign up for one or more of the four-hour classes. \nThe dates\, locations and project types are: \nJune 22\, noon to 4 p.m.: guebul noligae (an accessory intended to protect the wearer) and how it is depicted in the film Spirits’ Homecoming – class to be held at Minneapolis Institute of Arts (MIA)\, Minneapolis. \nJune 29\, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.: Making a yedanbo (a  textile envelope\, used for a formal letter\, typically an offer of marriage) – class to be held at the Textile Center\, St. Paul. \nJuly 20\, noon to 4 p.m.: Making mini beoseon (traditional socks) at Minneapolis Central Library. \nJuly 27\, noon to 4 p.m.: catch-up class and instruction on hyangnang (decorative pouch) – to be held at MIA or Walker Art Center\, Minneapolis\,  final location to be determined. Catch-up class is recommended for participants who have incomplete projects at that time. \nAn exhibit of the participants’ work will be held after the series has been completed. \nRegistration is required; there is also a waiting list if classes are full. Registration is at this link. \nTo volunteer to prepare\, clean up and do other tasks on class day\, please sign up at this link. \nThe artist maintains an Instagram account at this link: https://www.instagram.com/colorfulkoreaproject \n  \n 
URL:https://www.koreanquarterly.org/event/classes-in-korean-traditional-needlecraft-jogakbo-to-be-held/
LOCATION:Minneapolis Institute of Arts\, 2400 3rd Ave. S.\, Minneapolis\, 55404\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240629T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240629T150000
DTSTAMP:20260403T192331
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SUMMARY:Classes in jogakbo\, a Korean needlecraft\, to be offered
DESCRIPTION:Minneapolis-based textile artist Jae Hyun Veenstra is offering a series of free classes in the traditional art of jogakbo\, a Korean hand-sewing patchwork craft used since ancient times to make wrapping cloths and traditional crafts. In modern times\, jogakbo has become a recognized art form and can be used to make innovative designs. \nThe series\, entitled Colorful Korean: Re-Rooting with Jogakbo\, is funded with a grant\, and targeted to Korean adoptees and their family members\,  age 16 and older.  Enrollees will be referred to a Facebook group to stay in touch during and beyond the class. \nEach of the series of four classes will introduce a new craft project. Classes are free and include all the supplies. Enrollees may sign up for one or more of the four-hour classes. \nThe dates\, locations and project types are: \nJune 22\, noon to 4 p.m.: guebul noligae (an accessory intended to protect the wearer) and how it is depicted in the film Spirits’ Homecoming – class to be held at Minneapolis Institute of Arts (MIA)\, Minneapolis. \nJune 29\, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.: Making a yedanbo (a  textile envelope\, used for a formal letter\, typically an offer of marriage) – class to be held at the Textile Center\, Minneapolis. \nJuly 20\, noon to 4 p.m.: Making mini beoseon (traditional socks) at Minneapolis Central Library. \nJuly 27\, noon to 4 p.m.: catch-up class and instruction on hyangnang (decorative pouch) – to be held at MIA or Walker Art Center\, Minneapolis\,  final location to be determined. Catch-up class is recommended for participants who have incomplete projects at that time. \nAn exhibit of the participants’ work will be held after the series has been completed. \nRegistration is required; there is also a waiting list if classes are full. Registration is at this link. \nTo volunteer to prepare\, clean up and do other tasks on class day\, please sign up at this link. \nThe artist maintains an Instagram account at this link: https://www.instagram.com/colorfulkoreaproject \n 
URL:https://www.koreanquarterly.org/event/classes-in-jogakbo-a-korean-needlecraft-to-be-offered/
LOCATION:Textile Center\, 3000 University Avenue SW\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55414\, United States
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SUMMARY:AAPI voting summit to be held in Philadelphia  
DESCRIPTION:A National AAPI Leadership Summit will be held July 11-12\, 2024 in Philadelphia to learn about emerging voting issues and how to mobilize the Asian American and Pacific Islander communities. \nThe event\, to take place at the Sheraton Philadelphia Downtown\, is a platform for partner organizations\, issue experts\, and communities from across the country. The purpose is to empower Asian American and Pacific Islander AAPI communities to make their voices heard during a historic election year. \nInformation about specific workshops and speakers will be available in the months leading up to the event. Registration will be $40 for general admission and $20 for students. \n The Summit is sponsored by Asian and Pacific Islander American Vote (APIAVote)  the nation’s leading nonpartisan non-profit organization dedicated to engaging\, educating\, and empowering (AAPI) communities to strengthen and sustain a culture of civic engagement. It advocates for policies that protect the freedom to vote\, increases equity for communities of color and guards against discriminatory practices. \nThe Summit will culminate Saturday\, July 13 with a Presidential Town Hall at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia. Presidential candidates will have time to directly address AAPI community members\, leaders\, and organizers about the issues important to this growing electorate. \nFor more information on our Summit and Presidential Town Hall\, please visit the APIAVote  website.  Prospective attendees are requested to please fill out the survey\, so that APIAVote can be in contact to send the official registration link. \nPlease direct questions to admin@apiavote.org. \n 
URL:https://www.koreanquarterly.org/event/aapi-voting-summit-to-be-held-in-philadelphia/
LOCATION:Sheraton Philadelphia Downtown\, 201 North 17th St.\, Philadelphia\, 19103\, United States
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240712T160000
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SUMMARY:U of Minnesota conference offers one-day event on adoption as a life experience
DESCRIPTION:Two Korean adoptee experts on adult adoptees’ issues will join a group of experts in a day-long symposium on the challenges faced by adoptees face at every stage of adulthood. \nThis symposium is part of a four-day event\, the 8th International Conference on Adoption Research (ICAR-8). The symposium will be held July 12\, 9 a.m.to 4 p.m. (doors open at 8 a.m. for continental breakfast) in the Northrop Auditorium on the University of Minnesota campus in Minneapolis. \nLifelong Issues in Adoption: Reframing the Discourse through Lived Experience is the title of the one-day symposium. The symposium was organized by adoptees\, and all of the speakers/artists are adopted persons. Admission is $75 and includes a full day of lectures\, panel discussions\, music\, and audience participation. Continental breakfast\, a morning coffee break\, and a box lunch will also be provided. Information and tickets are available on the Northrop Auditorium website. \nThe two Korean adoptee speakers are Hollee A. McGinnis and HeeWon Lee.  McGinnis is a Ph.D. social worker\, researcher\, and a professor at Virginia Commonwealth University School of Social Work. She has achieved a 30-year career in a community organizing\, adoptee empowerment\, and adoption policy and research. \nIn 1996\, she founded Also-Known-As\, which is still an active organization of adult intercountry adoptees in New York City.  McGinnis will speak on her own research project\, Mapping the Life Course of Adoption (MAP): Health\, Well-Being\, and Adoptee Connections in Adulthood.  In 2023\, KQ reported on the information-gathering phase of this research project here. \nHeewon Lee is an assistant professor and the assistant program director of the genetic counseling graduate program at the University of Minnesota.  She also works with the National Institute of Health (NIH) Coordinating Committee for Practitioner Education in Genomics and other groups of research professionals concerned with genomics and genetic testing. She will speak on the topic: Invisible Families: How Adoptees Use Genetic Testing.  \nAnother Minnesota adoptee speaker is Shannon Gibney\, a writer\, educator\, activist\, and the author of the young adult novels  See No Color (2015) and Dream Country (2018) that won Minnesota Book Awards in 2016 and 2019. Gibney teaches writing at Minneapolis College\, and  was recently selected as one of three Educators of the Year in the Minnesota State College and University system. Her new novel\, The Girl I Am\, Was\, and Never Will Be (2023)\, explores themes of transracial adoption.  Her speech is entitled:  The Girl I Am\, Was\, and Never Will Be: Exploring themes of transracial adoption through speculative memoir.  \nThe ICAR-8 website has more detailed information on continuing education credits offered for various disciplines and certifications\, and a brief summary of speakers\, bios and topics for the other three days of the conference. \n 
URL:https://www.koreanquarterly.org/event/u-of-minnesota-conference-offers-one-day-event-on-adoption-as-a-life-experience/
LOCATION:Northrop Auditorium\, 84 Church St. SE\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55455\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240720T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240720T160000
DTSTAMP:20260403T192331
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SUMMARY:Textile artist to offer classes in Korean needlecraft art jogakbo for Korean adoptees
DESCRIPTION:Minneapolis-based textile artist Jae Hyun Veenstra is offering a series of free classes in the traditional art of jogakbo\, a Korean hand-sewing patchwork craft used since ancient times to make wrapping cloths and traditional crafts. In modern times\, jogakbo has become a recognized art form and can be used to make innovative designs. \nThe series\, entitled Colorful Korean: Re-Rooting with Jogakbo\, is funded with a grant\, and targeted to Korean adoptees and their family members\,  age 16 and older.  Enrollees will be referred to a Facebook group to stay in touch during and beyond the class. \nEach of the series of four classes will introduce a new craft project. Classes are free and include all the supplies. Enrollees may sign up for one or more of the four-hour classes. \nThe dates\, locations and project types are: \nJune 22\, noon to 4 p.m.: guebul noligae (an accessory intended to protect the wearer) and how it is depicted in the film Spirits’ Homecoming – class to be held at Minneapolis Institute of Arts (MIA)\, Minneapolis. \nJune 29\, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.: Making a yedanbo (a  textile envelope\, used for a formal letter\, typically an offer of marriage) – class to be held at the Textile Center\, Minneapolis. \nJuly 20\, noon to 4 p.m.: Making mini beoseon (traditional socks) at Minneapolis Central Library. \nJuly 27\, noon to 4 p.m.: catch-up class and instruction on hyangnang (decorative pouch) – to be held at MIA or Walker Art Center\, Minneapolis\,  final location to be determined. Catch-up class is recommended for participants who have incomplete projects at that time. \nAn exhibit of the participants’ work will be held after the series has been completed. \nRegistration is required; there is also a waiting list if classes are full. Registration is at this link. \nTo volunteer to prepare\, clean up and do other tasks on class day\, please sign up at this link. \nThe artist maintains an Instagram account at this link: https://www.instagram.com/colorfulkoreaproject \n 
URL:https://www.koreanquarterly.org/event/textile-artist-to-offer-classes-in-korean-needlecraft-art-jogakbo-for-korean-adoptees/
LOCATION:Minneapolis Central Library\, 300 Nicollet Ave.\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55414\, United States
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240720T160000
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SUMMARY:Korean Language Village to open new buildings at its northern Minnesota campus
DESCRIPTION:The Korean Language Village\, one of the Concordia Language Villages  in northern Minnesota will officially open its two new Korea-themed buildings with a grand opening ceremony and tour on July 20. \nThe event\, to be held at the camp  (Sup Sogui Hosu)\, located on Turtle River Lake near Bemidji\, will recognize the supporters of the language immersion camp over the 25 years since it was established. Beginning at noon on Saturday\, July 20\, participants will have a tour of the new buildings\, Korean food booths\, and a dedication ceremony\, followed by a reception. \nThe first phase of the building project was funded with a $5 million gift from Kenny and Simone Park\, of the South Korean company\, the Simone Corporation. It includes an administrative complex\, dining hall with a commercial kitchen\, two camper cabins\, a soccer field and waterfront development. Other residential buildings and space for traditional music and martial arts learning are included in the second phase of the new campus development. \nThe day’s events are open to the public\, but reservations are requested. Please RSVP by July 8 with names of guests to Renée Duval at rduval@cord.edu. \nMore information about the Korean Language Village capital project is at this link. \n 
URL:https://www.koreanquarterly.org/event/korean-language-village-to-open-new-buildings-at-its-northern-minnesota-campus/
LOCATION:MN
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240727T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240727T160000
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SUMMARY:Textile artist offers series on traditional Korean needlecraft to Korean adoptees
DESCRIPTION:Minneapolis-based textile artist Jae Hyun Veenstra is offering a series of free classes in the traditional art of jogakbo\, a Korean hand-sewing patchwork craft used since ancient times to make wrapping cloths and traditional crafts. In modern times\, jogakbo has become a recognized art form and can be used to make innovative designs. \nThe series\, entitled Colorful Korean: Re-Rooting with Jogakbo\, is funded with a grant\, and targeted to Korean adoptees and their family members\,  age 16 and older.  Enrollees will be referred to a Facebook group to stay in touch during and beyond the class. \nEach of the series of four classes will introduce a new craft project. Classes are free and include all the supplies. Enrollees may sign up for one or more of the four-hour classes. \nThe dates\, locations and project types are: \nJune 22\, noon to 4 p.m.: guebul noligae (an accessory intended to protect the wearer) and how it is depicted in the film Spirits’ Homecoming – class to be held at Minneapolis Institute of Arts (MIA)\, Minneapolis. \nJune 29\, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.: Making a yedanbo (a  textile envelope\, used for a formal letter\, typically an offer of marriage) – class to be held at the Textile Center\, Minneapolis. \nJuly 20\, noon to 4 p.m.: Making mini beoseon (traditional socks) at Minneapolis Central Library. \nJuly 27\, noon to 4 p.m.: catch-up class and instruction on hyangnang (decorative pouch) – to be held at MIA or Walker Art Center\, Minneapolis\,  final location to be determined (see registration site). The catch-up class is recommended for participants who have incomplete projects at that time. \nAn exhibit of the participants’ work will be held after the series has been completed. \nRegistration is required; there is also a waiting list if classes are full. Registration is at this link. \nTo volunteer to prepare\, clean up and do other tasks on class day\, please sign up at this link. \nThe artist maintains an Instagram account at this link: https://www.instagram.com/colorfulkoreaproject
URL:https://www.koreanquarterly.org/event/textile-artist-offers-series-on-traditional-korean-needlecraft-to-korean-adoptees/
LOCATION:MN
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SUMMARY:AK Connection to celebrate Chuseok at Arbeiter Brewery\, Minneapolis
DESCRIPTION:The organization AK Connection\, by and for adult Korean adoptees\, will host a Chuseok celebration on Sunday\, September 15\, 1 to 4 p.m. \nChuseok is a Korean holiday that celebrates the harvest season with special foods and family get-togethers. \nThe hosts will offer build-your-own rice bowls (bibimbap\, with vegetarian options available) and offer enjoy Korean crafts and games at Arbeiter Brewing Co.\, located at 3038 Minnehaha Ave\, Minneapolis. Arbeiter is a craft brewery that makes and offers its own labels\, currently an Oktoberfest lager. \nAdmission is free\, but RSVP is required; Korean adoptees of all ages and their loved ones are welcome. RSVP link: https://forms.gle/b4tM3pwydfyPkfJY9
URL:https://www.koreanquarterly.org/event/ak-connection-to-celebrate-chuseok-at-arbeiter-brewery-minneapolis/
LOCATION:Arbeiter Brewing Co.\, 3038 Minnehaha Ave.\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55406\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240918T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240918T193000
DTSTAMP:20260403T192331
CREATED:20240910T141507Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240910T141507Z
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SUMMARY:Panel discussion on U.S.-South Korea relations in St. Paul
DESCRIPTION:The organization Global Minnesota will join the Korea Economic Institute in a joint event\, The Future of U.S.-South Korea Relations\, to be held September 18 at 6 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. \nThe event will include a panel discussion featuring representatives from the  U.S. State Department and the Korean Embassy. These include Andy Hong\, program officer at Korea Economic Institute; Keome Rowe\, desk officer for the Republic of Korea at the U.S. State Department; and Jiho Lee\, counselor to the Republic of Korea Embassy in the U.S. \nTopics will include important context about the strategic relationship between the United States and South Korea\, the ongoing tensions on the Korean peninsula\, and the outlook for Korea’s economic\, political\, and cultural influence globally. \nThe event will be held at the University Center at St. Paul College\,235 Marshall Avenue\, St. Paul.
URL:https://www.koreanquarterly.org/event/panel-discussion-on-u-s-south-korea-relations-in-st-paul/
LOCATION:St. Paul College\, 235 Marshall Avenue\, St. Paul\, 55102\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Global Minnesota":MAILTO:info@globalminnesota.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240921T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240921T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T192331
CREATED:20240701T142806Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240701T145909Z
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SUMMARY:Korean Culture Festival set for Mall of America
DESCRIPTION: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. \nThe 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 taekwondo\, Korean traditional dance and drumming\, a gayageum (Korean stringed instrument) performance\, K-pop music and dance by the MKDC Kpop performance team.
URL:https://www.koreanquarterly.org/event/korean-culture-festival-set-for-mall-of-america/
LOCATION:Mall of America\, 2131 Lindau Lane\, Bloomington\, MN\, 55425\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Korean American Association of Minnesota":MAILTO:contact@mnkorea.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240929T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240929T180000
DTSTAMP:20260403T192331
CREATED:20240920T135757Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240920T135941Z
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SUMMARY:Kimchi Festival to be held in St. Louis Park
DESCRIPTION: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. \n\n\n\nThe festival is free to the public (no registration required) and will have family-friendly activities scheduled throughout the day. \n\n\n\nThe event is sponsored by AdopteeHub\, an organization by and about Korean adoptees in the Twin Cities\,. Many local Korean American and Asian American organizations will participate. The festival will be held at Wolfe Park\, 3700 Monterey Drive\, St. Louis Park. AdopteeHub recommends bringing lawn chairs and blankets to watch performances. \n\n\n\nThe AdopteeHub website has a link to register for the kimchi-making contest\, and for on-site classes on  how to make kimchi. Participants can register up to the day of the event. For more information\, please contact AdopteeHub\, at: info@adopteehub.org.
URL:https://www.koreanquarterly.org/event/kimchi-festival-to-be-held-in-st-louis-park/
LOCATION:Wolfe Park\, 3700 Monterey Drive\, St. Louis Park\, MN\, 55416\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241124T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241124T153000
DTSTAMP:20260403T192331
CREATED:20241108T182704Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241108T182747Z
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SUMMARY:Chicago group hosts adoptee-only roundtable event
DESCRIPTION: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. \nThe free event will be held at the Albany Park Library\, 2 to 3:30 p.m. on Sunday\, November 24. \nThe roundtable will be facilitated by Kim Langrehr\, a professor at Roosevelt University and a licensed psychologist who works with adult adoptees and others impacted by adoption.  Langrehr’s scholarship is focused on socialization among transnational adoptees\, and navigating white fragility.  Along with Katie Stefani and Anne Mills\, Langrehr helped to co-found KAtCH in 2008. \nPlease register for this event at the link. The Albany Park branch library is a 10-minute walk from the Kimball Station (Brown Line).  Bus routes are:  82 – Kimball; 92-Foster or 93- California-Dodge. \n 
URL:https://www.koreanquarterly.org/event/chicago-group-hosts-adoptee-only-roundtable-event/
LOCATION:Albany Park Library\, 3401 West Foster\, Chicago\, IL\, 60625\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241130T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241130T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T192331
CREATED:20241120T042446Z
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SUMMARY:Comedy play Dinner for One to open in Minneapolis
DESCRIPTION: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. \nThe play is based on a comedy sketch from the 1920s\, and tells the story of a dutiful butler (played by Jim Lichtschiedl) who is trying to help his employer Miss Sophie (Chomet)  celebrate her birthday. There are unpredictable mishaps\, a little too much wine\, and some enchanting live music. \nDirected by Christina Baldwin\, the play is returning to Jungle Theater a year after its premiere in 2023\, when it was reviewed warmly for its comedic timing\, humor\, music and beautiful set and lighting. \nOne of the special performances planned  is Jungle Theater Bash Night\, to be held December 20\, with Dinner for One-themed drinks and food.  There is also a New Year’s Eve performance to be held December 31. \nJungle Theater also offers accessibility shows and special “pay as you are” pricing\, which allows for those who cannot pay the $45 (market value) theater ticket to pay less if they choose to do so. Paying more than the market price covers costs of someone else’s ticket and helps Jungle Theater to offer its plays to a broader audience. \nFor more information on accessibility and ticket pricing\, contact the box office at 612-822-7063 (or at https://www.jungletheater.org/box-office) \nJungle Theater is located at 2951 Lyndale Ave South\, Minneapolis. \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.koreanquarterly.org/event/comedy-play-dinner-for-one-to-open-in-minneapolis/
LOCATION:Jungle Theater\, 2951 Lyndale Avenue South\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55408\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241218T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241218T193000
DTSTAMP:20260403T192331
CREATED:20241211T175315Z
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SUMMARY:Virtual book talk on The Korean Myths by father-daughter coauthors
DESCRIPTION: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.  \n\nThe zoom event will be held at 6 p.m. (Central Time) and is a part of a book talk series entitled  Migra-Story Circles\, sponsored by the Reher Center of Immigrant Culture and History in Kingston\, New York.  Please see registration information at the link. \nDalton-Fenkl is a writer and artist. A graduate of Vassar College\, she has translated poetry from Korean and classical Chinese\, and her writings\, translations\, and artwork have appeared in Asymptote\, The Adirondack Review\, Words Without Borders\, Sijo: An International Journal of Poetry & Song\, AZALEA: Journal of Korean Literature & Culture\, the International Examiner\, and Korean Quarterly. She has received a number of awards for her poetry\, including the Mary Rousmaniere Gordon Prize sponsored by the Academy of American Poets and the Sister Arts Poetry Prize.  \n\n\n\n\n\n\nHer bilingual (Korean/English)  comic strip\, Space Bunny\, has been serialized in Korean Quarterly since 2008.\n\n\n\nFenkl is an award-winning writer\, translator and editor. He is known  for his collection\, Korean Folktales\, which he completed with the support of a Fulbright Research Award. His recent novel\, Skull Water\, was one of The New Yorker’s ‘Best Books of 2023’. His earlier novel\, Memories of My Ghost Brother\, was a PEN/Hemingway Award finalist.  Both recount experiences from his childhood and youth\, growing up in the U.S. Army camptowns in South Korea\, caught between two cultures as the son of a Korean mother and a German soldier father.  \nHis fiction and translations have been published in The New Yorker and he is the translator of the classic 17th-century Korean Buddhist novel\, The Nine Cloud Dream\, by Man-jung. Kim.  He has also translated a wide array of contemporary Korean fiction and poetry. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFenkl is also a lifelong comic book/graphic novel reader and aficionado\,  and has translated several classic serialized North Korean comics for publication in Korean Quarterly. He is a professor of English at the State University of New York (SUNY) at New Paltz\, New York.  \n\nFenkl’s co-translation of Chang-dong Lee’s  short story collection Snowy Day & Other Stories will be published by Penguin Random House in February.\n\n\n\nThe Migra-Story Circles series is supported by: Humanities New York. The National Endowment for the Humanities and the Reher Center.
URL:https://www.koreanquarterly.org/event/virtual-book-talk-on-the-korean-myths-by-father-daughter-coauthors/
LOCATION:Reher Center for Immigrant Culture and History\, 99-101 Broadway\, Kingston\, NY\, 12401\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250215T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250215T153000
DTSTAMP:20260403T192331
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SUMMARY:Korean dance and taekwondo program set for Lunar New Year
DESCRIPTION: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. \nThe 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) on Saturday\, February 1\, from 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. \nThe entertainment program (1 to 2:45 p.m.) by JangMi students and Lee’s Champion Taekwondo students  is free and open to the public. There will be a charge for the tteokguk lunch (a traditional good luck soup for the new year) (11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.).  A Korean marketplace\, with Korean crafts and games\, will be held 11 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.  Also\, a minhwa (traditional painting) workshop will be held from 3 to 5 p.m. \nJangMi’s drum and dance program reaches out to Korean adoptees and their families in the Twin Cities area by getting children and youth together for friendship and to learn traditional performing arts. \nThe White Bear Lake High School south campus is located at 5045 Division Street\, White Bear Lake.
URL:https://www.koreanquarterly.org/event/korean-dance-and-taekwondo-program-set-for-lunar-new-year/
LOCATION:White Bear Lake High School South Campus\, 3551 McKnight Rd. N.\, White Bear Lake\, MN\, 55110\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250215T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250215T160000
DTSTAMP:20260403T192331
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SUMMARY:AK Connection to hold Seollal dinner and performances
DESCRIPTION:AK Connection will celebrate the Year of the Snake with a Seollal party\, to be held Saturday\, February 15.\n\nThe 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 restaurant.\n\nThere will also be performances\, Korean traditional games\, crafts\, and a sebae\, or traditional bow to elders that happens on New Year day.\n\n\nThe event will be held at the Northeast Recreation Center\, located at 1530 Johnson Street NE\, Minneapolis\, from 1:30 to 4 p.m. Reservations are available at the link.\n\nParticipants are encouraged to pay what they can for event costs with the following guidelines:  $5 for a portion of event costs; $10 for break-even; and $20 to cover the costs of someone who cannot contribute.\n\n\n\n\nKorean adoptees and their loved ones are welcome to join\, but reservations are strongly encouraged. Seats are limited to the first 90 people who sign up.
URL:https://www.koreanquarterly.org/event/ak-connection-to-hold-seollal-dinner-and-performances/
LOCATION:Northeast Recreation Center\, 1530 Johnson Street NE\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55413\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250306T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250329T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T192331
CREATED:20250205T181318Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250205T181546Z
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SUMMARY:Bojagi and Beyond collective to hold workshop and exhibit in Miami
DESCRIPTION: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 9 p.m. \nArtist and bojagi master Ilhan Kim will have a solo exhibit of her work at the gallery March 22 through 29. \nThe exhibits are part of the 2025 Korea Bojagi Forum\, a travelling exhibit and educational effort by a global collaboration of bojagi artists. The Korea Bojagi Forum was founded by fiber artist Chunghie Lee in 2012\, and she administers and curates the Forum today.  This year\, the 2025 Korea Bojagi Forum will accompany the XI World Textile Art Biennial. \nTeam Bojagi Workshop\, to be held Sunday\, March 9\, from 2 to 5 p.m. at the gallery\, will include instruction by Keomhwa Koh in how to make a bojagi-style pouch (class $50\, and materials kit $40 – kit recommended but not required); and instruction by Ilhan Kim on the hand-stitching technique used in bojagi. \nThe Gato Gordo Gallery is an artist-created and artist-run Miami  art gallery and cultural center dedicated to curating diverse international exhibitions\, and highlighting emerging and established artists from around the world.  The gallery is located at 4600 NW  7th Avenue\, Miami FL 33127\, and its website is:  www.GatoGordoGallery.art \n 
URL:https://www.koreanquarterly.org/event/bojagi-and-beyond-collective-to-hold-workshop-and-exhibit-in-miami/
LOCATION:Gato Gordo Gallery\, 4600 NW 7th Avenue\, Miami\, 33127\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250329T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250329T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T192331
CREATED:20250311T162534Z
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SUMMARY:Minnesota Chinese Music Ensemble concert to be held
DESCRIPTION: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. \nThe 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 instrumental solos (for erhu\, yangqin and piano) and vocal pieces featuring Chinese melodies. \nThe MCME is led by President Wei Ming Chiang\, who has developed musical education in erhu and Chinese music preservation and enjoyment in Minnesota. \nThe performance will be held at the Sundin Music Hall at Hamline University\, at 7 p.m. on March 29. General admission is $30\, with a 20 percent discount for tickets purchased before March 13. Discounted tickets for $25 are available for students and seniors (65-plus). Limited quantities of complimentary tickets are available for public assistance recipients. See ticketing and details at: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/mcme \nFor inquiries or accessibility seating requests\, contact MCME at (email)  mnchinesemusic@gmail.com or (phone) 612-293-8771.
URL:https://www.koreanquarterly.org/event/minnesota-chinese-music-ensemble-concert-to-be-held/
LOCATION:Sundin Music Hall\, 1531 Hewitt Avenue\, St. Paul\, MN\, 55104\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250419T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250419T150000
DTSTAMP:20260403T192331
CREATED:20250416T135713Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250416T135713Z
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SUMMARY:Adoptee Hub holds Bake 'N Chill fundraiser
DESCRIPTION: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. \nThe 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 search portal project\, the Hope Registry. \nThe event\, to be held 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. will include a bake sale\, chili contest\, cookie contest and pie contest. Chili makers and bakers can get more info about entering on the website’s entry form and instructions here. Donations for the bake sale also accepted. \nTickets at the door are $10\, and include tasting the chili and cookie competition entries\, and participating in family-friendly games and events.  The event is open to the public. \nLocation is Roseville Banquet Hall\, 2661 Civic Center Drive\, Roseville. \n 
URL:https://www.koreanquarterly.org/event/adoptee-hub-holds-bake-n-chill-fundraiser/
LOCATION:Roseville Banquet Hall\, 2661 Civic Center Drive\, Roseville\, MN\, 55113\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250510T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250510T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T192331
CREATED:20250417T154142Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250417T154142Z
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SUMMARY:Arbeiter Brewery to hold Phoenix Festival
DESCRIPTION:The Korean American-owned Arbeiter Brewery in Minneapolis is holding its annual Asian Phoenix Festival\, a free event\,  on May 10 l to lift up AAPI culture through community. \nThe Asian Phoenix represents resilience\, revitalization\, and harmony.\, and has become an important symbol to the South Minneapolis neighborhood as it works to renew and rebuild since the spring 2020 uprising. \nThe free event will include several Asian food vendors\, including Bao Bao Buns\, Caphin Vietnamese Coffee\, and D’s Bahn Mi. Asian performing artists will include JangmiArts\, and special guests Gina Choi and Chansoo Lee\, DTG Lions\, SeevCev and the DJ Diane Miller. \nThere will be an Asian craft market\, and activities for children include face painting and a bounce house. \nThe event is sponsored in part by the Lake Street Council and Lake Street Lift. \nArbeiter Brewing Company\, located at 3038 Minnehaha Avenue\, creates a variety of beer styles\, including a Korean rice lager\, and a German pilsner. Arbeiter Brewing is one of a very few Asian-owned breweries in the country\, since Asian owners represent only two percent of all breweries in the U.S.
URL:https://www.koreanquarterly.org/event/arbeiter-brewery-to-hold-phoenix-festival/
LOCATION:Arbeiter Brewing Co.\, 3038 Minnehaha Ave.\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55406\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Arbeiter Brewing":MAILTO:info@arbeiterbrewing.com
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250510T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250510T200000
DTSTAMP:20260403T192331
CREATED:20250417T204742Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250417T204742Z
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SUMMARY:AAOP to hold Asian Heritage Month event
DESCRIPTION:The Asian American Organizing Project will hold an API Heritage Month event on May 15 to honor the history and connections of the diverse Asian American people of the Twin Cities. \nThe free event will include food\, an interactive timeline activity and other conversation-starting activities\, and reflections of personal journeys. The intent is to strengthen participants sense of care and support of the community\, and to affirm the many identities Asian Minnesotans – ethnic\, gender\, sexuality and others. \nThe purpose is also to view the broader community as a strength to resist the current administration’s fascist and authoritarian agenda. \nThe event will be held 5 to 8 p.m. at DK Training Center\, 1821 University Avenue West\, Suite 242\, St. Paul.
URL:https://www.koreanquarterly.org/event/aaop-to-hold-asian-heritage-month-event/
LOCATION:DK Training Center\, 1821 University Avenue West\, St. Paul\, MN\, 55104\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Asian American Organizing Project":MAILTO:vangxor@aaopmn.org
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20250525
DTSTAMP:20260403T192331
CREATED:20250512T174543Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250512T174543Z
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SUMMARY:Women's peace walk to be held at a U.S. base in South Korea
DESCRIPTION:On May 24\, an international delegation from Women Cross DMZ will collaborate with the Gyeonggi Women’s Association in a commemorative peace march at the Camp Humphreys\, a  U.S. military base at Pyongtaek\, South Korea.  The special focus of these two groups is on the fact that war and militarism disproportionately harms women. \nThis free event will be held Saturday\, May 24\, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (Korea time)\,  beginning at Naeri Culture Park\, Pyeongtaek (Naeri 260\, Paengseong-eup\, Pyeongtaek-si) \nThe date\, May 24\, is International Women’s Day and is also the 10th anniversary of the original crossing of the Demilitarized Zone by an international group of 30 women peace activists under the sponsorship of Women Cross DMZ. The group included Nobel Peace Prize winners Leymah Gbowee and Mairead Maguire. \nEvery year since the 2015 march that crossed the DMZ\, the\, Gyeonggi Women’s Association has organized an annual march to coincide with International Women’s Day for Peace and Disarmament. \nThis transnational act of solidarity is particularly timely as democracy is under attack in the U.S.\,  South Korea is on the cusp of electing a new president\, and growing tensions between the U.S. and China raise the risk of war in Northeast Asia. \nThe walk around Camp Humphries is designed to raise awareness about the need for peace on the Korean Peninsula from the perspective of gender equality. \n 
URL:https://www.koreanquarterly.org/event/womens-peace-walk-to-be-held-at-a-u-s-base-in-south-korea/
LOCATION:Naeri 260\, Paengseong-eup\, Pyeongtaek-si)\, Naeri 260\, Pangseong-eup\, Pyeongtaek-si\, Korea\, Republic of
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250903T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250903T193000
DTSTAMP:20260403T192331
CREATED:20250826T204233Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250826T204233Z
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SUMMARY:CAAL to hold free Grant Readiness Workshop
DESCRIPTION:A free Grant Readiness Workshop will be held online September 3\, 2025\, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. (CST) by the Coalition of Asian American Leaders (CAAL). \nCAAL is a network of leaders who act collectively to make Minnesota work better for its Asian American community. CAAL’s programs include: network weaving\, to allow leaders to meet and network with one another; leadership building outreach and events; and advocating for annual policy priorities in areas like immigration\, education\, economic development. \nThe workshop is designed to provide guidance on preparing a strong grant application\, give tips for sharpening a proposal\, and answer participants’ questions on grant writing. The content is appropriate for prospective applicants who want to build a business and for non-profit leaders who want to expand the community impact of their organization. \nCAAL is also launching the second round of its grant fund\, CAAL Ignite\, with the goal of incentivizing  Asian American leadership and prosperity in Minnesota. Applications for the CAAL Ignite grant fund will open later this September.   \nLearn more and sign up for the workshop\, and read about the CAAL Ignite second round fund at:  caalmn.org/caal-ignite \n 
URL:https://www.koreanquarterly.org/event/caal-to-hold-free-grant-readiness-workshop/
LOCATION:MN
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SUMMARY:Adoptee Hub's annual self-care workshop features kimchi-making\, a film\, and some drumming
DESCRIPTION:Adoptee Hub is holding its Cultural Identity and Self-Care Workshop at the University of Minnesota on September 27. \nThe day-long workshop is designed to help adult adoptees recharge and build community with fun cultural activities. Participants will choose four of 12 classes to take including:  kimchi-making and mandu (dumpling) preparation;  a tea ceremony demonstration; massage;  Korean language for beginners; empowerment and the “gratitude effect”; a film with discussion; Korean songs with the K-Breeze kids’ choir; and an introduction to Korean drumming with Shinparam Korean Drum Troupe. \nRegistration is by reservation only\, and the workshop\, including breakfast and a Korean lunch\, is $50. Registration is at the attached link. \nThe event will be held at Coffman Memorial Union\, 300 Washington Avenue SE\, Minneapolis. \nMore about Adoptee Hub is at its website at: www.adopteehub.org.
URL:https://www.koreanquarterly.org/event/adoptee-hubs-annual-self-care-workshop-features-kimchi-making-a-film-and-some-drumming/
LOCATION:Coffman Memorial Union\, 300 Washington Ave. SE\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55455\, United States
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