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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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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240720T120000
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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:20240720T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240720T160000
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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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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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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240629T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240629T150000
DTSTAMP:20260404T112426
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240622T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240622T160000
DTSTAMP:20260404T112426
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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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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240511T153000
DTSTAMP:20260404T112426
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LAST-MODIFIED:20240322T172037Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240504T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240504T153000
DTSTAMP:20260404T112426
CREATED:20240322T160728Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240322T170815Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240503T203000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240503T213000
DTSTAMP:20260404T112426
CREATED:20240322T154450Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240322T154450Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240427T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240427T203000
DTSTAMP:20260404T112426
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LAST-MODIFIED:20240308T144740Z
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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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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240414T130000
DTSTAMP:20260404T112426
CREATED:20240206T165642Z
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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: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:Korean modern art exhibit upcoming at MIA
DESCRIPTION:The Minneapolis Institute of Art (MIA) announced today a new exhibition of contemporary Korean art to be exhibited at the museum’s Target Galleries March 23 through June 23. The exhibit is entitled The Shape of Time: Korean Art after 1989\, and organized by the Philadelphia Museum of Art. \nTickets are $20\, with additional discounts for MIA members. \nUsing a variety of mediums\, including ceramics\, painting\, fiber\, photography\, lacquer\, installation\, metalwork\, mixed media\, embroidery\, and video\, these artists explore themes like conformity\, displacement\, gender and sexuality\, coexistence\, dissonance\, that together offer a deeper understanding of South Korea\, and its history and culture. \n One of the continuing themes\, dissonance\, is in some of the artists’ reflections on South Korea’s past and present\, the foundations of Korean society\, and the paradoxes of a divided Korea. Dissonance is shown in works such as Hayoun Kwon’s video 489 years (2016). The viewer occupies the role of a soldier on a day-long patrol of the demilitarized zone (DMZ)\, a strip of land separating North and South Korea along the 38th parallel. The work’s title\, 489 Years\, references the number of years experts think it would take to clear the one million mines within the boundary between the two Koreas. The video depicts a lush\, green area filled with wildlife\, with the destructive potential of the area hidden. \n The theme of reinvention is reflected in some of the artists’ use of traditional art forms\, with ancient aesthetics combined with contemporary sensibility. For example\, Suki Seokyeong Kang’s vibrantly woven mats are inspired by a handcrafted straw mat tradition dating back to the Goryeo Dynasty (918–1392). \nArtists also reflect the theme of coexistence\, and imbue Korean values with new meaning. Eui-jeong Yoo’s Treasures of Daily Life (2018) expresses this fusion of ideas in his series of recognizable corporate logos for companies such as McDonald’s\, Louis Vuitton\, and Hello Kitty. \nThe theme of “being seen\,” challenging patriarchal power structures and cultural standards\, is expressed through works depicting experiences that are frequently marginalized\, silenced\, or erased in popular culture. An Attack by Green Horns\, by Sang-hee Yun\, is a pair of lacquered and gold dagger-like spikes worn on the front torso and back shoulder. Yun created these spikes to express a sense of protection for the wearer. \n The works in the section on “portraying anxiety” raise questions about group participation and larger societal challenges in Korea and elsewhere. In the video Let’s Do National Gymnastics\, Jaewoo Oh fuses nostalgia and the impact of a culture of conformity by portraying a compulsory exercise program for students\, used in Korean public  schools between 1977 and 1999. \nWorks from MIA’s permanent collection will be added to the exhibition in Minneapolis\, including Do Ho Suh’s Some/One\, a 2005 sculpture based on a coat of traditional armor. Composed from thousands of polished military dog tags\, the work juxtaposes the collective (represented by the armored sculpture) with the individual (symbolized by the dog tags\, each representing a single soldier). Also featured is a selection from Byron Kim’s ongoing Synecdoche portraiture project\, currently comprised of more than 400 panels\, each approximating the skin color of a person Kim has met. \n 
URL:https://www.koreanquarterly.org/event/korean-modern-art-exhibit-upcoming-at-mia/
LOCATION:Minneapolis Institute of Arts\, 2400 3rd Ave. S.\, Minneapolis\, 55404\, United States
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SUMMARY:New American Leaders offers women's training program
DESCRIPTION:A program targeted to Asian American women\, called AAPI Women Ready to Lead will be presented March 22 to 24 in Las Vegas by the non-profit organization New American Leaders (NAL). \nNAL’s Ready to Lead program is dedicated to preparing first- and second-generation Americans to run and win as candidates for public office and/or have meaningful roles in leading campaigns or in other civic leadership. \nThe training teaches participants how to embrace their heritage and use it for more effective leadership\, and how to employ messaging and fundraising in campaigns. There are 124 alumni of NAL in Nevada\, and some have returned to be trainers for the Las Vegas course. \nThe final application deadline for this training is January 29. An application is at this link.  There is a nomination form to nominate someone from your organization at this link. \nAn information session about this training is at a video recorded January 16 at this link.   The passcode is: =Xi70#Qc. In April\, NAL will host a second program for participants who identify as new Americans. The program fee is $150 (excluding travel costs)  and scholarships are available. \nFor questions or additional information about location\, costs and other details\, contact Lorenzita Santos\, program manager at New American Leaders\, at: lorenzita@newamericanleaders.org.
URL:https://www.koreanquarterly.org/event/new-american-leaders-offers-womens-training-program/
LOCATION:MN
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240316T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240316T210000
DTSTAMP:20260404T112426
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SUMMARY:Jin Hi Kim to perform new music concert at Studio Z in St. Paul
DESCRIPTION:Korean percussionist and composer Jin Hi Kim will perform an original work\, with some local musical help\, in St. Paul on March 16. The event is the second of two local March performances: the first is at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls on March 14. \nThe concert\, entitled Living Sounds: Music of Jin Hi Kim\, will take place at Studio Z\, located at 275 East Fourth Street\, Suite 200 in downtown St. Paul\, on Saturday\, March 16\, 7 p.m. Tickets are $20; $15 for students and seniors\, and are available at the linked website. \nThe concert will include works by Kim\, including NORI II for clarinet\, saxophone\, and two percussionists (saxophonist David Milne as guest artist)\, and Ritual for the Earth 2024 featuring Kim on several instruments\, the Zeitgeist wind and percussion ensemble\, samulnori ensemble Shinparam\, and other musicians. Rounding out the program\, Zeitgeist and Kim will join forces in an improvisation. \nAlso featured on the program will be the premiere of a newly-created work\, World Sanjo\, by Zeitgeist member Pat O’Keefe\, with O’Keefe on clarinet and guest artist Peter O’Gorman on drumset. \nKim’s work has been recognized nationally and internationally.  She is known as a pioneer for introducing komungo (also spelled geomungo\, a large traditional Korean stringed instrument) into the American contemporary music scene. She has also done extensive solo performances on the world’s only electric komungo with live interactive computer programs in several large-scale multimedia performance pieces such as Ghost Komungobot\, Digital Buddha\, and Touching The Moons. \nKim’s Living Tones compositions have been commissioned by the Kronos Quartet\, American Composers Orchestra\, Festival Nieuwe Muziek for Xenakis Ensemble (The Netherlands)\, Tan Dun’s New Generation East program for Chamber Music Society for the Lincoln Center\, Boston Modern Orchestra Project\, Meet The Composer U.S. Commission\, National Endowment for the Arts and many others. \nThe Zeitgeist ensemble\, consisting of percussion\, piano and woodwinds\, commissions new work and brings guest artists for performances in the Twin Cities. Zeitgeist is working with the University of Wisconsin – River Falls\, where Kim is the 2024 guest commissioned composer. \n  \n 
URL:https://www.koreanquarterly.org/event/jin-hi-kim-will-perform-concert-at-studio-z-in-st-paul/
LOCATION:Studio Z\, 275 East Fourth Street\, Suite 200\, St. Paul\, MN\, 55101\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240314T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240314T213000
DTSTAMP:20260404T112426
CREATED:20240222T214113Z
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SUMMARY:Percussionist/composer Jin Hi Kim to play two dates in Minnesota/Wisconsin
DESCRIPTION:Korean percussionist and composer Jin Hi Kim will perform an original work\, with some local musical help\, in two March performances: the first in River Falls\, Wisconsin and the second in St. Paul. \nThe first concert of Kim’s commissioned work Ritual for the Earth 2024 will take place at the University of Wisconsin-River Falls (UWRF) campus on March 14\, 7:30 p.m. The concert will be held at the Abbott Concert Hall\, and is free and open to the public. This concert is part of an annual Commissioned Composer event. Kim is this year’s guest commissioned composer and is doing some guest artist lectures and master classes with students. \nThe concert will include UWRF students playing a variety of instruments\, including handmade percussion instruments made from natural materials such as seashells\, gourds\, bamboo\, wood and metal. Members of Shinparam\, a Twin Cities-based traditional Korean percussion ensemble\, will provide some Korean rhythms that will be woven into the piece. \nIn addition\, Kim’s new commissioned composition\, Vocalization in Motion\, for chorus and two percussionists\, will be world-premiered at the UWRF concert. \nMore information on this concert and on the composer may be found at the attached link. \nThe second concert\, entitled Living Sounds: Music of Jin Hi Kim will take place at Zeitgeist Studio in downtown St. Paul\, on Saturday\, March 16\, 7 p.m. The concert will include works by Kim\, including NORI II for clarinet\, saxophone\, and two percussionists (saxophonist David Milne as guest artist)\, and Ritual for the Earth featuring Zeitgeist\, Kim\, samulnori ensemble Shinparam\, and other musicians. Rounding out the program\, Zeitgeist and Kim will join forces in an improvisation. \nAlso featured on the program will be the premiere of a newly-created work\, World Sanjo\, by Zeitgeist member Pat O’Keefe\, with O’Keefe on clarinet and guest artist Peter O’Gorman on drumset. \nKim’s work has been recognized nationally and internationally.  She is known as a pioneer for introducing komungo (also spelled geomungo\, a large traditional Korean stringed instrument) into the American contemporary music scene. She has also done extensive solo performances on the world’s only electric komungo with live interactive computer programs in several large-scale multimedia performance pieces such as Ghost Komungobot\, Digital Buddha\, and Touching The Moons. \nKim’s Living Tones compositions have been commissioned by the Kronos Quartet\, American Composers Orchestra\, Festival Nieuwe Muziek for Xenakis Ensemble (The Netherlands)\, Tan Dun’s New Generation East program for Chamber Music Society for the Lincoln Center\, Boston Modern Orchestra Project\, Meet The Composer U.S. Commission\, National Endowment for the Arts and many others. \n 
URL:https://www.koreanquarterly.org/event/percussionist-composer-jin-hi-kim-to-play-two-dates-in-minnesota-wisconsin/
LOCATION:Abbot Concert Hall\, 420 E Cascade Ave.\, River Falls\, WI\, 54022\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240306T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240306T193000
DTSTAMP:20260404T112426
CREATED:20240228T211333Z
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SUMMARY:Free webinar on gendered impact of the Korean War
DESCRIPTION:Free webinar on gendered impact of the Korean War \nA webinar in observance of International Women’s Day entitled The Gendered Impact of the Korean War; Past\, Present and Future will be held Wednesday\, March 6 at 6 p.m. (CST). The event will include two feminist scholar-activists: Suzy Kim\, professor of Korean history at Rutgers University; and Na-Young Lee\, professor at Chung-Ang University (Seoul) and board chair of the Korean Council for the Justice and Remembrance for the Issues of Military Sexual Slavery by Japan. \nKim will provide a historical account of how North Korean and international women intervened during the Korean War. Lee will discuss the impact of the ongoing state of unresolved war on South Korean women\, including militarized sexual violence\, and efforts underway to hold the South Korean government and U.S. military accountable. Moderator for the event is Ji-Yeon Yuh\, a board member at Women Cross DMZ and professor at Northwestern University\, Chicago. \nThe Korean War is considered unresolved because no peace treaty hs been negotiated between the parties in the war. The war is still technically suspended by a 1953 armistice agreement. The result is that U.S. troops are still stationed in South Korea\, and South Korean and U.S. troops are engaged in watching the southern border of the DMZ.  North Koreans stake out the northern border of the DMZ. War-like incidents that cost human lives have frequently occurred between the troops on the DMZ and in disputed territorial waters off the western coast of North Korea since the armistice was signed \nRegistration is free and available at the attached link.
URL:https://www.koreanquarterly.org/event/free-webinar-on-gendered-impact-of-the-korean-war/
LOCATION:MN
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240210T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240210T150000
DTSTAMP:20260404T112426
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SUMMARY:HANA Center to celebrate Year of the Blue Dragon
DESCRIPTION:HANA Center in Chicago will hold a Lunar New Year celebration for the Year of the Blue Dragon on Saturday\, February 10\, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the center\, located at 4300 N. California Ave. \nThe event will include a poongmulnori (traditional drumming) performance\, with opportunities to try the traditional drums\,  New Year blessings\, an intergenerational saebae (traditional formal bow) during which elders receive bows from the younger generation; games such as yutnori and jaegi-chagi: and a hanbok photo shoot where participants can pose in their traditional hanbok (or other national costume of the participant’s choice). \nTo register\, please see the link:  bit.ly/2024HANALNYPartyRSVP and RSVP by February 7. \n 
URL:https://www.koreanquarterly.org/event/hana-center-to-celebrate-year-of-the-blue-dragon/
LOCATION:Hana Center\, 4300 North California Avenue\, Chicago\, IL\, 60618\, United States
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240210T150000
DTSTAMP:20260404T112426
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SUMMARY:Jangmi Arts to hold Seollal Lunar New Year Celebration
DESCRIPTION:JangMi Arts\, a school for Korean dance and drumming in the Twin Cities\, will hold its annual Seollal (Lunar New Year) Celebration on Saturday\, February 10\, with activities from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. \nThe celebration will include a Korean traditional marketplace with Korean American organization info tables\, a lunch from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. with the traditional ddukguk (rice cake soup)\, served for Lunar New Year in Korea (there is a charge for the lunch). A free performance will take place at 1 p.m. by students of JangMi Arts and students of Lee’s Champion Taekwondo. \nThe event will take place at White Bear High School South Campus. A ticket link will be added to the JangMi Arts Facebook event listing soon. \n 
URL:https://www.koreanquarterly.org/event/jangmi-arts-to-hold-seollal-lunar-new-year-celebration/
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:20240204T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240204T180000
DTSTAMP:20260404T112426
CREATED:20240104T155343Z
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SUMMARY:Korean-themed concert to be held at Northwestern University
DESCRIPTION:The Sejong Cultural Society will hold a concert of Korean-themed music on Sunday\, February 4 at 2 p.m. with a 4 p.m. reception\, at Northwestern University in Evanston\, Illinois.  The concert will be comprised of required pieces used in the Society’s annual music competition. \nThe Society has commissioned numerous composers to craft pieces with Korean themes\, and it has collected more than 150 pieces over the two decades since its founding. The concert is a tribute to the contributions of composers\, past competition participants\, their teachers and families\, and to the supporters of the organization. \nThe performers are the past winners of the Sejong Music Competition\, with two special guests: Kyung Sun Lee\, a violin professor at Indiana University\, and Sojung Hong\, a piano professor at Judson University. The keynote speaker will be David Ludwig\, Dean of the Julliard School of Music in New York City. \nThe Sejong Cultural Society\, a non-profit organization in Chicago\, fosters awareness and understanding of Korea’s cultural heritage in the U.S. through outreach to youth and young adults through creative and fine arts. It holds musical composition and musical performance contests annually\, as well as annual Korean poetry (sijo) classes and competitions\, and an annual essay writing contest. \nTickets are $30 (students $10). Location is the Galvin Recital Hall\, 70 Arts Circle Drive\, Evanston\, Illinois.
URL:https://www.koreanquarterly.org/event/korean-themed-concert-to-be-held-at-northwestern-university/
LOCATION:Galvin Recital Hall\, 70 Arts Circle Drive\, Evanston\,\, IL\, 60208\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Sejong Cultural Society":MAILTO:sejong@sejongculturalsociety.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240203T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240203T210000
DTSTAMP:20260404T112426
CREATED:20240113T222803Z
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SUMMARY:Theater Mu to host cabaret for Lunar New Year
DESCRIPTION:The Twin Cities Asian American theater organization Theater Mu will host a cabaret for Lunar New Year February 3 at the North Garden Theater in St. Paul. \nThe Theater Mu 2024 Lunar New Year Cabaret is an annual fundraising event. This year’s cabaret will feature lion dancing\, live music\, comedy and merriment\, and some complimentary desserts. Veteran Mu actors and performers who are new to Mu will perform for the show.  There are a limited number of VIP tickets that will include a catered\, pre-show dinner. \nTickets are available at the link. NOTE:  Theater Mu’s “pay as you are” pricing offers modified pricing for those who cannot afford it\, to a minimum of $30/ticket;  or $60 market value per ticket for general admission (VIP tickets cost $100).
URL:https://www.koreanquarterly.org/event/theater-mu-to-host-cabaret-for-lunar-new-year/
LOCATION:North Garden Theater\, 929 West Seventh Street\, St. Paul\, MN\, 55102\, United States
ORGANIZER;CN="Theater Mu":MAILTO:info@theatermu.org
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240114T000000
DTSTAMP:20260404T112426
CREATED:20231208T231701Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231208T231701Z
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SUMMARY:Local playwright Sun Mee Chomet to stage her one-woman play in D.C.
DESCRIPTION:Twin Cities actor Sun Mee Chomet will perform her one-woman play How to Be a Korean Woman\, at Theater J in Washington D.C.\, from January 4 through 14.\n\nHow to Be a Korean Woman is part-commentary and part-satire on the experiences of  a Korean American adoptee woman who returns to Korea for the first time\, including all the high expectations she has of visiting Korea\, and the high expectations that Koreans\, particularly other Korean women\, have about her.  It is also a cautionary tale\, told with humor\,  about making assumptions about others’ cultures and experiences\, and a commentary about the complexity of being a Korean adoptee.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTheater J will stage two other one-person plays along with Chomet’s play in a series entitled Here I Am: A Triptych of Tour-de-Force Performances.  The other two plays are:  Moses\, by Michelle Lowe; and See You Tomorrow by Iris Bahr.  Chomet was recently interviewed by The Washington Post about the three-play series.\n\n\nPerformance times and costs are varied\, please consult the Theater J website for further information.
URL:https://www.koreanquarterly.org/event/local-playwright-sun-mee-chomet-to-stage-her-one-woman-play-in-d-c/
LOCATION:Theater J\, 1529 16th St. NW\, Washington\, DC\, DC\, 20036\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231104T084500
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231104T170000
DTSTAMP:20260404T112426
CREATED:20231021T220856Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231022T183058Z
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SUMMARY:Adoptee Hub to hold Self-Care Workshop for Korean adoptee adults
DESCRIPTION:Adoptee Hub will hold a cultural identity and self-care workshop targeted to adult Korean adoptees (age 18 and older) to be held Saturday\, November 4. \nThe all-day event will feature  four different sessions. Topics will include: yoga and meditation; massage therapy; the traditional Korean tea ceremony; essential Korean language learning; cooking classes for making kimbap (rice and vegetables rolled in seaweed) and Korea’s national dish\, kimchi;  self-defense; and informational sessions on birth search and visiting Korea. \nThere will be breakout rooms (12 people per room)\, and participants are encouraged to discuss\, share experiences\, be curious\, and build resilience and self-awareness.  All discussion is confidential and will be conducted in a safe\, nonjudgmental space. \nParticipants will receive a free t-shirt and other items depending upon the session attended. A continental breakfast and a Korean-inspired lunch are included.
URL:https://www.koreanquarterly.org/event/adoptee-hub-to-hold-self-care-workshop-for-korean-adoptee-adults/
LOCATION:Coffman Memorial Union\, 300 Washington Ave. SE\, Minneapolis\, MN\, 55455\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231102T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231102T210000
DTSTAMP:20260404T112426
CREATED:20231021T214816Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231021T214816Z
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SUMMARY:Chosen documentary film to be screened at Korea Society
DESCRIPTION:The documentary Chosen\, about five Korean American candidates who ran for Congress in 2020\, will be screened at the Korea Society in New York City\, on Thursday\, November 2\, at 7 p.m. EDT. The screening will be followed by a director talk and interview afterward. \nThe film by Joseph Juhn follows five Korean American candidates who have vastly diverse backgrounds and competing political views as they each navigate their run for the U.S. Congress. \nThe film focuses on David Kim\, an underdog candidate with limited financial resources\, who ran for a Congressional seat in one of the poorest districts of Los Angeles during the pandemic. Korean Quarterly interviewed Juhn about his film in 2022 (see this link). \nIndependent filmmaker/director Joseph Juhn will join the  for an audience Q&A session after the film facilitated by Chelsie Alexandre of the Korea Society. This event is free\, but a donation of $20 to the filmmaker is encouraged.
URL:https://www.koreanquarterly.org/event/chosen-documentary-film-to-be-screened-at-korea-society/
LOCATION:Korea Society\, 350 Madison Avenue\, 24th Floor New York\, NY 10017\, New York\, NY\, 10023\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231025T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231025T143000
DTSTAMP:20260404T112426
CREATED:20231022T181408Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231022T181716Z
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SUMMARY:Filmmaker to discuss his project to interview Korean adoptees
DESCRIPTION:The filmmaker of the documentary film project Side By Side Glenn Morey\, who did a video oral history project about Korean adoptees in the U.S. and Europe “side by side” with adult Korean nationals who grew up in orphanages and were never adopted\, will speak as part of an online panel discussion called Reframe and Refresh\, by New Day Films.  The topic will be “Exploring Global Connections through Korean Adoptees and Living in China.” \nThe panel will be moderated by Korean adoptee filmmaker Deann Borshay Liem (Geographies of Kinship). In addition to Morey (a Korean adoptee\,) 0ther panelists will include Charles Abelman  (English Hustle) and Joseph W. Ho\, associate professor of history at Albion College. \nThe event will be held at 2 p.m. on Wednesday\, October 25 at 1 p.m. CDT\, 2 p.m. EDT.  It is free\, but RSVP is required at the link. \n 
URL:https://www.koreanquarterly.org/event/filmmaker-to-discuss-his-project-to-interview-korean-adoptees/
LOCATION:MN
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SUMMARY:Buddhist leader and peace activist Pomnyun Sunim to speak
DESCRIPTION:A free event entitled Casual Conversation with Ven. Pomnyun Sunim will be held at the Crystal Community Center on Tuesday\, September 19 at 7 p.m.\n\nVen. Pomnyun Sunim (“Ven.” is an abbreviation for “venerable” and sunim is the Korean form of address for a monk) is one of the most influential religious leaders in South Korea\, a peace activist\, and a leader of engaged Buddhism\, which applies Buddhist teachings to solving modern issues. He is the recipient of the 2002 Ramon Magsaysay Award and 2020 Niwano Peace Prize.\n\nPomnyun Sunim is the founder of the Jungto Society\, a Buddhist community of practice which began in Korea in 1988\, and how has several communities in foreign countries\, including three in the U.S.\n\nThe talk will be held in a Q&A format\, which will allow audience members to ask questions on topics of their choice. The format allows Pomnyun Sunim to answer in a way that helps the questioners shift their perspectives and begin to find their own answers to life’s challenges.\n\nAttendees of this free event must register with an RSVP at the following link: bit.ly/talk919   The Crystal Community Center is located at 4800 Douglas Dr. N.\, Crystal\, MN  55429.
URL:https://www.koreanquarterly.org/event/buddhist-leader-and-peace-activist-pomnyun-sunim-to-speak/
LOCATION:Crystal Community Center\, 4800 Douglas Drive N.\, Crystal\, MN\, 55429\, United States
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SUMMARY:Korean drumming and dinner event held by KAM Center
DESCRIPTION:The Korean Adoptees Ministry will hold a free Korean cultural event in September with a samulnori performance by Sejong Academy’s Korean drum ensemble\, and a Korean dinner. \nJiwhi Eo\, the Sejong Academy Upper School music teacher\, directs the drum ensemble\, and will also teach a class for participants on sogo (a small handheld drum often used for marching or dancing in Korean traditional percussion performances). \nThe event\, to be held Saturday\, September 16\, 4 to 6 p.m.\, is family-friendly and targeted to Korean adoptees and their families. Location is the Korean Service Center\, 2417 Larpenteur Avenue West\, Lauderdale.   For planning purposes\, please register by emailing KAM Center at:  kamcmg21@gmail.com
URL:https://www.koreanquarterly.org/event/korean-drumming-and-dinner-event-held-by-kam-center/
LOCATION:Korean Service Center\, 2417 Larpenteur Avenue West\, St. Paul\, MN\, 55113\, United States
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SUMMARY:Korean film retrospective series at Lincoln Center
DESCRIPTION:A retrospective series of Korean films\, entitled Korean Cinema’s Golden Decade: The 1960s will be presented from September 1 through 17 at Lincoln Center\, New York. \nThe series features some of the best-known films of the era from many genres: melodramas and period epics to action\, horror\, war\, and giant monster movies.  Some of the famous directors whose films will be screened include Sang-ok Shin\, Hyun-mok Yu\, Soo-yong Kim and Man-hee Lee. These mid-century auteurs popularized and reinvented many of the genres as the nation’s film industry launched in the aftermath of the Korean War. \nTickets are $17 for the general public\, and $14 student/senior and $12 members. \nFor more information\, along with a trailer\, see the website at the attached link
URL:https://www.koreanquarterly.org/event/korean-film-retrospective-series-at-lincoln-center/
LOCATION:Lincoln Center\, 150 West 65th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10023\, United States
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