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Daytime Drinking

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On February 21st, 2014, The Korea Society hosted a public screening of Daytime Drinking, Director Noh Young-seok’s breakthrough first film, at the New York Film Academy’s Battery Place Campus. After the film, the director answered questions for the audience on his career, filmmaking techniques, and plans for future projects.

 

 

Friday, February 21, 2014 | 9 AM

 

If you have any questions, please contact Estefanía Lee  or (212) 759-7525, ext. 313.

The Korea Society
950 Third Avenue @ 57th Street, 8th Floor

 

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This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in Partnership with the City Council.

 

Gallery Talk: Korean Contemporary Ceramics

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Fresh from participating in the Gyeonggi International Ceramic Biennale, artist Young-mi Kim reports on her three-month journey to kilns, studios, and ceramic heritage sites throughout Korea.

 

Tuesday, February 11, 2014 | 6 PM

 

This program is now FREE to all guest, but please RSVP. Limited seats available.

 

 

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This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in Partnership with the City Council.

 

Chang-rae Lee: On Such A Full Sea

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Chang-rae Lee, the award-winning author of Native Speaker and The Surrendered, has written a fifth book, On Such a Full Sea, which is a highly provocative, deeply affecting story of one woman’s legendary quest in a shocking, future America. Following the January publication of this much anticipated new novel, Chang-rae Lee sits down with fellow writer Susan Choi, whose most recent novel is the acclaimed My Education, to discuss his new book; his writing and exploration of identity and culture; as well as his personal story.


The conversation will be followed by a book sale and signing of On Such a Full Sea.

 

Thursday, February 6, 2014 | 6:30 PM

 

The Korea Society
950 Third Avenue, 8th floor
New York, NY 10022

 

Explorers and Above: Free

Members: $10

Nonmembers: $20

Students: $10

 Contemporary Culture programs are generously sponsored by CJ

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Divided Families

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Join us for a private screening of Divided Families, a recently completed documentary about Korean Americans’ search for lost relatives in North Korea, 60 years after Korea became a divided nation. During the Korean War and its aftermath, hundreds and thousands of family members were separated in the chaos of the war, and then by the border that was drawn establishing North and South Korea. More than half a century later, there are an estimated 100,000 first generation Korean Americans with immediate family members in North Korea. This documentary is their urgent story, as time is running out for this generation to reunite with their family and loved ones.

Directors Jason Ahn, Eugene Chung, and producer Jieun Baek will be present to introduce and discuss the making of this documentary which involved dozens of production crew filming in three countries over four years.

 

(50 minutes, 2013)
Directed by Jason Ahn and Eugene Chung
Produced by Jieun Baek, Evangel Fung, and Jennifer Tsay

 

 

Wednesday, January 22, 2014 | 6:30 PM

 

The Korea Society
950 Third Avenue, 8th floor
New York, NY 10022

 

 

 

Co-presented with KoreanAmericanStory.org

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This program is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in Partnership with the City Council.

 

 Contemporary Culture programs are generously sponsored by CJ

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Art Workshop: Traditional Korean Pillow

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Learn Korean hand sewing while making traditional Korean pillows which are cylindrical with broad, flat surfaces at each end, covered in intricate embroidery or patchwork. For centuries, Koreans believed that pillow decorations could influence the sleeper’s dreams and that auspicious ones could make wishes come true.

In this class, taught by contemporary bojagi artist Wonju Seo, participants will apply bojagi patterns and technique to create two auspicious traditional pillows: one with an intricate pinecone pattern and the other a colorful patchwork design.

 

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Monday, December 9, 2:00-4:00 PM

Monday, December 16, 2:00-4:00 PM

 

Members $200, Non-Members $230

Fees include all materials to make two pillows. Participants are requested to bring their own fabric scissors and triangle rulers. Space is limited.

 

 

 

For those unable to attend both sessions, you may attend only the first session on December 9.

Members $115, Non-Members $135

Fees include all materials to make one pillow. Participants are requested to bring their own fabric scissors and triangle rulers. Space is limited. 

 

 

 

 

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Art Workshop: Traditional Korean Pillows with Wonju Seo is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.   

The Kayagŭm Virtuoso Kim Gye-Ok

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Known as the national instrument of Korea, the kayagŭm is played in many vocal and instrumental genres. Maestro Kim will perform both 25-string and 33-string kayagŭm and present the distinctively different virtuosic folk music from different provinces in Korea. The performance will be accompanied by one of  Maestro Kim’s most well known pupils, Ramie Seo.

Thursday, December 12, 2013 | 6:30 PM

If you have any questions, please contact Estefanía Lee or (212) 759-7525, ext. 313.

 

Members $10

Non-members $20

Students $5

 

 

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Made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.

 

Global Korea: Juilliard @ TKS with Caroline M. Johnston

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Performing viola and cello selections from Danzi, Beethoven, Clarke, Hindemith and Piston, violinist Caroline Johnston  wows our holiday audience. Johnston, a Korean American adoptee, toured Korea as a young adult to widespread media acclaim. She has performed since across Asia, Europe and the United States, from Victoria Hall to Carnegie Hall, Alice Tulley, Kitara, and Symphony Hall Boston. Cellist Hamilton Berry, who has taught and performed from Sao Paolo’s favelas to Carnegie Hall, accompanies Johnston.

 

 

 

$10 Members, $20 Guests, $5 Students

Explorer/ YPN and above attend this program for FREE with Registration

5:30 PM | Registration

6:00 PM | Performance

 

K-Literature Book Discussion Group

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2013 10 01 KLitBookClub icon3Lovers of literature and history are invited to join a book discussion group reading three novels by some of Korea’s best known writers, each about a different time period in Korea’s modern history: the Japanese Occupation, the Korean War, and the post-War period.

 

October 1 | Lost Names: Scenes from a Korean Boyhood by Richard E. Kim
October 29 | The Rainy Spell by Heung-gil Yun, translated by Ji Moon Suh
December 3 | Please Look After Mom by Kyung-Sook Shin, translated by Chi-Young Kim

 

Dr. Jin Young Choi, a translator and former professor of English literature, will guide our informal discussions of these novels, sharing her first-hand experiences during these turbulent and transformative times and providing a valuable historical and cultural context to our discussions. Snacks will be served.

All books are available in paperback and online at Amazon.com.

 

Tuesdays, October 1, October 29, and December 3 @ 6:30 PM

Advanced registration or ticket purchase required for this event. Space is limited.

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About the BooksAbout Dr. Jin Young Choi

About the Books

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Lost Names: Scenes from a Korean Boyhood by Richard E. Kim

Celebrated novelist, essayist, documentary filmmaker, and professor of literature Richard E. Kim follows one Korean family through the Japanese occupation to the surrender of the Japanese empire.

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The Rainy Spell by Yun Heung-gil  (Translated by Suh Ji Moon)

The Rainy Spell examines the horrors of the Korean War through the eyes of a child living with his two grandmothers who have sons on opposing sides of the war.

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Please Look After Mom by Kyung-Sook Shin (Translated by Chi-Young Kim)

Winner of the Man Asian Literary Prize, Please Look After Mom is about a family’s search for their mother after she is separated from her husband in the Seoul subway station. It is both a picture of contemporary life in Korea as well as a universal story of family love.

Dr. Jin Young Choi was a professor of American literature at Chung-Ang University in Seoul for twenty-seven years. She also taught at a college in North Carolina for several years following her graduate studies in the U.S. Dr. Choi has been teaching Korean literature and culture at TKS for several years.

She has translated several Korean literary works, including Kim Won-Il’s The Wind and the River, as well as short stories and children’s tales. A graduate of Seoul National University, Ms. Choi received an MA in English from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a Ph.D. in English Literature from Seoul National University.

 

Elegance and Tradition in Korean Furniture

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Dr. Lyndel King, Director and Chief Curator at the University of Minnesota’s Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, introduces traditional Korean furniture with photos from the museum’s collection of Korean furniture, the largest in the world with over 200 pieces. Her presentation explores the traditional Korean home and interior furniture, highlighting its craftsmanship, many specialized uses, and regional differences.


Dr. King first became interested in Korean traditional furniture when she met Dr. Edward Wright in the early 1980s. Dr. Wright had built an extensive collection of traditional Korean furniture, ceramics, and screens during his long service as an administrator of the Korean-American Educational (Fulbright) Commission in Seoul between 1967 and 1979. Following his bequest of the collection to the museum in 1988, Dr. King curated several exhibitions of the Weisman’s collection of Korean furniture.


Thursday, November 21, 2013 | 6:30 PM

 

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YPNs, Explorers, and above |  Free

Members | $10

Non-members | $20

 

Gallery Talk

Elegance and Tradition in Korean Furniture

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Lyndel King, Director and Chief Curator of Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, University of Minnesota

 

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This program and the accompanying exhibit is supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in Partnership with the City Council.

 

Talking About Noodles

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Learn all about the history of noodles in Korea, including the many different types, regional variations, and preparations; watch a demonstration of noodle-making; and sample a variety of delicious Korean noodle dishes at our “noodle bar” in an evening starring Korean noodles — guksu or myeon.


Spun or knife-cut; made from buckwheat, acorn, or sweet potato; served hot or cold; and ranging in heat from spicy to mild; Koreans have been savoring tasty noodles for centuries.

 

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 Wednesday, November 13, 2013 | 6:30 PM

Explorers and Above $10 |  Members  $20 |  Non-members $30

 

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