Igudesman & Joo’s performance in the Cadogan Hall was one of LKL’s highlights of 2012. I think we all need a bit of cheering up at the moment, and these are the guys to do it. Don’t miss their Festival Hall appearance next week: Igudesman & Joo Wednesday 4 March 2020, 7:30pm Royal Festival Hall, … [Read More]
Year: 2020 (page 12)
March Literature Night: Nine Cloud Dream CANCELLED
This event is now cancelled as the KCC has closed, in common with many cultural venues, as a result of the health situation. The second literature night of 2020 is the classic tale Kuunmong The Nine Cloud Dream By Man-Jung Kim Wednesday 25th March 7-9pm @ KCCUK Apply to [email protected] or call 020 7004 2600 … [Read More]
Aurora Orchestra with Yeol Eum Son at Kings Place CANCELLED
Cancelled because of the health emergency. Yeol Eum Son, director of the PyeongChang Music Festival, plays Mozart with the Aurora Orchestra: Aurora Orchestra with Yeol Eum Son Earthly Rituals: Nature Unwrapped / Mozart’s Piano / Beethoven 250 Saturday 28 March 2020, 7pm Hall One | King’s Place | 90 York Way | Kings Cross | … [Read More]
Korean artists group show “?” by Nobudam Space
A brief group show featuring the work of 30 Korean student artists: NOBUDAM & OKSE: ? Saturday 7 – Tuesday 10 March 2020 Art Number 23 | Block F | 100 Clements Road | Bermondsey | London SE16 4DG | www.artnumber23.uk £3 admission fee (includes a free drink and a leaflet) Check for updates on … [Read More]
Musicians’ Company Concert: Julia Hwang and Ben Tarlton
A nice way to spend a cold Monday evening in March: Musicians’ Company Concert: Julia Hwang and Ben Tarlton Monday 9 March 2020, 7:30pm Wigmore Hall | 36 Wigmore Street | London W1U 2BP Tickets £10 – £20 | Book tickets Julia Hwang (violin) with James Drinkwater (piano) Ben Tarlton (cello) with Jâms Coleman (piano) … [Read More]
Book review: Cheon Un-yeong — The Catcher in the Loft
Cheon Un-yeong: The Catcher in the Loft Translated by Bruce and Ju-Chan Fulton Codhill Press, 2019, 191pp Originally published as 생강, Changbi Publishers, 2011 This book came almost out of nowhere. Cheon Un-yeong’s Ali Skips Rope was one of the short stories in the excellent collection The Future of Silence – very approachable, but not … [Read More]
Parasite: a non-review
What can one say about a movie that has won Best Picture at Cannes and the Oscars, that has won best screenplay at the Oscars and BAFTAs, best edited drama feature at the Eddies, and best ensemble performance at the Screen Actors Guild? A movie that has been seen more widely in this country, and … [Read More]
Korea beyond the headlines: the 2020 LSESU Korea Future Forum
Claire Evans, a member of the LSE Student Union’s Korea Future Association, introduces this Saturday’s conference. The LSE Student Union’s Korea Future Association takes pride in being the largest student-run organisation in the world dedicated to discussion of Korean peninsula issues. Its annual conference, the Korea Future Forum, brings together leading experts from around the … [Read More]
Jeronimo Lim Kim – revolutionary father of the Korean community in Cuba
Those who have read Kim Young-ha’s Black Flower will know about the Koreans who migrated to Mexico in 1905 as farm labourers, just before Korea became a Japanese protectorate. By the time their contracts were up, Japan was about to absorb Korea into their growing empire. Now stateless, some of the migrants stayed in Mexico; … [Read More]
Cho Nam-Joo talks about ‘Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982’ at Waterstones TCR CANCELLED
The first big book event of 2020, but sadly now cancelled: TCR Presents: Cho Nam-Joo on ‘Kim Jiyoung, Born 1982’ Monday 9th March 18:30 – 20:30 Waterstones | 19-20 Tottenham Court Road | London W1T 1BJ Tickets £7 | Book tickets Join us as we celebrate International Women’s Day (8th March) in partnership with the … [Read More]
Joonhong Min and Shinuk Suh: Rendered Reality at the KCC
News of the next exhibition to be held at the KCC: Rendered Reality: 2020 UK Residency Report Showcase Exhibition dates: 10 March – 18 April, 2020 ** extended to 24 July ** Opening Reception: 9 March 6:00 – 8:00 pm | KCCUK | Registration required Pre-booking required via [email protected] to ensure social distancing. 1-hour slots … [Read More]
Edinburgh conference on Reunification of the peninsula and the March 1st Independence Movt
The Edinburgh Korean Students Society is holding a conference on 29 February 2020 to commemorate the March 1st Independence Movement in 1919 against Japanese colonial rule: Korea Conference: Exploring the Korean Independence Movement and the Reunification of the Korean Peninsula Saturday, 29 February 2020, 10:00-19:30 Lecture Theatre A | David Hume Tower | George Square … [Read More]
Gallery: Joo Yeon Park’s Library of the Unword
As described in the exhibition notice, Joo Yeon Park’s Library of the Unword and its central piece Twenty Times a Thousand (2019) is inspired by Beckett’s poem Echo’s Bones. According to the artist, Echo in Beckett’s poem Echo’s Bones (1935) refers to the nymph in Ovid’s Metamorphoses who is punished by Juno so that she … [Read More]
Korea Day 2020 in Sheffield
This is the third Korea Day in Sheffield. Sheffield Korea Day 2020 Octagon Sheffield | Clarkson Street | Sheffield S10 2TQ Sunday 1st March 2020, 12:00 – 17:00 Tickets £5 | Book tickets 12 and under: FREE entry – e may ask for proof of age upon entry Check the event’s Facebook page for updates … [Read More]
[Uxbridge] Double Bill by Jane Chan and Sung Im Her
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Wednesday 19 February 2020, 19:30 – 21:30 Antonin Artaud Theatre | Brunel University London | Uxbridge UB8 3PH Tickets £8 via Eventbrite Double Bill – Void by Jane Chan and You Are OKAY! by Sung Im Her. An evening of solo dance works by East Asian women. Void – Jane Chan Void is a solo … [Read More]
Snowpiercer screening w/ Bong Joon-ho + Tilda Swinton Q+A
Tickets go on sale today (for BFI members) for a rare screening of Snowpiercer. Non-members can buy from tomorrow. Snowpiercer Dir Bong Joon-ho (2013, 126min) With Tilda Swinton, Chris Evans, Song Kang Ho, Ed Harris, John Hurt + Q&A with director Bong Joon-ho and Tilda Swinton Sunday 1 March 2020, 7:20pm NFT Screen 1 | … [Read More]