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Korean Focus of Metro DC offers information and support to families interested in Korean culture and the Korean American community. Our members and friends include adoptive families, adopted Korean Americans, and Korean American families. All are welcome! Chapters in Cincinnati, Northern Maryland, Seattle and Indianapolis.
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DC-Baltimore Korean and Adoption Community Events
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Asian American Portraits of Encounter
The Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery and the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Program have collaborated to mount the Smithsonian's first major showcase of contemporary Asian American portraiture. Through the work of seven artists from across the country and around the world, the exhibition offers thought-provoking interpretations of the Asian American experience and representations against and beyond the stereotypes that have obscured the complexity of being Asian in America.
Dates: Aug. 12, 2011 through Oct. 14, 2012
Time: 11:30 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. daily
Location: Smithsonian National
Portrait Gallery, 8th & F Sts., NW, Washington, DC 20001
Fee: FREE
Metro: Gallery Place-Chinatown
For more information, visit the Smithsonian APA Program website. |
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Culture Camps, Homeland Tours and Summer Language Study |
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Congratulations to the 2012 Korean Focus Board of Directors
Korean Focus's 2012 Board of Directors took office on February 3rd. This year's Board is our largest and most diverse ever, with representation from the adoptee, adoptive parent and Korean American communities. The Board was introduced at the KF-KUMCGW Lunar New Year Celebration on February 4th and will be at KF events throughout the year. Contact the Board with your ideas and suggestions for programs and services, or if you'd like to volunteer for a project, event or Board service. We accept new Members-at-Large at any time during the year.
Congratulations to the 2012 Korean Focus Board of Directors
President
Vice President
Secretary-Treasurer
Outreach Coordinator
Outreach Coordinator
Program Coordinator
Program Coordinator
Member-at-Large
Member-at-Large
Member-at-Large
Member-at-Large
Member-at-Large | Margie Perscheid
Shawna Karlson
Debbie Dalton
Jennifer Downey
Sandra Eminger
Memi Miscally
Lauren Power
Kim Ferrell
Rosemary Stifter
Jenny Town
Sebastian Wang
Gill Wylie |
The Board is planning a number of events and activities throughout out the year. Stay tuned to the KF website, eBulletin, and Facebook and Twitter pages for dates and details, starting with the Coffee & Conversation schedule below.
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Back by Popular Demand: Coffee & Conversation
Everyone needs breakfast, and everyone enjoys an opportunity to get together with others in the metro DC Korean adoption community to discuss current issues, parenting concerns, adoption experiences and more.
This year, KF is scheduling Coffee & Conversation for the third Saturday of each month starting at 11 AM (with time off for August vacations and winter holidays). Mark your calendars now so you can join the conversation. Waiting parents and adoptees and families new to the area are especially welcome; coffees are a great way to pick up information about Korean Focus and other DC area resources.
A Korean Focus Board member will be at every coffee to make sure we find each other. Adults only please! RSVP info@koreanfocus.org - but if you forgot, please join us anyway.
Day & Time: Third Saturday of the month at 11 AM
Dates and Locations:
- March 24: Shilla Bakery, 2089 Veirs Mill Rd, Rockville, MD
- April 21: Shilla Bakery, 7039 Little River Tpke, Annandale, VA
- May 19: Bon Appetit Bakery, 10155 Baltimore National Pike, Ellicott City, MD
- June 16: Shilla Bakery, 10940 Fairfax Blvd, Suite E-F, Fairfax, VA
- July 21: Shilla Bakery, 2089 Veirs Mill Rd, Rockville, MD 20851
- September 15: Breeze Bakery, 4125 Hummer Rd, Annandale, VA
- October 20: Shilla Bakery, 2089 Veirs Mill Rd, Rockville, MD
See you there!
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Dana Tai Soon Burgess Dance Company's Becoming American April 5 & 6 at the Marvin Theater at GWU
Dana Tai Soon Burgess & Co.'s 20th anniversary Spring Performance will feature four critically acclaimed works, Hyphen, Khaybet, Fractures and Becoming American. Becoming American, a Korean adoptee's story told through dance, will feature Katia Chupashko, who along with her brother was adopted from Korea at the age of 4.
Dates & Times: April 5-6, at 8:00 PM
*** Each night will feature a post performance panel discussion led by founder/artistic director Dana Tai Soon Burgess.
Location: Dorothy Betts Marvin Theater,
Tickets: $15 for students, $22 for artists, $25 for general admission
Korean orphan K85-869, now known as Katia Chupashko Norri, stood onstage at Dance Place below her own picture Friday night. She's now 28 and ready to tell her adoption story through dance.
In the hands of a lesser choreographer, this piece could be a maudlin mess, the modern dance equivalent of an after-school special. But Burgess, a professor at George Washington University, is pretty much the best dancemaker around, and what he's made here is a beautiful allegory about alienation and acceptance. Five ensemble dancers appear dressed all in black and wearing Japanese theater masks. They look as unsettling as a sea of white faces would to a 4-year-old fresh off the plane from Asia.
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