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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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The Dunes presents
Song Byeok Departure
Date & Time: April 13 7:00 PM - April 30 6:00 PM
Location: The Dunes, 1402 Meridian Place NW, Washington, DC 20010 A former North Korean propaganda painter who defected in 2001, world-renowned Korean contemporary artist Song Byeok showcases his satirical paintings April 13-30 @ The Dunes in Washington, DC. Organized by SB-DC, the project partner of the Dartmouth Asian Pacific American Alumni Association 501(c)(3). Sponsored by the US-Korea Institute at SAIS. For more information, please visit Song Byeok's website. Meet the Artist "Forever Freedom" The Art of Song Byeok Date & Time: Thursday, April 12, 2 - 4 PM Location: Rome Auditorium, 1619 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20036 Join USKI and SSDC for a discussion with Song Byeok, about his transformation from North Korean propaganda artist into the world renowned Korean contemporary artist and satirist he is today. |
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Reminder! First Coffee & Conversation
Saturday March 24 at Shilla in Rockville
First Coffee & Conversation of 2012
Saturday March 24th
Shilla Bakery, 2089 Veirs Mill Rd, Rockville, MD
See you there!
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
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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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