Upcoming Events 

GLOBAL HEARTBEAT
Multi Cultural Drumming Festival for Racial Harmony
Commemoration of Sa-I-Gu(4.29), LA uprising in 1992

April 25, 1998
Saturday, 1:00 P.M.
Bowne Play Ground in Flushing, New York
Intersection of Union Street and Barclay Avenue


  Power to The Beat 1998, Poongmul Performance

  Sa-I-Gu, 4.29(LA Uprising) Workshop

  Film/Medial Studies Group


  Film/Medial Studies Group

The Center for Korean American Culture is looking for people who are interested in film, particularly Korean American films, to join their newly forming film/media studies group. Members of this group will also participate in preparing for CKAC's 1998 Korean American Film Festival. With the formation of this group, CKAC is hoping to find active members who are eager to help flourish an alternativemedia culture for Korean Americans.  The Third Annual Korean American Film Festival will be held first week of Oct. 1998.


  Power to The Beat 1998, Poongmul Performance

Shinmyung Pae will be presenting "Power to the Beat 1998," it's annual fundraising performance for the second year. People who plan to attend the event can expect a full program of dynamic, soul stirring traditional Korean music, song and dance. There will be two special guest performers : Margaret Yuen, traditional Chinese folk dance, and Kee Young Lee, who will sing Korean folk songs (Minyo)

Date : Jan. 16 and 17, 1998 at 7:30 pm
Ticket : $ 20
Place : Hudson Guild Theater, 441 W. 26th Street (between 9th Ave. & 10th Ave.)

* There will be a Poongmul workshop for beginners.
First meeting : Feb. 8th, Sun at 5:30 place: Margaret Yuen's Dance Studio, 50 E Broadway


  Sa-I-Gu, 4.29

CKAC is hosing a two month-long workshop to initiate the critical thinking process among young Korean Americans on race, ethnicity and Sa-I-Gu ( the day of the L.A. uprising in 1992) This workshop will consist of readings and discussions on the history of the U.S., focusing on Koreans in the boader context of immigrants and people of color. Another cultural training workshop will immediately follow, preparation for the public outdoor event which will be held on Saturday, April 25, 1998.
This workshop will be conducted in Korean, There is no fee required to participate.