The National Museum of Korea launched the ‘Studio M:On’ on September 21, 2020, to provide interactive online learning programs in real-time. For their first program, the “Explore Cultural Heritage with Overseas Koreans” was aired. This was a collaborative work with the Korean Cultural Center of Chicago and Korean Cultural Centre Australia. The children’s program “We...
KCCoC launched a youth volunteer program, ‘Junior Ambassador’. Currently there are 6 junior ambassadors, 3 high school students, (Jihye Kim, Joanne Do and Jieun Chung) and 3 middle school students, (Erica Yoo, Claire Oh and Iris Lee). Plans for the Junior Ambassadors will include helping with events, as well as working on event posters (design...
The Korean Cultural Center of Chicago reissues newsletter which originated in 2011 and 2012. 2011년과 2012년에 발간했던 뉴스레터를 재발간합니다. https://mailchi.mp/34ff625cd010/korean-cultural-center-of-chicago-newsletter?e=[UNIQID]
The Korean Cultural Center of Chicago reopened on June 15th with strict guidelines. Ahead of reopening, the KCCoC was hard at work with deep cleaning, sanitizing and disinfecting each and every section of all of the 4 buildings. Acrylic protective screens and social distancing stickers have been put in place in and around the Cultural Center....
The Korean Cultural Center of Chicago(KCCoC) stands against racial discrimination and supports the Black Lives Matter movement to end the abhorrent, unjust treatment of the Black community. The freedoms and rights minority groups are granted in this country are the result of the tireless work of Black Americans and other supporters of the civil rights...
September 15, 2019 Around 200 Korean Culture fans got together to celebrate Korean Thanksgiving “Chuseok”, one of the biggest holidays in Korea. Attendees learned how to make “Songpyun”, Korean Thanksgiving rice cake and taste tested their own creations, and got to taste Korean holiday foods and deserts. Attendees participated in a Chuseok game of tug...
A ceremony to mark the ninth anniversary of the opening of the Korean Cultural Center of Chicago and the departure of its chairman was held on June 30 with 190 people gathered at the center. The ceremony opened with a celebratory performance of Chicago Cultural Center Pungmul School and then starting with the president, “Yoon-tae...
On Sunday, June 23, Northwest suburb Wheeling Town held a parade to celebrate its 125th anniversary. On this day, about 50 community groups from North Gate Parkway to Wolf Rd. Chicago Cultural Center of Chicago received a lot of applause as it marched along with the exciting music of the Poongmul School in order 30...
