Seoul Players lines up ‘Rocky Horror’ shadow cast

Seoul Players will be hosting its annual Rocky Horror Shadow cast this weekend in time for Halloween.Now in its sixth year, the drama group will screen the “Rocky Horror Picture Show” with a shadow cast -- a group of Seoul Players actors who will perform the show live, in time to the film.Audience members are invited to come in costume and audience participation is encouraged.The show will start at Freebird in Hongdae at 10 p.m. on Friday, with doors opening at 9 p.m. Doors will open 8 p.m. Satu

Oct. 26, 2016

Seoul Global Center offers online shopping startup course

Seoul Global Center will be hosting a set of classes on setting up an online shopping business in November.The course will cover understanding and analyzing international markets, selecting sale items, and industry features, strategies and success cases.Classes will take place Monday to Friday for two weeks from Nov. 14, with each session running form 6-9:30 p.m.The course, which is free, is open to all foreign residents in Seoul and takes place at the Dongdaemun Global Center. Tuition is in Kor

Oct. 26, 2016

Seoul Shakespeare Company to run acting workshop

Seoul Shakespeare Company will be running a six-week theater workshop that aims to help actors find new ways to interpret the bard’s work.“We’ve had six-week courses in the past on various topics, but this is our most intensively text-based Shakespeare course,” said Lauren Ash-Morgan, who will be jointly leading the course with fellow SSC member Michael Downey. Last year’s topic was Stanislavski-based and the year before it was archetypes. “The focus is on developing a methodology for exploring

Oct. 13, 2016

Camarata music group to hold fall fundraiser

The Camarata Music Company will host its annual “Fall into Music” fundraiser on Oct. 21.The evening will include performances by the Camarata Chamber Singers and a standing buffet with wine.Camarata was set up in 2009 to provide performance opportunities to musicians of all nationalities in Korea, and money raised at the event will support the registered nonprofit organization’s concert series and outreach program. To raise money, there will be a raffle and a live auction with items including Un

Oct. 12, 2016

GIC Day to celebrate Gwangju’s international community

Gwangju International Center will hold its annual celebration of the city’s multicultural side this weekend.Gwangju International Community Day is a two-day event opening Saturday at the GIC building Dong-gu, followed by an outdoor celebration Sunday at the ACC Democracy Plaza.A talent show will take place across the two days, with the first round at the GIC building and the second on the outdoor stage. There will also be a concert on the first day featuring music from Korea and abroad and a fle

Oct. 12, 2016

Global Village festival to take over Itaewon

A cultural celebration is set to hit Itaewon this weekend, with a parade, concerts and a variety of other activities.At this year’s Itaewon Global Village Festival, two fringe stages will be set up for busking style performances, while a team from Ghana has been invited to join a mix of cultural performances that also includes Korea’s Gangangsullae dance and a demonstration by tightrope master Kim Dae-gyun.The festival’s parade will run on the first day, followed by a K-pop concert in the evenin

Oct. 12, 2016

ANZA gears up for Melbourne Cup charity event

The Australia and New Zealand Association in Korea is gearing up for Australia’s biggest horse race, the Melbourne Cup, which it will stream live in a fundraiser for a local children’s home. ANZA President Cathy McQuade said that there would also be a ladies’ tea morning Tuesday, where those attending would be given hats to get ready for race day on Nov. 1. “But the important thing from our perspective is the fundraising on that day and the cultural side of bringing an Australian event to Seoul,

Oct. 12, 2016

2-day charity music festival to hit Seoul next week

A two-day festival for lovers of Korean music will run in Seoul from Oct. 7-8, with acts playing in support of two local charities.Fourteen bands will play at the “I Like Many” festival to raise funds for the Korean Unwed Mothers and Families Association and the Citizens’ Alliance for North Korean Human Rights (NKHR). The first night features mostly hardcore and punk acts, including Scumraid, Yuppie Killer, the Kitsches, Arryam, Hybrid Drop Bomber, Acid Party and Crawler.The second has a spectru

Sept. 30, 2016

Migrants Arirang Music Fest to open in Changwon

The Migrants Arirang Music Festival will kick off in Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province, Friday for a three-day run that culminates with a nationwide singing contest for expats here.The festival features a variety of cultural events, including screenings of international films, cultural performances, exhibitions and an international bazaar for food and cultural items.The singing contest is a nationwide competition that involved 11 preliminary rounds in cities across the country in spring and th

Sept. 28, 2016

Angle Magazine hosts poetry, music events

Expat-run Angle Magazine will host two events to showcase creativity in Busan and Ulsan this week.After running a showcase stage at the Cheoyong Culture Festival last year, the online magazine will take over the Asia Pacific Music Meeting stage Monday to host a selection of five bands from the southern end of the country.The show will be in front of the bamboo forest of Taehwa Grand Park in Ulsan from 1:30 p.m. to 7 p.m. The bands are Amazing Visual, Kim Il Du, Tengger, Astronuts and 57.“Last ye

Sept. 28, 2016

Expats join in Zandari music bonanza

Venues across Hongdae will open their doors for a multistage showcase festival this weekend.Zandari Festa’s acts are mostly Korean, including well-known acts such as Crying Nut and Kingston Rudieska, but also visiting acts -- particularly from the UK and France this year. And several expat performers will be among the Korea-based acts.Patrick Connor, who is part of the festival’s organizing team, said the festival aimed to bring together music professionals and musicians from Korea and overseas.

Sept. 27, 2016

NK rights campaign film getting global release

An expat-made documentary on campaigners for North Korean human rights has arranged distribution for release in more than 100 countries this fall.“While They Watched” won awards at over 12 international festivals and was listed as one of the “12 Documentaries You Cannot Miss” at the Human Rights Dignity Festival hosted by Aung San Suu Kyi in Myanmar. “I feel honored that audiences can watch our film and people of such influence are aware of it,” said director Jake Smith.“Hopefully it will help c

Sept. 27, 2016

Foreigners' flea market opens in central Seoul

A flea market opened in downtown Seoul on Sunday with foreign residents as vendors, as part of the city government's efforts to provide them opportunities to integrate with citizens here.About a hundred foreigners from some 40 teams selected by the Seoul Global Center gathered at Gwanghwamun Plaza early in the morning and sold various goods, ranging from used items to traditional handcrafts.For graduate student Alex Gubo from Slovakia, the flea market was a platform to introduce his country's cu

Sept. 26, 2016

Hockey players frozen out of cheaper rink fees

Hockey players in Jeonju, North Jeolla Province, have been frustrated by what they see as unfair fees for using the city’s ice rink, although a recent decision by the Korea Ice Hockey Association might change that.Jeonju resident Paul MacDonald said his team was being charged 300,000 won ($270) per hour for use of the Hwasan Ice Rink, while instructors using it for work and junior teams were paying just 60,000 won. The rink said that it was provincial policy to charge 240,000 won for group use a

Sept. 1, 2016