The Seoul International Women’s Association will host its annual SIWA and Diplomatic Community Bazaar on Monday. More than 40 embassies and several clubs, local businesses, sponsors, welfare organizations and SIWA volunteers take part in the bazaar, which has become one of the largest international fund-raising events in Seoul.The bazaar will include dozens of stalls selling craft and traditional goods, as well as food from around the world. People look around last year’s SIWA and Diplomatic Com

The Australia New Zealand Association, Korea will hold its annual Melbourne Cup Charity Luncheon on Tuesday in aid of education for a local children’s home.The event will include a four-course meal at the Four Seasons Hotel in Seoul, alongside live coverage of Australia’s most famous horse race.“It’s called the race that stops the nation and literally most people in Australia do stop to watch this three- or four-minute horse race, so we’re a part of that,” said ANZA welfare coordinator Cathy McQ

Expat artist Michael Corra will hold a solo exhibition in Seoul from Nov. 4, kicking off a series of shows by expat artists at the venue.The show, titled “At Angles With Each Other,” features abstract images that incorporate a variety of media, including wood, fabric and concrete. Corra works and reworks these materials to create awkward and thought-provoking arrangements in which they form interesting visual relationships with each other.  “I Can’t Understand the Lyrics but I Love This Song” by

IndiansInKorea will hold an event next month to mark the Indian festival of Diwali.The Diwali Dhamaka will run at the Suwon campus of Sungkyunkwan University as part of IIK’s annual celebrations.Diwali, the festival of lights, is the biggest holiday in India, and it is celebrated by many of the country’s faiths. It falls on Nov. 11 this year. The “Wedding Fiesta” performance from last year’s IndiansInKorea Diwali celebrations. IIKThe Dhamaka from the event’s name translates literally as “bang,”

Vietnamese participants perform a traditional dance at last year’s GIC Day. (GIC)Major cities across Korea will be hosting multicultural festivals this weekend, as annual events in Seoul, Busan and Gwangju coincide.　The festivals are an opportunity for foreign community groups to show off their food and culture, while residents can enjoy cultural performances, try new food for the first time and find out what the local support centers for foreign residents offer.　　Busan　The Global Gathering will

The Camarata Chamber Singers (CMC)Nonprofit music organization Camarata Music Company will be holding its annual fall fund-raiser next week to help fund its activities.Held in partnership with the Korea Business Leaders Alliance, the “Fall into Music” event will feature performances from the Camarata Chamber Singers, an auditioned choir of 27 singers, a performance from gayageum player Jocelyn Clark and the Camarata Jazz Duo.“It’s one of our largest events of the year. It goes a long way to help

More than 120 music acts will converge on Itaewon next week, as HBC Fest marks the 10th anniversary of its fall festival.The festival, which started with a few venues along the main street of Haebangchon, just north of Noksapyeong Station, has grown to 18 venues in the area and in adjacent Gyeongnidan.But aside from growing in size, organizer Lance Reegan-Diehl said the festival still had the atmosphere it started with. The LRD Band, led by HBC Fest organizer Lance Reegan-Diehl (right), will be

Daegu Art magazine (b)racket opened its annual group exhibition on Saturday, with the participation of 30 artists from six countries.The (b)racket International Exhibition includes work by artists from Korea as well as South Africa, Canada, the U.S., U.K. and Honduras, in a variety of genres from sculpture and painting to photography.“The Archaeologist” by Amy Smith and Tony Clavelli“This exhibition, like the magazine, was started for the purpose of giving artists a platform to display their wor