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Scott & Company Jazz Trio will perform at H-mart Suwanee, GA

Scott & Company Jazz Trio will perform this Sat.(Oct. 8) at H-mart Suwanee, GA sponsored by ACOM and H-mart from 2:00 - 3:45 pm. Free admission.
Drummer Scott von Ravensberg was performed and recorded with some of the finest musicians in the music industry like Ray Charles, Bobby McFerren, Aretha Franklin, Olivia Newton John. 
Recently he was performed "Sammy and Me" with musical actor Eric Jordan Young at Atlanta Alliance Theater. On Oct. 15 (Sat) also he will perform with New York Voices at UGA in Athens.

 
 

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Mexican Korean fusion hits Midtown by Cliff Bostock @cliffbostock In 2008, a food truck in Los Angeles, Kogi, launched a citywide obsession with Korean tacos. Since then, similar trucks have rumbled across America, thrilling the taste buds of fans with a variation on the Mexican fare that has long dominated the street-food scene. JAMES CAMP Unfortunately, until recently, getting licensed to operate a food truck in Atlanta was o…
   Girls’ Generation to release new single in U.S. ..
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   Korea to establish 30 more Korean language institu..
The Korean government will increase the number of state-run “Sejong Hakdang” Korean language institutes overseas to 90 next year from the current 60, as interest in Korean soars thanks to the growing popularity of Korean pop culture. Sejong Hakdang, or the King Sejong Institute, is named after the famous Joseon Dynasty ruler from the 15th century who invented hangeul, the Korean alphabet. The institute runs Korean language programs. To …
   Old Korean dialect survives ordeal in Central Asia
This is the third and last in a series of articles to shed new light on the role of Korean emigrants that helped Korea get where it is today. — ED. By Kang Hyun-kyung TASHKENT ― In the late 1990s, a visiting Korean scholar interviewed several ethnic Koreans in a remote rural area of Uzbekistan during a field trip there. Back then, Yang Min-jong, now director of the Korea Culture Center in Moscow, was doing research on stories th…
   Scott & Company Jazz Trio will perform at H-mart S..
Scott & Company Jazz Trio will perform this Sat.(Oct. 8) at H-mart Suwanee, GA sponsored by ACOM and H-mart from 2:00 - 3:45 pm. Free admission. Drummer Scott von Ravensberg was performed and recorded with some of the finest musicians in the music industry like Ray Charles, Bobby McFerren, Aretha Franklin, Olivia Newton John. Recently he was performed "Sammy and Me" with musical actor Eric Jordan Young at Atlanta Alliance Theate r. On Oct…
   Pan-Asian youth film school opens in Busan
Members of the 7th Asian Film Academy pose together during the opening ceremony for the program in Busan, Thursday. / Courtesy of BIFF By Lee Hyo-won A film academy inviting young aspiring filmmakers from across Asia began last week ahead of the opening Thursday of the Busan International Film Festival (BIFF). The Asian Film Academy (AFA) opened for the seventh time Thursday as part of the country’s largest cinema event. This yea…
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Coloratura soprano shares her belief in power of music to help those in need The concert schedule of Grammy-winning South Korean soprano Sumi Jo is extremely tight. Successfully finishing the “Hyundai Capital Invitational Sumi Jo Park Concert” at an outdoor stage in Olympic Park in Seoul last Saturday, she had to fly on Tuesday morning for another concert in Busan, and another in Daegu the next day. After the Korean tour, her worldwide concert…
   K-pop to reach wider audience through U.S. deal
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   Girls’ Generation back with third album
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   Forbes Names Forever 21 Co-Founder Among 100 Most ..
The co-founder of fast fashion retailer Forever 21 was named one of the world’s 100 most influential women by Forbes magazine. Forbes, which released the list of the World’s 100 Most Powerful Women for 2010 on Thursday, slotted Jin-sook Chang at number 39. The 48-year-old Korean immigrant and naturalized American citizen was the only Korean person on the list, which was topped by Germany’s chancellor Angela Merkel. One of just six …
   10 Koreans nominated for Signature Art Prize
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