Big Day South audiovisual festival revives in Daegu
Posted : 2021-05-25 17:41
By Jon Dunbar
Big Day South (BDS), a somewhat nomadic festival spotlighting musicians and artists in various locales far south of Seoul, is back after taking last year off, this time coming to Daegu this Friday and Saturday. The easiest reason [for why it s in Daegu] is that it s where I m living right now. There are so many great people who are willing to work together and support each other, said Philip Brett, an Irish expat who cofounded Angle Magazine, an online magazine which operates the festival. The Daegu scene is full of people who are working hard to support what is happening down here, and that played a big part in wanting to move here too.
St. Helena, CA – May 20, 2021 – Raymond Vineyards unveiled its new entrance leading from Highway 29 to the winery in a series of grand opening events coinciding with the release of its 98-point rated 2018 Generations Cabernet Sauvignon. Guests now arrive to the winery on a nearly one-and-a-half mile route through the winery’s Rutherford estate. No mere entryway, the opening of the road to Raymond reflects an ambitious endeavor in the Napa Valley to unite two distinct estates, create a dramatic entrance that brings its guests through an experiential voyage among organic and Biodynamic vineyards, while reducing traffic on the valley’s main thoroughfares.
Farewell Peter Bartholomew, defender of Korea s heritage
Posted : 2021-05-18 15:48
Updated : 2021-05-18 17:58
Peter Bartholomew sits in the courtyard of his hanok home in northeastern Seoul, Sept. 15, 2016. Courtesy of Jon Dunbar
By Robert Neff
Sometime in the middle of the night of May 11 or 12, Peter Bartholomew s 53-year-long sojourn in Korea ended with his sudden, unexpected death. Known for his passionate defense of traditional Korean houses, or hanok, his deep appreciation for Korean history and culture, his relationship with Korea s royal family and his business success, he often appeared on television, in newspapers, magazines and online articles, and guided friends, colleagues and peers to the hidden and vanishing treasures of Korea s past. He was often long-winded but surprisingly we know little about him.
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New Toastmasters club goes online
Posted : 2021-05-11 19:00
By Jon Dunbar
Toastmasters International, founded almost a century ago in 1924, has 364,000 dues-paying members in over 16,200 clubs in 145 countries. There are over 70 Toastmasters clubs already in Korea, offering get-togethers on various days of the week in locales across the country in a variety of languages, including Korean, Chinese and English. There are also bilingual clubs and even a trilingual Korean-Spanish-English club.
One of the newest clubs, North River Toastmasters Club (NRTC), was chartered on Jan. 20 this year amid the pandemic, and events are only held online for now. NRTM didn t want to start an online club, but it ended up being that way because of the coronavirus pandemic, NRTC President Peter Kim told The Korea Times. Although everyone prefers having offline meetings, we nonetheless decided to start a club because there are more clubs in southern Seoul than northern Seoul. More importantly, w