The Gateway Korea Foundation invites families to celebrate the Korean Harvest Chuseok Festival. This family friendly event features opportunities to learn about Korean culture through fun activities and interative exhibits.
Activities include learning the Korean alphabet and writing your name in Korean, making Korean arts and crafts, trying on Korean clothing, sampling delicious Korean food, playing traditional Korean games and enjoying dance, drum and martial arts performances.
Saturday, Sept. 28 from noon to 4:30 p.m. at the Community Music School of Webster Groves. Admission is free for all ages.
The festival continues on Sunday, Sept. 29 at the Saint Louis Art Museum during Passport to Korea from 1 to 4 p.m.
Admission is free for all ages during both days of the festival.
More information: gateway-korea.org
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