Event

From Penn Museum's website:

The 2022-2023 culture film series Folklife, a joyful celebration of local folkways: writing, storytelling, visual arts, handcrafts, cuisine, and other forms of expression which make places and people distinctive and create bridges to connect them with other cultures around the world.

Please stay for a catered reception to celebrate the season finale.

Fugetsu-Do

Dir. Kaia Rose (2021)

A small sweetshop in Little Tokyo, Los Angeles carries on the culinary tradition of mochi and other pastel confections, anchoring a Japanese-American community over three generations.

Morkovcha

Dir. Lydiya Kan (2021)

A special carrot salad created by a hybrid of three cultures, Korean, Russian and Uzbek, provides a premise to delve into this particular microculture created by an accident of history.

Speakers: Presented by Rob Buscher, Penn Asian American Studies, in conversation with the filmmakers Lydiya Kan and Kaia Rose

Plus, a food demo of Korean Uzbek food with CEAS's David Dettmann!