AROUND TOWN 2

Club Octagon

Nonhyeon

Near the New Hilltop Hotel in Nonhyeon, this club is notable for its stylish interior and elite clientele. The club offers a club stage, lounge bar and dining area to satisfy any night out after work or on the weekend. Near exit 4 of Hakdong Station on subway line 7. For more information, call (02) 516-8847.

Club Globe Lounge

Itaewon

Club Globe Lounge is famous among women looking for a place to throw birthday parties or have a light dinner. From 7 p.m. to 10 p.m., it serves as a bar, and after 10 p.m., it changes into a club. Every Thursday, Club Globe Lounge has Happy Hour events, providing a buffet for guests. Club Globe Lounge is located near the Hamilton Hotel near exit 2 Itaewon Station, subway line 6. For more information, call (02) 792-1127 or visit globeloungekr.com.

Club Evans

Hongik University

Club Evans is a live jazz club nearby Hongik University, and an open stage for emerging jazz artists. / Courtesy of Club Evans

Club Evans is a live jazz club, providing a platform ground for emerging jazz artists for the last 10 years. It operates jazz recording studios and a jazz academy as well, providing albums for many local jazz artists. Club Evans provides jazz concert, and leads music sessions every Monday and Tuesday. Club Evans is located near exit 1 Sangsu Station, subway line 6. Club Evans opens from 7:30 p.m. For more information, call (02) 337-8361 or visit www.clubevans.com.

Once in a Blue Moon

Apgujeong

Once in a Blue Moon is one of the best-known and well-established jazz clubs in the city. It features live jazz sets from two different bands every night, usually starting at 7:30 p.m. It is located between the Hakdong intersection and Galleria department stores in the posh district of Apgujeong. For more information, call (02) 549-5490 or visit www.onceinabluemoon.co.kr.

Club Answer

Cheongdam

Club Answer, chosen as one of the five hottest clubs in Seoul by CNN, provides a spacious interior and brilliant lighting system with entertaining DJs on stage nightly. Club Answer is in the classy area of Cheongdam, a district known to lead the party culture of Seoul. Located near exit 13 of Cheongdam Station on subway line 7. For more information, call (02) 514-4311 or visit www.clubanswer.co.kr.

Club Double Eight

Sinsa

Opened in 2010, Club Double Eight takes clubbing to the heights. Located in Gangnam, it provides diverse hotel promotions and features weekend lineups with exuberant DJs. Located near exit 1 of Sinsa Station on subway line 3. For more information, call (02) 543-8803 or visit cafe.naver.com/doubleeight.

Accompanied by Songs

Uijeongbu Arts Center

Oct. 9

The Uijeongbu Arts Center will stage a pansori production by Mun Jae-suk and her students. Mun Jae-suk is the professor at Ewha Womans University, and is designated as intangible cultural asset of gayageum, the Korean zither with twelve strings.

“Accompanied by Songs” is the anniversary concert for the 3rd Uijeongbu international Gayageum festival. The performance will include not only Gayageum playing, but also Korean folk song, chorus songs, dancing, and even new songs. Lee Ha-nui, the Korean actress holding the beauty pageant title and daughter of Mun Jae-suk is the honorary ambassador of the play. Tickets cost from 1,000 to 10,000 won. For more information, visit www.uac.or.kr or call 031)828-5841.

Buddhist Hanging Scroll at Chengryongsa Temple

National Museum of Korea

June 2-Nov. 29

The National Museum of Korea presents the thematic exhibition “The Buddhist Hanging Scroll at Chengryongsa Temple” through Nov. 29. “Buddhist Hanging Scroll” is a big Buddhist painting used for rituals at the temple.

This exhibition is one of a series of exhibitions on Buddhist culture and will display the 17th-century painting at Chengryongsa Temple. The painting depicts the Vulture Peak Assembly preaching the Sutra of the Lotus. The exhibition commentary service is provided at 10 a.m., 11 a.m., 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. For more information, call (02) 2077-9493 or visit www.museum.go.kr.

Blind

Gyeonggi Arts Center

Nov. 21

The Gyeonggi Arts Center will stage a production of “Blind,” a pansori drama, on Nov. 21.

Simply put, pansori refers to an inherently Korean genre of musical storytelling wherein a drummer plays a barrel drum and the accompanying vocalist sings to the beat of the drum in a particular, wailing fashion.

Of the five surviving stories of the Korean pansori lore, “Simcheongga” is widely considered to be the most tragic. In short, it tells the story of a daughter, Simcheongga, who spends her days caring lovingly for her blind father, Simbongsa. Simcheongga’s filial piety is a running theme throughout this fable of woe, for it is ultimately through Simcheongga’s devotion that her father miraculously regains his sight.

“Blind” centers on the life story of Simbongsa, providing pansori devotees with an imagined backstory of Simbongsa’s life prior to his daughter’s fabled tale. Tickets cost 30,000 won. For more information, call (031) 289-6424 or visit www.ggad.or.kr.

Fluorescent Green

Space O’NewWall

Through Oct. 3

The Seoul Museum of Arts is holding a private exhibition by Han Seok-hyun through Oct. 3.

Space O’NewWall displays a private exhibition by Han Seok-hyun through Oct. 3. / Courtesy of Space O’NewWall

Han has been asking questions about changes in nature and scenery driven by the market economy and the public response toward such changes. He used to pile up plastic bottles and create fake mountains to illustrate how contemporary life exaggerates the freshness of green products.

At this exhibition, he will bring tobacco seedling and provide water and lighting in line with its growth rate, presenting the regulated balance between environment and growth. He will gather abandoned fruits and vegetables from farm of it being too ugly and rough to be sold in market and display it.

Andy Warhol Live

Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP)

Through Sept. 25

Andy Warhol Live will be held through Sept. 25 at Dongdaemun Design Plaza (DDP). Warhol is considered to be the pioneer of pop art in 1960s.

His works were traded for the highest price ever at an artwork auction in 2014. For this exhibition, 400 of his works will be displayed and the first digital work that was discovered after 30 years will be premiered. Actor Ji Chang-wook will present and explain the story behind Warhol’s work.

The venue is open from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., and closed on Mondays. Tickets cost 8,000 to 15,000 won. For more information, call (02) 523-3763 or visit www.art-mon.co.kr.

Choi Jong-tae Retrospective

National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon

Through Nov. 29

The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art will hold a retrospective in honor of Korean sculptor Choi Jong-tae from Sept. 1 to Nov. 29 at its Gwacheon branch.

Regarded as one of the most influential sculptors of Korean abstract art, Choi has held more than 20 exhibitions, both in Korea and internationally, since his first solo exhibit in 1964. In addition to his sculptures in wood, marble, and bronze, Choi is also a writer and painter, demonstrating his versatility as a veritable artiste.

Tickets cost 2,000 won. For more information, call (02) 2188-6000 or visit www.mmca.go.kr.

Korean Art: Spaces and Critical Moments

Kimdaljin Art Museum

Through Oct. 24

The Kimdaljin Art Museum is currently holding an exhibition titled “Korean Art: Spaces and Critical Moments” through Oct. 24.

While the typical art enthusiast and even the most enthusiastic art aficionado tend to focus on the artworks on display, one cannot deny the importance of the physical space in which such pieces are displayed.

Indeed, physical space can often affect and make or break the viewer’s experience. Thus, the current exhibition at the Kimdaljin Art Museum will chronicle the birth and development of Korean modern art by examining the development of the physical art museum space and layout itself.

On display are blueprints, flyers, and posters that analyze Korean modern art from a unique approach. For more information, call (02) 730-6216 or visit daljinmuseum.com.

Playmobil Art

Seongnam Arts Center*

Through Oct. 11

The Seongnam Arts Center is holding an exhibition centered on Playmobil toys through Oct. 11.

Familiar to millions of children around the world, Playmobil figurines first made their debut in 1975, and have come to rival other successful toy lines.

The exhibition incorporates a myriad of artists from Korea, France, Italy, and Austria, who have worked classic paintings and photographs, running the gamut of Monet to the Beatles’ famed Abbey Road snapshot, by using Playmobil toys to replace the subjects.

Tickets cost 12,000 won for adults, 10,000 won for students, and 8,000 won for children. For more information, call (02) 3143-4360 or visit www.iqbox.co.kr.

Ugo Rondinone

Kukje Gallery

The Kukje Gallery is currently holding an exhibition of Swiss born media artist Ugo Rondinone’s work through Oct. 11.

Rondinone, who first came to international attention in the 1990s, has since become one of the leading visual artists of his generation.

From his use of ostentatious and vibrant use of colors to explore different forms and shapes in the construction of his pieces, Rondinone is unique. For more information, call (02) 3210-9885 or visit www.kukjegallery.com.

Fernando Botero

Seoul Arts Center

Through Oct. 4

Seoul Arts Center holds an exhibition of Fernando Botero’s work through Oct. 4. / Courtesy of Seoul Arts Center

An exhibition of Fernando Botero’s work will be featured at the Seoul Arts Center through Oct. 4.

Fernando Botero is a Columbian artist and sculptor. He creates work with a novel interpretation of the human body with fullness and expresses a distinctive Latin sentiment. His last visit to Korea was in 2009 and drew 200,000 visitors. This year, with support from Hyundai Department Store, much of his work is on display.

Tickets cost 13,000 won for adults, 10,000 won for teenagers, 8,000 won for children and 5,000 won for toddlers. For more information, call (02) 580-1300 or visit www.sac.or.kr.

Ansel Adams

Sejong Center for the Performing Arts*

Through Oct. 19

The Sejong Center for the Performing Arts is holding a photography exhibition of Ansel Adams’s work through Oct. 19.

Ansel Adams was an American photographer and environmentalist, whose black-and-white landscape photographs of the splendor of the American West, especially Yosemite National Park, have become symbolic images of the natural, uncultivated beauty of the Wild West. In addition, Adams helped found the San Francisco-based photography group, “Group f/64,” whose members’ modus operandi consisted of producing sharply focused images that infused clarity and depth into their photographs.

Tickets cost 15,000 won for adults, 13,000 won for university students, and 10,000 won for students. For more information, call (070) 4288-5177 or visit www.anseladams.kr.

Brilliant Korea

Through Nov. 3

An exhibition highlighting contemporary Korean society in commemoration of the 70th anniversary of Korean independence will be held at the Sejong Center for the Performing Arts from Aug. 15 to Nov. 3.

The exhibition honors the works of nine photographers of different backgrounds and nationalities who have worked to capture their understanding of the essence of modern Korea during the past two years.

Through their lenses, one is able to witness the visceral representation of the various, underlying meanings and nuances that entails being Korean in the modern era. The exhibition will be divided into four parts, each highlighting a particular aspect of the face of Korea — “Thousand Years,” “Boundary,” “Passion,” and “Hero.”

Tickets cost 12,000 won. For more information, call (02) 333-7087 or visit www.magnumphotoskorea.com.

Since 1970, Where, in What Form, Shall We Meet Again

Whanki Museum

Through Nov. 4

The Whanki Museum is holding an exhibition titled “Since 1970, Where, in What Form, Shall We Meet Again” through Nov. 4.

Kim Whan-ki, exalted as a pioneering abstract artist of Korea, was famous for mixing oriental concepts and ideals with abstraction. While his earlier work consisted mainly of semi-abstract paintings that still gave form to recognizable shapes and constructions, his later works dealt primarily in the artistic style of deep abstraction, namely lines, spaces, and diverse hues and patterns.

Centering on Kim’s most celebrated work, “Where, in What Form, Shall We Meet Again,” the exhibition seeks to encapsulate the spirit, direction, and countless forms of Korean art since the 1970s. Tickets cost 7,000 won for adults, and 5,000 won for students. For more information, call (02) 391-7701 or visit whankimuseum.org.

Garuya Garuya

Dream Forest Sangsang

Toktok Gallery Through Oct. 4

Garuya Garuyais will be held through Oct. 4 at Dream Forest Sangsang Toktok Gallery.

Started in 2005, Garuya Garuya has attracted over 800,000 of visitors looking for the fun of playing with flour.

Audiences can walk on a flour road, make bread, and play with flour noodles. Children age two years or older are allowed to participate. The duration of the experience is 100 minutes. The venue closes every Mondays.

Tickets cost between 17,000 won and 23,000. For more information, call 1599-7372

Gwacheon National Science Museum

Gwacheon, Gyeonggi Province

Open Run

The museum has revamped its programs, highlighted by a wider variety of natural history items such as dinosaurs and also items on space technology. Located near exit 5 of Seoul Grand Park Station, subway line 4.

Tickets cost 2,000 won for children and 4,000 won for adults. For more information, call (02) 3677-1500 or visit www.sciencecenter.go.kr.

KBO League

Friday, Sept. 25

Kt vs. DOOSAN

Jamsil at 6:30 p.m.

Saturday, Sept. 26

SAMSUNG vs. DOOSAN

Jamsil at 2:00 p.m.

NEXEN vs. HANHWA

Daejeon at 2:00 p.m.

SK vs. KIA

Gwangju at 2:00 p.m.

Sunday, Sept. 27

LG vs. DOOSAN

Kt vs. NEXEN

Mokdong at 2:00 p.m.

LOTTE vs. NC

Masan at 2:00 p.m.

K-League Classic

Monday, Sept. 28

Seoul vs. Gwangju

Seoul World Cup Stadium at 5:00 p.m.

Gwacheon Seoul Race Track

The Gwacheon Seoul Race Track holds races from 10:30 a.m. to 5:10 p.m., every Saturday and Sunday. Get off at Seoul Racecourse Park Station, subway line 4, exit 3. For more information, call (02) 509-1114 or visit www.kra.co.kr.