Book Review: Summer Blockbuster Sequels
As this issue of 10 Magazine goes to print, we should be in the middle of another hot and humid Korean summer–an excellent time to stay indoors and read (when you’re not at one of the water parks we reviewed). This month we offer our “Summer Blockbuster Sequel” issue, which offers recommendations for follow-up works [...]
Down and Dirty in Daecheon: The Boryeong Mud Festival
Words and shots by Charles Montgomery July 17th – 25th Many festivals in Korea claim to be “international,” but very few stake their reputations on being dirty. The Boryeong Mud Festival is both. The Mud Festival is an annual party (in its 12th year) spanning one week each summer on Daecheon Beach. Voted number three [...]
FLUID FORM I: Contemporary Art & Urban Design from The Middle East
“FLUID FORM I” is a unique (and free!) opportunity to experience the culture of the Middle East. The exhibition showcases not only changing Middle Eastern urban environment but also unique contemporary Middle Eastern artworks.
Books May 2010
The Last Song Nicholas Sparks The Last Song won the Goodreads Choice Award for Chick Lit (2009) and is now a terrible movie starring Miley Cyrus. This should give a pretty good triangulation on the book, which its publishers describe as “compelling family drama and a heartrending tale of young love.” Veronica “Ronnie” Miller is [...]
Book Reviews: April 2010
by Charles Montgomery Korea Through Western Eyes Robert D. Neff and Sunghwa Cheong Korea, once known as “the Hermit Kingdom,” was late to accept visitors from the West. Robert Neff and Sungwha Cheong’s Korea Through Western Eyes is an interesting mosaic account (the book collects a series of articles) of what it was like to [...]
