About us
We’re a group of K-Pop stans who enjoy dancing, reading, watching dramas, and generally spending time with other K-Pop stans. After all, most things are better with friends — and K-pop friends are the best kind. 💙
This meetup group is also home to AuroraZ, a K-Pop cover group known for vibrant, studio-filmed performance videos.
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Our Values
We have 5 core values, each paired with a lyric and music video — because, duh, K-Pop. Before you decide to join this Meetup, please take 3 minutes to read over these values and make sure you vibe with them:
K-Pop Stans Who Dance: Our Values
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Our Events
Here are the kinds of events you can expect on a monthly-ish basis:
- 💃🏻 Dance Class + Boba: Let's go to a K-Pop dance class together and meet for boba or a smoothie after!
- 📚 K-Pop Stans Who Read: A book club meeting centered on Korean and Korean-American authors
- 🎬 K-Pop Stans Who Drama: We grab dinner (sometimes at a restaurant, sometimes just BYO takeout) and watch K-Dramas and the like
- 🪩 K-Pop Stans Who Club: Let's dance the into the wee hours at I Heart K-Pop, a monthly dance party at Elysium
- ✨ Trivia, K-Pop concert movies in theaters, and casual meet and greets to get to know your fellow members
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Who should join
This meetup is for people who enjoy K-Pop — whether you're just now learning about K-Pop or you reminisce about the glory days of Big Bang. You should join if you are looking to make new friends over K-Dramas, dance, and books.
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A word on demographics
Our active members tend to range from 20 - 30 years old and largely identify as women. Additionally, we do have members in their mid-to-late 30s and early teens.
While we strive to be as inclusive as possible, please be aware that we may explicitly designate some events as women-and-non-binary only, or for folks within a certain age range, in order to create safe spaces for specific groups.
Upcoming events
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K-Pop Stans Who Read: "Black Flower " By Young-ha Kim
Lazarus Brewing Company, 4803 Airport Boulevard, Austin, TX, USLet's discuss "Black Flower" by Young-ha Kim.
“Kim takes a small moment of Korean history . . . and transforms this moment into a powerful, sweeping epic that resonates across continents and oceans, bridging East and West . . . The scope and breadth of Kim’s talent is evident on every page of this breathtaking novel.” — List
In 1904, as the Russo-Japanese War deepened, Asia was parceled out to rising powers and the Korean empire was annexed by Japan. Facing war and the loss of their nation, more than a thousand Koreans left their homes to seek possibility elsewhere—in unknown Mexico.
After a long sea voyage, these emigrants—thieves and royals, priests and soldiers, orphans and entire families—disembark with the promise of land. Soon they discover the they have been sold into indentured servitude.
Aboard ship, an orphan, Ijeong, fell in love with the daughter of a noble; separated when the various haciendados claim their laborers, he vows to find her. After years of working in the punishing heat of the henequen fields, the Koreans are caught in the midst of a Mexican revolution. Some flee with Ijeong to Guatemala, where they found a New Korea amid Mayan ruins.
A tale of star-crossed love, political turmoil, and the dangers of seeking freedom in a new world, Black Flower is an epic story based on a little-known moment in history.
[Goodreads link for more information]https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13356671-black-flower
At:
Lazarus Brewing Co. Airport Blvd
4803 Airport Blvd, Austin, TX 78751
https://lazarusbrewing.com/🍵 11:00 - 11:20 PM: Get to know each other!
⚡️ 11:20 - 11:30 PM: Lightning round — what were your first impressions of the early chapters?
💬 11:30 - 12:00 PM: Discussion
12:00 - 12:10 PM break
12:10 - 1:00 PM Discussion conclusionBelow I will post the discussion questions to think about before the meeting today! These are meant to move the discussion forward, so feel free to add your own questions during the discussion!
Need a copy of the book? Just want to catch up with your fellow readers?
Come join us over here on Discord.5 attendees
Past events
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