{
  "id": 13890327,
  "title": "Sejong Center opens nighttime garden to extend Seoul's cultural evenings outdoors",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/sejong-center-opens-nighttime-garden-to-extend-seouls-cultural",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-12T06:27:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/lifestyle/arts-theater/20261012/sejong-center-opens-nighttime-garden-to-extend-seouls-cultural-evenings-outdoors"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Sejong Center for the Performing Arts in Seoul is introducing an evening garden to extend its cultural offerings beyond the theater. The newly landscaped garden, named Curtain Call Garden, will open on Thursday and run through November 8. Visitors can enjoy live jazz performances, food stalls, and nighttime illuminations in the garden, which is open daily from 5 to 11 p.m. The program aims to stimulate the nighttime economy by engaging residents and tourists in downtown Seoul after dark. Club Janus, a prominent jazz venue in Korea, has curated 15 live performances for the garden, including acts from Korea's leading Prelude. The garden sits behind the venue in the central Gwanghwamun area and is accessible to the public at no cost.",
  "summary": "When the curtain falls at the Sejong Center for the Performing Arts this autumn, the show will no longer end at the auditorium doors. A newly landscaped courtyard garden in central Seoul is set to extend the evening outdoors, offering theatergoers live jazz, food stalls and a space to linger beneath nighttime illuminations. The center will launch Curtain Call Garden on Thursday, running the…",
  "key_points": [
    "Sejong Center introduces Curtain Call Garden for nighttime cultural activities.",
    "Garden opens Thursday, running through November 8 with live jazz and food stalls.",
    "Club Janus curates 15 performances for the nighttime garden in Gwanghwamun area."
  ],
  "editors_take": "Expanding cultural programming into the nighttime hours transforms the theater venue into a public social hub designed to stimulate the local downtown economy through accessible outdoor entertainment.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Sejong Center opens nighttime garden to extend Seoul's cultural evenings outdoors",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/12/sejong-center-opens-nighttime-garden-to-extend-seouls-cultural-13893516",
        "published": "2026-10-12T06:42:03.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}